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Opposite to my above though I keep seeing people sitting on that red section rock garden across the bridge at the start. Not one has made it across sitting. That must hurt!! Momentum and standing is the way there… or a motor cross bike, seen those on there haha

We normally go mid/ late afternoon as I am not a morning person due to my health condition. Most people don’t use the skills areas much so I hardly ever encountered others on them. I am not sure how early the hub opens but I think the pay barriers work from 8am-8pm.

Honestly, it looks like a lovely track and I don't see why BC don't use it in the nationals onwards from 2024 (as they've already released the 2023 dates) and if it's that "it's too hard" or "it's a UCI C1" Woody's bike park is a UCI C1 and that's not going anywhere.

I’ve been away from riding for a while it’s another project. Glad to hear that the vids are still bringing a bit of joy to people 😘

I’ve been really busy with our house renovation. Not really had time to ride or edit anything- 😢 Have to get the priorities straight, don’t you 🥺

I don’t give the trail grades out 🤷‍♀️ It shares a lot of the red trail. I honestly don’t ride the worst black features. I’m not actually particularly fond of Gisburn since the did work there last - it’s smoothed things too much where the trails were more natural.

Consistency has been absolutely key! We tried a longer lead once… didn’t go well 😂😂😂 she chewed through it 4 times in under 30 minutes 🥴, so we went back to this exercise a few times. Thankfully she’s actually pretty smart, so we didn’t have to spend ages on this. Videos aren’t out yet, but we’ve got her following us on the trail now 🥰 We do tend to stick to the same one, but that’s more for our convenience than hers. In a way, it’s actually better if she isn’t so familiar with a trail, as she then looks to us for direction, rather than thinking she knows it 👍

@@WussyCatMTB mines an australian kelpie im inherited from the local farmer, hes 3 years old. Had a few fenton moments but generally very obedient considering ive only had him 3 weeks. Excuse the lame encouragment talk to the dog lol but this is where im at... ruclips.net/video/LYPFJ-4fRpI/видео.html

He’s doing great! 👍 We’re not really ‘dog people’ - Layla was surrendered to my mother-in-law… she’s a bit of a home-wrecker 😂 We don’t think she had any training or anything beforehand, but she’s picked it up 👍

She’s coming along nicely as a trail dog 👍 There are few weirdo’s out there, but most people are pretty accepting if she makes a little mistake on the trail. Or even really happy and impressed with her (she’s a very happy doggo) I guess more in a later video 🥴

Honestly- I’d prefer if our cats would be trail-cat capable, too 😂 We are just making the most of the situation with Layla - if we randomly end up with a dog, it’s going to be a trail dog… Most of our cats don’t do harnesses, and I’m not sure they’d keep their focus on us either! More likely to go and decimate the local wildlife…

@@WussyCatMTB With a trail cat on our backs and shoulders when sending it....if we were to come a cropper we'd land on our wheels the right way up every time! haha

It doesn’t scare me as much as Oblivion does 😭

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ Maybe complain to the Forestry Commission? www.forestryengland.uk/cannock-chase-forest/cycling-and-mountain-biking-trails-cannock-chase-forest They’re kind of why I (and probably everyone else) calls it Cannock?

@@WussyCatMTB The Chase is Cannock Chase, but it's almost like everyone forgets that all these activity centres/ trails and events are actually in the Rugeley area. IF it was near Cannock then so be it, but just because it's on Cannock Chase, doesn't mean it's Cannock. That's the frustrating part. The Forestry Commission indecently does have it's address as Birches Valley, Rugeley. It would be nice for other's to stop crediting Cannock though and actually the place it is. Cannock Chase is a big area and covers not only Rugeley, Hednesford (very little if any actually near Cannock itself unless you consider Green Heath or Huntington Cannock) and Stafford. Should everything in Staffordshire simply be called Stafford then? That said the Go Ape (Cannock) doesn't help matters, even though it is in Rugeley. According to them it's because it is Cannock Chase. I wish they would change the name to Go Ape Chase to stop the confusion in all fairness. By the way I mentioned it was a cool video, I forgot to mention that you did an awesome job at the course.

