Not a tale of my origins in Yorkshire but a great ride this afternoon to Brinscall Woods. The picture at the top shows a few roots at the bottom of a fantastic downhill section. It has loads of exposed roots and some big drop offs where the ground has eroded under the tree roots. It’sContinue reading “Back to my roots!”
More suspension testing.
I have been trying my Rockshox Pike fork with different numbers of volume spacers in my last few ride. For todays ride I removed them all. This would give me a more linear spring rate, rather than starting soft and ramping up as the spring compressed. The expectation is that the fork wouldn’t perform asContinue reading “More suspension testing.”
Pop!
Last year I used spacers to reduce the air volume in my forks. I had noticed that the performance on repeated small bumps wasn’t as good as my older bikes on a bike less than 2 years old. Unfortunately I made 2 changes to the fork at the same time so I never really knewContinue reading “Pop!”
Testing and maintenance.
The recent snow has been washed away by rain so now we’re back to mud! Still that’s so often a mountain bikers life in the Northwest of England so I went out yesterday for a bit of fun. The weather forecast suggested that today would be rainy and they were right, so I was gladContinue reading “Testing and maintenance.”
Snow fun.
Actually, for me, it’s more like “it’s no fun”, rather than snow fun. I’ve never enjoyed riding in snowy conditions and we’ve had snow lying on the ground for the last week. Instead of riding, to help my fitness, I’ve done some long walks with my dog, Freddie. I walked up Great Hill on SundayContinue reading “Snow fun.”
Icy roads.
It was -3 this morning and the roads were still icy in the middle of the day. I decided to ride some places which I have barely seen in the last 20 years. They weren’t great! I covered 14 miles mainly on the road. It always surprises me when I ride in woodland areas, whichContinue reading “Icy roads.”
E bikes. Am I too young?
It’s not often that I leave it 5 days between rides but after snow and rain I got a better day on Friday. It was still seriously wet but quite warm compared to earlier in the week. On the way up the trail at the back of Healey Nab I heard a bike coming upContinue reading “E bikes. Am I too young?”
3 laps of Healey Nab.
Yesterday I rode 3 laps of Healey Nab’s red graded route. The whole ride took me 1 hour 20 minutes and was a decent ride considering the conditions. As you can see from the picture I collected plenty of mud but also used all of the suspension travel. We have a jump section of 6Continue reading “3 laps of Healey Nab.”
MTB maintenance.
My Boardman full suspension bike had developed play in the main pivot bearings so I decided to replace them myself. I found that the bearings I bought were exactly the same as a bike I’d owned a few years ago. That was an Orange 5. I could have saved some money! I used a viceContinue reading “MTB maintenance.”
Riding around in circles!
The friends I used to ride with, before they became too old for it, hated to repeat a section of trail. I’ve always preferred to repeat sections so that you can keep improving your performance and that’s what I did today. https://www.strava.com/activities/2080162862/embed/170e432463755b9e16c03d0f71ece38156a6bc21 I loved sliding around the corners and noticed how some corners were becomingContinue reading “Riding around in circles!”
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