XC in kent- Any willing volunteers!!!

deadpool2e

thanks for that noo noo, i will prop get lost otherwise, see you all there at 9.

Papa Smurf

Think I may have to drop out of the races 2morrow.. Been wondering if I'm ready to race on an actual race day yet anyway, depends how I get on with the track too.

I'm more swayed towards coming out with you lot, seeing as my main passion is XC anyway. We shall see.

deadpool2e

Papa Smurf wrote:

I'm more swayed towards coming out with you lot, seeing as my main passion is XC anyway. We shall see.

Go on you know you want to

RussAlf

Me (Mark)
Neil
Ade
Nick
SBezza (Steve)
Russ (stunt monkey)

Ill put some waypoints on my gps and print out a map.

See everyone tomorrow1

pittpony

RussAlf wrote:

Me (Mark)
Neil
Ade
Nick
SBezza (Steve)
Russ (stunt monkey)

Ill put some waypoints on my gps and print out a map.

See everyone tomorrow1

And another Nick if i'm right in thinking you're still coming Noo Noo? And possibly Papa Smirf too. I wouldn't fancy going the otehr way to us lot on a downhill section - we've got quite a convoy going

Noo Noo

pittpony wrote:

RussAlf wrote:

Me (Mark)
Neil
Ade
Nick
SBezza (Steve)
Russ (stunt monkey)

Ill put some waypoints on my gps and print out a map.

See everyone tomorrow1

And another Nick if i'm right in thinking you're still coming Noo Noo? And possibly Papa Smirf too. I wouldn't fancy going the otehr way to us lot on a downhill section - we've got quite a convoy going

Yeah, I'm still coming along. See you all at 9am.....massively looking forward to it!

impished

PittPony,
You still gonna be in Sittingbourne at 8:15?

see you all tomorrow.

pittpony

impished wrote:

PittPony,
You still gonna be in Sittingbourne at 8:15?

see you all tomorrow.

Yep, will be there 8) I'll text you when i'm on the train just so you know i'm on the way and haven't missed it!

deadpool2e

do you have to pay to park at BBH??

impished

No. Freebee 8)

Papa Smurf

Well that's a no for me 2morrow, as much as I really really want too, I don't have the will or the energy.
I'm going to Penshurst instead, but not racing.. They seem to of forgotten about those of us who don't jump off everything in sight, and some of the jumps are so big you could easily fit a car or two into the space...
I'm going to spend the day there with my camera, mostly as the potential for some great action shots is just far too tempting...

Here's a taster of the kind of photo's I get. These I got this evening while checking out the track...

Paul_GT

Were abouts is Penshusrt like to go and take some piccies too.Paul

Noo Noo

Bugger!

Ain't it always the way!

Doing a "bit of a service" on my bike this arvo and have knackered my front brake! I think I got some air into the caliper. They are Deore disc brakes and I have tried to bleed the air out using the bleed valve but the brake lever offers no resistance and no matter how many times I do it there is always air coming out. I think therefore that there is now air in the calliper that won't shift. So I reckon I'll have to use the "bleed the calliper" method except I have no pipe small enough to go over the bleed valve. Arse!

Any ideas anyone? I am following the instructions on the Shimano website.

If not then I will have to miss tomorrow as I have NO front brake and that is probably not the best way of setting about BBH! :x

pittpony

Sounds like you defo need to bleed it if there's air in there You might be ok with just a rear - but would have to take it easy on the descents... Mind you it's easy for me to say cos its not me without the front brake! I'd offer to bring something to help fix it tomorrow but i have Avid brakes so have a completely different bleed system :roll:

impished

stick a post on the "wrkshop & Tech" forum. They'll answer in seconds.
I'm in the same boat as PittPony, I ain't got a clue about bleeding Shimano's. But I do have experience of trails with NO front brake :shock:

Noo Noo

Think I might have it (kind of) sorted. I now have a front brake but I have to pull the lever all the way to make it bite. Hey, ho. I will come along tomorrow anyway and hope for the best. What would be the worst that could happen.............?

pittpony

Noo Noo wrote:

Think I might have it (kind of) sorted. I now have a front brake but I have to pull the lever all the way to make it bite. Hey, ho. I will come along tomorrow anyway and hope for the best. What would be the worst that could happen.............?

