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Enjoyed that Mr TF. Bit of everything and glad you weren't badly hurt after your off. Just done Garburn pass and had an off miself, thankfully nothing serious, and the same rookie error as you 😉 Went on to that plantation section and green qtr, bloody loved it
Even though that’s one of our local routes we’ve only done it once in the last couple of years, that push up is absolutely brutal the way you went and the bridleway past Kentmere reservoir is deceptively boggy and rough most of the year. Great video, I hope you got time to relax on your second day off!
It was a nice day till that rain cloud swooped in, was like riding on ice, was very lucky this time, landed on soft grass between the sharp rocks, you will like the next video mate, especially the title (if I dare to do it 🤣)
Brilliant mate. Think of going to the lakes at the end of September. Is there 2 good routes you'd recommend. Ovs not to large as need energy for both days and will be having a few beers on the Saturday 😂
Decent effort man - solid day in the saddle and a good 5 miles more than I'm currently capable of. I your vid's and strava/komoot links to get ride idea's and will deffo look to work a route taking in Nan Bield & HP Plantation in the near future. That garmin thingo looks like a great safety net but a bit pricy especially with the subscription too. What gear ratio's do you have on your bike? and front chainring? Hope the leg isn't too bad. Keep up the good work, commentary to bike/path noise is spot on.
It’s not pricey when it saves your life though mate, on this ride I had zero phone network, I also saw 1 person all day, if I had of broken my leg I would have died, or very high risk of dying I have 52 tooth cassette with a 30t front chain ring
Great vid ive walked up to highstreet from haweswater in torrential rain good to get back on it after the off takes balls ., especially on yourself well done mate . I also looked at the komoot route and It looks like you went down hiking trails is this ok ?
Yeah took some getting back on the bike after that, my confidence was hit abit, the section where I crashed (mardale bell) is a footpath, so not for bikes, just like my local trail centre Stainburn forest is not for walkers, but walkers still go walk around it , and let there dogs shit everywhere, so I’m not bothered about riding footpaths anymore.
Is the climb up High Street rideable on an E Bike ? If not then I'll bring the manual bike for when I do this route, because hike a bike with E Bikes is much much worse. I've done Nan Bield Descent 3 times before and it's one of my favourites, I did a different route though and got to it via Harter Fell instead. That stones section were you crashed looks really awful.
Looking for a MTB bell then try the Spurcycle bell, the sound is loud and long........ (Spurcycle compact bell) 👍 Also what is the Emergency device called that you have???
You inspired me to get a Sawyer filter bottle but it doesn’t fit in my bottle cage like yours, which base do you have for it? Oh, and why not do a vid at Hebden Bridge
No not at all Kevin, it’s an amazing bit of kit, only problem with it is the 170 drop, it was holding my riding back as the seat would hit me, I now have the 240mm drop one up, transformed my riding, especially on steep trails,
@@KevinSimpson_MTB thanks mate, really appreciate that, it takes a lot to do the vids, so reading comments like this makes it all worth while, cheers for watching
It’s the Garmin inreach mini , expensive bit of kit, but worth it , the device is around £250, and the subscription to the iridium satellite system is £12 per month
