XC in Cornwall - any willing volunteers ?

FSR_XC

A few mates are doing a brewery tour at Skinners on Friday.

If anyone fancies coming along let me know.

It's £10 for a 30 min tour, followed by 2.5hrs free bar (and you get a pastie too)

FSR_XC

Same route as last night - av speed 14.3mph

Pretty happy with that

FSR_XC

8am tomorrow at the Factory Shop in Redruth . . . . .

allthegearnoidea

Or half 9 at the layby opposite smokeys!

Dazzza

Or completely avoid the rainy morning and ride out in the sunny afternoon.

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/day ... de=Redruth

allthegearnoidea

Or just MTFU and get out and ride!

technically mark and the trailriders will have been out for 20 mins already this morning!
no offence meant at all but, sunday mornings are meant for lying in! i'm sat here with a BIG mug of coffee and just finished cereal ready to set off at 10-9, my alarm went of at the time you guys meet! :shock: i know you also go for 30+miles on a sunday and try and ride as fast as you can but 8am on a Sunday morning is just Tooooo early! hope you havea good ride anyways though!

FSR_XC

It was a bit of a fast one this morning.

28 miles with an average speed of 10mph

Off horse riding now. . . . .

allthegearnoidea

not bad mark, you guys ride past my place about half 9 ish?? wife said she saw a group go past??
had a good ride arond as many bridleways as possible that run from Smokeys to Threemilestone to carnondowns to devoran and back on the trail, just shy of 20 miles when we got back, bags of laughs though! some great bridleways in that area, used a couple that are on the Chacewater killer loop up around billybrays chapel and down, did realise half way down a Very fast section of very bumpyness that left the forks in lock out lol! no way was i reaching down to adjust them! still made it down a fair bit quicker than some full sussers with seats down etc.!

legs are hurting some now though as havent been on the bike for 3 weeks for health related reasons, but was worth it, need a new middle ring as mines toast too which made it fun back from bissoe with granny and big hahah! but all paves way for the E-thirteen bash i have sat infront of me and the 36t ring stashed away down the barn!

FSR_XC

We started with Carn Marth and then took the ridge line to Deveron.

We were at Bissoe cafe at 9.30am.

allthegearnoidea

oh, must be abnother group of mtb'ers about this area then! will have a nose next week if am about!

FSR_XC

Was kinda hoping to go for a ride tonight . . .

Dazzza

Nice seeing you tim, christ that ride home was a slog, btw i lost my top ring, seems i fiddled it the wrong way.

That bloke with the dog was a laugh, he said the dog's fine so long as there are no cats about.

allthegearnoidea

hahahah! i see that guy most days! are a coupeof them about the village,
was greta to see you too matey, good natter out int he sun!
well the limit screw did get a turn or two prior to switching tot he other one lol! should haver checked it! :oops: those hills are Lovely on cold legs hey! :P

Dazzza

It was the front rings that was the problem, the rear ran lovely.

Cold legs ugh, that wasn't so much the problem, it was my not eating enough and running out of steam in north country,

I will be out today for sure, as im sure you are, i have the lurgy and feel like crap, but there's no way im missing out not when rain is coming.

allthegearnoidea

yeah yeah man! was out this morning, tehidy, norhtcliffs out to the barn and back home Via Bridge hill for fun! 14.8 miles, nice little run out! Glorious weather too!

FSR_XC

Just short of 35 miles this morning while maintaining over 10mph average.

Here is the route: http://bit.ly/9O87l6

Dazzza

allthegearnoidea wrote:

yeah yeah man! was out this morning, tehidy, norhtcliffs out to the barn and back home Via Bridge hill for fun! 14.8 miles, nice little run out! Glorious weather too!

Yeah tell me about it, did 35.6 miles today 16.7avg.

Im going to pay for it in the morning mind.

Where was that area in tehidy they're working on, i had a nose around south downs is it? but no luck.

Trail was filled with miserable souls, not a single bugger said hello today. :roll:

allthegearnoidea

bottom of oak woods fella, you can see all the tree's down and a notice up n the start where the path forks,

yeah did seem that most that i saw out and about were a little on the grumpy side despite my Cheeriest of hello's!

Dazzza

Well that'll be the emmets won't it.

Had a natter with the guy in the bike barn, top fella i still swear he's a kiwi despite being adamant he's cornish.

allthegearnoidea

hahah! you met Oz then! top bloke!

Dazzza

Yeah he was good, was very much up for a natter, i got talking about mud & sweat, he wants me to enter but im unsure, insurance this month, it's on in what 2 weeks today and you can enter on the day so i'll have a think about it, i have been in better form of late.

