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Cheers Mark there seems to be at least a couple of fresh cut loaminess to keep you away for a while 😆

Cheers buddy, the story goes there is some off-piste in Haigh Hall nowadays (not a recommendation, just an observation 😁)

@@mtbnorthwestengland 😁😆

Can't comment as to how battered it is as a comparison, didn't seem too bad but would like to give it another go to try the couple of bits I didn't do, not be riding that in the wet though 😬

@@mtbnorthwestengland it’s better in the dry and in the spring before the ferns go mental

@@tastytechaddictsmtb I'll put it in my calendar for next year 👍🏼

I realised later and corrected myself, don't forget it's the first time I had been there and didn't do any research so it just felt like I was driving to Shropshire, what's a county away between friends 😂

@@mtbnorthwestengland ha ha saw that correction after I’d posted !

He shouted something which ended in "and I'll wrap it round your neck"

2 not so friendly walkers in front, the woman went to put her walking pole in my mates front wheel and that was the response she got 🤷‍♂

@@mtbnorthwestengland Ahh I did wonder what that was about !, that trail was wicked at speed when I was by myself, then hit the traffic jam

Sure was, some people eh, life's too short to get angry 😂 twas a bit cheeky through there 🤫

Just about sums it up 😆

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Cheers pal, yep it had everything including ice cream 🍦

Thanks for pointing that out, just had a whiz through the video and they went down the way we went up and didn't do the long descent we did at the end. Same area, different loop but as you say was more about whether the bike was capable of handling the terrain etc. I bet they didn't ride much of the Rossett Ghyll descent.... just saying (they only showed the top 10 seconds) 🤣

Probably the most enjoyable ride I’ve done in a while, well at least in 2 weeks when we were in the Pyrenees 😂 but seriously it was mint 👌 keep the kudos coming 🤣

Just about summed it up, a tough old climb but quickly forgotten about as soon as the fun begins 🤘

Yes just seen it 😎

Sure have, done it a few times on various rides, probably 3 videos on the channel that incudes it 🤙

Me neither, it's all about the bike and not the rider, I'm just a passenger whilst it does it's thing 😆

I'll go with the first part of the comment but not sure about the second 😂

Thought we would tone it down a bit this week, had some complaints the footage was too extreme 🤣

Ride had everything Rob and the tough carry was well worth the descent. 6 or 7 years ago last time I did that, will have been on my Orange 5 hopefully will not be as long before I ride it again 🤙

Cheers Howard, appreciate your comment 👌

Cheers pal, one man’s pleasure is another man’s poison but I agree with you. A descent that keeps on giving 🤙

Yeah you're always welcome Paul, I only tend to ride Sunday though and think you prefer Saturday? Intend doing Iain's ride at the weekend so might see you there, if not will hook up before this feeble summer ends so high level is still on the cards 👍🏼

Thanks pal, I agree 😂 👏

Its a cracker of a place for a bike, the drops and rocks will test any level of rider 👍🏼

Good question which I'll try to offer a short answer. I don't personally use it for route planning mainly because my eyes are not great and unless the screen has large digits I need glasses (yep it's an age thing). If I plan a route I have it on my phone in my pocket but gets frustrating getting your phone out regularly. You would be better planning a ride on Strava or similar and then save gpx to Garmin connect and follow that. I have an Edge 830 nice size, had lots of previous models larger and smaller and settled for this which works nice on the stem mount. Are they worth it, not at all, are they glitchy, yes but I've stuck with them for 10-12 years, tried a Wahoo and sent it back as it was complete rubbish in comparison

I like to know the time of day, distance, how long I've been riding, how much climbing at a glance and this gives me that and I can read it without specs 😂

@@mtbnorthwestengland Thanks for the reply. I too have a hard time reading small screens so that is a good point. I was kind of hoping for the money they cost they would be able to be something I could rely on 90% of the time without the need for an additional device. Thanks again.

@@teamdoa they are actually what I would say very clunky old tech about 10 years behind mobile phones, but they are quite robust and would much better survive a crash

Cheers Rob, might see you in a couple of weeks, you never know 🤘

Much cheekiness on this loop but sounds about right 👍🏼

Don't recognise the name, maybe I know the trail. Presume it goes off the steep side?

