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Zed. said:
had a womble around Brechfa
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Damn you fella ..
I've never heard of a bike ride being called a womble before ..a bimble ..yes ..quiet often .
But what has incurred my displeasure is the fact that I've got that fking theme tune inside my head and it won't go away ..🎼 underground overground wombling free..the wombles of Wimbledon Common are we ..
Grrrrr..thanks a bunch !
 
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The Hodge said:
Cracking ride today in the Tweed Valley out of Traqair ..the first half doing the Gypsy Glen route then crossing over the Valley to climb the black route at Glentress then cutting across country on a forest track which then morphed into a balls out 2mile downhill to get back to Innerleithen along the Golfie Road ..
Thanks to Alan ,Ant ,Colin ( eventually ..he always gets lost finding the start 😁) and Wayne ....oh and also the two local characters we met at various points on the ride both ebikers and great craic ..none of us will forget them in a hurry 😂..
A few pics ..and can we please keep this kind of weather all summer please 🙏
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Above : Alan & Ant
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Above : Colin..climbing away from a very rocky & steep descent ( more so than it looks )
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Above a couple of group shots part way down the Old Drove Road descent into Peebles
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Wayne surveying the way ahead ( a cropped shot as I hadn't realised that Alan was watering a bush to the left )
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Peebles in the distance ( about 3 miles away ) ..and down all the way ..
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Ant ,Wayne & Alan at a clearing part way up the black climb at Glentress ..Colin left us after lunch by the River Tweed in Peebles having not done much riding recently and recovering from injury..he had done well to cover what he did ..
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Same pic ..I replaced Ant ..😁..
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The Transmission mast at the top of the black route climb..the two local lads we met earlier are sitting either side of Ant ..one just finishing a can of Fosters from his second 4pack of the day ..and the other had just finished his err..tab ..
Cheers lads ..
Stats 28miles & 3800ft of climbing ..but Alan had it at over 4000ft ..take yer you get
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The Hodge said:
Damn you fella ..
I've never heard of a bike ride being called a womble before ..a bimble ..yes ..quiet often .
But what has incurred my displeasure is the fact that I've got that fking theme tune inside my head and it won't go away ..🎼 underground overground wombling free..the wombles of Wimbledon Common are we ..
Grrrrr..thanks a bunch !
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You'll have passed it on now to someone else probably me 😢
 
Stihldog said:
That’s the same rock that found it’s way in my pivot area…I hate that rock.
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I can second that sentiment🤣

so, luckily, as this monolith has caused so much grief, lastnight I had decided to quarantine it (stashed on the dashboard of my van) to minimise future pain for others, although if someone incurs my wrath it could be placed in their vicinity🤠

The Hodge said:
Damn you fella ..
I've never heard of a bike ride being called a womble before ..a bimble ..yes ..quiet often .
But what has incurred my displeasure is the fact that I've got that fking theme tune inside my head and it won't go away ..🎼 underground overground wombling free..the wombles of Wimbledon Common are we ..
Grrrrr..thanks a bunch !
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Now, as you've planted the seed of that wonderfull earworm, I'm guessing that you'll be quietly singing-along to Mike Batt's infamous vocals🥴



sorry, couldn't resist (& it'd be rude not to!)

Rich. (out for another hour's Wombling later🤤)
 
Out this weekend and managed to keep it sunny side up.

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The Hodge said:
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The Transmission mast at the top of the black route climb.
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I wouldn’t have been able to resist riding Trailfairy Plan after doing that climb; it’s right bloody there and it’s excellent.
 
Doomanic said:
I wouldn’t have been able to resist riding Trailfairy Plan after doing that climb; it’s right bloody there and it’s excellent.
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I suppose it does seem a bit strange that we didn't tackle any man made singletrack downs ..but having climbed most of the 3,800+ ft at that point and feeling a bit knackered and also having a bit of " range anxiety " to get back to Traquair..it was never part of the plan ..we only decided in Peebles to cross over the Valley into Glentress as we were originally going into Cardrona Forest / Orchard Mains to finish ..
What I would say though is the track we took from Dunslair Heights to drop down to Leithen Water ( Alan's suggestion) was incredible for sheer speed on a slightly rocky / rubbley double track which just went on & on ..everyone recording their fastest times of the day .. so no real regrets ..
 
Saw a nice big cooter on the trail today.
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The Eastern Red Bellied Cooter.
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I gently grabbed the cooter and set it off the trail. It hissed at me.

I had a lovely worship session at the altar of boost and burned through 85% of the battery in a bit less than two hours. Garmin claims I burned 900 calories.

Super green and lovely out. Nice and cool today too.
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Baby steps, picked up my first emtb about a month ago having not ridden a bike for years. This weekend finally plucked up the courage to do some small jumps. Absolutely loving it.
Dunno what's going on with the chicken arms though, any pointers?

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Hattori-Hanzo said:
Baby steps, picked up my first emtb about a month ago having not ridden a bike for years. This weekend finally plucked up the courage to do some small jumps. Absolutely loving it.
Dunno what's going on with the chicken arms though, any pointers?

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Good technique with the elbows out! Stops anyone trying to pass you in mid-air! :ROFLMAO:
 
Tubby G said:
So, went for a quick spin after work just locally. Starts with a nice little descent. Chain snapped halfway down the descent. Guess who didn’t have his multi tool with him

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Had a pleasant long uphill walk instead
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So you walked the bike up and bombed the downhill again anyway? HELL YAH!
 
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DIRTY DOZEN DOES DERBY
Had a great 3 days riding down in Derby Tasmania, cool days at only around 14C but no rain which makes it just that little bit better. Never ridden on rocks with so much grip.
Apart from one of the hire bikes being absolute shite with intermittent assist on day one before completely shitting itself on day two leaving a mate completely knackered after having to pedal a 23kg monster up and down dale for 20km it was and awesome couple of days with around 110km of riding with some epic tracks ridden. Can't wait to do it again.
 
Did a local loop yesterday and was very taken with a field of barley.
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I wasn't riding through that, but along a footpath through it. The farmer makes the footpath one of his wheelings when crop sowing. The footpath connects my village with the one next to it and has probably been there for at least 1000 years (both villages were in the Domesday Book (ca 1066).

A bit further on I paused on the crest of an old brick bridge over the River Witham.

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I followed the swans as they sailed under the old bridge and managed to catch them before they disappeared under the new bridge.

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Much nicer to look at than the sewage treatment plant I cycled past later. There were massive clouds of midges (must have been mating time) which I had to bike through. I managed to hold my breath for long enough but they still got in my ears and in my (bike) helmet!
 
Bangor, N Ireland today and a decade ago.

Our usual meeting point for local pootles 10 years apart to the day. Its quite scary that I remember the first pic really well…I realised on that ride I was overbiked and subsequently moved from the Heckler to a Cotic Soul which was later replaced by an ebike. Fingers crossed we last another ten years!

Bit overcast today but still a grand day out.

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penguinni said:
Bangor, N Ireland today and a decade ago.

Our usual meeting point for local pootles 10 years apart to the day. Its quite scary that I remember the first pic really well…I realised on that ride I was overbiked and subsequently moved from the Heckler to a Cotic Soul which was later replaced by an ebike. Fingers crossed we last another ten years!

Bit overcast today but still a grand day out.

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Looks like the menu hasn’t changed for 10 years! Did you have a full house roll ?
 
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