Tuesday 3 August 2010
Gisburn Forest Ride
Gisburn Forest Garmin Connect - Details
Finding ourselves near Gisburn due to family commitments, an opportunity of cycling arose that was just too good to miss. So as well as packing wedding outfits into the car, bikes came along too!
The day started bright and sunny but as soon as biking time arrived the heavens opened, this wouldn't stop us enjoy the riding though, the trails were muddy and wet in places but we were lucky enough to avoid more rain during the ride.
Gisburn is a superb place to ride the trails are well marked and arduous enough to test even the best riders skills. Riding varies from rooty forest runs to rocky descents and technical climbs over slabs of rock and the hugest berms known to mankind!
About 3 miles form the finish John suffered his first pinch flat and we had a moment of "bugger, shit, shit" when he realised he had left spare inner tubes in the car but luckily deep down hidden in the camelbak we found the puncture repair kit.
The last section of the ride revealed some a new section, since our last visit, built next to the normal friendly boardwalk was some (black route) boardwalk from hell! I valued my teeth too much on this particular visit to attempt the 2 ft high long narrow sections of board and took the easy way round, John ducked out too saying "he wasn't going fast enough" ???? maybe next time.........
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