Pic of the Day

A few pics from todays ride in The Howgills ..to say it was eventful would be an understatement..but more of that in the write-up in the rideout section ( tomorrow ) ..suffice to say that The EMF will take no rocking when he sleeps tonight ..to be fair I'm more than a little bit knackered myself ..
Not a ride we will forget in a hurry !
Wayne doing his stuff on the drop down Bowderdale
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And on the return leg on the bridleway near Beckside..
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Massive thanks for the dropper service kit ..and the chips 🍟 & Latte at Tebay Services on the way back up the M6 ..hope the caffeine hit got you home safely..

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Last pic is out of sync ..thats also the Bowderdale drop..
 
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Whistler daze the week before the overwhelming masses come out for Crankworx. With only half the mountain open, the line ups at the base of the mountian are over 45 minutes long so we rode the top with no line ups as there are only a few trails open. The next 2 weeks will be nuts!

The last rock roll on Original Sin can either be really easy, like a fast rock berm, or fairly difficult if all the dirt between the rock is blown out leaving several significant rocks to catch your front wheel which will send you OTB. The inside line is steeper and always a little slippery! There are always a group of riders watching to see the line. My Bro makes it look easy...

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A video of the full trail can be seen HERE

Captain Safety Roll in is very sketchy but this picture makes it look like nothing! Riders always ride down the right side as there are a few small "catch" trees you can run into if you lose control. The right side is NOT a good line!
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The full video of the trail can be seen HERE
 
Could not be further from an MTB picture than a bitcoin from an ecological survey...

But this thing flew in last night and sounded like a small plane waiting for a runway ..

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I can't believe someone caught a moth, spent hours camouflaging it, gave it Botox and then trimmed it with paracord !

The weirdest thing is that it has @BAMBAMODA face.

Apparently it's a Poplar Hawk-Moth .. (I didn't know).
 
Zimmerframe said:
Could not be further from an MTB picture than a bitcoin from an ecological survey...

But this thing flew in last night and sounded like a small plane waiting for a runway ..

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I can't believe someone caught a moth, spent hours camouflaging it, gave it Botox and then trimmed it with paracord !

The weirdest thing is that it has @BAMBAMODA face.

Apparently it's a Poplar Hawk-Moth .. (I didn't know).
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Can't be that Poplar - I've never seen one before!
 
steve_sordy said:
There is 10% less oxygen in the air for every 1000m of altitude increase.
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They're Swiss ! They're used to higher altitudes, genetically they're bodies are also more acclimatised to it - not to mention the hours they all spend carrying everyone else gold to higher altitude for safe keeping - it keeps you fit !

Plus, they drink at least twice as much beer afterwards as anyone else to compensate for the dehydration at altitude !
 
etoni said:
@2800müM 29°
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2800m that means that the air you breathe has 28% less oxygen in it than the air that I breathe. I'm really impressed!

I remember riding the Esperanza Trail at 1500m one February when I was in Tenerife. I was on an mtb. OK, I'd recovered from flu a few weeks before but I felt perfectly fine walking about at sea level. However, I really struggled climbing steep hills with 15% less oxygen in every breath at that elevation.

I was the guy at the back on every section and decided to stay in the van coughing my heart out while everyone one else went for a repeat of "the best bit"! I didn't start to feel anywhere near normal until we got back to sea level!

Later that week, we went for a coach and cable car ride up to almost the top of Mount Teide (12500ft - 3800m). We topped out at 10500ft (3200m). I walked out of the cable car station and because the path was lined with snow a meter high either side (it was about -5degC), I ran to the end of the path to get to the viewing point. I started to see stars, which is a sign of oxygen deprivation, and I staggered to a halt. Walking back was no fun in shorts and a tee shirt! (It was 28degC where we set off from). The other, far more sensible, people walked to the viewing point and were rewarded with the tremendous view.
 
steve_sordy said:
2800m that means that the air you breathe has 28% less oxygen in it than the air that I breathe. I'm really impressed!

I remember riding the Esperanza Trail at 1500m one February when I was in Tenerife. I was on an mtb. OK, I'd recovered from flu a few weeks before but I felt perfectly fine walking about at sea level. However, I really struggled climbing steep hills with 15% less oxygen in every breath at that elevation.

I was the guy at the back on every section and decided to stay in the van coughing my heart out while everyone one else went for a repeat of "the best bit"! I didn't start to feel anywhere near normal until we got back to sea level!

Later that week, we went for a coach and cable car ride up to almost the top of Mount Teide (12500ft - 3800m). We topped out at 10500ft (3200m). I walked out of the cable car station and because the path was lined with snow a meter high either side (it was about -5degC), I ran to the end of the path to get to the viewing point. I started to see stars, which is a sign of oxygen deprivation, and I staggered to a halt. Walking back was no fun in shorts and a tee shirt! (It was 28degC where we set off from). The other, far more sensible, people walked to the viewing point and were rewarded with the tremendous view.
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sometime wy ride 3400müM ..ride not walk!!

 
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