This being the Go Ape address: Birches Valley Forest Centre Car Park, Rugeley WS15 2UQ. Absolutely love the Chase. Grew up in Rugeley and spent a vast amount of my childhood, youth and adulthood in that forest. Always plenty to do and great to see the expansion of events and activities. The Forest Live and Birmingham Commonwealth just helps bring people to this amazing Forest. Be awesome now if we can help drive tourism into the town closest to the Chase instead of a town who's only real connection to the forest these days is it's namesake

Some of the stuff at the back is just really boring, it’s true 😂 I normally prefer to do the black trail at Dixon’s Hollow. Cutting across like this from the blue climb worked well though, and took me to the more interesting sections 👍

A lot of off piste down hill trails around Dalby if you know where 😉

I’m still a bit on the fence about those…

I know I'm behind on the vids 😭 just - too much other stuff going on as usual. I promise I'm working on the trail dog thing 😂

😂😂😂😂 You guys cracked me up with the jokes! I still can't tell whether half of the time you were doing the silly stuff (like riding straight out of the corner) on purpose 😂

It will be a breeze on an ebike

Is this from experience? 🤔 I've met several now, and not one of them has been interested in running in front of anybody else's bike. 🤨 Even Layla, as un-trained as she is so far, shows absolutely no interest in doing anything other than running along behind us. Even with the wide variety of training approaches (which range from: just take her along, she'll follow you... to: Get her recall right and the basic commands, then start out small with lots of positive reinforcement...), I've never seen one run in front of a bike. The only place I have ever seen anything like a dog running in front of a bike, it's been on forest roads or canal path type scenarios (That's not really a 'trail dog'). It's always been a 50/50 fault: badly trained dog (usually walkers), and very inconsiderate cyclists who don't seem to care if they startle other trail users. Those are generally the same ones who will put people new to the sport off by coming up behind them really fast, skidding, and probably trying to push past, too (yes - that is from personal experience...)

@@WussyCatMTB no not from experience I have cats and no I’m not anti dog and I’m not trying to put you off I just wouldn’t want to take the chance The only place I have seen it is on fails vids on here

😂 yes , it was… That’s a new one - not had 🇮🇱 before! No - it’s just plain old Denglish with a bit of Yorkshire thrown in 😂😇

The first one we got delivered simply didn’t work… at least CRC exchanged it no questions asked.

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Awww - it was lovely to meet you! Not that you need it, but good luck with your 100 miles challenge - sounded like you were well in track already👍 Also - thanks for the patience with our little companion - I’d normally have ridden with you, but she was misbehaving badly 😂

P.s. Mathew said you got up one of the little feature- rocks most people ride around (including me) - so well done👍 P.p.s. He said you were talking about dropper posts that might fit your frame: He’s pretty sure your seat tube is 27.2mm (measure it first), so one of the most available options is a Brand-X Ascend / Ascend II dropper. You can get them from chain reaction cycles, but he mentioned there were a few on eBay, too.

@@WussyCatMTB Thank you so much i,m 48.5 miles in. PS more sausages.

@@WussyCatMTB me and my mate were talking about it on the way home were going to look in to it thanks for the info and thanks Mathew.

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Awww - I’m just happy that I didn’t really like any of the bikes - could have been very expensive 😂

Hi, yes - GoPro Hero 8, I’ve since added a Hero 10 so that it’s easier to get external footage at the same time. I’ve not been back to Grenoside recently as there was a lot of work going on with the trails - apparently some are being re-worked again after the Steel-City race.

Awww 🥰 That is one of the nicest comments ever🥰🥰🥰 I know I’ve skipped a week here and there, but I figure that it’s just fine to do that. I’m pretty sure my husband laughs his face off behind me every time I come out with something Has your wife picked up any more Marie-isms?

