Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
My training schedule hasn’t been going to badly lately. There has been the odd mishap such as accidental roast dinners rather than lunchtime swims, but I’ve generally been having two swims a week, at least two bike rides a week and so far in May I’ve been windsurfing every day that I haven’t been out...
After taking Morgan and his friend for a little bike ride and to the playground in Aberystwyth and then sitting around watching the Grand Prix, I didn’t have much time to spare on Sunday. I wanted to go for a bike road though, so rather than drive 30 minutes up to the local trails, spend...
The Results for the Dyfi Enduro are out…. You should receive them in your inbox sometime today if you did the event. I hope you did well. I came 222nd but as there were 35 people who finished before me but did the shorter route, I could say I was 187th. Not bad considering the...
Just been looking at the graphs from the Borth and Ynyslas Weather Station and spotted a classic passing of a front last night. The wind was around 20-25 knots all evening and then it started raining at around midnight with the pressure dropping slowly. Then, at exactly 2:06 am, there was a sudden temperature drop...
Been searching for photos from the Dyfi Enduro 2009 on line so here’s a selection of what I’ve found so far: 83 photos from mbwalesuk Photos on Flickr from Peak Cycle Hire Mark Walter’s photos (Facebook) Right Place Right time (Coming later today) I’ll add more as I find them, and if you have any...
I’ve had a few people ask for the actual route that we took on the Dyfi Enduro at the weekend. So here is a Google Earth file of the Dyfi Enduro route. Just download it and open with Google Earth. It includes the punishment loop that the top 200 riders had to do.
May 3rd 2009. Dyfi Enduro Day. I’d never done the ‘race’ before but knew most of the course and as it is my local event would know lots of people there so was looking forward to it. I headed off and arrived in Machynlleth with plenty of time to register and get ready. I parked...
So here we go, small Welsh town, 700 mountain bikers and probably around £1 million worth of bikes. Mass start in the town and then off to the Dyfi forest where we’ll encounter a band, cheerleaders, flapjacks and lots of hills. It could only be the Dyfi Enduro. Bike has been checked, bags are packed...
Only two days to go. Bike: Commencal Meta 5.5.1. Cleaned lubed and ready to go. I put new rear brake pads in yesterday which could probably do with bedding in a little before Sunday and the rear tyre is looking a little worse for wear. It looks as though the slatey descents on last weeks...
With less than a week to go until the Dyfi Enduro we decided that this weeks night ride would be a little different. Rather than just doing a loop around the usual trails, Martyn suggested sessioning a few of the bits of singletrack on the Pendam Trail. Dave, Martyn, Bernd, Myles and myself met at...
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