Hi mate, how are you doing? That's amazing loop. I live in Bournemouth and I'm going next week to Exmoor. If you don't mind to share this route on a gpx version I really appreciate, I don't havea Strava account.🤦♂️ Thank you👊
I hate where biking is going like a lot of stuff. You love the fact that people will get out if they're not feeling 100% or to fly up the hills...oh boohoohoo. I've got a rare lung disease that's mashed a big chunk of my lungs + asthma on top & I still get out & do my best to get up those hills. Not to mention the environmental impact of more batteries & all the rest of the extra materials just so we go that bit faster - why's everyone in such a f'ing rush.
Have you thought about sharing your routes in other formats like a gpx file or komoot. You have some really nice routes but a paid subscription to Strava is needed to use them.
Re blocking: the older generation of ramblers accepts horse riders because they associate them with Gentry. Cyclists are hated on the road because they are considered working class and an obstacle, and associated with nuisance causing motorcross off road esp. when jumping through the woods wearing a FF! Hence the hatred of off road cycling trails by older, typically dog walking, users. They are the trail blockers. I’m constantly clearing cheeky trails on Mendip.
Over my many years of dicking around I've broken limbs, digits, vertebrae and even my skull. But ribs hurt more than most of them. They don't get the 'glamour' of other breaks but, damn, they can hurt.
Hello bud, I've never been to Triscombe before and was hoping to go one day this week. Would you be able to point me in the right direction of where the trails are from the car park please?
What a nice ride! And video! The bike looks to be quite similar to the Bianchi Methanol CV FS which I have, 100mm travel up front and only 40mm travel in the back. The Trek looks better though and I love the placement of the rear shock, it gives so much more space in the triangle to fit a bag for example. Lovely area, you have more hills than we do down here in the south of Sweden which is exactly why I don't go for something with more suspension.
Hi I’ve cycled part of your route but I have taken a different route to Withypool. Any chance you could share the route, do you use komoot? Thanks. Tim
the jacobs ladder part around 7:12 is great in the dry but 100% lethal in the wet as all those rocks are so polished from all the walkers, it slike ice in the wet
Not joking about that climb up, not gonna try that again. Webbers Post car park onto Dickies path and then up and over the west side of Dunkery is longer but a little less painfull 😆
it’s such an amazing event. I’m very tempted to enter next year as well, with fingers crossed for better weather as we cut it short on the Sunday by leaving as the weather was so bad!
Jason seems like a chatty one. Lol😂 footage looks epic. What travel did you have if you mentioned it wasn't enough? Hope to hear your contrast thoughts after the race as friends mentioned conditions were very different.
140mm fork and a 130mm frame.. just having a little more would have really helped the fatigue towards the end of the day. No features big enough requiring more travel, but definitely if you wanted to hit them faster!
Love Exmoor, I've nicked your ride of Strava Seb, hope you don't mind, where would you have gone on too if you had not punctured as I fancy making it a bit longer?
Next was to turn left at the end of the trail I got the puncture on and head over to Pool Bridge, then up the road to the right to the top of cats scramble and do that back down to the tea rooms area. I did have another trail planned that I did years ago but for how to direct you from there I don’t know!
I’m heading to quantocks next week and looking for a moderate route to follow. I use Trailforks but do you have any hidden tips of advice for the area. Cheers
Weacombe, Stert and Somerton Combe are what I’d probably say are the most do descents, both are great personal favourites. Also all the climbs are deceptively harder than you first think, so keep that in mind
Should have found some hard steep stuff to climb too! It's funny cause on an emtb you look at stuff you can't do on a regular bike like the gnarly climbs on you would normally do on a regular bike. Hahaha. The wild weighs in at 42lbs?
