Darlington Cycle Routes Tour

Went on the Council tour of Darlington cycle routes.

Distance: 18 miles (map)
Time: 2.25 hours
Surface: On-road
Weather: Dry
Bike: Yuba Mundo

Darlington - Hamsterley Black - Darlington

Rode up to Hamsterley and did the black route, with a few other bits too.

Met Matt and Gary at the bottom of Root 666, and rode with them to the Grover, taking in the line of a new trail that's going to be put in.

Then rode on my own up the the almost-finished Section 13, which runs from the 4X car park. What a great trail! Really swoopy, with rock drops every so often. There's a massive bowl which the trail runs round on a big berm, and a brilliant gully part toward the bottom.

The continuation of the black from there has also had a lot of work done, and is also brill.

Felt really good on the ride, which is good as I seem to be thinking of entering a 100 mile MTB race...

I used my new phone to track the route on GPS, but it crashed part way round. I'll upload the routes and try to figure out the actual distance soon.

Distance: 60 miles (ish)
Time: 7 hours
Surface: On and Off-road
Weather: Wet, but dry under tyre
Bike: Inbred Singlespeed (32:17, with 2.2″ tyres)

Darlington XC ride 4

Second local evening xc ride with a bunch from the HTB forum.

Distance: 17 miles
Time: 90 minutes
Surface: On and Off-road
Weather: Wet, but dry under tyre
Bike: Inbred Singlespeed (32:17, with 2.2" tyres)

Darlington XC ride 3

Third local evening xc ride with a bunch from the HTB forum. The Yuba Mundo is surprisingly good off-road!

Distance: 17 miles
Time: 90 minutes
Surface: On and Off-road
Weather: Wet, but dry under tyre
Bike: Yuba Mundo

Darlington XC ride 2

Second local evening xc ride with a bunch from the HTB forum.

Distance: 17 miles
Time: 90 minutes
Surface: On and Off-road
Weather: Wet, but dry under tyre
Bike: Inbred Singlespeed (32:17, with 2.2" tyres)

Darlington XC ride 1

First local evening xc ride with a bunch from the HTB forum.

Distance: 16 miles
Time: 90 minutes
Surface: On and Off-road
Weather: Dry, but wet under tyre
Bike: Inbred Singlespeed (32:17, with 2.2" tyres)

SSUK09 - Dalby

Tried riding to Dalby on a fully loaded cargo bike. Gave up. 30 miles all in.

Got a lift to Dalby the next day and did one lap of the course on the Sunday.

Distance: 40 miles over the weekend
Climbing: ? feet
Surface: On and Off-road
Weather: wet then dry
Bike: Yuba Mundo andInbred Singlespeed (32:17, with 2.2" tyres) at Dalby