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This is a botched pic of what I have started to call Mini Moab because of the slickrock. It's about 4 km from TTHQ and is a good place to have a bit of a break, play about and chill out. Yesterday, though, it was covered in a thin layer of ice. Oh well, next summer...
Yes winter is on it's way, minus one and a bit and I go riding. I patched together some trails and was out for several hours. It was ok as long as I kept moving, but otherwise it was quite cold. I took my newly attained folding tree saw with me and cleared some fallen trees out of the way. I doubt I will ever ride in the forest with out that saw, it is brilliant!
... That last monday's ride was with studded tires on snow and ice. Which wasn't so bad, it's still good, and I do love this bike too, for training. It keeps me in shape for real riding!
And after a good ride the star needs pampering. Especially when the trails are so wet in places. Washed and oiled and looking good. I have never taken so many pics of one bike before. 140mm travel. 2.35'' front, 2,1'' back tire, 9 gears, chain guide, flatties, 20mm axle front and 10mm bolt back. Gold Oro hydr brakes. Lovin' it!
This is the star of the show though. Riding alone or with friends this bike rocks. Uphill is fine, even a bit of transport on the road is fine, but if feel like hooning on a bit of a wallride or jump or just ride ultra technical stuff it's excells! Yesterday I rode half the ride of Saturday, and even though that means 4k of road it also means more downhill. Give and take.
The cool thing about having a friend visit is that you push yourself more. Ride a bit faster, play on more rocks or jumps, hoon more. I didn't get any pics cos we were to busy riding, but here's a bit of a launch taken the day after, yes I rode both days of the weekend!
... Well maybe not space, but certainly from Oslo. C joined me for a ride from home to work with no tarmac. Good company, good weather, good trails. Really technical for most of the way, and 9 degrees and sunny. We finished at the hotel spa swimming pool and sauna, which is the best wind-down after a ride. Thanks C!
It's great this satnav riding. Today I found more trails, this time near an age-old ice pond where ice was hacked up and sold to rich people before there were fridges. The trail was actually quite good, though over-grown in places (yes it's true!) The weather was good too for mid November, my shoes were still wet from sunday's ride so that wasn't too friendly, but otherwise a good ride.
On the way to a family birthday. The weather is directly from the arm-pit of satan himself... without the warmth. In fact it's not that bad. I went out for a bit of a ride on my 5, ragged about on my local trails for an hour. It was windy, but 8 degrees and dry, and then the rain came down, but it was still good to be out. It's difficult to get out this time of year, because of weather and darkness, so when you do go out it's totally bonus. I didn't ride for long or very far, but I ripped some corners and rode some technical stuff. I'm well happy with my skills. I rock!
Last Saturday I took a look at the GPS map of the area and marked out some points I wanted to ride to. Some of it on tarmac some of it on grit, even some singletrack. It didn't all hook up on the map, but with a GPS on the bike I found I could link up some trails. It was a good exercise and I got to see some places I don't usually see, like this lighthouse that I found all of a sudden stuck between dence forest and harsh sea. From here I just asked the GPS to take me home, and it did. A good 3 hour ride!
