Saturday no snow Baiku

Early morning frost cleared, time to hit the trails....onto the farm track and most of last weeks snow now melted....trails are awash with mud and very hard going....bike and rider filthy within seconds....into the woods and the normal screaming singletrack proves hard going....brave the watersplash in the hope it clears some of the mud....singlespeed is a wise choice in todays conditions....the miles rack up and I now ride new tracks....different scenery to look at....pause for a photo oportunity....enter new woods and a steep descent....tyres fill with mud and I slide towards the trees at an alarming speed....brake, slide, thank my lucky stars....grind my 32x18 up the cliff climb....spin into the village of Bracebridge Heath and onto South Common top....cheery ramblers say hello....a 5 minute road spin takes me to my favourite singletrack downhill....nail this and I'm home....wash the bike, shower myself and tuck into a lemon curd sarnie....best ride of the year so far

:shock:

lemon curd sannie

looks like a good ride

just 30 miles south of you and I was in 5 inches of snow for most of the ride :shock:

Can sympathise with the mud – was fairly heavy going down here too, some of the trails down on the levels were still flooded from the beginning of the week.

Your bike certainly ended up muddier than mine though

I had a chance to fit my new red crudguard which kept my arse the right colour

Did find some snow though, well sort of :? (Iceberg dead ahead)

this was around Colsterworth, Lincs today . Man it was hard work in the snow - really energy sapping slushy stuff on boggy/muddy fields.

Blimey Ed, you certainly faired a lot worse than me! :shock:

Although, having said that, the trails today were very energy sapping too

:shock: How much snow???

I feel hard done by now. Seriously, looks like you had a stack up your way – it was a bit like that down here last weekend, but it had turned quite icy by the saturday

Come on – how many others have been braving our recently discovered syberian winter??

as chairwimp of the garage queens and kings i feel i must inform you this kind of talk could cause ....trubble!there will be no riding in the mud round ere mate ......gawd forbid i mite get dust on me mech....shudders........we have a squad of lookouts watching for clouds ,,,,,dirt and tourists and a severe lack of places to put our bikes in the classic people walking by and admiring look position...................................dammit its less than 25oc out there....arrrgghhhhh.




just kidding ..i rode to a cycle lesson the other day( irony) and damn near froze me nuts off.still felt good though......and it was sunny....

Crayons":2drrbe6u said:

Come on – how many others have been braving our recently discovered syberian winter??

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The snow makes your regular trails ride so differently