Watana Bob
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You did 40 mph on that trail Chris? I’ve never ridden a full suspension emtb but I wouldnt feel safe going 4 mph on that. Lose it on that stuff and you will be a sack of hamburger.
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Chargeride
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Yes, thats the entire idea of relighting your inner daredevil and falling back on 45 years of experience to see if its still working.
It is..
You may notice Im not wearing any protection either.
What a daft bstrd, but the void calls.
It really isnt that bad, speed improves stability, the track is actually very grippy, the suspension turns it into mild bumping, the faster you go the smoother it is, your enemy is ruts and unoticed dips.
It is..
You may notice Im not wearing any protection either.
What a daft bstrd, but the void calls.
It really isnt that bad, speed improves stability, the track is actually very grippy, the suspension turns it into mild bumping, the faster you go the smoother it is, your enemy is ruts and unoticed dips.
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Chargeride
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Brians been before, but Gary is more of a trail centre guy and was looking a bit concerned
Funnily enough the fat tyres cope better climbing here.
The lens flattens everything out, this bit is actually loop the bike steep.
He gained his confidence in no time
This was twice as steep as it looks and Brian was waiting for me to fail, I actually made it, but that was my absolute limit, there is no weight on the front and its impossible
to steer around the rocks, you just have to pedal like hell and hang on
Gary kept making 'where's the pub' jokes, the walkers sat around were rolling their eyes, but this entire thing is a bridleway and we are fully allowed to ride here.
I was trolling Brian as he struggled with the bike, 'remember when we could do that with ease'
The original plan was High Force waterfall, but batteries were low and we settled for the dam.
I thought it was lovely, but they always want a spectacle.
These are the days of your lives being able to ride here on a silent electric bicycle.
Went back the same way and this farmhouse is five miles from a tarmac road, fully off grid with a huge wind turbine and log store, strangely a telephone wire from a pole.
Brian got it in his head we could ride over the edge here, we sat debating it and I'm like 'no way', then I spotted some walkers in the valley bottom, they saw them and the entire
scale of the valley came to them, its easily a 60 degree slope 'straight down Bri, really?'
This is the descent, its mostly about careful line picking without doing it too quickly and getting a wobble going, I went through here flat out.
Great day with the boys, the drone was squealing at the wind blowing over the edge, but hung in there.
Funnily enough the fat tyres cope better climbing here.
The lens flattens everything out, this bit is actually loop the bike steep.
He gained his confidence in no time
This was twice as steep as it looks and Brian was waiting for me to fail, I actually made it, but that was my absolute limit, there is no weight on the front and its impossible
to steer around the rocks, you just have to pedal like hell and hang on
Gary kept making 'where's the pub' jokes, the walkers sat around were rolling their eyes, but this entire thing is a bridleway and we are fully allowed to ride here.
I was trolling Brian as he struggled with the bike, 'remember when we could do that with ease'
The original plan was High Force waterfall, but batteries were low and we settled for the dam.
I thought it was lovely, but they always want a spectacle.
These are the days of your lives being able to ride here on a silent electric bicycle.
Went back the same way and this farmhouse is five miles from a tarmac road, fully off grid with a huge wind turbine and log store, strangely a telephone wire from a pole.
Brian got it in his head we could ride over the edge here, we sat debating it and I'm like 'no way', then I spotted some walkers in the valley bottom, they saw them and the entire
scale of the valley came to them, its easily a 60 degree slope 'straight down Bri, really?'
This is the descent, its mostly about careful line picking without doing it too quickly and getting a wobble going, I went through here flat out.
Great day with the boys, the drone was squealing at the wind blowing over the edge, but hung in there.
