{"id":2796,"date":"2011-06-10T10:24:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T09:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2011-06-10T11:14:59","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T10:14:59","slug":"dark-and-white-5-monsal-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=2796","title":{"rendered":"Dark and White #5 – Monsal Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Heavy showers punctuated the afternoon as I travelled up to the 5th round of the Dark and White Summer series 2011, centred on the newly finished Monsal Trail, complete with old lit railway tunnels. Another feature of the Monsal trail is that it nestles in a huge valley with outrageous climbs out to the north and south meaning that route choice would be very important.<\/p>\n

I headed out south hoovering up controls but was a little hesitant with the navigation through Brushfield though noticed a few people steaming past me obviously knowing exactly where the correct trails lay from previous knowledge. We then had a seemingly unending series of farm gates to negotiate.<\/p>\n

T\"\"<\/a>he decent to Monsal head viaduct was a little hairy and I enjoyed the stopping power of some new SLX brakes I have acquired to get me through the season whilst Avid look at my Elixirs under warranty.<\/p>\n

It was a fairly straightforward route until Tideswell, where with time running out it was a matter of taking controlled risks as I was never going to complete the circuit through Wormhill in the time available.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I got it about right though steaming down into the finish just over 2 mins late.<\/p>\n

Looking back I probably should have left the number 1 – 10 pointer which would probably have given me the time to complete the Wormhill loop.<\/p>\n

The newly opened tunnels on the Monsal trail were great and make this a fantastic place to ride for all ages and abilities.
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Heavy showers punctuated the afternoon as I travelled up to the 5th round of the Dark and White Summer series 2011, centred on the newly finished Monsal Trail, complete with old lit railway tunnels. Another feature of the Monsal trail is that it nestles in a huge valley with outrageous climbs out to the north … <\/p>\n

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