XC in kent- Any willing volunteers!!!

McBlip

impished wrote:

pittpony wrote:

Should be good for a ride on Wednesday.


Is this at Bedgebury? or am I talking bo**ox again? !!!

breezer

I fully agree, xmas should be banned. I really dont see the point at all unless you have young kids which may make it fun. Just a reason to spend money which is better used at CRC etc although I need a lie down after just adding up how much ive spent with them over the years :shock:

impished

McBlip wrote:

Is this at Bedgebury? or am I talking bo**ox again? !!!

Sorry McBlip, I think we're talking about our usual Wednesday 18:45 @ Blean.
I'd like to do a night ride at Bedgebury but, even if I went straight from work, I don't think I'd get there till 19:30, at the earliest. We'll have to arrange a weekend 16:00 meet at Bedgebury soon.

As always, you're more than welcome to meet us at Blean, McBlip.

Breezer wrote:

I fully agree, xmas should be banned. I really dont see the point at all unless you have young kids which may make it fun.

Now you mention it, I have got the kids a DS and an iPod :P So that should keep me busy for a while..

I Christmas

breezer

Kids these days are so spoilt! I had to make do with a carrot and cardboard box!

Whilst you are at it, may as well pick up one of those £50 or less cartridges which you can then copy roms, music, videos etc to heh (not that I agree with software piracy.....)

Bmjboy

Well Im being completely selfish this year and went down to my LBS and made a nice list with the owner for things for my bike as its a little sorry for itself at the mo.

£200 later.... The list is now with the family for them to go in and buy things.

Thinks of it as an Argos WishList but much more bike oriented

I think CRC, Wiggle etc should adopt my strategy and have Wishlists for us folk who have everything (but you never do have everything when you're a biker!)

I want to get out riding between Xmas and new year, I fancy Swinley again, but that depends on if I can get my brake fixed.

breezer

Managed 4.5hrs yesterday on a rare day off. Even stranger that I rode for that long as it was on my Inbred with its 0mm rear travel heh. Forks off the Turner being fixed, hope they come back before xmas

Did you get that dvd?

stevet1992

haha all you people whinging about christmas, is it compulsary for you to hate christmas when you have kids :shock:
i for one am looking forward to christmas :P already got a new pair of baggies and a set of brushes coming, and then the new 4x bike after christmas 8)

Jon or anyone if your riding BBH between december 27th and january the 3rd i would love to tag along :roll:

Papa Smurf

Oh I should imagine I'll be getting out for my compulsory Christmas blast around the woods.. Shall have to see though, may have to give the Hardrock a ride as I'm still not sure if the I-drive is causing my knee problems..

And don't worry Steve.. Even if I did bring the hardtail.. I'd still leave you behind
(Ride it everyday normally, so very comfortable on it :twisted: )

stevet1992

Papa Smurf wrote:

Oh I should imagine I'll be getting out for my compulsory Christmas blast around the woods.. Shall have to see though, may have to give the Hardrock a ride as I'm still not sure if the I-drive is causing my knee problems..

And don't worry Steve.. Even if I did bring the hardtail.. I'd still leave you behind
(Ride it everyday normally, so very comfortable on it :twisted: )

ha i think you should bring the hardtail :P as i have now got my suspension seatpost :twisted: i would be up for the more daring parts now as they would feel ;ike nothing after riding penshurst at full speed 8)

you know i could give the old i-drive a home if it is whats giving you problems that is :roll:

Papa Smurf

stevet1992 wrote:

Papa Smurf wrote:

Oh I should imagine I'll be getting out for my compulsory Christmas blast around the woods.. Shall have to see though, may have to give the Hardrock a ride as I'm still not sure if the I-drive is causing my knee problems..

And don't worry Steve.. Even if I did bring the hardtail.. I'd still leave you behind
(Ride it everyday normally, so very comfortable on it :twisted: )

ha i think you should bring the hardtail :P as i have now got my suspension seatpost :twisted: i would be up for the more daring parts now as they would feel ;ike nothing after riding penshurst at full speed 8)

you know i could give the old i-drive a home if it is whats giving you problems that is :roll:

Tell you what, I'll 'loan' you the I-Drive, you upgrade a few bits and then I'll have it back... That sound ok to you?

andyturner28

impished wrote:

pittpony wrote:

Should be good for a ride on Wednesday. I think Rou was interested in joining us again. Ade is now a compulsory attendant as he's missed far too many recently Anyone else??

Yeah, I'll be there Wednesday.

[bah_humbug]
BTW, I will be taking some nails. The nails are for the tyres of the 1st person to mention that expensive, over-comercialised, money-absorbing, hangover-inducing, waste-of-a-day-off event that's happening on th 25th :evil:
[/bah_humbug]

(slopes off to rip the tinsel from above desk :twisted: )

Christmass Christmass Christmass You old scruge

Oh and i am finally back in the 21st century.......got the PC back

andyturner28

stevet1992 wrote:

Papa Smurf wrote:

Oh I should imagine I'll be getting out for my compulsory Christmas blast around the woods.. Shall have to see though, may have to give the Hardrock a ride as I'm still not sure if the I-drive is causing my knee problems..

