Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
I’ve decided I need some new tyres ready for the Dyfi Enduro. Currently my Commnencal Meta 5.5 has a 2.4″ Continental Mountain King on the rear and a 2.35″ Maxxis High Roller on the front. Both are OK for general trail riding but a little too chunky for a longer distance ride such as the...
Oh well, so I can’t ride a bike.. Not like this anyway. I may as well give up now!
Sunday dawned and time for the End of Month Ride. The weather forecast was terrible, but once up at Pendam although it looked pretty murly and was quite chilly all looked OK. I met Dave, John, Jimmy and James there and after the usual pfaff and chat in the car park we headed off. The...
On my way home from Conwy at the weekend I stopped off at Penmachno for a ride around the trails there. I hadn’t been here for over a year and had fond memories of it from last time so was looking forward to it. This was helped by the fact that it was a lovely...
The official results for the Mawddach Goldrush 2010 are out. Click here to see them. It’s an excel file with 3 worksheets. Two for solo, one for those who didn’t cross finish line after 1st lap, and the other for those who did. 3rd worksheet are the relay times. Unfortunately there was quite a mix...
I recently discovered that iTunes had some Mountain-Biking videos for download and I couldn’t resist them. The first I downloaded was ‘Seasons’ from the Collective which was amazing, loads of good footage, some excellent filming and a good mix of riding. At about an hour long you just can’t go wrong for £1.89. The sound...
I’ve just noticed that my Commencal Meta 5.5 Mountain bike has recently hit the 1,000 mile mark. Not that far in the grand scheme of things, but not too bad going for me really. It has actually logged 1,067 miles to date, so hit the 1,000 mile mark on the ClimachX Trail on February 13th,...
March 7th 2010, Mawddach Goldrush day. The first MTB event of the year for me. Last year I did it as part of a 3 man team so only did one lap but this year I had decided I ‘should’ be able to do it solo and do all three laps on my own. The...
With the Mawddach Goldrush looming on Sunday I’m now taking it easy for the second half of this week so that I’m fresh for it. I did however have to do some bike maintenance earlier this week and whilst at it did a wiper seal service on my forks and a rear shock air can...
As well as signing up for the Dyfi Enduro 2010 yesterday I managed to get an entry for the Manx E2E, or to give it its full name the Isle of Man End 2 End Challenge. It’s another Mountain Bike race, this time, as its name would suggest, from one end of the Isle of...
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
 |
 |
More live data from Ynyslas
Subscribe for full access.
Weather trends, weather extremes and historic data. See what you get here.
MTB / Trail Guides / Wales
Traws Eryri Day 2 – Dolgellau to Trawsfynydd
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
