Well, as it was a beautiful day on Saturday (and Karen was out wedding dress shopping with our daughter anyway :roll: ) I decided to give the 'bird its first flight (so to speak).
A 30km loop from home, which starts with a 3km warm-up along some old railway track and then climbs (cheekily ) through farmland, forestry and moorland to about 375metres. A few kms of slogging along sheep tracks through the heather and then (another) cheeky descent down a water authority track to about 30 metres.
Then, of course, another slog back up through forestry and moorland to the 400 metre mark before the best part of the day - the descent into "The Port" (or Glion Dhoo). At times ultra straight-down-the-fall line steep, rocky, boggy, technical but always fun at the end of a ride.
Probably the easiest I've ever ridden it too, although there was ice in places and it was ultra wet. All credit to the bike of course - I felt slightly off form as I haven't been out properly for a month following my rib/kidney bruising incident.
A few bike pics anyway - nothing exotic as you can see. Apologies for the mismatched wheels and the (very tidy) Taiwanese welding and anything else that might offend :roll: .
The Rampages (both 2.35") are run ghetto tubeless, by the way.
A 30km loop from home, which starts with a 3km warm-up along some old railway track and then climbs (cheekily ) through farmland, forestry and moorland to about 375metres. A few kms of slogging along sheep tracks through the heather and then (another) cheeky descent down a water authority track to about 30 metres.
Then, of course, another slog back up through forestry and moorland to the 400 metre mark before the best part of the day - the descent into "The Port" (or Glion Dhoo). At times ultra straight-down-the-fall line steep, rocky, boggy, technical but always fun at the end of a ride.
Probably the easiest I've ever ridden it too, although there was ice in places and it was ultra wet. All credit to the bike of course - I felt slightly off form as I haven't been out properly for a month following my rib/kidney bruising incident.
A few bike pics anyway - nothing exotic as you can see. Apologies for the mismatched wheels and the (very tidy) Taiwanese welding and anything else that might offend :roll: .
The Rampages (both 2.35") are run ghetto tubeless, by the way.