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Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 9:17 pm
by Asposium
htrider wrote:Maybe we need a Bikepacking style trail centre with (in no particular order):-
The tussock section
The thigh deep river (but with nets down stream, it being a 'safe' environment)
10 miles of clay / peat bog / saturated chalk (depending on geographical location)
The 'death march' = 500m of clear fell / wind blow Sitka
'The push' = a 500m vertical ascent climb at a gradient guaranteed unrideable
The boulder field (also guaranteed unrideable)
The 'descent' (ditto)
The bivvy site - complete with fire pit, broken down chicken shed, broken buckie bottles and loads of litter
the pub...
Sounds like BB200 2018
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:02 am
by Ray Young
Reg, dont forget about being "rad" and "sic". I think this very much depends on wind direction and proximity to nuclear power stations.
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:42 am
by RIP
:)
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 10:16 am
by Dr Nick
On the first WRT LHC I rode with Reg, I clearly recall, Reg, Pickers, Scott of the Woods, and me, I confess,
repeatedly using the phrase "that was RAD man" after one particularly 'gnarly' section of singletrack.
enjoy it Reg. Channel that inner gnar!
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 11:43 am
by middleagedmadness
Some ground frost this morning reg so you may be better off with your winter bag
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 6:59 pm
by RIP
I can only hope we were being ironic Nick or we're doomed!
Ta Stu re bag tip. ("if you see an unattended bag on the train - go up and talk to her!")
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 9:37 pm
by psling
Just remember Reggie if you are asked, your
other bike is long, low and slack
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 10:52 am
by RIP
As per Colin's (hopefully temporary) affliction over in 'Close Up For A Bit', I fancied rejuvenating this. Well it is Friday so anything goes, and we seem to have attracted lots of lovely new Boners since then who probably have loads of additions.
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:03 am
by PaulB2
Vocab aside, we should repeat the trip when we can - I think they've finally finished the rock'n'rollers section.
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 12:46 pm
by jay91
You may get informed that a e bike is the only way to get as many "runs" in as possible .
a group told me that this morning
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:40 pm
by fatbikephil
E bikes seem to be quite the thing amongst the trail centre warriors these days. They should all be made to ride rigid SS I tell ye!
Its fair to say I've been 'sessioning' numerous local trails over the last couple of months. This has lead to a marked lack of improvement on any of them. In fact all that happens is that you are riding a long a bit of trail and you think "Remember to miss that particularly big rock / hole / tree root etc. that's along here" whereupon you hit it....
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:43 pm
by PaulB2
jay91 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:46 pm
You may get informed that a e bike is the only way to get as many "runs" in as possible .
a group told me that this morning
Were they just sessioning lower cliff? Isn’t that what the cool kids do?
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:44 pm
by Bish
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:01 pm
by jay91
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Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:02 pm
by jay91
PaulB2 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 1:43 pm
jay91 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 12:46 pm
You may get informed that a e bike is the only way to get as many "runs" in as possible .
a group told me that this morning
Were they just sessioning lower cliff? Isn’t that what the cool kids do?
it was on a off-piste trail by strawberry hill
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:07 pm
by fatbikephil
More:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XlYXl111XI
I could do all that stuff (on a rigid SS)
Well I could if I wanted too.
Probably
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:26 pm
by sean_iow
htrider wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 1:40 pm
Its fair to say I've been 'sessioning' numerous local trails over the last couple of months.
There was a time when I ran the local trails on my weekly run to try and learn them better as I figured it would be easier to spot the key roots etc, at the lower speed on foot. Can't say it helped as when I rode them the features arrived sooner than expected due to the higher speed so I was still rubbish
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:46 pm
by jay91
And another hot topic is Strava
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 2:48 pm
by sean_iow
jay91 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 2:46 pm
And another hot topic is Strava
Ah, the Strava line
In my local woods the fast kids put logs/sticks on the bends to stop people short-cutting them for faster times
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 3:18 pm
by FLV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPVRU7jSYkQ
Amused me briefly. Apologies if its the same as any of the other links, they dont work for me due to some G suite nonesense
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 3:42 pm
by RIP
sean_iow wrote: ↑
There was a time when I ran the local trails
Certainly original, and possibly brave
. Not worried about the danger of some shredder (*) hooning (**) along and having a yard sale (***) into you?
(*) oops
(**) oh dear
(***) I give up
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 4:55 pm
by 99percentchimp
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 5:10 pm
by sean_iow
RIP wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 3:42 pm
Certainly original, and possibly brave
. Not worried about the danger of some shredder (*) hooning (**) along and having a yard sale (***) into you?
Nah, I went in winter, the 'duro shredders only ride in the summer
I once titled a run 'loving the mtb trails' as I ran lots the local trails to make a change from the bigger tracks I usually run on. It was flagged by strava as the software thought I'd put it in the wrong category
It would have been a very slow ride if it had been one.
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 5:58 pm
by RIP
Arg. I wish you hadn't re-posted that photo. On the upside at least we now know who the
real model for BBB jerseys is
. And that bloke's drinking a bit early I must say, it's only ten past nine. Maybe he needed a drink to calm him down. Actually I think he vaguely resembles a fireman I know. All very mysterious.
Re: "trail centre" vocabulary
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 6:34 pm
by jay91
sean_iow wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 2:48 pm
jay91 wrote: ↑Fri May 22, 2020 2:46 pm
And another hot topic is Strava
Ah, the Strava line
In my local woods the fast kids put logs/sticks on the bends to stop people short-cutting them for faster times
You got it
