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I had a similar experience yesterday at Peaslake. I hadn’t ridden there since the Summer and it’d been a few months since I’d ridden MTB at all. The last time was actually at a a coached session.
Severely lacking in energy and talent, I foolishly tried to some new (to me) trails to begin with, which I bottled. Ended up slowly rolling up and down the familiar stuff and felt a bit more comfortable by the end, although knackered. Called it a day before something stupid happened.
Still left feeling like I’d had lots of fun (and lots more to learn). Going to try to get to The Summit @ Swinley next weekend to get my head back into it.
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Howard
I havent posted in this thread for a while, because I have been too busy adulting to ride my mountain bike. I managed to get out to Kilburn (north yorkshire) a couple of days ago and had a big day on the trails there. It is crazy how much your ability drops off in 6 months of no practice.
There was a lot to ride in the White Horse woods, all of which was hand built unofficial short course downhill stuff. Super slippy, super sketchy and totally not what you find in the South East. I came off, fairly uneventfully, 4 times on the first run as I completely failed to find the required pace or any grip and thought I was in for a very long day.
I live in London, but am from the North East and my two riding mates up here get out every week and are completely used to trails where there are no built up features and no thought of drainage or chill sections!
By the end of the day I was finding some grip and stringing some good turns together in the steep mud and some confidence was coming back. I had a really good time. Moral of the story, it can be intimidating if you havent been out for a while, but if you get out with some people that will help you commit to the day, you will have a good time.
Has anyone else been out on their mud bikes over the festive period? Where did you go?