mind-blowing footage, at some point half way through I started to study graphics more closely as genuinely wondered if it was Computer generated/virtual! - how did he miss so many rocks or always manage to take a route between rocks that didn't jar bike enough to throw him off?? incredible.
Out for a ride earlier ET deliberately holding up the group, even though they’re regulation 2 abreast? Oh I know you were in a rush this morning to get to the garden centre and you were inconvenienced briefly and feeling a ickle bit pissy.
No point going out when all Gods children are clogging the roads up. Better to go out when the workers are working. Which is what will happen tomorrow
I've done bits of this section; The area south of the Ridgeway is riddled with old and accessible green lanes. You can plan a route along part of it, then drop down to the the old railway I often go along. When dry, it's great gravel riding with some ancient sites (not just me) along the way. Barbury Castle Liddington Castle Flyfield Down Wayland's Smithy And not a car in sight!
Ducati last Sunday, Kawasaki on Tuesday, so I thought today I’d better get my lazy arse back on the pushy and have a few hours out on the mtb, cracking day up here, a little overcast but perfect for mtb riding Set off from Bankfoot, just past Ingleby Greenhow outside of Stokesley Climbed up the dolomite ingleby bank to join the Cleveland way on the top Went out today to get away from the wife, but she’s followed me here ! It’s a good climb to start with and certainly gets you blowing a bit My mate “ Powerful Pete “ clears the top Blooming lovely up here,...God’s country tha’knaas ! Pete refuelling at Bloworth crossing , we then rode along the Farndale rail line which spits you out onto the road near the Lion Inn , Blakey Ridge If you haven’t done the Blakey bank climb up from Farndale, your in for a treat they don’t call it “ The Beast of Farndale” for nothing! You will be blowing outta your arse by the time you get up this one, it’s a killer !! We rode along the road for a while and had a quick lunch at the Lion and then retraced our steps back along the Cleveland way, took a slightly different route at the end to come straight down the 1 mile Ingleby incline ,....like fast ! The brakes turned a lovely shade of blue after the 40 mph plummet straight down the incline ! You couldn’t half smell them as well !! Garmin stats.... Not a long ride, just nice to get out in the countryside and have some crack with the lads Straight line 40 mph plummet downhill for exactly a mile...bit of a buzz !! Great picture of the incline in here, one mile long at 20% gradient https://www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/265817/Ingleby-Incline-A4.pdf Bust a spoke in the back wheel so something to fix over the weekend again Grand day out though Grommit
Tough one today. 43 miles of off road with over 3k feet of climbing. Great conditions though and the tough winter miles are paying off...
Think he generally rides the Pennines, neither favouring the one true kings side or the interlopers side.
