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@BrickMan
Finally dug mountain bike out for its last ride before its replacement! Run this frame for about 4/5years now, and in '09 I managed to crash it and crack the rear end, however since then its never gone on me yet, but the rear end is out of alignment which isn't too bad save the brake rubs and moves around a little #notideal
Managed to get a slightly newer model (attack trail) on fleabay for the price of the shock + a round of beers, so not bad!
Went for a loop of borrowdale, affectionately known as the borrowdale bash. If I was feeling really fit I could have ridden it from home, but wind today was epic (30-50+ on the more exposed areas).
excuse the crap pictures, was blowing was pushing me slightly back UP the hills.
Just before the biggest grin inducing descent. In the photo it starts off on the top, nice, wide, fine gravel, big corners. Then it goes through a gateway, and promptly drops 800' (or more?) down a boulder strewn chute, with switchbacks, tyre bursting Roman drains and clapping cheery walkers. Ace. Managed to survive it, years been going down there have yet to make a proper fool of myself, though been there to mop up the broken bones/blood/bike bits from others :(
Dunno where this was, but it was windy as fuck!
in some kind of messed up order, view from the crags above ashness bridge, tis famous view this one.
Today was the 'Fred Whitton Challenge', was supposed to be 'upto 1700 riders' on the roads, but I only saw a handful of guys battling against the epic wind what looked like a 20mile TT down the main road.