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Jul 2021
11:21pm, 4 Jul 2021
19,172 posts
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Stepford Wife
Coincidentally I’m off to Penmachno this week, plus Gwydir and Tegla.
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Jul 2021
11:21pm, 4 Jul 2021
19,173 posts
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Stepford Wife
Or maybe not depending how my legs feel after Welsh hills. They haven’t done Welsh hills for ages.
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Jul 2021
11:26pm, 4 Jul 2021
9,558 posts
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cathrobinson
It will be interesting to compare notes then.
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Jul 2021
11:37pm, 4 Jul 2021
19,174 posts
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Stepford Wife
Indeed. I shall be sliding round on the hardtail. We have been discovering limits of grip have me and the hardtail recently. Hopefully getting a loan of a full sus soon though which should please my ageing body. Well, until I start riding harder that is.
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Jul 2021
11:49pm, 4 Jul 2021
9,559 posts
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cathrobinson
Yes, I’m not riding my hardtail outside of winter at all really these days - too hard on the old body. What full suss are you getting your hands on?
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Jul 2021
12:00am, 5 Jul 2021
19,175 posts
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Stepford Wife
A DMR Sled. No idea what components but presume DMR heavy. Hopefully next couple of weeks. Should be interesting. Last full sus I rode was that Meta that badly needed attention when N’s seat post broke at Cannock. So a good few years
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Jul 2021
12:07pm, 5 Jul 2021
74,393 posts
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Gobi
Went out on the chase at 6am this morning, now it is my turf it seems a shame not to use it a lot more :¬)
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Jul 2021
1:45pm, 5 Jul 2021
22,856 posts
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Angus Clydesdale
We’ve been scrabbling about looking for routes in the woods. Limestone, clay, puddles and loads of rooty-toots made for a very slow progress. Great to see the little one cleaning some very technical sections. 
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Jul 2021
5:38pm, 5 Jul 2021
9,561 posts
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cathrobinson
I’ll be interested to hear what you make of Penmachno, Steppie. And I pity you having to ride it on a normally aspirated bike. Take anything and everything waterproof you have… some sections are just puddle after puddle. About 25% of it was enjoyable. The rest was just a slog. I really wanted to like it, with its natural non-trail centre feel, but it feels very unloved and in need of a bit of a makeover in places.
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Jul 2021
7:04pm, 5 Jul 2021
19,176 posts
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Stepford Wife
Interesting. Did you ride all of it or is the second bit still shut?
Gwydir was 800m climbing today. Some nice bits but too much fire road connecting them. And they do like their drop offs on the last two sections. I haven’t ridden this many rocks in years
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