riding a mountain bike is always fun no matter what the weather is like.....

Its was my first run down it, doesn't look like it on the video but it was pretty dark in the woods too. more speed when its lighter and dryer.🤟

There is a volunteer group at Gisburn that do trail maintenance and built new trails but I think they are restricted by the FC as to what and where they can build. The off-piste trails I rode have been built by riders and are quite well hidden. I love the names of them. Stick Man, Songs of Praise and Looking For Yan's Burger. A couple I rode, the footage was un-useable, not enough ambient light. The trails were lots of fun but I've got to admit some of it was either at the upper limit of my skills or beyond my skill set. But in my mind, if I don't push my limits I wont improve my riding. And it's easier to ride a difficult trail if you are following someone, that way you at least you know its possible to ride it. And because you are riding deep in the forest if you come off it's a soft landing.😄🤣

@@nutsaboutmints1701 full agreement there following someone is always good like you say if they can ride it you know it can be done

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Cheers. I'm lucky to live so close to such a good riding spot.

I'm in the Lakes Saturday and Sunday with the family, ( stopping in a lodge at Millom ), I'm hoping to talk the wife into letting me bring the bike .😃so hopefully I may be able to join you on one of the days.. The screen is less cluttered without the GPS data. There wont be any for a while, I've lost the GPS remote for the camera. going to see how I get on without it. I may not replace it .

@@nutsaboutmints1701 hopefully you will manage to get out. your video does look so much better without the data showing it's interesting for a few seconds then just obscures the field of vision 🙂. we will more than likely be meeting at the ferry as the guys coming up are booked into Ghyll head campsite, Saturday will be very familiar stuff for you, so will most of Sunday will also be familiar trails with maybe a couple you might not have ridden

@@kryten1021 fingers crossed..... I've the rest of the week to work on the wife 🤣🤣

We had no route planned, my riding buddy rides an analogue bike so I was expecting an easy 15 to 18 miles. Twenty minutes into the ride I realise he's come over to the dark side and riding an ebike, bang goes my easy rides 😂. It was very surprising how quiet it was, considering the good weather .

@@nutsaboutmints1701 lol yes I've ridden with normal riders that come to e bikes. The guy with me and Heath yesterday has just swapped to an e bike and intended keeping his Propain for winter rides but after a few e bike rides he decided the propain wasn't going to get used and has sold it. We've ridden with him before and he's done what we do on our e bikes on his normal bike so now he's finding longer distances and elevations easy

@ashrothwell535. I record the footage on an Insta 360 X3 paired to Insta Bluetooth remote control, ( small square box mounted on the right hand side of the bars). The remote is GPS linked, when linked to the camera it embeds the GPS data in the recording. When re-framing and editing the footage you add the different stats. It's fully customisable, choosing colours, layout, style etc. if you check out the full video of the ride , the very start uses a different layout before switching to this one.

It's the first time I've ridden with this group. I normally ride with a friend who rides an analogue bike so the pace is nice and chilled. Yesterday was an eye opener, I was bouncing off the speed limiter from the minute we left the ferry. I'm pretty sure some of the bikes were de-restricted. Some of the route I've ridden before but from the three witches up until the very last decent I was riding blind. I have no problem with being the fat lad at the back so I didn't put myself under pressure to keep up, but did I want to press on at times and push myself, I may have pressed on too much on a couple of occasions😂. I don't get out on the bike enough to build my fitness up which is where I struggled a little yesterday. Where I would normally rest and recover wasn't the case on this ride, barring a puncture and one off we were pretty much constantly riding. By the last decent I was struggling with arm pump and tightness in my quads, I know lots of crashes are caused by fatigue so I took it easy. I spent most of the ride in emtb and turbo just to keep up and came back to the car with just 6% battery left. My ride round there three weeks ago was 17.5 miles and 2500ft of climbing, got back to the car with 51% battery left. On the plus side I only had one very slow speed off on Park-A Moor, stopped dead in a very boggy section trying to avoid a deep puddle. I was also pleased that except for some very technical climbing I rode everything and apart from a couple of occasions I felt in control. I just need to grab a map and get up there and explore at a slower pace instead of warp nine.

