Great video, Guy. Really helpful. I'm staying in Pickering for a week over Christmas, so I'll be taking my gravel bike and exploring the forest. Red routes look perfect
Great stuff!! Slightly jealous of having that on your doorstep.....Looked a great day out on the bike. I've been there plenty of times watching rallying...
Great video! I ride Dalby a lot on road, gravel & MTB, so enjoyed seeing the familiar routes. It’s easy to extend gravel routes east to Broxa forest and/or north into Langdale forest and then across to Hole of Horcum and Cropton forest. That boggy section on Stonygate Moor stays boggy even in summer, but can be bypassed to the south by continuing out of Dalby towards Warren House and taking a track west that rejoins the bridleway after the bog
I always loved that Dalby Forest XC course. You should have taken the new Blur on that course, as it would have been perfect! Maybe when you test the new Blur TR? Because of your great video there, I bought my Tallboy 4! Visiting Santa Cruz bikes in California soon! Thx for such great content and I support you on Patreon!
I have run Rutlands for a couple of years and love them. My first set were 700c x 42 and they were excellent on almost every surface, even cutting through the mud to find grip somewhere below. I got a new 650b wheelset and went for 47mm Rutlands and found they weren't quite as grippy in the slop. Still excellent on all other surfaces though. Haven't tried them on the Frensham sand yet. The 700c x 42 struggled a bit.
You should follow the Moors & Shores route starting up at Adderstone Field and heading out the top of Dalby up to Robin Hoods Bay, back into Dalby on the road parallel to Forest Drive Scarborough end. Last time I saw you riding a tandem in Dalby you took it round solo?!! 😁 Yorvik Mountain Bike club with Jake, Dale Harlow et al. Good times. I’d just started riding back then, roughly 1994? 😯
Thanks for uploading, I’m heading up to Dalby Forest this weekend after modifying my commuter for gravel. I hope you don’t mind but I just sent you a Strava friend request because I want to pinch the GPX for this ride! Sorry if that’s cheeky!
Ended up riding it today and it was a cracking route with a bit of everything; really great to have a departure from road riding & hard to believe I’ve not done it before! It was more like a baptism of dust than dirt until that last section at the end which was still boggy despite all the dry weather we’ve been having. Thanks again - much appreciated 👍
Nice video. Love Dalby Forest. Question though on this phenomenon of gravel….I’ve got a 2010 Specialized Tricross Comp. You’ll know the one….it’s got “suicide brakes!” How will the geo on this differ from current “gravel” bikes? Is gravel a halfway house between mountain biking and cyclocross? Keep up the sterling work!
yep, I know the one. Great bikes TBF and basically an early gravel bike. The geometry hasn’t changed much you just get disc brakes, room for bigger tyres and lots of bolt holes for various bits and pieces.
Haha... that boggy bit you found after the low gate and "The Field Of Dreams"... not even worth it in summer unless you're going to drop in to Dalby on the off piste - Next time, just follow the farm track another 400 yds or so further down and you can take the track that avoids that little wood run right down past the tip to Thornton.
So, 'Mrs. K' doesn't have an identity other than wifehood? No first name? I think it's always so weird with men. They could just simply use their partner's name but instead it's usually 'the wife' or 'my wife.' It's not cute.. It honestly seems pathological. What an odd, and petty, little assertion of power. Boring Just an observation 🤮
Mrs K is Sarah, 'the boss', 'management' and a whole lot of other names over the 26 years we've been together. Apologies that something that's never been an issue for me or her has upset you but I can assure you it's not intended as an assertion of power. I know exactly where the power is in our family and it's Sarah and my two awesome daughters. Before you ask Sarah also rides a solo bike regularly but she prefers me to pilot the tandem as I'm a more experienced rider in terms of picking lines and judging speed etc. If you know anything about tandems though you'll know the stoker is absolutely crucial in actually getting the bike to go where it needs to and keeping it powering forward when I'm all on with the steering.
Great video, Guy. Really helpful. I'm staying in Pickering for a week over Christmas, so I'll be taking my gravel bike and exploring the forest. Red routes look perfect
Have a great time, there’s some awesome routes around there
A bit of quality time with the missus! Brilliant
Thanks, I really enjoyed it! The best part is to see or hear your wife is having as much fun as you do!
Cracking video,put it on my bucket list. It 16:10 tempts me away from home ground of Swaledale/Wensleydale for future rides
@5:25 Behind every great man there is a strong woman pushing him forward. Kudos to Mrs. K. 👊
January riding you are right has been stunning, real treat. Good vid don’t know area - interesting
Nice to see you out with Mrs. K. Maybe this will inspire my wife to ride with me more.
Great stuff!! Slightly jealous of having that on your doorstep.....Looked a great day out on the bike. I've been there plenty of times watching rallying...
Great commentary and very tolerant keep up the good work.