That's the spirit At least if you have to take it easy there will be someone else as slow as me on the downhills Now its kind of working again don't do what i would and fiddle with it until it's well and truly broken

andyturner28

Noo Noo wrote:

Think I might have it (kind of) sorted. I now have a front brake but I have to pull the lever all the way to make it bite. Hey, ho. I will come along tomorrow anyway and hope for the best. What would be the worst that could happen.............?

I never use the front brake when riding off road. I have found myself kissing the dirt too many times. I have nearly gone through a set of rear pads in 3 weeks though :shock: On several downhill sections last Sunday it faded to the point it was completely useless.

Oh and you just reminded me, i am riding tomorrow and havn't bedded in a new front set yet! Looks like i am going out in the cold for a while :roll:

Have a good one tomorrow guys,

Andy.

Papa Smurf

Bollox! It seems I got ever so slightly let down, the one thing I hate just as much as ignorance.. :evil:

By the time I knew what was going on (That said, I've still not heard from my mate) it was about 10 past 9, would of taken me ages to get the BBH..

Maybe next time eh guys..

Really quite f**ked off I missed riding with you lot for fack all.

:evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

impished

Cheers for another good ride today guys. I think I enjoyed it :? . Difficult to think straight for some reason.

I'm off to buy a tube and a liquidizer :shock:

deadpool2e

Super ride guys, some very fast downhills and some nice climbs (but hate the steps).

and we all witnessed someone trying to be superman (was it wings of steel or jaws of steel :? )

if your trying to guess who it was his post is not that far from this one ^^^^^

RussAlf

Nice ride guys, think were starting to find are way a bit better around there now. Loved that downhill bit with the steps that was brilliant fun. Cant wait to see those vids/pics Mark when you get them up, hope your jaws okay ade and its not to painfull.

Heres the map:


Couldnt find that bit of singletrack around white horse stone? could someone gives us a bit more detailed instructions?

Thanks

Russ

pittpony

Yeah top ride today guys and a great turnout! Sorry you couldn't make it Papa Smirf I'm starting to get a bit more of a feel for where everything is in relation to everything else but it'll be a few trips yet before we go without a map i think!

Some challenging climbs and some great downhills today. I'm not sure if SBezza and I enjoyed those steps quite as much as you did Russ :oops: I'm still buzzing though

Hope the aches and pains aren't too bad Ade. Thanks again for the lift

deadpool2e

RussAlf wrote:

Nice ride guys, think were starting to find are way a bit better around there now. Loved that downhill bit with the steps that was brilliant fun. Cant wait to see those vids/pics Mark when you get them up, hope your jaws okay ade and its not to painfull.

Heres the map:


Couldnt find that bit of singletrack around white horse stone? could someone gives us a bit more detailed instructions?

Thanks

Russ

Russ do you use memory map for those images? and did you cut the bit out up to the M2?
my garnin has the same elevation map as yours. again good ride.

Will do my best to get the vid caps up ASAP

deadpool2e

RussAlf wrote:

Nice ride guys, think were starting to find are way a bit better around there now. Loved that downhill bit with the steps that was brilliant fun. Cant wait to see those vids/pics Mark when you get them up, hope your jaws okay ade and its not to painfull.

Heres the map:


Couldnt find that bit of singletrack around white horse stone? could someone gives us a bit more detailed instructions?

Thanks

Russ

Russ do you use memory map for those images? and did you cut the bit out up to the M2?
my garnin has the same elevation map as yours. again good ride.

Will do my best to get the vid caps up ASAP

RussAlf

Yes i cut the bit out when we went up towards the m2. I use tracklogs.

Russ

pittpony

A few pics from today, courtesy of Russ's improvised bike-tripod Scroll right at the bottom to see the full image...

impished

Can't see the pics Nick

Ignore that, they're there now

billynobates

Dudes,thanks ever so for letting me join your group ride today i had a great time and would enjoy another the sooner the better if that's o.k by you even though i know i'm going to suffer a little tomorrow as today was my first ride in over 6 months! :shock:

deadpool2e

glad you enjoyed it, every ones welcome check here fore more rides.

Im down the inlaws on the 15th-16th so im up for a ride in blean on the saturday or sunday.