Always great to have a day off work and head out for a spin.😜

Love Barnhill.. give me a shout when you up there next 😉

Nice video, just great adventure there. Like 10 ♥

I’m due to be coming to church Stretton next week on holiday is it worth me bringing my hard tail Norco for a rip round the trails and are there trails that my mrs and teenage daughters will be likely to manage?

Never done this 👍👍👍

Awesome! nice riding lad :)

Nice video mate. I need to return to the Long Mynd not been for many years. Looks like a good route, a good test for the legs for sure.

That's a stunning loop, only ever driven over there when I was repping. One for the ebike for sure, the hills are steep up there.

That’ll be the tree I hit last week!

Nice one dude great vid

Good day butty 😁👍

Good vid mate, when you come out with us, we'll show you some proper FOD Off Piste 😉🤙

Hey buddy, the trails you rode at the start all continue across the fireroad .

Hey, Mark the colorful language told me all I need to know about this trail today - a tad wet still and uneven in places. 'Green to the door' though. All the best. Mark

Those ferns have shot up in the ladt two weeks😮

It's over a year since I've rode barnhill trails 😳😩😔😔😔😔

nice vid

Crazy how the ferns are all up and growing now , I need to get up there

Good work bud, hopefully the weather is on the turn now 🤞

FOD is a slop fest lately after all the rain we have had , I feel your pain with the brakes 😅

Good effort, mate. It's wetter than an otters' pocket.

A wet one there Mark - more challenging than a dry run I'd say. Ha, you sounded like Godzilla there mate with the brakes. Good going. Mark

Chuckled at the thumbnail title.. That's what it's all about for me, getting out and laughing at myself. My brakes were noisy until I swapped the rotors to floating ones and sintered pads. I'm back on the Giant Trance pedaller as my eeb with Yamaha motor has error code 73 points at battery, possibly water ingress. Riding Blade and Whites Level with mahossive puddles did it. Let's hope the weatherman brings some good news for Spring.

🤣😂🤣😂😂 looks a tad moist mark 👍

Love a good muddy day out

I dont think that trail is ever dry 😛

Great stuff👌, really must get back to FOD haven’t been there for ages.

Tidy one there Mark,

Good to see you back in the forest Mark and doing some off-piste. It's gotta be one of the most reliable sites for you I reckon. A clean run it looked. All the best. Mark

Nice one doing that off-piste stuff, I have no confidence doing stuff like that. Quick question, what brakes do you use and pads? I'm changing both front and rear after 9 rides (which was 240kms with 6000 metres elevation gain, mainly red trails like Cwmcarn, FOD, nothing crazy steep like Barry Sidings, Smilog, FOD off-piste or Afan masts etc I'd hate to think how quickly my 14 stone plus rucksack with 2 litre water, spare chain, food and proper tools would do to speed up the pads wearing out). I put sintered in the back and cermaic in the front and they are SRAM DB8 brakes, seem ok on red trails. The bike weighs 26kgs. is this normal. Cheers mate, glad to see you back on it

Wellcome back buddy

Well done 👍... but you need to try Hardknott without the helping push of an electric motor for the real experience 😂 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PEOxlb16wJg.htmlsi=ATxQBZsbCDtAVB_V

Can you do a RU-vid video vlog and review on a sergeant Brothers depot in Hereford which is located on Faraday Road in Hereford

I really enjoyed that Mark end to end. So good to see the Black Mountains ride so well. Great conditions but heck do you get a rattle on. No wonder your fingers were shot. Lovely stuff. Mark

You got any free time next week mate. Be good to catch up and go for a ride.

Sorry to hear of the motivation Mark. As for the riding we all get rusty on some things - that's allowed. I'm sure you'll pick the rhythm up again. It's there. All the best. Mark

Nothing wrong with your riding mate, your out in the forest enjoying life! Fod is a pain in the wet ☔

Nowt wrong with it butty 😁👍 my god I've missed my bike haven't rode the FoD all year 😩😩😩 need a catch up soon

I wouldn’t worry too much about your bad riding, at least your out there having a go. Didn’t look too bad to me anyway,probably better than mine 🤣🤣

I loved Hereford i lived on Mayne avenue over next to the old SAS camp i worked at bulmers i had a few jobs but bulmers was my best job my mates still down there great place to live i loved jumping off the vicky bridge into the wye great video mate

How’s his bike so quite when he lands

Fair play 😎🤘 !!

i'll be up there today and tomorrow, been wanting to ride here for ages

Looks awesome. Do you have a Garmin course / Strava for this route?

Hey, great to see you out there on that trail Mark and see the sights we all love. You had a cracking day for it. Good going. Mark

Nice one butty haven't been up there for a few years 👍😁

Another tidy ride mate 👍

Very nice loop that. Great effort doing that one on a stumpy. Inspired to get up to the beacons now.

Lush being able to ride FOD after work. Sticky brake piston, on one side. Had the same issue on a front Shimano SLX caliper. Took it apart and I could see the piston was sticking so took that out and deep cleaned the piston and calipr. PITA though and took couple hours. Got it working but bought a replacement XT front brake just in case it goes again. Hope you get it sorted.

Don’t get me started on the dingy situation. Anyway Mark you have rode that last track before. Although it may have changed slightly. Or your line choice has. As we’ve rode it a few times. Im sure.