I'm loving the colour of that bike, very military!
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Slymobi
E*POWAH Elite
Beautiful morning for a quick ride out.
Wireless dropper and derailer? Besides the slab…the cockpit looks clean.I Frickin love this place
Frick Park - Pittsburgh, PA
Can’t say enough good things about the AXS derailer. Great upgrade.
just curious …what length axs dropper did you get? (I’m still waiting for mine).
Can’t say enough good things about the AXS derailer. Great upgrade.
just curious …what length axs dropper did you get? (I’m still waiting for mine).
The AXS stuff spoils you, I have it on a couple of my bikes and want it on all of them! My Kevenvo is an S3 frame and with some modification, I squeezed a 170mm dropper in for maximum drop.
I’m sizing up to a 170mm AXS reverb also. Seems like I’m the test-ginea pig for our neibourhood with upgrades.
If I could figure out how to make commissions on upgrades …then I could buy a fancy sports car, wear an expensive toupee and become a forum moderator.
If you've spotted @Rob Rides EMTB wears a toupee it clearly isn't expensive enough!
Those may not be his real teeth either …fake? Maybe?
Semmelrocc
E*POWAH Master
Had a great afternoon trail ride up and around Mt. Feldberg (880m, northwest of Frankfurt). There are loads of trails and even a few maintained lines around the top (some of which were not in my "price class"). Will certainly have to come back with some more time, but later this year, because many trails were still blocked by logs from February's storms. The forest itself is in a pityful state after dry summers and winterstorms. Apart from that it's an awesome place to ride.
Frankfurt Skyline in the haze
Frankfurt Skyline in the haze
Mabman
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
Sunset forest singletrack and double track ride
Longer days rule
Longer days rule
Yeah ..roll on British Summertime on the 28th of this month when our clocks move forward by one hour ..
Bit of UK sun this week, been an amazing time to ride.
I am visiting my elder daughter who has just moved with her job to the South of France. I thought I'd take a bike ride around the local hills. My son in law used to be in the British Triathlon team and keeps himself fit said that he'd like to come with me as he hasn't done any mtb in the area, only road. Here he is on his ten-year old Trek Gary Fisher Superfly 100 (non-electric).
The bike I rode to the hire shop to collect my ride was this one, leant to me by my son-in-law. It caused some hilarity when I rolled up on it dressed in my usual mtb gear.
The rear brake was activated by back pedalling and the front brake needed ten minutes notice before doing anything. As you can see it was a single speed and nice and heavy. It was weird not being able to see the front wheel when steering. He uses it to go shopping but usually attaches a trailer to that hitch you can see on the back carrier. His English Setter goes in the front! I said he was fit!
My ride was a Kellys Theos e50. No, not the latest steel fibre reinforced carbon framed bike (Theos F50), and not even the Kellys Theos 50 (which was an alloy emtb), but the later version of the Theos 50 with an integral battery in the down tube instead of a clamp on. Alloy frame and Shimano e7000 set up.
The bike shop was brilliant. They swapped over the brakes from the French style (rear on the right) to the English style (rear on the left) and fitted my Ergon GP1 grips. All done with a smile and free of charge. The bike performed flawlessly and even the suspension set up and tyre pressures were already spot on. Details here:
The bike had a Rockshox 35 on the front, no idea which one) and a Rockshox shock (again no idea), but they performed very well indeed. After the first few hundred metres the bike felt perfectly natural. We did a mix of routes (OK we got lost), but ended up doing 21km (13 miles) and 500m (1640 feet) of climbing. The trail was steep and very twisty in parts. The terrain was loose rock and gravel with viciously spined scrub to the sides (you can see both in the pic above). That scrub was vicious, I sure wouldn't like to be cutting a new trail without some serious protection. I did see what looked like trails off to the side of the main trail but my son-in-law said that they were probably made by boars. You really don't want to meet one of those, let alone a family of them. There are hunting dogs around here that have lost a leg to a boar. The Shimano e7000 (60Nm torque) surprised me at how powerful it was. I had an e8000 (70Nm) and currently have an EP8 (85Nm), so I was expecting it to be a bit lacking. But I never felt that I needed more and I only used Boost briefly just to see what it was like.
