Snow!

It's snowing and has been all day, check it out! About 2 to 3 inches now and it's gone crazy in last 20 mins! Still in the lull made a snowman family!

James
Producer / Wideopenmag.co.uk

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We must be mad!

Jon and I headed to Llandegla today to burn off some Christmas Do calories! -2 in Macclesfield how cold can it be we thought? Ffffffin cold is the answer. Two tees and a coat plus a hat after 5 mins I couldn't feel my fingers!

The trails were very crisp and quiet though, and wicked quick in the singletrack so we had a great time! Also good to see some trail maintenance with the worst worn parts of the original trail being spruced up!

It's always a long way back to the car though and to top it off it started snowing!! Brrrrrr.

Anyway on our way home now with Jon driving, so work on Wideopen Issue 11 continues! See you all on the 30th, have a lovely Christmas!

James
Producer - Wideopenmag.co.uk

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Messing around in the woods...

Putting together Issue 11 for Wideopen and Dunc's just dropped off some photos of Jon's Blue-pig that are for a great feature in the mag... I thought I'd share a snap of all the fun in the woods! :)



In other news on the 19th December we'll be riding at Lee Quarry or Llandegla (dependent on the weather) and then 30th December in Macclesfield.

Rock and Roll.

Rain rain go away...

Woah wet wet wet through today!

I picked up Kev at an unearthly 8am this morning in damp but fair weather. As we headed for North Wales a few spots of rain and even on arrival at Gwydwr still looked ok. I think it was about 3/4 of the first climb when the heavens first opened - and it continued to repeat the cycle all day.

So damp (and muddy) conditions, what about spirits?
Not a chance.
Awesome fun today - bags of grip and hella fast. Tony and Kev's first ride at Gwydwr - both really enjoyed themselves. We made decent time doing the loop in 3/1/2 hours, even with some filming. Props to Kev for managing all day, well more than managing, whooping Chris's arse by the end of the ride, on a 4X bike with short seatpost and small selection of gears - despite this he found a setup that worked.

So back to the roots of Fearingout, and all smiles. Good to see Chris back out on a bike - and nice to be in a group again. It's been too long. Inevitably talk turned to 2010 - and calls for Scotland in April and Spain in September are still ringing in my ears... personally I think we'll be in Scotland before then! Peebles is calling...

Gwydwr 15/11/09

Gamut P30 chain device

Thanks to the lovely chaps at Madison a Gamut P30 arrived in the post today.

First impressions are good, solid feel, quality finish and simple fitting. This is the P30, a dual ring device, and one that'll be fitted to the Cotic Bfe when it arrives in the new year. Brief first look in Wideopen Issue 11, out before Christmas.

RRP £114.99
www.madison.co.uk

James
Producer / Wideopenmag.co.uk

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