Hareskov bog!

16 May 2014

Yay, another ride out on the trail this afternoon. It has rained for the last 8 days and so I was expecting to find the trail a little soggy. I wasn't disappointed! It was like riding through a bog most of the way. As you can see, one of the dips turned out to be deeper than I'd anticipated and, yep I got stuck. 

  Most of the time I was able to keep it in a low gear and just keep the pedals turning and get through most of the mud and boggy stuff - but not all :-) Talking of pedals, I put my SPD's on for today's ride. After having fallen in the soup a couple of times when I needed to release my feet off the cleats quicker than I was able, I loosened the spring screw on the pedals and that did the trick. 


Toward the latter part of the ride on the trail - the last 7-8km I'd say, I'd given up gingerly trying to negotiate the mud and just haired through anything in the way - except two trees of course which had separately come down on the trail and these I had to climb over. Apart from that, it was a fun ride and rounded off at MTB Tours (shop) in Hareskov with a coffee and a chat with Kasper and the other blokes.  Every time I go to the shop too, there's somebody else there with a fat bike - that's a bike with 4 inch plus tyres. They must be popular here although I don't know where they'd ride them. I can't imagine riding one through today's trail - but then I've not ridden one - yet! - so I wouldn't know. This pic isn't THE bike but it's the same as.

The ride home from the shop I did in record time clocking just under 29 minutes, averaging 26kmh and maxing at 43Kmh - no, not a downhill, just doing a 'Tim' and catching a couple of roadies in front of me! Managed to better 11 PR's too on segments from the shop to home (Strava talk for my MTB buddies). A great way to start the weekend.