I tried to capture the local pointy hill called Pic St Loup (Wolf Peak), but it was a bit hazy in the distance and none of the shots were worth putting here. But this was good. It was a field of sheep grazing next to a vineyard and every sheep had a bell. It was very musical to listen to.
Getting off the Kellys Theos e50 and onto the shopping bike was a wrench and nearly put my knees into spasm, but it was a good laugh. My son-in-law said that he was now motivated to get out and ride his mtb, now that he knew what the trails were like on a bike. He has run most of them already, with the dog (I said he was fit). Great stuff!
The bike I rode to the hire shop to collect my ride was this one, leant to me by my son-in-law. It caused some hilarity when I rolled up on it dressed in my usual mtb gear.
The rear brake was activated by back pedalling and the front brake needed ten minutes notice before doing anything. As you can see it was a single speed and nice and heavy. It was weird not being able to see the front wheel when steering. He uses it to go shopping but usually attaches a trailer to that hitch you can see on the back carrier. His English Setter goes in the front! I said he was fit!
My ride was a Kellys Theos e50. No, not the latest steel fibre reinforced carbon framed bike (Theos F50), and not even the Kellys Theos 50 (which was an alloy emtb), but the later version of the Theos 50 with an integral battery in the down tube instead of a clamp on. Alloy frame and Shimano e7000 set up.
The bike shop was brilliant. They swapped over the brakes from the French style (rear on the right) to the English style (rear on the left) and fitted my Ergon GP1 grips. All done with a smile and free of charge. The bike performed flawlessly and even the suspension set up and tyre pressures were already spot on. Details here:
The bike had a Rockshox 35 on the front, no idea which one) and a Rockshox shock (again no idea), but they performed very well indeed. After the first few hundred metres the bike felt perfectly natural. We did a mix of routes (OK we got lost), but ended up doing 21km (13 miles) and 500m (1640 feet) of climbing. The trail was steep and very twisty in parts. The terrain was loose rock and gravel with viciously spined scrub to the sides (you can see both in the pic above). That scrub was vicious, I sure wouldn't like to be cutting a new trail without some serious protection. I did see what looked like trails off to the side of the main trail but my son-in-law said that they were probably made by boars. You really don't want to meet one of those, let alone a family of them. There are hunting dogs around here that have lost a leg to a boar. The Shimano e7000 (60Nm torque) surprised me at how powerful it was. I had an e8000 (70Nm) and currently have an EP8 (85Nm), so I was expecting it to be a bit lacking. But I never felt that I needed more and I only used Boost briefly just to see what it was like.
I tried to capture the local pointy hill called Pic St Loup (Wolf Peak), but it was a bit hazy in the distance and none of the shots were worth putting here. But this was good. It was a field of sheep grazing next to a vineyard and every sheep had a bell. It was very musical to listen to.
Getting off the Kellys Theos e50 and onto the shopping bike was a wrench and nearly put my knees into spasm, but it was a good laugh. My son-in-law said that he was now motivated to get out and ride his mtb, now that he knew what the trails were like on a bike. He has run most of them already, with the dog (I said he was fit). Great stuff!
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etoni
E*POWAH Elite
sunny day in wallis switzerland
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Mabman
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
That is a hard act to follow. Some local wildlife is all I got
And a bit of gravel pitting today. There are 5 in my immediate vicinity.
And a bit of gravel pitting today. There are 5 in my immediate vicinity.
Snowdon Sunrise this morning
That photo has it all - rocks, mountain views, lakes, a distant trail, a beautiful sky, even am EMTB!
(just missing a story)
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Looking forward to the video
First of the weekend's rides ..The Street in the Cheviot Hills sitting on the border of Northumberland & Scotland ..fantastic weather and company ( The EMF pictured ) ..roughly 21miles & 3100ft climbing and still two bars of power left ( the display was blinking when we did it last in much colder weather )
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A couple of pics of Aquaman in his natural environment
A contender for the best ride of the year certainly to date ..and not much will beat it ..from a personal point of view ..
