LDG 13.12.08

[mtbman]

Flippin eck I'm cream crackered

Me, whitedog and rattiya decided to head up early and do the mast route.

Which at this point seemed like a good idea






Things soon got a bit gloopy, which set the standard for the rest of the loop








I really need to speak to Tioga about their tyres mud shredding properties
















What's that coming over the hill, is it Rattiya?


Aye up! Where did he go?


Oh there he is ;D ;D ;D




The sign wasn't kidding


We ended the ride doing most of the black with Rattiya getting his first taste of JJ's Jumps.

Top ride again boy's. See you next time

Hope the rest of you has a blast, sorry we missed you

[Rob]

Saw these pics at OPA having a nice rest in the cafe on there PC i did say to ormite if they were from our site ;D

[mtbman]

Dec 13, 2008 16:23:36 GMT Rob said:

Saw these pics at OPA having a nice rest in the cafe on there PC i did say to ormite if they were from our site ;D

How did your ride go? Anything to report

How smug did Martin look on his new bike? Did Oggy manage to stay on his?

[Rob]

Im sure Oggy will report everything and no he stayed on not like me ;D

[ninja penguin]

I'm flippin' knackered too ;D

Mast route was hard work on the way up in all that gloop, but even harder work on the way down... Fast, steep, rutted and like a river bed. I'm glad mtbman only had his camera out for one of my five offs Can't wait to do it again

JJ's jumps were new to me too, will be nice to launch down there with a bit more energy. My back legs had nearly gone by here ;D.
















Looking forward to all the reports from the later guys ;D

[mtbman]

Nice pic's, Rattiya. Fair do's that phone takes some quality snaps.

I'm really feeling the pain in my thighs tonight The mast route was a real effort today.

I think we all fell off more than once on the decent. The secret on the mast decent is to launch yourself far enough to land in the soft gorse, which I think we all managed to do, with a degree of skill ;D ;D

[martinw]

We had a good ride, Thought about you lot doing that mast route, the trail iself in llandegla was muddy, thought that it was going to be bad up where you were.

What time did you finish? Must have just missed you, we got out at about 11:30.

[ninja penguin]

Rather dissappointed that I missed your off ;D

It was about 12:45 by the time we got back to the trail centre - mtbman stopped to play mechanic on a broken down hire bike

[mtbman]

Dec 13, 2008 17:59:43 GMT @martinw said:

We had a good ride, Thought about you lot doing that mast route, the trail iself in llandegla was muddy, thought that it was going to be bad up where you were.

What time did you finish? Must have just missed you, we got out at about 11:30.

Where's the pic's

It's ok I've found them ;D

[gazooks]

myself and punk went upto the mast, ended up walking with bikes most of the way just too much mud , then the decent from the masts was like riding down a river. had one trip over the bars after front wheel dug in pot hole then fell off on final decent to the road. think i give mast ride a miss till spring let it dry out a bit starting to get badly erroded.

[martinw]

Judging by the pics it was pretty sticky up there.

I just hate cleaning my bike after it all!

[gazooks]

:(turned into a right mud fest, took double the time to get round mast route which meant we didnt hav enough time in forest afterwards ended up doing half the blue as limited for time, wish we'd just done normal routes in forest can understand now why people tend stick to trail centres in the winter.

[Fitzie]

that was fun, the mud mast route was interesting, one good off into the gorse for good measure ;D