Watana Bob
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- USA
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.
2025 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos
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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.
Chargeride
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OK, you Cold Americans.
Anyone done this?
1997, we just found the gold pan from Chicken Alaska.
Anyone done this?
1997, we just found the gold pan from Chicken Alaska.
Jeremy McCreary
Bought it anyway
- Region
- USA
- City
- Carlsbad, CA
Yes, twice, both times at mining museums, one in Colorado and the other here in SoCal. Kinda fun. Got a few gold flakes both times but never saw any stickers in the sand.
;^}
Chargeride
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They only appear if you have a true heart.
Watana Bob
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- Region
- USA
Yes many times. My dad would take us gold panning in the 60's, found a fair number of small nuggets. My younger brother has gold claims (about 1500 acres) in the Coldfoot area that he has worked on and off since the mid 70's and has recovered 1000's of ounces over the years. Never panned the Chicken area but used to go there in the fall with my dad and younger brother to hunt caribou and moose, beautiful country.
Chargeride
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I was referring to visiting the places on the stickers, but I found gold panning next to impossible, the guys pointing at specks and Im like..
The gold coloured specs that arent gold or the gold coloured specs that are gold.
The gold coloured specs that arent gold or the gold coloured specs that are gold.
Stefan Mikes
Gravel e-biker
- Region
- Europe
- City
- Mazovia, PL
I made it!
Yes, I was able to cross the Vistula by the new (seasonal) ferry north-west of Warsaw! Yay! I am as exhausted as I am even unable to process the ride photos as for now.
There is a Romanesque church of 1155 behind my back but who cares?
Yes, I was able to cross the Vistula by the new (seasonal) ferry north-west of Warsaw! Yay! I am as exhausted as I am even unable to process the ride photos as for now.
There is a Romanesque church of 1155 behind my back but who cares?
Chazmo
fat-tire biker
- Region
- USA
- City
- Central Massachusetts
Been to a lot of those places, but never panned for gold. Cool.
I've been to all of them save for Inuvik; I have been to Iqaluit, Barrow, Resolute Bay, and Kuujjuak though.
Chargeride
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Get to bed rosy cheeks.I made it!
Yes, I was able to cross the Vistula by the new (seasonal) ferry north-west of Warsaw! Yay! I am as exhausted as I am even unable to process the ride photos as for now.
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There is a Romanesque church of 1155 behind my back but who cares?
