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Today on "Stick of the Day" - Zimmer Excels himself !
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This particular trail consists of the Top part and a Bottom part. The top part was fine, the bottom part is virtually impassable.
So I was quite excited when I saw 5 guys at the top from the commune (council) with all the gear starting to tidy ..
Took them 1.5 hours .. to do what normally takes me 1 hour including tidying (I lived 500m down the road so used to do it).
Thought I'd give it a go again at the end of the ride .. Disaster. The trail is just littered with Gorse and Branches, dangerously so !
Amaziningly - the bottom part, which needed doing - they didn't touch !
Not wanting to seem judgemental .. but MORONS.
Prologo Proxim, made for E-Bikes. Think that one be the sport model,I have the pro which has a hole down the middle.@ZF, what seat is this?
Looks hi-tech, how good is it?
As @Muzza says .. it's a Prologo Proxim.@ZF, what seat is this?
Looks hi-tech, how good is it?
I managed to fly into the ground but the gliders do look like a good hobby, must cost more than ebiking.Para-biking ..did you have a go ?
Sounded like a V8 winch, and the rate of climb was incredible even as a spectator.Ain't no para anything off that winch. That's for the glidey big boys. Although to be fair, the Mynd gets plenty of para this & that. Used to be that distance records would be set form there, as the prevailing wind & controlled airspace downwind are favourable.
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What! No warning cones or signs?A long weekend in the Shropshire Hills.
The wire in the picture isn't a trip wire, it's the winch cable for the local gliding club on Long Mynd, across the bridle path!
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Plenty of signs around the hill and you'd struggle to miss the gliders!What! No warning cones or signs?
Lordy Lord I havent seen that many pics since...err..I last posted..fantastic scenery though ..Mountains, alps, etc. Villars and Les Diablerets. The final shot is on the national piste into Ley Diablerets, I can ski that in around 3 or 4 minutes, takes a bit longer to ascend on the bike even with assistance
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I once had the chance to have a ride in the old wooden gliders that were at (I think) Haddenham near Oxford. They looked like the Colditz escape glider.I did a static line parachute jump about 40 years ago at Sunderland airfield ( now the site of the Nissan factory)..Great thrill ..but I was jealous and at the same time pleased when a few years ago my son who was in the Scouts got to go up in a glider ..and that's still on my bucket list to do one day ..
Jan'80 was my static line jump. It was in the doorway of the plane at 2000' that I discovered I wasn't too good with heights! I jumped, but once was enough!I did a static line parachute jump about 40 years ago at Sunderland airfield ( now the site of the Nissan factory)..Great thrill ..but I was jealous and at the same time pleased when a few years ago my son who was in the Scouts got to go up in a glider ..and that's still on my bucket list to do one day ..
Nope. Unless you want to buy a glider. They do cost a bit more than bikesI managed to fly into the ground but the gliders do look like a good hobby, must cost more than ebiking.
Did you have fire fighters on hand to keep spraying you with water ?I’ve never ridden this in such dry conditions, utterly brilliant.
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Nah just sweat ?Did you have fire fighters on hand to keep spraying you with water ?
It's a great ride any time of year but dry & dusty would take it up a few notches ..sorry I couldn't join you ?Great 25 mile loop from Chapel Whitney south of Hexham. Good mix of surfaces and dry !!
For this on the forum who are familiar with this ride the single track from Tedham Moss taking in Pikeley Rigg, Hangman’s Hill and leaving the common at Kings Law was spectacular. I’ve never ridden this in such dry conditions, utterly brilliant. Tight singletrack and after the Xroad at Hangman’s Hill the trail was total a total rockfest……great riding. View attachment 64379View attachment 64380View attachment 64381View attachment 64382
6’ drop…….get in there Mr G.Just got home from a progression skills coaching day at Dalby with Mission Mountain Biking. Had us dropping & jumping off all sorts of features I wouldn’t have dreamed of doing myself. Fantastic day out, knackered now. Conquered the 6ft rock drop into Worry Gill, stoked ??
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Dislexia lures ko ?It's a great ride any time of year but dry & dusty would take it up a few notches ..sorry I couldn't join you ?
I am curious where this Chapel Whitney is though ..??