December 21, 2008 – 10:43 pm
The Buxton loop plan was put on hold as one of our number only had a short ride window. So a late afternoon ride from Hayfield to Lantern Pike via Snake Path was decided upon.
For the first time I cleared the start of the climb from the road at Hayfield towards the kissing gates [...]
December 7, 2008 – 10:11 pm
Short-ish icy ride on the iO - highlight of which was ‘crashing’ on black ice whilst climbing slowly and what I thought to be cautiously on a road section. I lay in the road for a few seconds trying to work out if everything was intact as I came down hard considering I was [...]
November 29, 2008 – 7:25 pm
2nd ride on the Genesis iO* and first proper frosty/icy/crackly ride of the winter. So far I’m impressed. It has a definite springy, almost flexy feel but that’s no bad thing.
I was surprised by the old 04 Marzocchi Comp fork I fitted to it which actually feel better than the Reba’s on the Voodoo. [...]
November 25, 2008 – 9:48 pm
The winter has knocked on the door, let itself in, poured a cup of tea and generally made itself at home so here’s a quick (think Haiku) and long over due update of my ’summer’* 2008:
The elbow healed.
Enduro 6 was dry
Sleepless was wet
Mountain Mayhem was wetter
Hit The North was wet
TransWales was very [...]
February 24, 2008 – 4:27 pm
Went out just as the rain started and finished just as it ended wanted to go for a long one (again) but got cold wet and miserable so after 2 hours headed back. I’m always surprised just how much harsher the weather can be just a couple of hundred feet up.
Bike: Voodoo Bokor
Tyres: [...]
February 23, 2008 – 7:19 pm
Finally got around to purchasing the zip ties (major achievement!) so fitted the CatEye computer. Although 3/4 of the way into the ride on a particularly exposed and windy climb my speed read 68 mph! It seemed to fix itself after a few seconds though but still my experience with the Cateye Strada has been [...]
February 20, 2008 – 9:08 pm
Light battery failed* five mins into the ride, hit a hole and pitch flatted (due to using one non too bright light). One of my contact lenses fell out on a descent**! So had to complete the other half of the ride with just one lens (which messes up the ability to judge distance) and [...]
February 17, 2008 – 7:24 pm
Exact same ride as last Sunday.
The canal (and River Goyt in places!) had a thick layer of ice - really sunny and bright but v. cold out of the sun.
Conditions were great though all mud frozen solid you could actually fool yourself that you were riding on dusty dry singletrack on a hot summers day [...]
February 16, 2008 – 11:27 pm
Ride Stats
Bike: Voodoo Bokor
Tyres: Specialized Fast Track 2.1
Weather: 7ish°c sunny but cold and ice still around at 4pm.
Distance: not long
Route: Strines > Mellor > Fox
February 14, 2008 – 10:40 pm
A pretty much run of the mill ‘local loop’ night ride - (god these posts are dull!).
The battery I use with my headtorch died five minutes into the ride (it had been charging for 7 hours) so looks as if its kaput…may need to get new lights sooner than later.
Ride Stats
Bike: Shonky singlespeed
Tyres: Halo Choir [...]