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5th September 2004
Mt. Biking: Burrington Combe, Mendips
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Met up with the guys from Bristol Mountain Biking Club for the 1st time for a pretty strenuous (for me!) ride around the Mendips.

These guys are seriously fit & I was bringing up the rear most of the time. No problems though - they all regroup & wait for the tail-enders, and also great for giving little hints and tips - like "This next descent is *really* steep, narrow & full of boulders"! I now know to park the rear wheel up my backside on these descents! That's why they all took to lowering their saddles before these descents.

Although I had to scramble up some of the climbs and down some of the descents, I felt I did pretty good - despite exceeding my theoretical max heart rate on a couple of occasions.

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