Introduction - how this blog works

The idea of this blog is to share some of my favourite bits of mountain biking with the world. Principally so that you too can enjoy the bits I've enjoyed. And avoid the bits I've hated. So many people have given us advice on biking since we started - what bikes to buy, where to ride, how to ride. So this is my chance to feed a bit back to that body of knowledge.

I'd really welcome your comments - what have I raved about that you thought was awful? What gems did I miss when I visited your local riding spot? Is a bit that I said was awful actually sweet singletrack in the summer or when you're riding well? Comments will help this resource be improved for all readers, and also give me some hints as to where to ride next!

I've written a load about what we've ridden over the last year, and grouped it geographically. My plan is to add to it in the future, hopefully using the tags to keep each region together, though I haven't quite worked out how it will work yet. I may just need to start all over again in a year to keep things organised more sensibly - I'm not really sure a blog is the most sensible format - but it seems the best for me as I'm not terribly motivated to learn any more code than the day job necessitates.

Thursday, 7 January 2010

Kirroughtree in winter conditions

After searchign the entirety of Scotland, we finally came to the conclusion that Kirroughtree was the most in condition trail centre. The car park was closed, and all the fireroads were too icy to cycle, but the singletrack was rideable! Well, apart from odd bits in the open and most of the rock bits which were covered in a layer of verglas.

As before it flowed awesomely, and there werte more little rocky challenges than I remembered (maybe because I had to get off for all of them as they were icy rocks of doom...) We even did a bit of the black. It starts with a tricky ascent which I didn't think would be much fun without the snow! Then Hansel and Gretel is a lovley flowy bit - not really black. Hissing Syd was more rocky and hence lots of bits were unridebale in those conditions. Can't wait to return in better conditions!

Ooh, also a rare photo of me riding something black graded:

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