The "Photos From Today's Ride" thread...
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Tall_Paul said:
HoHoHo said:
Not quite what I expected 
However, I’m pleased your pleased and I’m pleased I managed to get my new bike for just over £2k
Don’t ask how, but your write up (which is good, thanks), does make me feel a bit better
Ahh, well a carbon Stumpjumper for just over £2k is brilliant value for money! However, I’m pleased your pleased and I’m pleased I managed to get my new bike for just over £2k
Don’t ask how, but your write up (which is good, thanks), does make me feel a bit better
That does change things a bit I rode the expert 2018 29er bike, I rated it 9/10 at the MBR demo day, cracking bike and the fox forks were lovely, think it has the performance versions. The spectral I rated at 10/10, awesome bike. The Cube... well, I suppose it's 11/10.
My bike has 2018 revelations and riding the fox 36 factory forks at the weekend has ruined them for me
they're still great forks but once you had a taste of the top end it's hard to go back to regular level As a relative newbie to the sport I would probably be lost on a better set of forks (much like I am on my Mavic carbon wheels on my Cube road and MTB), the Stumpjumper is still a massive upgrade to the Reaction GTC Race (which I still rate as a great hardtail btw) albeit I find I’m currently slower up hills but overall it’s a much better ride
Edited to add, nice Aprilia
HoHoHo said:
Tall_Paul said:
HoHoHo said:
Not quite what I expected
However, I’m pleased your pleased and I’m pleased I managed to get my new bike for just over £2k
Don’t ask how, but your write up (which is good, thanks), does make me feel a bit better
Ahh, well a carbon Stumpjumper for just over £2k is brilliant value for money! However, I’m pleased your pleased and I’m pleased I managed to get my new bike for just over £2k
Don’t ask how, but your write up (which is good, thanks), does make me feel a bit better
That does change things a bit I rode the expert 2018 29er bike, I rated it 9/10 at the MBR demo day, cracking bike and the fox forks were lovely, think it has the performance versions. The spectral I rated at 10/10, awesome bike. The Cube... well, I suppose it's 11/10.
My bike has 2018 revelations and riding the fox 36 factory forks at the weekend has ruined them for me
they're still great forks but once you had a taste of the top end it's hard to go back to regular level As a relative newbie to the sport I would probably be lost on a better set of forks (much like I am on my Mavic carbon wheels on my Cube road and MTB), the Stumpjumper is still a massive upgrade to the Reaction GTC Race (which I still rate as a great hardtail btw) albeit I find I’m currently slower up hills but overall it’s a much better ride
Edited to add, nice Aprilia
I went for a Vitus Escarpe 27.5 as I just couldn't justify spending £2500-3k on effectively a 'first mtb' but I'm always eyeing up the next upgrade A lot of the old skills are coming back, just not the fitness! On the downhill sections I'm getting faster and more confident week by week.I thought I'd prefer 29 wheels being tall and with the extra rollover/efficiency but with every 29er I tried I preferred the equivalent 27.5 much more, all personal preference though.
I was initially looking at a hardtail but at my age and fitness level a FS bike, although heaver, lets me ride far further and longer than a hardtail would.
And cheers
Ride with Owen by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
First ride with my little boy! It was only a few hundred metres on the track behind the house, but we were both on bikes, so I'm classing it as a ride!
Then yesterday I had the day off, so left my son with his grandparents and went for a ride from their house in Chipping Norton:
Cotswold ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Cotswold ride by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
Might not look like much, but that's my bike behind my desk at work. One of my targets when I bought a road bike (to supplement my MTB) was to commute to work once a week through the summer. Winchester to Basingstoke, 24 miles each way. Just need to find the energy at 6pm this evening to ride home
Richmond Park this morning. The photo is nice but the video is nicer https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi6WiFqB3Oq/?taken-by=...
Properly cold at 5am this morning (3C) but made worthwhile by the joy that is summer mornings in the park before the gates open to traffic. If you're riding in London this is an experience you have to try. Richmond Park is so different before 7am.
Properly cold at 5am this morning (3C) but made worthwhile by the joy that is summer mornings in the park before the gates open to traffic. If you're riding in London this is an experience you have to try. Richmond Park is so different before 7am.
Relaxed off roading to work yesterday, caused by a hard training ride the day before. Between Long Furlong and the South Downs Way is a hill called Blackpatch Hill. I can't find a route I'm comfortable to use, the path on the map starts at a farm, but when you get there there's no bridleway or footpath, but there are a lot of private signs. Might have to try on the way home
Just west of Steyning Bostal, Monarch's Way is well worth a detour
Just a quick one from this morning's loop with MrsSE...
Teesdale way, Newport Bridge by Pe Te, on Flickr
Teesdale way, Newport Bridge by Pe Te, on Flickr
I took a different kind of camera out with me today. An SJ4000 (Clone I think), and it really ddin't render the 4K settings well.
This is 4 mins long if you're intrested, and is about 17 miles worth of Bedfordshire. If you do watch it, bear in mind the camera is over a metre above the ground!
https://youtu.be/9lWFXDKAFY8
This is 4 mins long if you're intrested, and is about 17 miles worth of Bedfordshire. If you do watch it, bear in mind the camera is over a metre above the ground!
https://youtu.be/9lWFXDKAFY8
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