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Brechfa Frostbite 40 Enduro 2012

Bottleneck at first timed section

Bottleneck at first timed section

40km of riding in Wales, in January?

Seemed like a very good idea about three months ago but me and Jamie rolled into Wales feeling slightly apprehensive on Saturday morning.

We decamped into the village hall and then headed for the pub to get some food and maybe a half shandy for medicinal purposes. A number of hours later we realised everybody else had left the pub and then remembered we had to get up at 7am, a hasty retreat was beaten. A not entirely restful night and a slightly groggy morning followed.

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chilly cannock cruise??

flying tony

flying tony

Location: Cannock Chase

Date: 4th February 2012 | Start Time: 10:30am

Description: Hopefully it won’t be chilly and it will be quicker than a cruise but you get my drift.

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friday videos

Couple of vids for a Friday morning to pass the time…

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friday videos

Couple of vids for a Friday morning to pass the time…

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    Trail ‘Top Tips’ for the MinorTaur Trail at Coed y Brenin

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winter sun

obligatory hombury hill view shot

obligatory hombury hill view shot

Ride Report(s) – North Downs 14 and 15 January 2012

Forecast of a cold crisp and sunny weekend drew a lot of mountain bikers including a few cakeriders out to hit the north down trails…2 days of riding and very little mud in January has got to be celebrated.

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skillz for 2012

gap jump on ukbikeskills course

gap jump on ukbikeskills course

Right then quick post to get an idea…

Thinking of another skills course with ukbikeskills before going to Wales at Easter, thought it would be good to do before we are off for a block of a few days riding. See the coaching page for what you get and how much it costs.

It might be tricky to organise as there are only limited weekends. Well limited weekends I can do that is but there is no problem in folk sorting something else out for another weekend as I am sure I can organise a cheeky midweek trip if weekends don’t work.

So have a look at the availability poll and fill in and see if we can sort something out. If there are any other dates you can do then stick them in the comments field.

Obviously this depends on there being a slot available with ukbikeskills but we can but try.

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last | first

trailside creature

trailside creature

Myself and Cathy were lucky enough to do our last ride of 2011 and first ride of 2012 in the sunny climbs of Oz with long-distance cakerider Chris.

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year in numbers

year in numbers

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last first ride

El on new section

El on new section

Ride Report – Swinley, 17th December 2011

A cold sunny Saturday saw 4 cakeriders (Ali, Alex, El and Ian) make the jaunt to Swinley for the first Last Rufus and possibly last cakeriders ride of 2011.

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annual cakeriders easter jaunt

pod wash

pod wash

Mr Podster has suggested a trip to the North of Wales for some Easter sheep-dodging. Easter Sunday 2012 falls on Sunday April 8th, so there are possibilities to ride Friday to Monday depending on the amount of time people can get (or skive) off work.

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llandegla ride report

simon on new section

simon on new section

First weekend of December and cakeriders came from all over the place to ride Llandegla with the promise of warm (for the time of year) temperatures and sunshine.

Having got a space in the car park the first thing to notice was that it was damn cold!!

Though it was still super busy and meant having to park in the overflow carpark. A visit to the cafe meant a chat to Alan and Simon who had just finished a loop. Their enthusiasm for the new trails helped us forget the fears of cold and raise the expectation levels…

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