Comments on: MTB ride – Mary Towneley Loop

By: ColinJ

ColinJ — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:06:28 +0000

Barring ill-health or accidents, I should be in much better shape by then. I’ll certainly be quicker on the climbs, but I won’t be much quicker on the technical stuff.

By: redbikes

redbikes — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:15:21 +0000

Great ride.

We will have to second attempt next year some time. That long sunny day sounds ideal.

By: ColinJ

ColinJ — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:09:25 +0000

It certainly got to muscles that road cycling doesn’t touch!

I wouldn’t fancy doing the whole MTL in the rain. I do quite fancy doing the whole thing on a nice long summer day, especially if the boggy sections had dried up. I loved riding my MTB here in the drought of 1995 – all the mud had turned to dust.

By: trio

trio — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:44:36 +0000

Sounds like an epic adventure! Last time I did the MTL it was raining a lot of the way and I was glad I knew where I was going! It was more like survival than fun. Nice in the summer though!