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Christmas Day 2022
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The Hodge said:
That's a really slow Internet connection you've got there ..looking forward to your next pic landing in 2025..😂
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Certainly easier to get something across the channel from left hand traffic to right hand but this came from down under! 😉🍻

Serious question: This „river“ crossing seems to be made from concrete. Isn’t it slippery for bicycles due to stream and algies? 🤔
 
Still not ridden since my last off :-(

Was tempted to do a "roadie" ride today with a mobilette outing (old e-bikes with petrol engines - or petrol engines and pedals) Think I would have struggled to keep up and it's peed down all day so wouldn't have been much fun.

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Went for the 16k walk, with a few hundred peeps. Amazing to see so many families out despite the weather, I suspect most of them were sensible and did the 9k though.

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My Endura jacket, which I thought was waterproof, seems to now be a water filtering device.

That was followed by beef bourguignon and wine. Fortunately there were two covered areas to eat/hide in.

Most of the Mobilettes had fled to dry off under cover at this point after their ride out.

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The Hodge said:
That's a really slow Internet connection you've got there ..looking forward to your next pic landing in 2025..😂
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I like your humour; keep it up. What's really needed sometimes is a good emoji for "tongue-in-cheek"".
Amazing how many people think you are being literal. ho-hum
And I have put an entry in my 2025 calendar just for you . . . .🚴‍♂️
 
Finally took this ripper of a bike for a flex after 4 months wait from order, Norco Range VLT C2 added some custom decals down the downtube and on the forks. Upgraded a few items on the bike to make it my own.

Magura 220mm Disc Rotors Front & Rear
OneUp E-Carbon 35mm Bars
OneUp 35mm Bar Stem
OneUp Pedals
Ergon Sm Comp Saddle
MTX Gold Brake Pads
Zeb Front Mudguard
RideWrap Full Protection Skin Gloss

Never ridden an eMTB before and have always ridden a Santa Cruz Bronson V3 one thing I noticed between the two is the obvious weight difference and assist in power when pedalling but I found the Norco really planted in the Berms, Rough Stuff and how it generates speed on the down trails. Was it worth the investment, well normally I could only do 1-2 laps of my local trails going up and down, this weekend I pushed 4 climbs with 4 enjoyable runs to the bottom. So to answer the investment question HELL YES!

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Arminius said:
Certainly easier to get something across the channel from left hand traffic to right hand but this came from down under! 😉🍻

Serious question: This „river“ crossing seems to be made from concrete. Isn’t it slippery for bicycles due to stream and algies? 🤔
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The river runs regularly and there is a reasonable amount of traffic so algies don't seem to form. Concrete is not smooth either. Only time it's not good is when it is in flood and 1 metre deep
 
KODAKHODAK said:
Finally took this ripper of a bike for a flex after 4 months wait from order, Norco Range VLT C2 added some custom decals down the downtube and on the forks. Upgraded a few items on the bike to make it my own.

Magura 220mm Disc Rotors Front & Rear
OneUp E-Carbon 35mm Bars
OneUp 35mm Bar Stem
OneUp Pedals
Ergon Sm Comp Saddle
MTX Gold Brake Pads
Zeb Front Mudguard
RideWrap Full Protection Skin Gloss

Never ridden an eMTB before and have always ridden a Santa Cruz Bronson V3 one thing I noticed between the two is the obvious weight difference and assist in power when pedalling but I found the Norco really planted in the Berms, Rough Stuff and how it generates speed on the down trails. Was it worth the investment, well normally I could only do 1-2 laps of my local trails going up and down, this weekend I pushed 4 climbs with 4 enjoyable runs to the bottom. So to answer the investment question HELL YES!

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Terrific photos - pin sharp.
How are the OneUp bars?
 
A few pics from this evening's ride out of Alwinton , Northumberland with @The EMF & @timberjack ..or Wayne & Ant if you prefer..
Wayne ( front ) & Ant climbing up Middle Hill..
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Wayne starting the climb up Pass Peth left as it was taken for scale having started after myself & Ant for his own pics ..
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The Upper Coquetdale Valley..the faint line running away from the trees in the middle ground is the bridleway from Shilmoor..very entertaining as the bracken was chest high in places , riding blind and the track off-camber ..great fun 😁
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Ant taking in the view
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Wayne rounding the last corner ..
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Down all the way now to a pint of the dark stuff in the Rose & Thistle after another cracker of a ride 👌
Cheers lads
 
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Following on from @The Hodge ride description with myself and
@timberjack i can only agree what a cracking mid week ride it was. Every where looking nice and green after days of rain, the trails were surprisingly dry though. A few pics of the boys doing their thaang. You will have to expand the last pic’s to capture Neil and Ant climbing Pass Peth, the last big climb.
Only downside was the swarms of flies every time you stopped, little gits

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