At the top of the page is the view from my bike as I was about to leave home. I thought I’d try to ride 10 laps at Coppull Mill as I did 10 days ago but this time in under 25 minutes. Last time I was lapping in around 2 minutes 45 seconds butContinue reading “Enjoying my training.”
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Keeping it fresh.
Today I rode Healey Nab. I considered other local areas but we’ve had so much rain recently that few places would provide good riding and the Nab has a year round series of trails. I helped to keep the ride fresh from the start by riding my usual mixed road and dirt approach but thenContinue reading “Keeping it fresh.”
Trail riding is fun!
In my last post I mentioned my obsession with speed, or more to the point riding trails quickly. I said I was surprised that so many riders don’t seem to bother trying to achieve a fast time even though they are tracking their ride with Strava which will leave the evidence for anyone to see.Continue reading “Trail riding is fun!”
Something new.
Something that was new about today is that it hasn’t yet rained after 14 consecutive days when it has rained at some point. On the way to the north end of Healey Nab, my local hill, I’ve noticed a sign indicating a footpath to St Barnabas church. It’s a gravel road, so today I thoughtContinue reading “Something new.”
Big tree, small axe…..
“If you are a big, big tree, we are a small axe”. These words come from a song by Bob Marley. Yesterday I wrote a post shortly after my ride. In the evening I reflected on the ride whilst the TV droned uninterestingly in the background. I had ridden 10 laps of a short circuitContinue reading “Big tree, small axe…..”
Mud doesn’t matter.
We’ve had 12 consecutive days of rain and it’s muddy. Despite that I’ve had a really good ride today. I gave it a lot of thought before I set off. I wanted something which was worthwhile, exciting and not just a mud fest. I have loved my riding at Coppull Mill. The mill is nowContinue reading “Mud doesn’t matter.”
Summer?
We had a hot, dry Easter and the weather afterwards looked good. Since the beginning of June, though, things haven’t looked so bright. Today’s Wednesday, the eighth day of rain and the future is looking different to what we’d expect in June. The jet stream is the main determining factor in our weather in England.Continue reading “Summer?”
The ups and downs of a mountain biker.
I’ve been reading some interesting blog posts written by someone who has decided to follow my own blog. This person has obviously had some serious difficulties in their life and they are using blogging to help in resolving their problems. Mountain biking was probably too trivial to be mentioned in their posts! I had theContinue reading “The ups and downs of a mountain biker.”
Mind over matter.
Today the weather was fabulous but the rest of the week is unlikely to be good, so that made today a good day for a ride. I decided to ride a loop around Brinscall Woods with it’s rough but exciting downhill section. First, though, I had to get there. I took a mixed road/off roadContinue reading “Mind over matter.”
An old school trail ride.
In the mid ’90s I’d often ride a trail with as little road riding as I could manage, not repeating any section. More often, though I’d ride to a favoured area or section of trail and session it. Riding the same part repeatedly to improve my riding. This is a very valuable tool to improveContinue reading “An old school trail ride.”
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