@@mtbnorthwestengland the ridge as in longridge fell generally! 😂

@@Lifmeister OK pal thanks, thought you were pointing out a particular trail 👍🏼

Cheers pal, felt like it too, was a belter 👌

Poor attempt of summer so far, a baking hot Aug and Sept would do nicely 🤞

Yeah, minimal skill compensation as well so line choice is key 🤘

Thanks, I do but they have done a lot of tree felling since so some of the trails do not exist anymore although some have been reinstated but I haven't been back. If I were you I'd be asking someone who has ridden it recently or I could send the GPK file and tell you were to go/avoid/check

Cheers pal, never say never but would have to be dire to do that 🤣

Removed the rotor and pads today and gave both a good blast with brake cleaner. Caliper is centred, I've changed pads and cleaned rotor previously but not as vigurous as today. If it does it again I'll have to get a new rotor, think I have a spare used one in garage so can try that before forking out more dosh, cheers

@@mtbnorthwestengland sanding the rotor and pads might also help if you change to new pads without cleaning the rotor good they make a racket cause of the old brake pad material

You just need to send a request to follow and Strava will let me know. I’ve not known Strava dictate before who follows who it is usually down to the individual to decide if you’re account is set to private

Yeah well you never know he may put an appearance in this year 😁

Reckon you could give it a good go on a fully rigid with better line choice and a slack head angle 👍

Cheers pal

@tastytechaddictsmtb Yeah it was pretty crap conditions but the story of our summer so far I'm afraid. Falling off that wall (the wall where the big spaghetti roots are?) will probably get you a visit to A&E

@@mtbnorthwestengland I dunno my summer (last week) in the alps was mint 🤣 , part 1 of the video is up now. Yer that wall drop we nearly went gunning into , then realised it was like dropping off a shed roof 🤣🤷😆

@@tastytechaddictsmtb I'll give it a watch see what you got up to

@@mtbnorthwestengland did all the tech 6:30 onwards, before that it’s messing around with the bike which is setup for jumping so like riding a shopping trolley. Once it was setup ok it was slaying the tech

Cheers pal glad it had some entertainment value, I thought the footage was decidedly average. I was a bit pissed off with the rain at the time it has to be said 🤘

@@mtbnorthwestengland have you thought about getting the Mod lens for your go pro? It gets everything in the footage the Bike whatever is in front of you it’s brilliant.

​@@twowheels4689 As far as I know it is only compatible with GP12 and I'm a dinosaur still having an 11. It hasn't really inspired me to buy a new GP at the moment but maybe when I need to fork out another £400 I'll give it a whirl

@@mtbnorthwestengland they do a 155 degree wide angle lens for the gp11 £60

@@twowheels4689 Thanks pal, I'll have a look

Cheers Simon, apologies for the delay in responding, not been here for a while. Hopefully you didn't make the same mistake as us and go around the hill at Edenfield when we could have nipped over the top and dropped straight in but you live and learn. We are going to spend a bit more time there sometime soon probably on a Wed night

Fully rigid bike would be interesting round there 😂. Jury is out on SDG saddles, previously used Bel Air 2.0 brilliant, bent a rail but no squeaks. They went to 3.0 and bought a couple for both my bikes with exactly the same problem on creaks and squeaks caused by loose rails. It is what I had on my Mega before the super squeaky Ergon shit. Might try a Duster, they don't look too expensive, cheers 👍🏼

Cheers mate, it was one of them when the person in front does it and you have somebody behind, you don't really have much of a choice 🤞

Good video of some of my local stuff, just a little heads up..if you go slightly lower from the roots section on 1st part of buckden woods it’s a better line through a less rooty line and then take a sharp left at fallen tree into steep fun chute to the stream and pedal up the road. ( you may well know this)👌

@@peterhaworth6859 Cheers I did know it, used to be a gap jump across the stream until it got removed. Charlie, the guy in front occasionally rides the roots so I was after some click bait 😂

@@mtbnorthwestengland I had a feeling you might already know it. Some good stuff over towards cowm quarry in whitworth that’s worth a look😉

@@peterhaworth6859 I think PMBA used to go that way? Might go for a mooch, any loop we can use for our evening sessions 10 miles or so with some tech?

Cheers Peter, love it round there 👍🏼

Always makes sense in the foulest of conditions. There's something strangely appealing about not being able to control your bike 🤣

Much fun was had Rob, except when my nuts nearly came out of my mouth 😳

@@mtbnorthwestengland 🤣🤣🤣