Pic of the Day

[Mcharza]

Checking our local bike park's new jump line.

 

[Tonybro]

Last ride before my Op on Tuesday. 16 miler up, around and down from Jubilee Tower, Darwen and Roddlesworth...

After all these years of riding up to it, I never went in so remedied that and took a pic of my bike from the top... Mine's the one on the left! ;-)

Also reasonable view of Pendle Hill from the Tower...

Didn't see any witches! :-(

So 16 miles, 1250 kCals, 2600ft of climbing.

 

[The Hodge]

Last ride before my Op on Tuesday. 16 miler up, around and down from Jubilee Tower, Darwen and Roddlesworth...

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After all these years of riding up to it, I never went in so remedied that and took a pic of my bike from the top... Mine's the one on the left! ;-)
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Also reasonable view of Pendle Hill from the Tower...
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Didn't see any witches! :-(

So 16 miles, 1250 kCals, 2600ft of climbing.

Hope all goes well on Tuesday

 

[Zimmerframe]

Saw this on a little tour yesterday. Apparently made by a local metal fabrication company. It's the scrap stamping sheet which they turned into a gate .. thought it looked quite cool !

 

[Menelaos]

Ionian Sea Greece

 

[Errol1098]

 

[RustyMTB]

Snakes on a plain.

 

[Kary]

Last evening on the Tahoe Rim trail. At the "Bench"

 

[etoni]

afterwork ride.

 

[klevtik]

Kyiv, Ukraine

 

[steve_sordy]

Kyiv looks better than I thought it might, thankfully.

 

[Stihldog]

It’s difficult to not get political for a moment.

Slava Ukraine
“Heroyam Slava”

 

[TimC7]

Nice on the open trails,

muddy in the woods.

 

[HORSPWR]

Back at flat land. First northern Germany then Sweden and Finland. No more mountain pics

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Where and what sort of snake is that? Venomous?

 

[RustyMTB]

Went rain dodging on the world's most serviced Jam2. Still got soaked on the way home.

 

[Mcharza]

Where and what sort of snake is that? Venomous?

European common viper that is poisonous. Although not fatal for a healthy person.

 

[Arminius]

European common viper that is poisonous. Although not fatal for a healthy person.

Ladder without L?

Don“t run one over. Interesting that it is now protected by Finish law:
„New nature protection legislation will come into force at the beginning of June that will make the viper a protected species for the first time in Finland.
In the future, people will no longer be permitted to kill vipers without reasonable cause, nor may these snakes be disturbed in their natural habitats.“

 

[StoneH]

The first ride on my "Blue Thunder".
Monsanto Park, Lisbon, Portugal.

 

[The Hodge]

I was going to ride yesterday but there was just a tad too much precip..and while I'm not bothered at all if it rains when I'm out there ..I hate starting off with it already raining ..so took another day off today and headed up to Kielder my local "trail centre" ..spent my time on the last section of the red "twist & shout" x2..then did the Osprey Trail ..which is a blue trail and in my opinion ( biased )..the best trail centre blue I've ridden ...spoilt only by the fact that the budget ran out before it could be completed ..but the link up forest road section isn't too bad and a new vista has opened up after recent felling ..where you can now view Kielder Castle from above ..
I rode the last section of this trail x3 times by taking the forest road from where it meets the Lakeside Way and climbing back up to the maintenance access track at the top ..a bit naughty
Anyway a few pics ..and the first one of a couple of lads who I met at Twist & Shout ..over from Cumbria ..
They seemed interested in maybe joining the forum ...

The view of Kielder Castle from near to the Osprey Chick section ..( still closed ) Zoom in

Why have I taken a picture of these trees ? ..well when this trail was first built there was a clear view across the valley to the Lonesome Pine Trail..just shows how time flies ..

Fams Bridge & the stream below

This section of trail just flows so well..from this point down ( Squirrel Nut Pines) to the Lakeside Way ..
If it had a few " features " it would be a " red " ..but so skinny is the singletrack that it would probably spoil things ..give it a try if you are in the area ..you won't be disappointed..

 

[Slymobi]

@The Hodge I have the same feelings regarding the rain

 

[etoni]

ride singletracks

 

[StoneH]

@The_Hodge , amazing pics.

Sadly my country is not so green.

 

[RustyMTB]

Solo tonight & found an awesome bit of dh singletrack in the woods. Enjoyed that.

 

[The Hodge]

@The_Hodge , amazing pics.

Sadly my country is not so green.

Maybe not so green ( I wouldn't know as I've never been) ..but I've a friend who takes a full month's winter break there in February each year and absolutely raves about not only your country but also the quality of riding to be had there ..

 

[The Hodge]

ride singletracks

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Fantastic pics & vid

 

[paal]

From today's quickie:


2023 Orbea Wild

 

[Tonybro]

@etoni the pics are fantastic but the video just adds so much more! So much fun...

@paal great pic, I love Norway been about 4 times now... Ridden down to Flaam from the train station at the top of the valley...

 

[withersea]

Ardrock intro 2023 towards the end of stage 3. I didn't look good at the end - sooo much rain and mud!

 

[RustyMTB]

Fair play. That is a long day out by any measure.

 

[The Hodge]

Ardrock intro 2023 towards the end of stage 3. I didn't look good at the end - sooo much rain and mud!

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...and yet we were in the area on the Wednesday before in near perfect conditions ( even had a little play on some sections )...but noting the weather that weekend I couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for you all..