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MTB: Alpine style in the Lakes


AK350Z

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A video of our tuesday evening ride out. Perfect weather for one of the lakes most Alpine of circuits; a climb of Skiddaw, followed by a descent of the huge and loooong Ullock Pike ridge.

 

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Its proper epic riding, and although its a good hour and a half plus to the top, with a fair bit of pushing, it's all worth it for the way down! You can see in the video my couple of comedy slo-mo falls on the initial scree descent from the summit, the camera really doesn't capture how pant-wettingly steep it is!

 

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Yeah its over 9 mins long, but if you've read this far you're probably interested anyway!

 

Hardware taken was:

Me: On-one 456

Phil: Spesh Hardrock

Chris: Abused Orange 5

 

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What a view ha, all that to take in whilst hurtling down the tracks. The hill climbing is only the way to the top. :lol:

Having been a mountain biker and being a keen hiker, can totally appreciate the terrain. Looks like an absolute blast. What were the adrenalin levels like when you reached the bottom?! :yahoo::teeth:

 

Thank you for sharing the lovely countryside and the vid. :thumbs:

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It wasn't so much the adrenaline, but the massive arm pump! We had to stop a few times just to give our arms and braking fingers a rest. Wish I had a full sus, but I'm saving up for one; £20 a week in a pot! :lol: Should be good to go by next spring :thumbs:

 

edit: Forgot to say, if you hadn't already guessed, I used one of those ubiquitous £10 keyfob style cameras to film it with. Pleased with the results, and no great loss if i crash :thumbs:

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It wasn't so much the adrenaline, but the massive arm pump! We had to stop a few times just to give our arms and braking fingers a rest. Wish I had a full sus, but I'm saving up for one; £20 a week in a pot! :lol: Should be good to go by next spring :thumbs:

 

edit: Forgot to say, if you hadn't already guessed, I used one of those ubiquitous £10 keyfob style cameras to film it with. Pleased with the results, and no great loss if i crash :thumbs:

 

Looks good mate, it's funny how quick it feels at the time, and on camera play back it looks slow and boring.

 

Come up to Glentress if you haven't already been, its a great downhill :)

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