Saturdays tools
It may compromise trails with a rich tree canopy & look a little odd on the local high street, but strapping my spade to the outside of my Kenti, means I can ride in/out, but better still, test new sections of trail
Yesterday we made headway on a large and varied section of trail in virgin woodland, an area we haven’t established a line before. Through riding, a couple of times we realised the need to create greater support on areas with a moderate off camber, as turning onto it, running wide or tight, pushed you off line for the next imminent sharp corner. Yes, at higher speeds or cutting in hard may counter this, but with the trail being aimed at beginners, it’s not really a viable option
Better still, having ridden the next section in its entirety, I could link up new blue (a right hander before the usual 3 lines on Bob’s Drop) and see how two sections flowed
Plenty of new riding in store soon.....
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#woburnbiketrails
Do not adjust your brightness, @salomonrunning’s Speedcross 5 really is this red!
My first pair of Salomon shoes were Speedcross 3, back in 2013 or 2014, I ran the Glencoe Marathon in them, my first trail race.... my legs were as stiff as iron gurders for a week after, training really wasn’t my thing. I ran Ben Nevis in them & wasn’t the biggest fan of the lugs, as they squirmed on rock descending
Fast forward a couple of years & I was sent the Speedcross Pro for review. The first run was in the Cairngorms & they were more to my liking
Present day, August 2019, I’ve been testing the Speedcross 5, the latest edition. Love, hate or meh?
Link to the results in the bio above☝🏻
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#salomonrunning #speedcross5 #ad
Alistair stormed the course, no mean feat given the headwinds that tore through the valley & waves of rain which did their best to slow him down
Crossing the line in under 9 hours, taming the 54 mile course with 2,500+ meters of elevation gain. Alistair was calm & considered with his running, focused on the task in hand & moved efficiently throughout
The 3 lap alternate course (organised in 24 hours due to impending weather Armageddon) was both mentally & physically challenging, everyone out there earning the respect of the members of the public who all stopped to ask what was going on, when I was on the Precipice Walk taking photos
#ultratrailwales #winner #champion
