England's biggest legal high - Helvellyn mountain biking with Trail-Finder

#mtb #mountainbiking #lakedistrict
A fantastic mountain bike ride up Helvellyn in the Lake District. Helvellyn is England's third highest mountain behind Scafell Pike and Scafell, but as the Scafells do not have bridleways to their summits, and Helvellyn does, then Helvellyn's summit is the highest legal right of way for mountain bikers in England.
Filmed in September 2020, I rode with Andy of the Trail-Finder KZbin channel. We climbed Grisedale to Grisedale Tarn, then up Dollywaggon Pike to reach Helvellyn before descending via Sticks Pass.
Andy's channel: / @trailfinder
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Filmed on a GoPro Hero 7 Black

[@RCFunEveryday]

That was quite a stack, glad you didn't get badly injured and bike was okay!

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Ha cheers mate. Cracked ribs for a few month but all good now. But more importantly the bike was fine 😂

[@trigmtb2015]

So Sick, Nice Riding 🔥🔥

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Thanks 👍

[@SimonLbike]

Good video and nice place!🙏🏻

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate

[@SimonLbike]

@@Lakedistrictrider if you want, you can take a look at my channel too ;)

[@mickgarbutt3553]

Brilliant stuff! I've walked Helvellyn and the surrounding area enough to know that ride is beyond my skill level. I'd be pushing most of the time. Excellent video. :-) BTW... 2:02 phwoarrr! Lol.

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers Mick, it was a great day out. Not easy but fun, despite the crash 😂 👍

[@muckybikes27]

Will be putting it on my list to do in 2021. Great video

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate

[@Bianchiboy]

You did good with the weather... I went up also in September, and spent the quite a bit of the ride only being able to see a few feet in front of me because of incoming clouds. It ended up pretty cold and wet! I had planned to make a short edit to document my achievement but it was so windy you can’t hear a word I’m saying! No idea what the view from the top is like, but Glenridding is nice little place!

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Hehe, yes it is definitely one I would save for one of those rare fine weather days. We had no wind and sun. Perfect. At least you have a good excuse to go and do it again 😀

[@HankBizzle]

Rode there a couple of years back and it was amazing. The final descent just goes on forever.

[@TrailFinder]

Awesome edit mate. Such a good day 😁

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate, yeah it was a belter 😀

[@ashleyscarth8363]

Has Andy got the gpx file for this route 👍👍👍👍

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Probably. He will be putting a vid out on this sometime soon

[@ashleyscarth8363]

Great ride I have to give this a go cheers

[@Lakedistrictrider]

It's a good one mate

[@TheWeardale1]

decent trail..! just sold my scott scale 950...was an amazing, bike, but upgraded to a full sus ebike...should be arriving next week.. :)

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Hope you enjoy your new bike. Can't see myself going back to a hardtail after 13 years on full sus!

[@TheWeardale1]

@@Lakedistrictrider yep, never had a full sus before, was initially just after a hardtail ebike for the types of rides i normally do, but people were saying go full sus haha... and the one I'm getting isn't that much more expensive than their hardtail anyway...

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Hope you enjoy it! 👍

[@Mark_Page_MTB]

Did this in September. Lost track of how many times I said "Wow". Such an incredible ride! Great video and really well ridden :-)

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate, appreciate it.

[@clwydianranger9251]

Another great vid mate. I need to tick that one off the bucket list.

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate, let's do it next year

[@5492sparky]

Here's to a speedy recovery Mate. Stunning ride though! 👍

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate. It has been a slowish recovery but is getting there now.

[@RockGullyMTB]

Looks like a monster of a ride that one! Great video 👍

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate, yeah it's a pretty big one. Not quick to get up :)

[@andrewmckenna5196]

Great video. Definitely sparked my appetite for more rides like this. Shame about the crash. Hope it wasn’t too serious 👍🏻

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Thanks mate. It was ok. Ribs are taking a while to heal but much better than they were 👍

[@neilbower123]

Have you tried descending down Seldom Seen as opposed to that rocky, loose run to the valley bottom? It heads off to the left when you get to the flat section after the top, long descent, bring you ut at the unofficial car parks on side of road on banks of Ullswater

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Heard of it mate but not ridden it myself. Its a footpath and I tend not to ride them personally. Nothing against those that do, just a personal position.

[@brianraymen3085]

Iv done this 3 times last time on my own and had a OTB at the start of the boulder field wher my gopro was slammed into my chest i had a fist size bruise for ages also had to ask a passer by in car park to lift my bike in the car for the 200 mile trip home its so easy to come off when your least expecting it and as you say lose your mojo. a good video though looking forwood to watching andys version.

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers Brian, yeah easy to come off at any time. Keeps us on our toes. If there was no danger it wouldn't be exciting though hey! Thanks for watching

[@rickgreenhalgh1357]

That descent looks like it'd be a lot of fun on an enduro bike. The climb less so 🤔

[@BOTG_Adventures]

Great video guys. After lock down I'll do it as well for my channel and give you both a shout out. Ya done Dalby yet.

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheers mate. I've not been to Dalby but Andy has done a video there

[@sergebardot]

Epic ride! ....you were lucky with the weather. I counted 7 cables coming from your handle bars....brakes =2, gears could be 1 or 2, fork lockout, seat dropper....blimey, i’m confused. What do you have?

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Cheets mate, yeah it is best saved for those few good weather days. I think you are right with 7 cables. 2 brakes, 2 for gears, 2 for the Scott suspension adjustment (rear shock & fork), and a dropper post. Bit of spaghetti hey? 😂

[@davidgilligan4535]

What PSI were your tyres

[@Lakedistrictrider]

No idea, sorry. I think somewhere between 30 to 35 at a guess

[@user-nn4wj8gk9s]

Looks ok for me but not the gf. Any slightly more easier ones ? Borrowdale bash ?

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Sorry, hard to tell what might be appropriate to your gf without knowing her. Borrowdale Bash is significantly easier than this, though still technical in places. My guidebook (see link in description) has a range of routes graded blue, red and black. It doesn't include this or the Bash though.

[@Paulmtb]

Quality..this has gone on the to do list..WHAT ..NO KNEE PADS.. Bugger that especialy on such a loose rough ride..

[@Lakedistrictrider]

Hehe, yes its awesome mate. You should deffo do it. I've never worn knee pads in nearly 30 years of biking. They didn't exist back in the 90s 😀. Not sure I would like wearing them. Though they would have saved a bit of skin on this ride.

[@tonyeasingwood2993]

Share GPX?