Category: Sports

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Fox TALAS Forks – Wiper Seal maintenance

Following on from a successful air can service on our Fox Float shocks, Jon and I decided the other day to do a wiper seal clean and lube on our forks. These things should be done every 15 hours of riding according tot the official Fox service intervals so it was time to do them....

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MTB Mayhem at Afan Argoed

The scene was set, End of Month ride at Afan Argoed. I met Jon, Dave and Dan at the leisure centre, we put the bikes on the racks and headed off to South Wales for a planned ride around the W2 trail. Jon and I stopped off for a Burger King breakfast on the way...

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Dyfi Forest Bike Ride

This weeks Ystwyth-MTB night ride was in the Dyfi Forest. Just Dave, Jon and myself this week and as Dave and Jon are pretty fast I had a pretty hard ride doing my best to keep up. It was a good ride in lovely conditions, hot and sunny. A little too hot really but we...

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Windsurfing at Ynyslas, Courtesy of Ivor!

Just got back from a lovely windsurf session in the estuary at Ynyslas. Its that time of year when Ivor, our local katabatic wind is on top form and with a gentle NE wind forecast and sunny skies he was up to his usual tricks. Funneling down the valley at 30-35 knots making for perect...

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Fox Float Air Can Service

I’ve been quite pleased with my Mountain Bike maintenance skills lately. I took the rear hub apart on my Commencal Meta 5.5 the other day and gave it a good clean and re-grease and last week it was time to service the air can and check the seals on my rear shock. Jon wanted to...

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MTB Photo Session at Nant yr Arian

Some guy producing a guidebook contacted Dave asking for some photos of people riding the trails at Nant yr Arian, so instead of a normal early morning ride we had planned to meet up for a bit of a photo shoot. We had hoped for a few people but it was just Dave and I...

Ben Nevis MTB Red Run 0

Ben Nevis MTB Red Run

I think I need to make a trip to Scotland soon. There are loads of really good mountain biking centres there and the new Red Run on Ben Nevis opens soon, June 24th to be precise. It is graded as a Red, XC route, but has a Gondola uplift to the start at 643m, and...

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Garmin Forerunner 310XT – Waterproof GPS

It isn’t available yet, but the new Garmin Foreunner 310Xt looks like an intersting bit of kit. I have a few GPS devices already and love my Garmin Foreunner 305, this just take it to another level, being more rugged and waterproof. Finally, a GPS-enabled training device that isn’t afraid of the water. The rugged...

Lab Tests get more difficult 0

Lab Tests get more difficult

Day 7 of my lab tests for a Sports and Exercise Science study yesterday and Jon said it would be a test at one of the extremes. I’m not allowed to know beforehand what the intensity is though. 3 minutes in and the resistance increases and it was obvious that this was at maximum resistance...

A day out at Coed y Brenin 0

A day out at Coed y Brenin

Although it was the Boardwise Demo weekend at Aberdyfi, there was no hint of wind so after taking Morgan swimming in the morning I met Steve and Darren (Bad Excuse for a Sailor or BEFS) at Coed y brenin for a MTB ride. It was a warm, sunny day and the car park looked quite...