A big thank you to Steve R for organising and leading the trail ride around the Peaks on the 27th Nov.
We met at the ‘trail riders’ café in Hope, Steve R on his Basic, Simon (Sorebums) on his long travelled 100GS, Casey on an XR650, Lee on his (t)rusty KLR 250 and myself on my Adv.
A gaggle of 1200s turned up but couldn’t be persuaded to join us!
We rode a good selection of ‘full blast’ tracks, technical climbs, slippery grass tracks and the tarmac between was traffic free. Fish and chips in Matlock Bath for lunch. A days riding doesn’t get much better really!
We had no tumbles, but a few sticky moments (and Lee has now learnt not to push standing directly behind a struggling GS). As always the GSs put up a sterling effort in the company of more ‘suitable’ machinery.
Casey and Simon attempted a section from the Edinburgh Trial and both eventually succeeded! (it was the only time Simon was warm all day).
I’m sure Steve could post the route we did (we moved out of ‘my area’ after the first trail!). But it was great to revisit some old trails I hadn’t ridden for over 20 years.
So thanks again Steve. Over to ‘my area’ next time, eh?
Hopefully we’ll try to make this a more regular off road meet. There are plenty of trails for beginners in the Peaks - all GS owners should be aware of their bikes capabilities!
Anyway, I'm off to clean the bike - it must weigh an extra 20kgs!
We met at the ‘trail riders’ café in Hope, Steve R on his Basic, Simon (Sorebums) on his long travelled 100GS, Casey on an XR650, Lee on his (t)rusty KLR 250 and myself on my Adv.
A gaggle of 1200s turned up but couldn’t be persuaded to join us!
We rode a good selection of ‘full blast’ tracks, technical climbs, slippery grass tracks and the tarmac between was traffic free. Fish and chips in Matlock Bath for lunch. A days riding doesn’t get much better really!
We had no tumbles, but a few sticky moments (and Lee has now learnt not to push standing directly behind a struggling GS). As always the GSs put up a sterling effort in the company of more ‘suitable’ machinery.
Casey and Simon attempted a section from the Edinburgh Trial and both eventually succeeded! (it was the only time Simon was warm all day).
I’m sure Steve could post the route we did (we moved out of ‘my area’ after the first trail!). But it was great to revisit some old trails I hadn’t ridden for over 20 years.
So thanks again Steve. Over to ‘my area’ next time, eh?
Hopefully we’ll try to make this a more regular off road meet. There are plenty of trails for beginners in the Peaks - all GS owners should be aware of their bikes capabilities!
Anyway, I'm off to clean the bike - it must weigh an extra 20kgs!
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