December 16, 201510 yr Too dark to practice a night Too wet at the weekend Too long to next years BTC and Scott Only Sheffield of any interest and that's dominated by a bunch of Daygos anyway Roll on those warm summer days and the S3 championship Yes Nigel, for once you are right, I am bored Edited December 16, 201510 yr by dadof2
December 16, 201510 yr Only Sheffield of any interest and that's dominated by a bunch of Daygos anyway Are you related to Jeremy Clarkson?
December 16, 201510 yr whats wrong with riding in the wet? i hate riding in summer. here it gets upper 80's to upper 90's and 80 to 100% humidity in summer so i loooove winter riding.
December 17, 201510 yr Author whats wrong with riding in the wet? i hate riding in summer. here it gets upper 80's to upper 90's and 80 to 100% humidity in summer so i loooove winter riding. Have a look at the link and then look up a bit more on youtube, This is only a few miles from Nord View where UK WTC has been held for last few years.
December 17, 201510 yr man that sucks, we get flooding beginning ever summer so for about 6 weeks we don't have any place to ride, but like i said i don't like summer riding so no big deal. to bad about the flooding for you though.
December 17, 201510 yr My bike has bean tore down to a frame only, have not been on it for two month now, Will have to start all over again. I don't really like riding in the mud but its good practise.
December 17, 201510 yr Too dark to practice a night Too wet at the weekend Too long to next years BTC and Scott Only Sheffield of any interest and that's dominated by a bunch of Daygos anyway Roll on those warm summer days and the S3 championship Yes Nigel, for once you are right, I am bored Are you related to Jeremy Clarkson? Err....obviously he was alluding to multiple christian names like 'Diego' (Bosis) for example. A simple typo, I'm sure...err.
December 17, 201510 yr I must be lucky, living in the midlands, I ride every weekend, knee deep in mud some of the times but I definitely learn more in the winter than I do in the summer.
December 17, 201510 yr Rain and winter is not fun, I don't mind mud but cold and wet sucks. The worst thing is dark evenings. By the time the last rider has finished, Flags picked up, Control packed up, Wait for burger van to pack up and push it out the venue. Then get home and find it's too dark to wash bikes so have to knock off early Monday to do it. And all that is after spending the day before getting wet and cold putting flags in the ground!! All that aside I would not change it, I take the rough with the smooth as when the weather is kind it more than makes up for it. The lot that can turn up 10 mins before, sign on, whine about the sections, finish by 3 and be indoors with a beer soon after have it good even in the winter! This is good old British trials as it's best! Edited December 17, 201510 yr by steve_earle
January 2, 201610 yr One of my riding buddies said that he was suffering from PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome), so we headed out for an afternoon spin. Lots of blowdowns this autumn/winter with El Nino feeding Pineapple Expresses our way. Not much snow at sealevel, but one riding area at 300m has 25cm, and more the higher you go. It feels like we fish are in a drying pond and our world is shrinking. AND IT"S ONLY JANUARY 1! Cheers, and Happy New Year, the sun will return.
January 2, 201610 yr I have the same saw - great little rig. After trying a log at that height with snow and ice on top of it I would be getting the saw out as well - the hell with the 5 Edited January 2, 201610 yr by michael_t
January 3, 201610 yr Been practicing in the mud reecently and after all the rain weve had its slippy!! You stuggle to walk across the mud its that slippy, really saturated ground. Been trying to do the same hills i would in summer, plenty of falls, really testing traction and control skills, riding in 4th gear everywhere mostly, but in summer when the grip comes back things should feel miles easier
January 3, 201610 yr Half of our state has had record snowfalls lately. Luckily our main riding ares are still almost dry. I had to dig through 3 foot of snow to get the bikes out. My Honda civic is the snow pile in the middle.
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