She can often be heard saying “swish swish” with a supermarket trolley :)

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Haha - I didn’t spot you? Only the ‘👍’ 😂 I didn’t think to take a pic or quick vid at the time 😭 I didn’t ride an ebike on the day. When we pre-booked, they were already taken (apart from hardtail versions, which I refuse to ride). Could have done with one for the 4th ride though! Unfortunately they are pretty dead by that time on demo days - they just get abused the whole day with only a few minutes to charge in between

Glad you're doing well after your surgery and your recovery is coming along 👍 The little shimmy... yeah - that's just me un-filtered 😂😂😂 Those two entries weren't actually too bad at all, but I've always avoided riding them for some reason. I'll get around to actually riding Worry Gill some time - just have to build up to it 😊 No shame in walking away from a feature if you're not feeling up to it 😉 Definitely get some good trail type elbow and knee pads. I wear the full-face mainly because I scraped my face open once, and since I work with people, I really don't want that again - it's actually a convertible helmet - so the chin-bar comes off, which is handy when you get stuck slogging up long fire-road climbs... I think my riding glasses were sub £40 off amazon... they even do the transition lens thing - no need to spring ££££ for expensive oakleys or similar!

@@WussyCatMTB Thanks Marie👍. I think thats the trick for Worry Gill, as with most things in life that can be overwhelming, building up to it, doing similar smaller features until confidence and momentum with new balance and skill can get you through such things! Going to have to look around for a helmet with a removable chin bar, my motorbike helmet has something similar which lifted up out of the way, obviously too heavy for this job though. The mtb helmet i have is really good but when i get a little more adventurous on trails with features etc i'm going to need that extra protection of a full face helmet(with removable chin bar), once i have one and some pads and new glasses/goggles(they can be so expensive...in excess of £200 some of them 😵) i think that will then be my spending done....apart from general maintenance on the bike etc.

It’s not cheap, is it … On the other hand - how much are your various body parts worth to you? I’m self-employed, so I can’t really afford to get injured 🤕 We both have Bell helmets - mine is a super 3R, and he has a Super DH (which is actually downhill rated with the bar attached). I think all the big brands have convertible lids, but if you already have a nice helmet, it’s probably more cost effective to just get a nice, light full face. I rarely actually ride without the chin bar - it’s where I mount the camera now…

Sorry - you know I had to sneak that in 😂 Was Great to just bump into each other 👍 On the + side with the pedals - Yeti and Nukeproof just left their own ones on the bikes, u less people were riding clips. Still - I preferred mine 😉

@@WussyCatMTB did u ride the yeti? Hope ya got more vids coming.

Yep- rode the SB165. Also pedalled the SB115 up that fire road climb as I had run out of energy on the bike I was testing 😂 And yes- there are a few more videos lined up 👍

It really does look a lot steeper in real life! We’ll see - going to have to build up to this one some more before trying again 👍

Likewise! Shame we didn’t bump into each other out on the trail- we still need to get that ride in (you’re going to have to go acoustic now 😇). Was great to see the other trail of the demo day - we stuck to the long fire road climb one for consistency. Been picking up more subscribers recently- not sure what to attribute it to since I’m behind a Video right now 😂

I got back to it at the end of 2018, after a good 10 years away from it. It’s not a very good indicator though - there are too many variables. Some people are able to hop on a bike and just do it, others have anxieties or other conditions that may not even be immediately obvious. 🤷‍♀️ As with most things- it really shouldn’t ever be about others, but about yourself 👍 Want to pootle about leisurely on Blue Trails? Great 👍 Want to send massive road-gaps? Also great 🤙 It’s all about YOUR ride 😊

I totally agree, I think you do great I like watching your videos 🤘🏻

No bruises- the pads did their job 👍 I just wish I knew exactly what freaks me out about this particular corner. It has to be a combination of things.

@@WussyCatMTB pads are a life saver!