A more considered pace rewarded with better line choice and a safe landing at the bottom. Which I dually provide before deciding speed on this descent was definitely not a friend. Charley, Stuart and Matt gliding down consummately while Andrew followed me camera rolling in the hope of a ‘what you doing down the Dave’ moment. Steep and gnarly, best described as roots, rocks, drops and slabs in any order. Once Stuart returned we made our way up the Fir Bank climb and into Swarey’s Wood to the 3 rd big down of the day. A little further along it was time for Stuart to become excited at the sight of a radio mast and stopped to talk with a guy about his erection that’s the mast he was working on. Once calmed we were able to drag him away and continue the slow climb to Hodge Place, where Stuart took on a long river crossing while we all acted like roadies and walked across the bridge. Our resident roadie started getting a little too excited at the sight of Wrynose Pass and Hardknot at the head of the valley.
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Refuelled as all mountain bikers must with coffee and cake, we once again peddled up via a road that gave way to a ridgeway’esk bridleway and the obligatory 4 wheel drivers towards Ironkeld and beyond into little Langsdale. By the time we rode back into Hawkshead rain had set in. It was then that the first spots of rain appeared. 50m from the end I pay the price of thin walled tyres and tubes with the second pinch flat of the trip. Point and go fun! So different to The Fox but still first class! The 3 FFF fast and furious fun. Kudos thought Rob who arrived grinning, knee blooded from an off but still pinging down on his hardtail.įrom the shores of Esthwaite the road took us back onto the fells and passed Scale Tarn the skies looking a little more broody while we looped back towards Hawkshead for the final descent of the morning: This one a whopping 2.5km of loose stone on bedrock. Andrew, Stuart, Matt and I dually obliged in an unstoppable train to the bottom. The Fox descent ran for over a kilometre to the south end of Esthwaite Water, a steep bed rock descent with great line choices and drops just crying out to be ridden fast. To be fair to Craige by the end of the day his feet were as wet as anyone’s and he grew in stature and riding ability, clearly assisted by wearing his MB shorts and knee pads. Up passed your cranks on this occasion! Craige in true roadie style found a route around whilst we mountain bikers rode through. Bike Glendhu is the place to be for epic Wanaka mountain biking, with MTB trails that drop from sky to water, with alpine rocks, roots & remarkable views. The beginning marked by a strangely squirrel like carved limestone fox and an almighty puddle. With the crew reunited it wasn’t long before we found ourselves at the top of our first classic Lakeland descent of the day. Pads swapped we moved on through Grizedale forest toward the Fox our roadies deep in lycra discussions becoming detached from the main group, the group no doubt arguing the rights or wrongs of tubeless and 1×11 setup: Charley having to turn tail to retrieve Craige and Rob from their woodland meanderings. Adam smug to have avoided the climb out of Hawkeshead, momentarily forgetting later he would need to retrieve his car, so the climb postponed not avoided! It was at this time that a moment of faff fell upon Andrew whose brake pads were deemed to be border line metal so in need of changing. The first ascent of the day dispatched we joined the North Face trail for a short section and on to Moor Top to wait a few minutes for Charley’s mate Adam to arrive. Beer and cold legs making the climb more challenging than perhaps is should. Make sure you have an adequate light with plenty of burn time for the ride.SMTBE Lakes Day 3 – Classics Ride – 32km 885m (Strava estimate)Īfter bacon butties and for the more heath conscious of us gruel for breakfast bikes and bodies were transported from base camp to Hawkeshead where we climbed a stone bridleway for 2k into Grizedale forest. During the group night rides at the various parks, please be sure to be out of the park on time and abide by all the rules.
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