Also mentioned how someone wanted a £3 per car parking fee.

Anyway i can certainly see myself going there more often, far more friendly and not the slightest bit aloof.

allthegearnoidea

yeah they do on the day entry, will be a great event!
they are all top guys there, havce a lot of time for them all, honest and good for it too! if they say a part needs replacing then it genuinely needs doing, and a lot of advice given out without malice too! you wont find them slagging of any other bike shops either,

Dazzza

So are you entering then?

allthegearnoidea

Dont be daft lol! i'll be about with the littlun helping out and supporting the cornwall guys and anyone else i know!

allthegearnoidea

Guess Who's been p[imping his bike again!!!!!

had to be done!
Bags of Shinyness!

Rainbow Nipps baby!

Front wheel,


Rear Wheel,


Colours in order,

Gold, Purple, Blue, Green,Red & Black!

gotta love the individual touches hey!! :oops:

also cant remember if i posted it up or not so Som more if so!

Gone Double and Bash, 36t Gamut Race ring and e-thirteen Supercharger bash,


Bash is a little too big as its meant for a 40t ring but is spot on! Super strong and robust! will keep a nose out for a 36t one but no rush!!

and a coupl eof pics from sundays rdie (will be repeated this sunday with the group, Tehidy and northcliffs coast path,


pic up on the techy singletrack in the treeline (often called keepers walk)

and from out on North Cliffs,


was absolutely Stunning out on Sunday, stopped for a muchly needed icecream in portreath on the way home!

not much more pimping to be done though, unless i think of something else totally pointless but Uber cool! rainbow bottle cage bolts maybe??
but waiting a fortnight for new stocks on shimano M183N's to come in for my feet! as was Super gutted that no expected date was on the M230's! still, next best will do! and they have a Carbon look to them! which is always good! 8) 8)

anyways, Tehidy sesh via a couple of good tracks and then out to northcliffs for the legal section and back up through illogan woods on Sunday if anyone fancies it (club ride) tehidy's always a good crack especially with a little more building on the tracks up in the lower woods! 8) 8)

kernowaj

Hello all.

Just spent a long weekend at Afan. OMG :shock: that place is amazing! Did The Wall twice, although my rear shock lost all its air at the top second time resulting in a long walk back to the campsite :evil: and Whites Level twice. How spoilt am I feeling, where can I go now to compare? Climbing was hard going in the heat but I wasnt going to complain too much about the weather especially as I felt sure in the weeks leading up the trip it was going to rain. What fun I had though, if the forecast for this weekend was any good Id be there again!

South Downs Way in a few weeks so really need to cram in as many miles as possible. Going to try and do my 30 plus mile ride every other day from now until 26th June!!

Dazzza

allthegearnoidea wrote:

Dont be daft lol! i'll be about with the littlun helping out and supporting the cornwall guys and anyone else i know!

Tim you are such a tart, nice bike bits. :P

Got some swissstop pads on the way, i find the bike fridge ceramics lack bite, nothing special but meh it's something im looking forward to.

I won't be doing the event neither, been thinking and no way im paying £50 for a poxy ride in the county, and on my doorstep at that just to prove how fast i am, bugger that i'll nip down for a pasty n pint of course.

£50 being entry plus other sundries i have to buy.

allthegearnoidea

£50?? £27.50 for long score solo's??

anyways! More Blingery!!! and yeah Dazz, You Know it baby! 8)

i've been resisiting the Shiny goods form the Hope people, but today i finally succummed to the shinyness and put a pair of shiny red squewers on the bike!


And!! a new saddle because, Well! you just have to sometimes! Especially when its been sending secret messages to me every time i have walked past Saying, 'Buy me' Buy me Go on, Buy me, you know i'll look Soooo good'


almostr seems a shame to stop using the spoon, but rest assured its not dead, it will be kept for a rainy day!
did have a nose around at a load of other silly pointless blingy bits to add the personal touch to the bike, but will wait until i have them All on for another blingery update!

had to retap fornt caliper lower mount earlier as the old one stripped the threads out the caliper half, but is on and sorted now! strong as old boots again! New pads in too as others were contaminated!
all ready for sunday! 8)

Dazzza

allthegearnoidea wrote:

£50?? £27.50 for long score solo's??

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£28, plus £7 for a map board plus extra for a compass and first aid kit, those are the minimum requirements to enter.

Nice saddle, i tend to switch between the charge spoon and bel air, i prefer the bel air as it's more sofa like.

allthegearnoidea

take your own first aid kit, map board, bti of hardboard tied to your bars fella!
there see, saved you a few quid already!
not bad comfort wise onthe new perch, looks good And feels good!