@@nutsaboutmints1701 I find it faster to turn the motor off on descents, I'm in that group ride group but after watching vids of their rides I'm coming to the conclusion that their rides are a bit too frenetic for me at my age and skill / fitness levels I need something more chilled when i'm riding not a beasting lol hence I chose to go and do Garburn rather than join that ride I'm too old and unfit and lacking skills to ride at that pace for a full ride even tho i could probably do it it's not why I'm riding E mtb for I enjoy the odd fast descent and technical short climbs but jusst really want a steady ride with nice views and get home in one piece tired but not destroyed Like you I tend to get back with plenty of battery left even after 2 to 3000 ft elevation gained and anywhere 20 to 30 miles so i can understand you needing to keep your bike in emtb or turbo to keep up and not slow the group. I have a mate that i ride with who has a restricted bike but seems to ride at 17 to 20mph on the flat easily so i have to turn the bike up to keep up and it really isnt doing anything much other than using battery trying to keep me at 15.7 mph. but hes a seasoned fit mtb rider and they know when i want to rest we rest lol Very Interesting to see a lot of the ride wasn't transfers I would have used to cross grizedale to get to the bridleway out to the park and cottage in the clouds and then to High Parka moor and back into Grizedale to the witches and moor lane followed by breasty haw descent to high dale and then down devils gallop , the final descent is cuckoo brow , very slippy in the wet thats where i opened my knee up about half way down around the point you slowed off while i was out in drizzle, you did well to keep up as you did riding them for the first time, Not sure which of the climbs they took you up to get to breasty haw descent but i guess you came up from satterthwaite and passed a white house on your left as you started the bridleway proper , a few hundred yards up there theres a large step or a chicken line up to the left those guys will have ridden the step, your welcome to shout me up and come out with me and some times my mate Heath as well, I like to rest ...a lot lol you can feel free to descend flat out if you like but I can guarantee it will not be a ride done at the speed of your ride

I have no idea what the trail names were and probably wouldn't be able to find them again. It all looks the same to me😂. I tried to embed a strava link but don't think it worked. you can search for me on strava for the route or send me a message on facebook. your Garburn ride didn't look all that chilled, it was pretty brutal in places😲. The pace of your rides seems about right for me, I'll definitely take you up on the offer to join you when I can. I actually know Heath from a previous life when he was a taxi driver in Morecambe so it would be good to catch up with him too.@@kryten1021

I have no idea what the trail names were and probably wouldn't be able to find them again. It all looks the same to me😂. I tried to embed a strava link but don't think it worked. you can search for me on strava for the route or send me a message on facebook. your Garburn ride didn't look all that chilled, it was pretty brutal in places😲. The pace of your rides seems about right for me, I'll definitely take you up on the offer to join you when I can. I actually know Heath from a previous life when he was a taxi driver in Morecambe so it would be good to catch up with him too.@@kryten1021

Weather was good but would like clear blue sky's next time😀. Puddles were too bad, apart from the one that stopped me dead at the start 🤣🤣. My riding is slowly improving, rode a lot at Gisburn. Really enjoying the natural stuff in the Lakes. I need to learn my way round the Lakes more...

I know exaclty where it stopped you dead and thats why i didn't try and ride thru it last time, the main thing is dont try and ride thru that main ford on an E bike in fact theres a few deep puddles to avoid rather than ride right thru them on E bikes just be aware on Parka its a byway and you are liable to meet 4x4's or motorbikes it's always a balance of pushing on but ready for extreme avoidance @@nutsaboutmints1701

Indeed, I try to avoid deep puddles at all cost on an E-bike. We passed a load of dirt bikes and a 4x4 having a break and enjoying the view right at the start of the main decent.. Yes it's definitely a fine balance between pushing on and being courteous to other users. I got a little to sendy in a couple of places, it must have been the fresh air going to my head 😂 @@kryten1021

@@nutsaboutmints1701Kankku are regular users of most of the legal motorized trails they can be a pain at times. The deep puddles are just not worth the risk for our motors...I think we all feel the need to get giddy on some of those sections lol ... I did see your excursion at least you stayed upright and ok :-)

@jason123803 cheers for the tips fella, after Halton I mostly turn right onto Kellet Ln and turn left onto the bridleway at Westfield Hamlet, at the end of that I turn left again this takes me to the crossroads at Bottomdale Rd and Blackcastle Ln. I've been down Blackcastle Ln a few times, last time I upset some green laners in 4x4's by overtaking them 🤣. The bridleway off Caton moor that runs to the Fenwick Arms is probably the only interesting decent around the Lancaster area. I've recently discovered a fun technical section from the canal bridge at the end of Newton Estate to the concrete lane by Central High. it weaves it's way through tree's and the beck with some Rooty off camber bits for added fun.

Gisburn Forest is in the Yorkshire Dale's, North West of England.

Thanks.. filmed on an Insta 360 X3. It films 360 degrees and all the framing is done when editing..

Any time fella, I bought the E-bike so I have half a chance of keeping up with you younger, fitter and slimmer guys. I've never been bothered about being the fat lad at the back 🤣🤣🤣

I don't normally go fast enough to generate wind noise 🤣. I'm filming on an Insta 360 x3 , the mics do seem a little sensitive to wind noise. My only option is insta's stick on pads.. I think I have to invest in some.. thanks for the tip. 😃

Thanks!

I've nearly come a cropper myself on swoopy, I've had a couple of near misses with the root and nearly ended up down the bank into the stream.