Great video! I ride Dalby a lot on road, gravel & MTB, so enjoyed seeing the familiar routes. It’s easy to extend gravel routes east to Broxa forest and/or north into Langdale forest and then across to Hole of Horcum and Cropton forest. That boggy section on Stonygate Moor stays boggy even in summer, but can be bypassed to the south by continuing out of Dalby towards Warren House and taking a track west that rejoins the bridleway after the bog
Thanks Rebecca, I was just trying out the legal bridleway as I was filming but I know the track you mean.
Not ridden up there for years…need to scratch that itch!!! 😁👍
I always loved that Dalby Forest XC course. You should have taken the new Blur on that course, as it would have been perfect! Maybe when you test the new Blur TR? Because of your great video there, I bought my Tallboy 4! Visiting Santa Cruz bikes in California soon! Thx for such great content and I support you on Patreon!
What a great video, Guy. That’s what cycling is all about. Made me late for a meeting though 😬
Sorry Andy 🤦🏼♂
I have run Rutlands for a couple of years and love them.
My first set were 700c x 42 and they were excellent on almost every surface, even cutting through the mud to find grip somewhere below.
I got a new 650b wheelset and went for 47mm Rutlands and found they weren't quite as grippy in the slop. Still excellent on all other surfaces though.
Haven't tried them on the Frensham sand yet. The 700c x 42 struggled a bit.
You should follow the Moors & Shores route starting up at Adderstone Field and heading out the top of Dalby up to Robin Hoods Bay, back into Dalby on the road parallel to Forest Drive Scarborough end. Last time I saw you riding a tandem in Dalby you took it round solo?!! 😁 Yorvik Mountain Bike club with Jake, Dale Harlow et al. Good times. I’d just started riding back then, roughly 1994? 😯
Thanks for uploading, I’m heading up to Dalby Forest this weekend after modifying my commuter for gravel.
I hope you don’t mind but I just sent you a Strava friend request because I want to pinch the GPX for this ride! Sorry if that’s cheeky!
No trouble at all, I’ll approve it now. Think we rode it about a week before I posted the video. Should be drier now.
@@GuyKesTV Cheers, I found it. Much appreciated! 👍⭐️
Ended up riding it today and it was a cracking route with a bit of everything; really great to have a departure from road riding & hard to believe I’ve not done it before!
It was more like a baptism of dust than dirt until that last section at the end which was still boggy despite all the dry weather we’ve been having.
Thanks again - much appreciated 👍
@@norriaty stoked you enjoyed it! Can’t believe that end section is still wet though
Fair play to Mrs K
I go to Whitby quite often, would love a couple of recommendations of routes from Whitby to Dalby
Hi Jason, Gravel, road or MTB?
@@GuyKesTV gravel if possible
Those were the days my friend 😃
I still laugh about your meteorite style plummet through the trees from near the gate 🤣
@@GuyKesTV happy days mate, one day we should do it again 😃
@@daleharlow6006 Absolutely, need to get the as many of the old gang up there as possible.
@@GuyKesTV definatly
Nice video. Love Dalby Forest. Question though on this phenomenon of gravel….I’ve got a 2010 Specialized Tricross Comp. You’ll know the one….it’s got “suicide brakes!” How will the geo on this differ from current “gravel” bikes? Is gravel a halfway house between mountain biking and cyclocross? Keep up the sterling work!
yep, I know the one. Great bikes TBF and basically an early gravel bike. The geometry hasn’t changed much you just get disc brakes, room for bigger tyres and lots of bolt holes for various bits and pieces.
Do you have a link to the GPX anywhere please?
Do you have a gpx of this route?
I’ll try and download it off Strava
@@GuyKesTV cheers, Guy. I’m relatively local(Osmotherley) but not that local I know my way around Dalby.
@@ogden99 just put a comment on your TH-cam vid 👍🏻
Nice to see my home patch being featured Guy. Trails are in amazing nick for the time of the year... fire roads a bit plothery in places however :)
Haha... that boggy bit you found after the low gate and "The Field Of Dreams"... not even worth it in summer unless you're going to drop in to Dalby on the off piste - Next time, just follow the farm track another 400 yds or so further down and you can take the track that avoids that little wood run right down past the tip to Thornton.
Yeah I’ve done that bit while on the way to the off piste but was trying to keep it officially legal 🤦♂️ I know for next time though.
So, 'Mrs. K' doesn't have an identity other than wifehood? No first name?
I think it's always so weird with men. They could just simply use their partner's name but instead it's usually 'the wife' or 'my wife.' It's not cute.. It honestly seems pathological. What an odd, and petty, little assertion of power. Boring
Just an observation 🤮
Mrs K is Sarah, 'the boss', 'management' and a whole lot of other names over the 26 years we've been together. Apologies that something that's never been an issue for me or her has upset you but I can assure you it's not intended as an assertion of power. I know exactly where the power is in our family and it's Sarah and my two awesome daughters.
Before you ask Sarah also rides a solo bike regularly but she prefers me to pilot the tandem as I'm a more experienced rider in terms of picking lines and judging speed etc. If you know anything about tandems though you'll know the stoker is absolutely crucial in actually getting the bike to go where it needs to and keeping it powering forward when I'm all on with the steering.