Posted by: mike61 | February 5, 2010

USE Expose TORO light

USE TORO light

Recently I forgot to charge my lights for our weekly night ride, a call to Ben and Alan at Freedom Bikes sorted me out with a fully charged  USE Exposure Toro light. My regular lights are the separate battery light unit types while the Toro is the usual USE cable-less design. The Toro attaches to the handlebar with a very secure bolt-around bracket that has a shim for 24.5 bars like mine, the light unit slides into the bracket with a hefty clunk. Read More…

Posted by: mike61 | February 2, 2010

Astounding Adventures Skills Day

'What it says on the tin'

As a thank you for posting a link to Astounding Adventures I was recently invited to a free day of skills tuition at Leith Hill. Joining us was Richard and some guys from Diary of a Mountainbiker as well as a couple from Muddy Moles. In total there were eleven of us which is larger than their preferred group size but this didn’t hinder the day by any means. Read More…

Posted by: mike61 | February 1, 2010

Banff mtb Films Brighton Komedia 11th Feb

 

Banff mtb

In Jan/Feb this year my partner and I are hosting the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in the UK. I don’t know if you have heard of the Banff festival but it is one of the best and most renowned Mountain Film Festivals in the world.  

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Posted by: mike61 | January 25, 2010

Ride Report: 24th Jan St Leonard’s Forest

"...this is where the psycopath's brain was inserted..."

A great ride with plenty of singletrack, laughter and more than a few tumbles. St Leonard’s forest is a regular haunt of ours but this time we went for singletrack rather than an epic. The trails were lovely and dry with just the odd muddy patch of fireroad to remind us of the recent heavy rain.

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Posted by: mike61 | January 8, 2010

Thursday evening rides 2010…

Hardy bunch

What a way to get the Thursday evening rides of 2010 into full swing. Read More…

Posted by: mike61 | December 28, 2009

Gore Phantom II Jacket

Gore Phantom Jacket

I’ve had the Gore Phantom jacket for 14 months and to be honest until the last couple of months it has seen very little use. However, now when I have got used to it it has become a popular item of bike kit.

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Posted by: mike61 | December 24, 2009

‘Gillian’s Trail’ takes shape

Gill styles it

Our xmas eve ride had a limited attendance as texts arrived with cancelations due to xmas activities. Rather than try to ride the slippery singletrack we decided to have a play. After not riding for 3 weeks Gill was on form and cleared everything including all the old and new jumps on the jumpy trail, we then spotted a new exit that with a little work will be ‘interesting’! Read More…

Posted by: mike61 | December 21, 2009

The Essence of MTB’ing

White Christmas?

Approaching xmas and it seems we are all getting hit with family and general commitments. Gill hasn’t been able to make our last couple of rides due to work faffage so in order to keep her mojo she suggested a ride for Saturday 19th December, last minute plans were made and circulated; however we didn’t anticipate the snowfall on 18th which caused random chaos.

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Posted by: mike61 | December 15, 2009

Hitting the wall

Bonking partner!

Bonking partner!

Bonking with Debbie would be a more appropriate title but in an effort to hold the moral high ground I’ve resisted. Read More…

Posted by: mike61 | December 12, 2009

Getting the ‘Mojo’ back

Mojo has returned

All this wet weather has been keeping me off the bike recently. Work, family and training for a marathon have also had a part to play but if I’m honest the mere thought of venturing out into the cold, wet and muddy abyss has been the real reason. I just haven’t been able to summon the enthusiasm.  My last ride involved rain of biblical proportions and more comedy dismounts than you’ll see at the circus. That was 2 or 3 weeks ago. For a regular rider like me 2 or 3 weeks off the bike feels like a lifetime. I was worried I might have lost my mojo and terrified I’d dump riding altogether in favour of World of Warcraft or some other geeky indoor weirdness, where the only chance of my heart rate increasing was if the curry delivery was late. I had to get out on my bike! Read More…

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