LGFC water and logs

Icy roads

Wintery Hamsterley

A weekend spent at home as weather forecast was rubbish.

Saturday was spent with Rach demoing an Orange Five....no go!

Sunday was spent on the X bike on the forest trails.  Brutal conditions

Nice to be able to come home and chill by the fire.

BTW Rach committed to a Carbon Santa Cruz as a replacement to her Stolen Merida 96.  Nice!

New Year

A fabulous week was had in Dumfries and Galloway.

 

We had booked this cycling weekend prior to our biked getting nicked.  So many thanks to Tim and Charlie for the loan of their rides.

 

 

Mabie? Why ever not!

 

Crisp, 'dry / frozen trails. 

 

 

A quick sprint up the nearby Crifel for smashing cloudy views

  

Kirrughtree once again lived up to our expectations.  The best 'natural' man made singletrack around.

 

 Glentrool on a wet and windy day.  Bru time!

 

Back at Kirrughtree Rach blasted the trails on a Santa Cruz demo bike.  Sold!

 

 Our base for the week.  Small but perfectly formed.

 

Galloway forest park.  Stunning.

 

A great week...we need a rest!  Back to work

Christmas

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Tea Leaves

Our mountain bikes were stolen from a locked shed in our garden yesterday.

Its very unlikely that they will be found but you never no.

Bike details:

Trek Fuel EX8 in white.  Fox forks and rear shock.  Maxxis tyres

Merida 96 in black / green.  Green pedals!  Nukeproof stem and bars.

Thankfully both bikes are insured.   Its just a little inconvenient and actually a little sad!  

So many adventures with these two steads, Including:  Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire Moors, The Peak, The Lakes, Scotland and the Seven Stanes, Hamsterley, Wales, DBC, Northumberland, Forest of Dean, Bike Packing, Falling off, breaking, mending, Borrowdale Bash, British Cycling L2 training and Assessment, Arran, India, The French Alps, The Alsace and Soul Train.

I hope the new owners get as much enjoyment out of them as we have.  FYI the trek needs the following:  A complete new drive chain, a new bottom bracket, new rocker pivots, new headset and some new rubber.  You should have asked before you took it... 

   

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