Had to stop for a break half way down… it goes on forever!!
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spurty30
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Hi guys so where's heartbreak ridge? Looks awesome
Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.Hi guys so where's heartbreak ridge? Looks awesome
spurty30
New Member
Cheers I'm up the road in Buckie working so might make a trip to ride it .cheers
Make sure you put it back together the right way or you could end up with a lot of reverse gears.
Have a look on Trailforks. There’s a loop that’s about 11 miles that takes you up a Land Rover type track to the top, and then it’s good fun from there!Cheers I'm up the road in Buckie working so might make a trip to ride it .cheers
If you’re in the area, it’s definitely worth a look. Especially on a nice day.
Italian versionMake sure you put it back together the right way or you could end up with a lot of reverse gears.
When Squamish goes well...
And when it does not...
The power of the FORCE is strong in this one...
The next pic was too graphic to show as squashed nuts were unfortunately found at the scene of the accident. He did walk away with some rib pain as well. Moral of the story, make sure you know the entrance to the trail and NEVER skid your back brake. EVER!
And when it does not...
The power of the FORCE is strong in this one...
The next pic was too graphic to show as squashed nuts were unfortunately found at the scene of the accident. He did walk away with some rib pain as well. Moral of the story, make sure you know the entrance to the trail and NEVER skid your back brake. EVER!
Plummet
Flash Git
Looks like a sweet playground.
Yeah, Pin balling off tree's is never ideal. Looks like your mate needs a full face and some sort of shoulder armor for those sorts of antics.
luna87824
E*POWAH Master
Off to Superior Arizona yesterday to explore the area. I had tried to find the historic wagon wheel tracks previously but the vehicle I had at the time couldn't make the entire route and it was a summer afternoon, and since I hadn't been there before, way too hot to try and find something in the Arizona desert.
The e-bikes were the perfect solution. Not only able to get through the off road trail with ease, but we saved a lot of time from having to hike in which meant we were able to see many other things and sites during the day we would have been unable to check out otherwise.
The tracks are the results of the ore wagons hauling silver ore from the Silver King Mine to the Pinal Mill on Queen Creek just west of this location during the late 1870s and early 1880s. The ore wagon road crossed a large deposit of welded volcanic tuff. This type of rock was not too resistant to the metal rims of the old wagon wheels carrying heavy loads of silver ore. The wagon wheels etched two deep ruts across this large deposit of welded volcanic tuff (ash). Each member of a mule team stepped in the same location as the mule ahead, thus the mule tracks also are visible today.
The e-bikes were the perfect solution. Not only able to get through the off road trail with ease, but we saved a lot of time from having to hike in which meant we were able to see many other things and sites during the day we would have been unable to check out otherwise.
The tracks are the results of the ore wagons hauling silver ore from the Silver King Mine to the Pinal Mill on Queen Creek just west of this location during the late 1870s and early 1880s. The ore wagon road crossed a large deposit of welded volcanic tuff. This type of rock was not too resistant to the metal rims of the old wagon wheels carrying heavy loads of silver ore. The wagon wheels etched two deep ruts across this large deposit of welded volcanic tuff (ash). Each member of a mule team stepped in the same location as the mule ahead, thus the mule tracks also are visible today.
luna87824
E*POWAH Master
So, the Ladies in Arizona are crazy...Just south of the Grand Canyon!!
No definitely centigrade so stay away.Fahrenheit?
Nice late Sunday evening ride on the way back home, perfect weather with 22 C even if the sky looks darker than it was.
billwarwick
E*POWAH Elite
Reclaiming the bridleway from Farmer Giles
That's what I like to hear
Is that were you / others got stuck last year(?) fully packed with clay?
Great ride out with The Hodge ,EMF ,Dave ,Ant. and Alan, round at Applecross yesterday. Crack was brilliant they were very polite probably as i was a unknown guest , must have been at least a mile in to the ride before the British toilet humour started to creep in. Yes thanks lads for making me feel so very welcome . Weather was a lot better than the forecast said . Hopefully not too wet today as they were planning a good one.
When you shoot into the sun the auto-exposure reduces/stops down. Most phones/cameras let you compensate for that and get a better/brighter pic like this . .
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Nice to see that there are so many guys in their prime riding emtb because I thought only toddlers did this sport.
Good pic that
. Phones are amazing nowadays. I get one or two pics in my walking clubs calender of Scottish hill themes every year .Yes life begins at 65 nowadays it seems.
Then I'm one year and have many years left.
Thank you for helping
. I tried around with the Iphone 13 mini on that shot but did not succeed. Will play more with the camera app to get familiar and better shots.
Dalby running fast and fun.
Mcharza
E*POWAH BOSS
Coastal riding and after bike lunch.
steve_sordy
Wedding Crasher
A trail I ride regularly is on the edge of an old coal-mining area. There used to be over 20 coal mines. Each one of them was pumping out colliery waste, known as slag in the UK. The waste was deposited in huge piles, known as slag heaps. Some of them were very large indeed. But that was many, many years ago and all that is left are the grassed over slag heaps and the pit head of the last coal mine Clipstone Colliery, which was closed in 2003.
At various times, the slag heaps have been levelled and/or rounded off and then covered over with sand and either left to nature or planted. The results depend upon when the work was done. We have forest from scores of years ago, or scrubby desert from the most recent work.
Here is a shot of the Clipstone colliery from the top of one of the old slag heaps. The yellow shrubbery is gorse, which is a very spiny shrub. It is very robust and is typically one of the first plants to arrive. You can still see the sand that was laid over the slag. This locationis one of the highest points for miles around. Follow the ridge from behind me and you get to the desert, which is literally, just sand. It could be in the USA except there are no cacti.
Here is a climb through the gorse to get to the top. The trail is steep enough that rain washes away the sand, so the surface has been armoured with red shale. Even that has suffered with the relentless rain we've had in the past few months and the surface has just been scraped flat to improve accessibility for walkers.
I wish that I had taken that shot on my previous ride as the gorse was in full bloom in brilliant sunshine and it was like riding up a luminous yellow tunnel.
At various times, the slag heaps have been levelled and/or rounded off and then covered over with sand and either left to nature or planted. The results depend upon when the work was done. We have forest from scores of years ago, or scrubby desert from the most recent work.
Here is a shot of the Clipstone colliery from the top of one of the old slag heaps. The yellow shrubbery is gorse, which is a very spiny shrub. It is very robust and is typically one of the first plants to arrive. You can still see the sand that was laid over the slag. This locationis one of the highest points for miles around. Follow the ridge from behind me and you get to the desert, which is literally, just sand. It could be in the USA except there are no cacti.
Here is a climb through the gorse to get to the top. The trail is steep enough that rain washes away the sand, so the surface has been armoured with red shale. Even that has suffered with the relentless rain we've had in the past few months and the surface has just been scraped flat to improve accessibility for walkers.
I wish that I had taken that shot on my previous ride as the gorse was in full bloom in brilliant sunshine and it was like riding up a luminous yellow tunnel.
billwarwick
E*POWAH Elite
Oh, you mean this? No, that was a few miles away. On a canal towpath of all places. Blue Lias clay, sticks like shit to a blanket.
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