I took a day off from work and there was no wind for a chance so time to get some riding in. There was a canny overnight frost and the sun was looking to burn through early so packed up and headed for Hamsterely Forest. I decided to do a route / loop that started & ended back up in the forest. I have not ridden some of these trails for many years so was loking forward to it. I took the Grove trail to come out at the Grove! then climbed straight out the forest to end up on the road between Egglestone and Hill End. As you can see in the photos below where was snow on the tops! I then dropped down through the quarry to come out onto the road to climb up to Hill End. The descent down towards Frosterley was fast- 41mph and that was taking it steady due to the ice on the road. At White Kirley I then climbed back up onto the trail where the elephant trees are which had massive frozen deep puddles in many places. At the end I turned right then climbed back upto Moor / Doctors Gate before descending back down into Hamsterely Forest. I did not cover a massive amount of miles but climbed nearly 3000ft in the 23miles. I took 2.5hrs steady away stopping for some photos along the way. I took my Salsa Carbon Beargrease and performed without fault. I was running the tyre pressure 8psi in the front & 10psi in the rear - plenty grip. The XX1 groupset is bedding in nicley and has not dropped a chain yet ! one thing i have noticed you have got to keep the chain clean and well lubricated, more so than a 9 speed triple set up that i have on my Cannondale Rush.
Below is some of the photos from the ride, sorry about the finger tip in some, i could not see the camera screen as it was that sunny!
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