And don't worry Steve.. Even if I did bring the hardtail.. I'd still leave you behind
(Ride it everyday normally, so very comfortable on it :twisted: )

ha i think you should bring the hardtail :P as i have now got my suspension seatpost :twisted: i would be up for the more daring parts now as they would feel ;ike nothing after riding penshurst at full speed 8)

you know i could give the old i-drive a home if it is whats giving you problems that is :roll:

A suspension post won't make you faster, it'll just make you bounce up and down and make you sea sick, as it aint got no damping.

stevet1992

Papa Smurf wrote:

Tell you what, I'll 'loan' you the I-Drive, you upgrade a few bits and then I'll have it back... That sound ok to you?

im good with that :P i just might accidentally forget where i left it last

andyturner28 wrote:

A suspension post won't make you faster, it'll just make you bounce up and down and make you sea sick, as it aint got no damping.

it was more of the fact after hitting some rough sections my nuts have popped and the saddle has penetrated me so i usually slow down as i know its going to kill me if i take it full blast :roll:

billynobates

guys, me thinks you go to Swinley, am i right? it sounds like good fun.
only i'm planning a bit of a mtb tour of hot spots this weekend and was thinking of taking iit in but need some info on where best to park and start

Papa Smurf

As some of you may of seen... Crc have sent me the wrong powerlinks, they've sent me 9spd ones, but I only have 8spd. I may keep for 1 pair for my I-drive for when that no doubt breaks but that leaves 2 pairs sitting around doing nothing. Anyone want them for a couple of quid?

andyturner28

Papa Smurf wrote:

As some of you may of seen... Crc have sent me the wrong powerlinks, they've sent me 9spd ones, but I only have 8spd. I may keep for 1 pair for my I-drive for when that no doubt breaks but that leaves 2 pairs sitting around doing nothing. Anyone want them for a couple of quid?

Yeah i'll have those if your sure you don't want them. When you riding Blean next?

I'v been fiddleing again! Finally given in and shortened my bars :shock: I cut them down to 680..........feels a bit weird, might take some getting used to :roll: Also went the whole hog and fitted the old 50mm stem just cause i was board

Papa Smurf

andyturner28 wrote:

Papa Smurf wrote:

As some of you may of seen... Crc have sent me the wrong powerlinks, they've sent me 9spd ones, but I only have 8spd. I may keep for 1 pair for my I-drive for when that no doubt breaks but that leaves 2 pairs sitting around doing nothing. Anyone want them for a couple of quid?

Yeah i'll have those if your sure you don't want them. When you riding Blean next?

I'v been fiddleing again! Finally given in and shortened my bars :shock: I cut them down to 680..........feels a bit weird, might take some getting used to :roll: Also went the whole hog and fitted the old 50mm stem just cause i was board

Well with the amout the I-Drive gets ridden, I reckon 1 pair should get me out of trouble should I need it. The other 4 links (2 pairs) will just end up sitting around. Cost me £4 for the lot so call it £2 quid? Small I know, but hey I'm not Santa
All going well I can make Blean asap.. My final 2 days at work this week till the day after new years so maybe if a ride's happening, I can make it!

pittpony

Not wishing to try and thwart your business deals, but i think you can never have enough spare powerlinks. I usually carry at least a couple of spares just in case - sods law you won't fit one properly and it'll end up pinging off into the undergrowth...

Do we have 4 for tonights ride at Blean? 6.45 again? Shall we meet at Ade's parking spot to save me hanging around like a man with a dog in the car park for 10 minutes...? Defo want to do those bits of singletrack off the black route - they're pretty decent. Also looking forward to my favourite hill - i have a weekend of sloth to burn off so i'm going to hit it HARD!

Bmjboy

billynobates wrote:

guys, me thinks you go to Swinley, am i right? it sounds like good fun.
only i'm planning a bit of a mtb tour of hot spots this weekend and was thinking of taking iit in but need some info on where best to park and start

We've all done Swinley at some point, Ive only just started.

You need to park at the main car park which is The Lookout on Nine Mile Ride Road:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&saddr=&daddr=51.388152,-0.739861&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=15&sll=51.387638,-0.736041&sspn=0.019898,0.05579&ie=UTF8&ll=51.380888,-0.732908&spn=0.039803,0.11158&t=h&z=14

Swinley isnt signposted at all (apart from signs back to the Lookout and various wooded areas) You can just follow the crowd, or better still hook up with some regulars to find the best bits.

This PDF may help you decide on where to go - just keep an eye out for singletrack paths!

http://www.gorrick.com/downloads/swinleyforestmap.pdf

impished

pittpony wrote:

Do we have 4 for tonights ride at Blean?

I'm still good for tonight. Got a feeling I might be struggling within minutes tonight :roll: There we go... Jinxed myself now.

pittpony wrote:

6.45 again? Shall we meet at Ade's parking spot to save me hanging around like a man with a dog in the car park for 10 minutes...?

