Sunday..
Following on from: http://thisisheffield.co.uk/2012/exams/
If you keep an eye on the web you’ve probably seen this corner before with James Swinden coating his hand in loam as he sinks in pedal deep. Here Joe tries some alternate cornering techniques while we tried to decide what to do with the rest of the day. “]
Or you could always go "fully moto"”
Anyhow so as it happens we decided to go to Mam Tor having spotted a bit of snow on the way from mine to Joe’s. Once we got there we were surprised at just how much snow there was… At least 6 inches in some places!
Pushing a downhill bike about in the snow deserves the odd timeout every now and then and it provided time to take in how different everything looked with a dusting of snow.
But its all worth it when you get to carve you way down shale covered in snow for a quite unusual riding experience!
Possibly my favourite photo from the two days; Joe drifting in some powder on the ridgeline from Mam Tor as the cloud base falls beginning to reduce visibility.
The final descent, Joe gets his gomper leg out for an icy corner as the light fades, bringing the day's play to an end!
Exams…
Exams… horrible things, I’m not a fan. Studying mathematics means your exams are usually heavily condensed and you have the joy sitting 6 exams in 9 days or so. All track of time is lost as Saturdays are spent in an examinations hall trying to explain why 1 = 1 and the weekend disappears into the daily routine of revision in the library.
With fear of sounding like the miserable student people expect me to be I will now show you what fun I had once I finished my exams; it all started with some cheeky xc photography with Ruari.
Venturing off the beaten track Ruari spied this steep chute with no room to roll in, ideal. After a sighting it up the first attempt proved fruitless!
Second attempt: success!
Maxle took a beating :
Moving on we followed the rock face looking for a photogenic part of the trail, this small “bus stop” like feature fitted the bill. Despite the slow sketchy run in Ruari managed to make it work:
Now it was time for me to get a little close to the edge, looking down from the top of the rock face!
With a few shots on the card we met up with a couple of other riders from the University of Sheffield. It was one of those rides where an appetite for finding new trails led to returning home in the dark, hungry and out of water… Great fun by all accounts!
Mischievous!
It’s exam time of year again… Its the time of year when your pets suddenly have so much interest in you and the paper you’re writing on.
Here’s the one that was bothering me this morning (its nice to have a bit of colour on the blog for a change)
“XC Rad”
Last ride of 2011 and i found myself at Woburn with Phil Atwill and Andy Bourne for Andy’s birthday ride. As the light fades after a day’s cross country riding Phil starts riding the transfer line in the freeride area.
saddlebag: check
water bottle on frame: check
boosting a 1 and a bit foot jump and writing off a rear wheel… check
In other news, our radwheel is Video of the Day today over at pinkbike! http://www.pinkbike.com/video/230828/
Dropping In
“Dropping in”, sounds so much cooler than “Setting off”.
I’ve spent the past few days filming with the Steve Peat Syndicate, the product of which should hit the web some time soon. Meanwhile, here’s Steve and a few new members on a cold winters day, enjoying the mud.
2011 Radwheel
A little summary of what we (This Is Sheffield) have been up to video wise in 2011! For more information have a read over at: http://thisisheffield.co.uk/2011/2011-radwheel/
Sheffield Steel
Back in June I followed / assisted Grant Robinson with the “This is Sheffield” article in Dirt #118. As well as the regular riding photography we toured two Sheffield Factories.
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