Jamze
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Couldn't resist a play in the snow, although not much left by the time I got out 
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Lots of rain in the past week. Some access had major landslides. So I stayed in the lower section and got busy.
malc101
Active member
Snow in the Berkshires, CT/MA, USA.
Here's an obligatory photo at the bottom of an iconic trail aptly named "Car Wreck."
Late one Saturday night about seventy years ago, a group of merrymakers was partying down on Laguna Beach. After getting their fill of sand and the surf, the group piled into one of the kid's dad's 1946 Dodge 5 Passenger Sedan. They were cruising a remote dirt road along the ridgeline high above Laguna Canyon. As is sometimes the case, things didn't go quite as planned. The car slipped off the road and over the embankment. No amount of finesse and muscle could get the car back up onto the road. If they couldn't get the car up, maybe they could get it down. The chaparral is dense, and their downward attempt proved futile. Eventually all efforts to recover the car were abandoned.
Today, the car sits about half a mile from where it started out, at the bottom of one of the steeper and more rugged "established" downhill runs in Socal.
Late one Saturday night about seventy years ago, a group of merrymakers was partying down on Laguna Beach. After getting their fill of sand and the surf, the group piled into one of the kid's dad's 1946 Dodge 5 Passenger Sedan. They were cruising a remote dirt road along the ridgeline high above Laguna Canyon. As is sometimes the case, things didn't go quite as planned. The car slipped off the road and over the embankment. No amount of finesse and muscle could get the car back up onto the road. If they couldn't get the car up, maybe they could get it down. The chaparral is dense, and their downward attempt proved futile. Eventually all efforts to recover the car were abandoned.
Today, the car sits about half a mile from where it started out, at the bottom of one of the steeper and more rugged "established" downhill runs in Socal.
Didn't feel it riding at 1c...
I thought you must be from some tropical paradise ..then checked your profile and it all made sense
Mcharza
E*POWAH BOSS
Yesterday I tried e-fat bike at Mihas mountain area. Made a pit stop to eat some tapas. Those fat bikes are not for me. Weather was so clean and when can see Afrikan coast and mountains.
InRustWeTrust
E*POWAH Master
Hope its not lumpy ..that is a wierd name for a coffebrand ?
I wonder if cream is an option or it's the default.
MartinD.
Member
Oooh, do share your route please. I do Wheatley to Ogden across the Golf Course from time to time and going onto Oxenhope sounds peachy as I can head back over by the wind turbines. TIA
Looks like quite the adventure. Overnighter? Were you able to do it on a single battery? And what's up the big black mountain. Magma intrusion?
IndigoUnicorn
E*POWAH Master
I was out for most of three days and two nights. I have a spare battery for the Embark and recently bought a Jackery solar generator to carry with. Unfortunately, the unit I purchased is too small, so I just sent it back. Probably going to build a solar charging rig for longer trips. To get the size solar generator needed for these batteries is pretty much cost prohibitive at the moment. Around $1600 for the generator unit and solar panels. I can bullies what I need for a bit under $700.
I discharged both batteries on this trip, btw.
The large black rock, iirc, is a very old magma extrusion. There are several volcanic peaks here in what’s called the Potrillo Volcanic field. Makes for some incredible scenery but sandy hell to ride through!
InRustWeTrust
E*POWAH Master
Mcharza
E*POWAH BOSS
Very impromptu ride into the Cheviots this morning. The recent storm has brought many trees down up there.
The normally very fast descents we’re ice/grass frozen solid shutes!
Learnt a new skill of going down hill as slow as possible and not loosing traction….all in all a good couple of hours
The normally very fast descents we’re ice/grass frozen solid shutes!
Learnt a new skill of going down hill as slow as possible and not loosing traction….all in all a good couple of hours
NorthernBloke
Member
MartinD.
Member
Cheers, very detailed and much appreciated 
Wet & very cold ..I hadn't realised how cold I was until I got home and started shivering after a 45 min drive with the heater full blast & a drive through hot chocolate to help me thaw ..
Bolts Law route ..there & back from Edmundbyers would have been more but snow stopped play ..
I'm no tree hugger but there is a dwarf Scots Pine which has stood for God knows how many years as the only tree on the moor and is held in lots of folks affection as it gets decorated around this time of year with baubles for Christmas ..if I had to pick a favourite tree this would be it !
Unfortunately although storm Arwen hasn't finished it off it has done a bit of damage ..
I wish I'd had the time to ride this route a couple of days back as the snow near to the summit ( and probably beyond ) would have been firm enough to ride on top ..but its starting to give and wouldn't take the weight of myself & the bike ..
Although nithered at the end ..lordy lord it was fun
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Wet & very cold ..I hadn't realised how cold I was until I got home and started shivering after a 45 min drive with the heater full blast & a drive through hot chocolate to help me thaw ..
Bolts Law route ..there & back from Edmundbyers would have been more but snow stopped play ..
I'm no tree hugger but there is a dwarf Scots Pine which has stood for God knows how many years as the only tree on the moor and is held in lots of folks affection as it gets decorated around this time of year with baubles for Christmas ..if I had to pick a favourite tree this would be it !
Unfortunately although storm Arwen hasn't finished it off it has done a bit of damage ..
I wish I'd had the time to ride this route a couple of days back as the snow near to the summit ( and probably beyond ) would have been firm enough to ride on top ..but its starting to give and wouldn't take the weight of myself & the bike ..
Although nithered at the end ..lordy lord it was fun
Man I’m a bit pissed that I missed this Bolts Law ride mate…….no horses to slow things down on this outing
Rosemount
E*POWAH Elite
Mcharza
E*POWAH BOSS
The gondola was closed again. Have to climb up. But nice trails down and after bike tapas.
Singletrackmind
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Couldn't wait to get it dirty!
Pivot
E*POWAH Master
Cold morning ride… great fun in the woods.
Rod B.
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Steve38
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Found some new Singletrack in amongst the McLaren Vale vines on Saturday morning
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