18:45 sounds good. If you wanted to go dogging first, we'll wait for you :shock:

pittpony wrote:

Defo want to do those bits of singletrack off the black route - they're pretty decent.

Yeah, they were quite fun actually.

pittpony wrote:

Also looking forward to my favourite hill - i have a weekend of sloth to burn off so i'm going to hit it HARD!

Oh shiiiit :shock:

Legless

I'm Game, although might be slower than usual as we have just come off a deadline and I have been up all night for the last three days. Currently look like a zombie too so at least I'll be the scary looking fella chasing after you in the woods. 6.45 At Ade's car park it is...

billynobates

Thanks for the info BJMBOY...really helpful...cheers

Legless

Thanks Nick and Andy for a good ride tonight, i was so so so close to not coming as i have been feeling pretty ropey all day from a lack of sleep. The first 15 minutes i was thinking what the hell am i doing here, but after that i got into a bit of a rhythm and really enjoyed it! Shame it was so muddy.

The best bit is that last time after the ride i was very close to death. This time i managed to clean my bike and cook myself dinner. Don't feel too bad at all so obviously i am getting fitter.

Thanks again!

Rou

pittpony

Legless wrote:

Thanks Nick and Andy for a good ride tonight, i was so so so close to not coming as i have been feeling pretty ropey all day from a lack of sleep. The first 15 minutes i was thinking what the hell am i doing here, but after that i got into a bit of a rhythm and really enjoyed it! Shame it was so muddy.

The best bit is that last time after the ride i was very close to death. This time i managed to clean my bike and cook myself dinner. Don't feel too bad at all so obviously i am getting fitter.

Thanks again!

Rou

We obviously didn't work you hard enough Glad you enjoyed it. The mud was a pain in places but great fun on some bits. Did you hear me giggling like a little girl riding down to the BMX jumps knee deep in mud? And talking about knee deep, those puddles i 'found' were something else! I can only just feel my toes again after my double immersion...

Hopefully fit in another ride before Christmas - i'll post nearer the time

andyturner28

Legless wrote:

Thanks Nick and Andy for a good ride tonight, i was so so so close to not coming as i have been feeling pretty ropey all day from a lack of sleep. The first 15 minutes i was thinking what the hell am i doing here, but after that i got into a bit of a rhythm and really enjoyed it! Shame it was so muddy.

The best bit is that last time after the ride i was very close to death. This time i managed to clean my bike and cook myself dinner. Don't feel too bad at all so obviously i am getting fitter.

Thanks again!

Rou

No pobs, was a good laugh tonight And mate, if i had as little sleep as you there is NO WAY i would find myself in a freezing muddy wood instead of my bed, so nice one for dragging your arse out with us.
Last year i was forever screaming "bloody mud!" and "I hate mud!", but now my bike handling has improved i actually quite enjopy sliping and sliding all over the place, especially some of the bits on the Kent-Trails ride a couple of weeks ago. And the more and more you ride the quicker and less painfull the recovery. I remember last year i regularly got home feeling really sick and couldn't go up or down the stairs for a couple of hours, i just collapsed infront of the TV without even eating anything for hours after, so you are doing much better than i did!

Shame you couldn't make it Ade, you missed Nick living up to his Nick the Mud nickname trying to drown himself in the biggest puddles in the whole of Kent Sorry mate, i am still giggleing to myself about that

Legless

Haha those puddles were hilarious, well done Nick for taking them like a man! Glad i was at the back and was given plenty of warnings about hazards ahead!!

Body clock is now all out of whack and i can't sleep, go figure!

Gonna ride lots over the festive break and who knows soon i might even keep up. good to hear you all went through the "pain" when you got into it!

breezer

Puddles can be lethal as you dont know how deep they are. I went on a long weekend to the New Forest before with a friend. Literally 100m into our first ride I went through what looked like a small puddle in a rut only to find it was over a foot deep, the front wheel stopped dead, myself and the rest of the bike agreed with the laws of momentum and I ended up on my front with the bike somehow perfectly balanced on my back but upside down. Unfortunately this was pre camera phone days as it would have been a brilliant photo :oops:

pittpony

Legless wrote:

Haha those puddles were hilarious, well done Nick for taking them like a man!

Yeah even i have to admit they were damn funny. Not sure about taking them like a man though - i was giggling like a child! The second one was the funniest, you'd have thought i'd learn the first time around :roll:

Breezer - very much the same kind of situation except thankfully i didn't go right over the bars. Those bad boys were deceptively deep! And Rou - those logs floating in the first puddle weren't moving until i got in there with them so it looked like the puddle was much shallower than it actually was

impished

I'm gutted I didn't make it Sounds like I missed an epic.
I was sitting at work staring blankly at a screen full of juice and turkey predictions :shock:

Let hope we can squeeze 1 more in before we put on our chrimbo fat :twisted:

Bmjboy

Guys - to follow on from the "Dirtworker" exploits, rumour has it in the "General" forum is that theyre now £25 at Halfords!!!......

I might buy another just to be greedy.....