Your Rough Stuff Photos

[roubaixtuesday]

A couple of weeks ago in Switzerland

[Jon in Sweden]

Thanks folks

With the amount of training I've done in the last 3 years, competing at some sort of level seems like an inevitable consequence of all those hours on the bike!

A few photos from last week when I was out with a Dutch cycling magazine:

[Nearholmer]

How about some challengingly smooth stuff?

I had a trundle round the Brandon, Lakenheth, and Thetford area on Monday, and the sand outside of the forests makes for an interesting ride. It looks quite innocent in this photo, but in several places I was resolutely pedalling while remaining completely stationary.

[Cowsham]

A couple of weeks ago in Switzerland

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That's a scary looking drop never mind the rough stuff!

[Cowsham]

Thanks folks

With the amount of training I've done in the last 3 years, competing at some sort of level seems like an inevitable consequence of all those hours on the bike!

Great photos Jon and good luck with the competition.

[brumster]

Meanwhile, back in Cumbria...

[Cowsham]

Meanwhile, back in Cumbria...

Very wet and muddy for a Papier Mache rear mudguard. Pure class !

[brumster]

Meanwhile, back in Cumbria...

Very wet and muddy for a Papier Mache rear mudguard. Pure class !

Bit of history that rear sks mudguard.. started out black, then I spray painted it red to match a red red Thorn I had at the time. Now fitted to another Thorn bike, and I wasn't keen on the red, so got a bit creative with stickers and more paint ! No papier mache needed

[Cowsham]

Meanwhile, back in Cumbria...

Very wet and muddy for a Papier Mache rear mudguard. Pure class !

Bit of history that rear sks mudguard.. started out black, then I spray painted it red to match a red red Thorn I had at the time. Now fitted to another Thorn bike, and I wasn't keen on the red, so got a bit creative with stickers and more paint ! No papier mache needed

A proper bike

[peetee]

Taking advantage of the shorter days and calm weather with an evening ride on the local trail.

[mattheus]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/miHnxX9TGPEpFFM97

mixed-surface audax thru the Balmoral estate.
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Same weekend, different estate (Mar Lodge; "Linn of Dee" up from Braemar, towards the Lairig Ghru pass):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JS7hVrQDgW3r8X1y7

Took my commuter - 33/35mm tyre, cantis, 1x8friction shift. Severely "underbiked" but perfectly rideable (I didn't take any pics of the more technical gravel in the Balmoral woods).

[xerxes]

Same weekend, different estate (Mar Lodge; "Linn of Dee" up from Braemar, towards the Lairig Ghru pass):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JS7hVrQDgW3r8X1y7

Took my commuter - 33/35mm tyre, cantis, 1x8friction shift. Severely "underbiked" but perfectly rideable (I didn't take any pics of the more technical gravel in the Balmoral woods).

It gets a bit trickier after you turn right onto the Lairig Ghru path!

[Nearholmer]

Somewhere on YouTube is a video taken by a small group of cyclists doing “gravel” on the Balmoral Estate where they come across an older chap out walking, and get into conversation with him. The older chap is The King, who seems entirely relaxed and ‘natural’ in conversation with a random bunch of cyclists.

[peetee]

And so the excellent weather continues..

[roubaixtuesday]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/miHnxX9TGPEpFFM97

mixed-surface audax thru the Balmoral estate.
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Same weekend, different estate (Mar Lodge; "Linn of Dee" up from Braemar, towards the Lairig Ghru pass):
https://photos.app.goo.gl/JS7hVrQDgW3r8X1y7

Took my commuter - 33/35mm tyre, cantis, 1x8friction shift. Severely "underbiked" but perfectly rideable (I didn't take any pics of the more technical gravel in the Balmoral woods).

Further up towards the Lairig Ghru - we decided it wasn't really cyclable beyond this point