Mountain-Biking Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/mountain-biking/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:23:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Mountain-Biking Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/mountain-biking/ 32 32 2696646 N + 1 Logic: The Case for a New Bike (AI Made Me Do It!!) https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/10/n-1-logic-the-case-for-a-new-bike-ai-made-me-do-it/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/10/n-1-logic-the-case-for-a-new-bike-ai-made-me-do-it/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:22:09 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=47180 When logic, lust, and a little AI wisdom all point towards a new bike. Following a mechanical that stopped me joining a ride on Thursday, and the fact that my mountain bikes are now over ten years old, that old adage about the ideal number of bikes being n + 1 (where n is the...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/10/n-1-logic-the-case-for-a-new-bike-ai-made-me-do-it/feed/ 2 47180 Back on the MTB – Night Rides, Gear Tweaks & Maintenance https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/09/back-on-the-mtb-night-rides-gear-tweaks-maintenance/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/09/back-on-the-mtb-night-rides-gear-tweaks-maintenance/#comments Mon, 29 Sep 2025 18:53:27 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=47099 It’s been a while since I’ve properly taken the mountain bike out, but over the past couple of weeks I’ve been sneaking back onto the trails. I even joined a local group for a very chilled night ride. It’s getting to that time of year were the dark nights are longer than the days so...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/09/back-on-the-mtb-night-rides-gear-tweaks-maintenance/feed/ 1 47099 More riding in the Welsh Hills https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/riding-welsh-hills-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/riding-welsh-hills-2/#respond Thu, 18 Jan 2018 12:46:23 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=25865 Just a couple of photos from a cold but pleasant ride in the Welsh Hills at the weekend. A good way to burn off the Michelin Star calories!

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2018/01/riding-welsh-hills-2/feed/ 0 25865 Adventures in North Wales https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/07/adventures-north-wales/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/07/adventures-north-wales/#respond Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:50:47 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=24818 Surf Skiing in Conwy I arranged to meet some fellow surf-skiers in Conwy on Saturday. I thought I could make a weekend of it. Surf Ski somewhere a little different for a change, do some mountain biking and then sleepover in the camper and continue my Coast Path run project on the Sunday. The Facebook...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2017/07/adventures-north-wales/feed/ 0 24818 A Day at Coed y Brenin https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/12/day-coed-y-brenin/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/12/day-coed-y-brenin/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2014 09:04:22 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18185 Monday started off cold and frosty as we loaded up the car for a day Mountain Biking at Coed y Brenin. I was running the last of my 6 assessed coaching sessions towards my Level 2 Cycle Coaching Certificate so we were meeting all of my students there for a final few tips and a...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/12/day-coed-y-brenin/feed/ 1 18185 A Slippery Slimey Ride https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/11/slippery-slimey-ride/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/11/slippery-slimey-ride/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2014 08:39:26 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18020 I’ve been getting out on my mountain bike a bit more lately. I’ve been organising Night Rides everyone Monday evening and they seem to have been going down well. There seem to be new faces each week as word of the rides spread and most people seem to be enjoying it and coming back on...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/11/slippery-slimey-ride/feed/ 1 18020 Outdoor Pursuits in Aberystwyth https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/10/outdoor-pursuits-aberystwyth/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/10/outdoor-pursuits-aberystwyth/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:22:03 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=17878 Considering the amount of time I used to spend windsurfing, surfing, mountain-biking and other such Outdoor Pursuits I have been fairly lacking in such activities lately. Other things seem to have taken over and there just aren’t enough hours in the day and days in the week to fit it all in. Triathlon training certainly...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/10/mountain-biking-rain/feed/ 0 17876 A Soggy Cycle to Nant y Moch https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/08/soggy-cycle-nant-y-moch/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/08/soggy-cycle-nant-y-moch/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2014 14:34:19 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=17715 With Wales in the grip of some proper autumnal weather we thought it wise not to head off too high into the hills today so instead planned a little ride from Pendam out to Nant y Moch, with a few geocaches to maintain our consectutive days geocaching record. It was blowing a hoolie up there...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/08/soggy-cycle-nant-y-moch/feed/ 3 17715 A Ride to Nant y Moch https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/ride-nant-y-moch/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/05/ride-nant-y-moch/#comments Sat, 31 May 2014 07:49:47 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=16885 It was the last day of Half Term and finally I had a day that I could spend with Morgan. So, after a few chores around the house and a little bit of work we headed up to Pendam for a mountain bike ride. Morgan wanted to head out to Nant y Moch, but I wanted...

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