On Saturday I’m setting off with 11 other fools on ancient, mainly Italian scooters for a battlefields tour of Belgium and Holland. My own scooter is a relative youngster at 30 years old! Friday may be wet and I’m working tomorrow so today I did a last ride before the trip to Europe. I justContinue reading “Riding to Belgium…..”
Category Archives: MTB
Psychology and riding.
Cycling is a physical thing, right? Well yes, you need to be able to crank those pedals round but it’s not always enough. I haven’t been able to ride for 6 days, which is unusual for me but today I had the chance so thought I’d do a trail ride rather than chasing a timeContinue reading “Psychology and riding.”
Trigger’s broom and how I almost swept clean.
Readers in Britain may know what I mean by Trigger’s broom. It’s from a sit. com. where a character, Trigger, claimed to have had the same brush for 25 years. Everyone was amazed at his economy and he had received a medal for it. Then he admitted that in that time it had had 17 new headsContinue reading “Trigger’s broom and how I almost swept clean.”
Suprised. Shocked, even.
It’s Easter Sunday and almost too hot to sit in the sun. something we’re not used to in northern England, especially not as early in the year as this. What suprised me next was that when I said “We can’t just sit around all day” to my wife, she said “I suppose you want toContinue reading “Suprised. Shocked, even.”
A great ride.
It’s easy to call a ride great when you ride Great Hill near Chorley in Lancashire. The weather has been amazing. Dry with cloudless skies. This time last year we were enjoying the coldest of springs. I think it broke records. The problem with the weather in northern England is that we often have theContinue reading “A great ride.”
Finding new challenges.
Having done a hard day’s work on Saturday I decided to wait until Monday to do my next ride. I didn’t feel on top form, still recovering from working on a long garden fence but I still wanted my ride to have a purpose. It has been quite breezy today and I thought it mightContinue reading “Finding new challenges.”
Trying a fast lap.
If you’ve read my blogs before you’ll have noticed that I ride Healey Nab a lot. It’s only 15 minutes ride away and has a series of man made MTB trails as well as some good natural riding. Last year I rode the red route in 11 minutes 12 seconds and one of this year’sContinue reading “Trying a fast lap.”
Clear blue skies.
Today we’ve had fantastic weather. Not a cloud in the sky all day. Despite the popular term “April showers” it’s not unusual for us to have a good, dry month in April. Before the vegetation grows too high it can be some of the best mountain biking of the year. Today I returned to theContinue reading “Clear blue skies.”
Mountain bike paradise.
Within a reasonable riding distance of my house, most riders would say that the closest to an MTB paradise is the area around Winter Hill, which is often referred to as Rivington, after the small village at the foot of the hill. To the north of Winter Hill you can do a high level route toContinue reading “Mountain bike paradise.”
Riding back 5,500 years.
My last ride was covered in my post “The World’s longest second”. It was a frantic and successful attempt to ride a segment in less than 22 minutes and 20 seconds. I beat the time by one second. I thought today that I should do something completely different where time wasn’t important. I decided toContinue reading “Riding back 5,500 years.”
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