Sir Fallsalot

When he said this is not the fastest thing in the world was he talking about the bike or the display or both

I'm 4 beers in the wife is out and i have the munchies, the wife said before she left don't go looking because there's nothing here, it took a while but i found her stash the lying moo, so my contribution to this thread is this and their all gone now LOL

After getting rid of some of the scrap i have this morning i then spent an hour or so jet washing Cornwall off the X Trainer and decided to hose the Marmite wagon down while i was there. I then had a bit of a clean up in the garage but got bored and took the dog out for a spin, just along my local network of trails only around 40 miles, Eglwysilan and Merthyr mountains were littered with people hunched over looking at the ground i think its shroom season again. I only took one photo of the lane maintenance i done a few months ago seems to be holding up ok after the recent heavy rain we've had. It was a pleasant ride and in one of the 20mph zones i think i found the horrible buzz I've been having for years at a certain RPM, it appears to be the LED light on the front of the bike, will have to look at getting it rubber mounted some how.

Deep fried in batter

Looking at that i suspect your not just blowing snow

Yes your right there Pedro,

In their defence it sounds like the staff had no idea what was happening

Merthyr girl lol

Bugger i didn't know that.

Somebody said thunder road in Bridgend was all locked up today as well so not sure whats going on there

One of the boys just posted this on the TRF page poor fucker

Not sure what i'm doing until i get out of bed, only thing i do know is i have to get rid of some scrap first thing and the wife is going to a gig Saturday night.

Bobs your man i know nothing of them

I hope not

I put this in here but i think we should have a sad but true section for stuff like this

Talking of restricted threads wheres @zzzak hope the complexity of bleeding his brakes didn't turn him into a dribbling idiot

That's how you ended up with those pads, my boss took his bike in for an MOT and the tester said the pads are looking low so he bought new ones and asked me to change them. When i dropped them out they were around half worn so i put them back in and he sold the bike a few months later the pads didn't fit any of my bikes and had been in my garage ever since.

Getting my bike ready for winter

when i zoomed in i could see you on the tip of it

I was thinking the same but he's probably not as tight as us LOL

He was just following a GPX route and had only ridden some of it before, and to be fair green lanes can change monthly that first one might not have been washed out this time last year it also adds to the fun of trail riding.

The weekend for me was a trip to Cornwall to do some trail riding with the TRF, I think there were around 25 riders and few including myself brought along their better half, We stayed at a campsite near a place called No mans Land, we were in a static caravan this time very civilised for me. Friday was just a catch-up with some and introductions to others with a few beers. Saturday morning i got up with a muzzy head after the previous nights beer drinking and no water but after a good fry up and a dump i was ready to go. The routes were plotted and lead by someone else so all i had to do was follow on the day. There were three separate groups two groups riding the same route but in different directions and one group doing an easier route. We left the women to fend for themselves and headed off on a what was a cold but sunny morning to the first lane about a mile away from camp, Our intrepid leader hadn't ridden it before so didn't know it was a bit washed out so we had to walk the bikes in some places My body hadn't started running on all cylinders at this point and it felt like i was going to stall At the bottom we all stopped for a rest it was only a short lane but i was a bath of sweat and really out of breath i thought if this is what the rest of the lanes are like i shall be returning to the campsite early, The few miles of road to the next lane cooled me down nicely and i was pleased to find the following lanes were nice and easy sunken roads but a little overgrown so had to duck under low branches and other overgrown bushes. This lane had a slippery rocky section with a step on it quite difficult to get up So while gasping for air after getting up there the smokers light up After the last lane I discovered that the exposed rock on all of the lanes was very slippery and difficult to walk on let alone ride, we had to stop here to sort out one of the lads handguards after he binned it on the rocks (the one with the fag in his hand in the previous photo) Our intrepid leader didn't listen to me when i said keep the visor down in the overgrown lanes and this was his punishment, a bramble was hiding behind a branch and kissed his nose We stopped at Penpoll for a pastie and a drink about mid day, as we finished one of the other groups turned up and after a short chat we were off. the tide was out so sot the crossing was easy here Our leader taking the wrong line here and getting bogged down, his choice of rear tire didn't help ok on the rocks but shit in mud as i followed his line and managed to plough through to the end, the other side was easy as shown in the video. The lanes after this were easy enough fast flowing and uneventful so no photos, then they started getting interesting and have i mentioned before very slippery, Surprisingly my body had caught up and was now running on all cylinders so when we went down this one i didn't feel like i was going to have a Sean when i had to manhandle the bike down it. This lane has been named the pink panther for some reason. the rest of the lanes all had this slippery rock in various forms even on the flat it had you sliding sideways. Here's one of the lads stuck on it And he's up Looks nothing on film Before we moved on a lad turned up on a BMW GS850 going down it we wished him good luck and moved onto some more slippery down hill rocks for a change The strata going diagonally across the trail really made for a difficult ride A short rest before hitting it again further down. Last photo of the day. I was sent ahead on this one, again some real slippery rock to ride up with a step on it and diagonal strata making it real difficult to ride, when i got to this gate i waited for about 15 minutes and no sign of anyone. Tried phoning with no answer so thought they had changed their minds and i decided to go back down to see where they were only find them all stuck on the rock step heading up which meant i had to turn around and do it again it was harder the second time There were a few more lanes after the one above which were uneventful so no stopping for photos. Got back to the campsite around 6pm feeling pretty pumped and could have done some more. loaded the bike and my gear in the marmite wagon before having a shower, after that i couldn't stand up straight and was aching like hell lol a burger from the BBQ and a few beers sorted that out. Woke up refreshed had a fry up and a very windy drive home. Will need to get my fitness up if i return next year as it will probably be two days riding. Our route

I feel robbed the submission thread opened and closed while i was out getting a photo, i may vote for Marcels bike to piss everyone off now

Just googled the trip home and it said 18 minutes I thought WTF, who new there is a Pontypridd In Cornwall as well lol real time 3 hours and 10 minutes

Heading back from pastie land in the next hour been a good weekend with some real tough trail riding. It’s blowing a hoolie out there so hoping the roads are clear.