Sir Fallsalot

If i get a chance i'll be watching it. Travelling on a bike whats not to like, you can keep your track racing on or off road it does nothing for me. We only have the motorbike show here i'll watch it even though Henry Cole does my head in A sample

You didn't read his post then Pete to quote Pedro "all I thought was that the phone would get run over "

I had a play about like that a while ago but was difficult to get the phone to sit still. Also had a go at slow mo while editing it not sure video is for me allot of effort goes into it

I though that was Pete's last bike after he finished polishing it ?

Its even better when its pissing down because there's no one else there ?

I was getting carried away with an almost worn out tyre i'm usually more sensible that just pulled me back in line Apparently you can get permission to ride that bit from Elan Valley Trust by emailing them .

What do you think Pete was doing there i bet he left with a top box full of stuff to flog on eBay. Spain is an untapped source for eBay tat

I cheat and take the bridge i find the rocks very slippery as your mate did

@boboneleg Probably wasting my time asking this but have you been over the old track from Cwmystwyth to Llangurig

Good stuff Pete i like a bit of looking about in old places myself ?

Just went to my car and on the way back i hears an unusual noise coming up the hill, it's a lad on a small electric trail bike, sounded like a radio controlled car combined with the hum of of the knobbly tyres the tyres were louder than the bike apart from the silence i'm still unsure if i liked it.

10c here this morning with blue sky perfect riding weather ?

Probably going to go to M&P in Swansea tomorrow to pick up the screen i should have got when i drove past there on the way home from work today also looking for a new helmet and boots. Thumbs still not right so not sure if i'll be doing any riding

Yes i'm sitting here waiting to see what bike Yen is getting and i ain't going to bed until i know lol

Fuck this just reminded me i was supposed to pick up a new screen for my 650 on the way home from work today

Same here i use them for the important parts of the engine like the cylinder head everything else is by feel

Yes it was thanks ?

My type of ride tym ?

Thanks ? Why did that give me goose bumps

Nope i learned to use both hands many years ago just in case of disasters like this

Oh the hand is ok ish today thanks for asking . thumb showing a little colour and some swelling, I was like woody Harrelson in the film Kingpin in work today i think the lesson is not to hold on when your going down

The photo flattens those rocks out i should have got off and taken it from the front with the bike on top. There's been a cycle route there before i started riding it hopefully it will be kept as a multi use lane and not be down graded doesn't seem to be used by motorbikes much just push bike tracks on it i blame covid

I decided last night come rain or shine i was out on the bike its been quite a while since I've had any Fred time. I'm up at 9 and after a cheese single and 2 glasses of water (only thing in the fridge i could grab and go) i'm ready to go and looking forward to a day on my own, first stop is the petrol station and i bumps into my mate, so i agreed to ride up to Sennybridge garage cafe for breakfast with him as he was only out for a few hours. Breakfast consisted of err breakfast got to be 4 months since the last fry up none of those beans or tomatoes for me though Fuelled with bacon and eggs i have a great run up around Llyn Brianne reservoir and stops for the usual look at the spill way And on around the res to Soar y mynydd chapel where the first trail of the day will start. I tried a little video i think it gives a better feel to the place, excuse the noise and the shakiness it was my best one handed riding So the little chapel is down in the trees and i'm taking the track on that goes up the hill A little vid at the river bridge I've past this chapel hundreds of times and decided to stop for a look this time Soar y mynydd is a Calvinist Methodist chapel. Its often-repeated claim to fame is that it is the remotest chapel in all Wales. Its name is Welsh for ‘Zoar of the mountain’. The guest book Looking back down from the gate on the track Its all up hill from here last time it was quite badly washed out but it has been graded since but still a steep rocky climb I starts getting a bit carried away using the banks in the bends and really enjoying myself when all of a sudden the sausages kick in i give it too much gas and i'm abruptly told i'm not 21 anymore I takes the photo while walking it off not something i normally do but i'm too winded to pick it up, luckily i landed on the soft grass and apart from my left hand and thumb throbbing i'm uninjured When i gathers my strength i gets the bike up to assess the damage, a quick look shows no damage she's a tough old bird a cable tie fixes the screen and the nearest gate post soon has the front wheel pointing in the right direction again. So on with the ride just on from this stream up around the bend is a remote hostel i always fancied staying just to experience the remoteness https://www.google.com/travel/hotels/Llanddewi-Brefi/entity/CgsIldLgnJ2u_c6_ARAB?g2lb=2502548%2C4258168%2C4270442%2C4306835%2C4317915%2C4322823%2C4328159%2C4358983%2C4371334%2C4401769%2C4403882%2C4419364%2C4424916%2C4425458%2C4425793%2C4428792%2C4270859%2C4284970%2C4291517%2C4412693&hl=en&gl=uk&un=1&ap=aAE&q=bunkhouse llanddewi breffi&rp=EO3p6tK6iN6EYBCV0uCcna79zr8BEIO9v7-IiKKEJjgCQABIAqIBGUxsYW5kZGV3aS1CcmVmaSwgVHJlZ2Fyb27AAQPIAQA&ictx=1&utm_campaign=sharing&utm_medium=link&utm_source=htls&hrf=CgUIrwEQACIDR0JQKhYKBwjkDxAIGBsSBwjkDxAIGBwYASgAWAGSAQIgAQ I soon realise the clutch hand is not functioning correctly and stops to rest it, been riding the last 30 minutes with clutch less gear changes. I had to take this photo some on here will get it I stopped in Tregaron to get some drugs as the ride around Claerwen res would need some clutch work and i was starting to feel sorry for myself The ride from Tregaron through Pontrhydfendigaid and onto the start of Claerwen res is fantastic the bike is running so smooth i stop for some more photos and realise why its running so sweet, there's a hell of a wind behind me pushing the bike along a short vid showing the area with wind So onto the res the stream is a little higher due to the last weeks weather but it's not problem The res is the lowest I've seen it for a long time considering the rain we've had A group on quads stops me to ask if I've past any police as they had just been warned by the police at the dam end where i'm heading not to ride the track its full length as there's a bit in the middle with no vehicle access as this sign i didn't see states ? Anyway i gets to the dam and a couple of lads say as i pull up your lucky the police have just gone so i do get some luck lol. the res looking back to where i come from Drugs are kicking in now so i feel like i can carry on with my original route and not head home, i rides down to check the river crossing at the bottom of the dam depth seems OK so in i goes remembering to stay on the right away from the big fuck off rock in the middle Quite a wet and rocky trail this one and finds out my forma adventure boots have started to let the water in not bad for four and a half years of abuse So at the end of this trail fuelled by drugs and half a slice of fried bread i carve my way up the Elan valley like Guy Martin on the TT, Idon't think I've seen the dams spilling before so stopped for a quick photo At the top end of the valley i find someone who wasn't as lucky as me bike left nobody about Looking back towards where the injured bike is Still fried bread fuelled the next trail is a blast down to Rhayader and i'm felling great again And after Rhayader a short trail before heading to Builth wells The last trail before hitting the upper chapel road The hash browns and mushrooms have kicked in now and i'm Guy martin again all the way back to Brecon what a great road for the bikes only stopped for one photo for some reason the sheep have gone a funny colour up here perhaps its a way of making them visible in the night ?