Great ride this evening - Jon, Chris and I out on hardtails this week as things were wet and I fancied a change from the big bike...
One thing that after all these years is still such a big part of mountainbiking for me after work is the 'therapy' of climbing up to Charity Lane. It gives you a good 30-40minutes to download work and life with your mates. Even better this week we got on to advising Chris on 2x10 setups and Jon dreaming of a hydraulic deraileur system.
Charity Lane is smoothing out, as it always does in the summer. Still loose and rocky but a line has emerged and I felt fast if a little loose. Good to take the full susser confidence back to the hardtail - you pick better faster lines and it keeps things interesting. Chris said I was pulling away from him which is cool, but Jon obliterated the pair of us - both on the downs and the climbs. Animal. Jon left us for a blast back to town - Chris and I headed down Bottom of the Oven - I was expecting to find it very loose and pretty sketchy but today I just felt on it down there, pinned and very quick with plenty of pumping and jumping (pop) at the top before careering down the steep loose bit with a bit of style.
Onwards and Jon snapped a chain (snap) on the way round to the viewpoint so we briefly caught him before he accelerated up the hill and out of site. Up to the viewpoint Chris and I had a relax and reflection on how lucky we are to live, work and ride in such beautiful countryside. Then down the old push up trail which was great apart from some walkers that slowed us right down - despite it clearly saying 'bike trail' grrrrr. Still we were polite to them. In the darkness it was slippery but great fun - tons of adrenaline pumping.
Sorry no 'crackle'. Couldn't think of anything to make the title work better than that. See you all next week!
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