Tracking on 25 Mar 2022 09:28:12
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A couple of pics of Aquaman in his natural environment
A contender for the best ride of the year certainly to date ..and not much will beat it ..from a personal point of view ..
A tremendous ride this morning in the company of Mr Hodge again in the Cheviots, “The Street” revisited after last weeks ride was cut short in very windy conditions but this ride was in glorious sunshine, hardly a breath of wind, so the trail pants and jacket were left in the car.
The trails were running fast and dry with no real clarty/boggy bits to spoil the flow.
the pics below do not do justice to splendid vistas of the hills and valleys and as mentioned in other posts my iPhone seems to flatten out the steepness of the gradient with a couple of pics of the Hodge riding a trail down from Russell’s Cairn it looks nothing much but it’s a steep drop in onto loose uneven ground
A few more pics of various parts of the ride and Mr Hodge. Great craic as usual followed by a swift pint at the Rose and Thistle, Alwinton..
And a brief history lesson
The trails were running fast and dry with no real clarty/boggy bits to spoil the flow.
the pics below do not do justice to splendid vistas of the hills and valleys and as mentioned in other posts my iPhone seems to flatten out the steepness of the gradient with a couple of pics of the Hodge riding a trail down from Russell’s Cairn it looks nothing much but it’s a steep drop in onto loose uneven ground
A few more pics of various parts of the ride and Mr Hodge. Great craic as usual followed by a swift pint at the Rose and Thistle, Alwinton..
And a brief history lesson
Djwwestwood
Member
Todays ride over the moors from devils elbow car park
managed to set off the collision detection going down the devils elbow descent
managed to set off the collision detection going down the devils elbow descent
Mabman
E*POWAH Elite World Champion
Never ceases to amaze me that for such a heavily populated island that doesn't look that big on the globe the UK has such a large amount of wild and open land.
Slymobi
E*POWAH Elite
Full of surprises 
Depends where you get your idea of it being heavily populated from really. Some of it is. Lots of it really isn't.
London is heavily with a population of over 7 million residents in an area of just 600 square miles
But head North to my country (Scotland) and it has a population of just 5 million but our land spans 30000 square miles. and 3.5 million of those live in the central belt (the area around and between Glasgow and Edinburgh (our two largest cities. Just 45 miles apart). meaning on the whole Scotland is actually quite sparcely populated
To give you an American perspective New York city has around 7 million population in an area spanning just 300 square miles
Well that's my riding done for the week ..four to be exact ..roughly 70 miles of moorland riding & 7000ft of climbing in some fantastic weather and cracking company ..
The latest is a re-run of the ride I did solo on Monday..this time with Ceebeem ( Colin ) & Jaco ..both longtime riding partners & friends from way back when we used to ride those old fashioned mtb's..both of these lads are 75 years young and have both had replacement body parts and being the youngster of the group at 64..its bloody inspirational to see them out riding the stuff they still do ..
Great to be out there with you today ..cheers boys
Edit: A little footnote and thanks to the kind person in Whitley Chapel where we started the ride...
Having mentioned already that I did this ride solo last Monday I was gob-smacked after setting up my bike yesterday to find two items of my head attire hanging from a hedge..up to the point of seeing them there I hadn't missed them at all..so literally did a double take as I was walking past them ..
My missus also sends her thanks as it meant that I wouldn't be accusing her of "hiding" them when I next came to be looking for them !
The latest is a re-run of the ride I did solo on Monday..this time with Ceebeem ( Colin ) & Jaco ..both longtime riding partners & friends from way back when we used to ride those old fashioned mtb's
..both of these lads are 75 years young and have both had replacement body parts and being the youngster of the group at 64..its bloody inspirational to see them out riding the stuff they still do ..Great to be out there with you today ..cheers boys
Edit: A little footnote and thanks to the kind person in Whitley Chapel where we started the ride...
Having mentioned already that I did this ride solo last Monday I was gob-smacked after setting up my bike yesterday to find two items of my head attire hanging from a hedge..up to the point of seeing them there I hadn't missed them at all..so literally did a double take as I was walking past them ..
My missus also sends her thanks as it meant that I wouldn't be accusing her of "hiding" them when I next came to be looking for them !
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