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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    Biggus86 wrote:
    Hi all, new to this forum, but I'm from Bev, just got myself a new bike the other week in prep for me joining RAF (got a bit of time to kill till oct)...

    Only got a couple of routes atm, old railway track (the one which goes to M.Weighton) and a couple of 10milers... just looking for something 15-20miles with not as much road biking, any routes?

    Hi. You could be pretty much stuffed around here if you are wanting some decent hill riding. Like Matt said, Peaks and Moors are great for some action, but if you ain't got any wheels to take you there, then the OS Map that Barkey mentioned is your best bet.
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    bobs bikes wrote:
    hey all, new to the forum... im stu from hull and own BOBS BIKES on beverley road.

    giggsmaster, is that the real giggsy?? :lol:

    im always up for a ride, taking the road bike from hull to scarborough this weekend and stoppong for beer at haven for the weekend.

    im off to radar live if anyone wants to meet up.

    Aye, its me pal....

    This is a Mountain Bike Forum, you can't start talking about road biking..... :lol:
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  • Biggus86
    Biggus86 Posts: 385
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    Hi. You could be pretty much stuffed around here if you are wanting some decent hill riding. Like Matt said, Peaks and Moors are great for some action, but if you ain't got any wheels to take you there, then the OS Map that Barkey mentioned is your best bet.

    Hill riding would be good, but with the area being flat as anything its just back roads and onto the track. Been thinking about just jumping on a train to sheff or where ever but the problem with that is... where the hell do you go if you don't know which direction haha.

    I'll figure something out :D... all i need is my brain and my bike
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    Biggus86 wrote:
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    Hi. You could be pretty much stuffed around here if you are wanting some decent hill riding. Like Matt said, Peaks and Moors are great for some action, but if you ain't got any wheels to take you there, then the OS Map that Barkey mentioned is your best bet.

    Hill riding would be good, but with the area being flat as anything its just back roads and onto the track. Been thinking about just jumping on a train to sheff or where ever but the problem with that is... where the hell do you go if you don't know which direction haha.

    I'll figure something out :D... all i need is my brain and my bike

    well we drive to dalby/moors and peaks mate,and mattharper been on a rides on moors and one in peaks with us,but at mo giggsmaster has been banned from doing off road as he is getting married in a couple of weeks,and ive done my ankle ligaments in doing ride as mentioned in peaks above,so ive been off my bike for 4 weeks now,hoping to get back on this weekend tho,but only doing sum boring road stuff with giggsmaster..........

    im sure some off the other lads on here will help you out mate.........
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    it was good to be back on bike saturday,after 4 weeks out with ankle,did 17 miles on hull/hornsea railway,then back through elerby,skirlaugh and wawne on road,did it in hour and 20 mins,ankle didnt like the big bumps and couldnt push hard on junctions or the slight uphills,but apart from that it was good........cant believe how much my legs/arse where killing me tho after being off bike for that long :oops:

    hoping to do same route again during week.......its good to be back tho..... :lol:
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  • Biggus86
    Biggus86 Posts: 385
    Good to hear your back on the bike, my ankle is bit dodgy every now and then (sprained it back in feb, but i think i may have hairline fracture :s).

    I was talking to my mate today, says if we have a day off together (we both work at same place and are both Forklift drivers) he'll come with... so thats good. Just need to look at getting helmet, new tyres and camelbak on tues. :)
  • AJay85
    AJay85 Posts: 41
    Hey. Brand new bike newbie here. Have just purchased by first bike since I was a kid. Really wanted to get back into it - so bought a low range GT to get me going. I live in the Hull area (Hedon) and could use some good tips of where to ride this summer!

    Thanks
  • bobs bikes
    bobs bikes Posts: 589
    just got in from a weekend of beerness!
    took the mountain bike with road tyres in the end as i needed to carry tent etc :wink:
    left the shop on saturday night and took the road through wawne to brandsburton, stopping at fosse hill camp site. really good pub on site and home cooked food.

    went to filey yesterday in time for the footie, booked in at blue bolphin, watched the footie, went to the pub, went to the club....... :lol:

    came back through brid and hornsea today, stopping at my folks house for tea.

    very very sunburnt and shattered, but a good time has been had!


    AJay85, what do you want to do? on road, off road, hills etc?
    a nice quiet route is the sproatley loop, it goes through hedon area. it is all on B roads and is about 40 miles on the flat.
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    Biggus86 wrote:
    Good to hear your back on the bike, my ankle is bit dodgy every now and then (sprained it back in feb, but i think i may have hairline fracture :s).

    I was talking to my mate today, says if we have a day off together (we both work at same place and are both Forklift drivers) he'll come with... so thats good. Just need to look at getting helmet, new tyres and camelbak on tues. :)

    cheers mate,i came of bike in peaks,pics are on here how my ankle looked after,if you have time to look through posts on here,starined ligaments both sides of ankle.......

    only doing road stuff at mo round hull,but hopefully back end of june will be back to some off-road stuff.....hope you get what you need,can always join me and giggsmaster round hull,but like i said,just road rididng at mo for us....... :cry:
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    AJay85 wrote:
    Hey. Brand new bike newbie here. Have just purchased by first bike since I was a kid. Really wanted to get back into it - so bought a low range GT to get me going. I live in the Hull area (Hedon) and could use some good tips of where to ride this summer!

    Thanks

    like bob said,just depends on what you want to do,if youve got transport id say go to dalby,few lads off here who go there.........

    as i said in above post....just road riding on mountain bike for me at mo......trying to get my fitness back up at mo,after being off bike for 4 weeks.......normally do peaks/moors with giggmaster and mattharper,but me and giggsmaster are under a ban at mo due to him getting married soon, :lol:

    plenty of pics on here from me/giggsmaster and mattharper to give you a idea of what we ride off-road,if you can be arsed to look through all the posts on here :D
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  • dazzerus
    dazzerus Posts: 29
    i live in wawne, and tend to go out towards benningholme/skirlaugh then onto hornsea rail trail, which is fairly tame/flat, or up through tickton and back down the river bank,or down to the humber bridge and towards brantingham which is more testing and hilly (in the process of putting my routes on mapmyride.com). I will be up for meeting up one night a week and getting some miles under my belt as am doing my mountain bike leaders level 2 award in august so that i can teach mountain biking at my school. Must be something about ankle ligaments as i to am recovering from snapping mine.
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    bobs bikes wrote:
    just got in from a weekend of beerness!
    took the mountain bike with road tyres in the end as i needed to carry tent etc :wink:
    left the shop on saturday night and took the road through wawne to brandsburton, stopping at fosse hill camp site. really good pub on site and home cooked food.

    went to filey yesterday in time for the footie, booked in at blue bolphin, watched the footie, went to the pub, went to the club....... :lol:

    came back through brid and hornsea today, stopping at my folks house for tea.

    very very sunburnt and shattered, but a good time has been had!

    Ay up there... I never thought you were that fit, I was always in the thinking that you were a total p*sshead when you were at Scamps. I suppose it was a fair few years ago, plenty of time to get some exercise in.....

    dazzerus wrote:
    i live in wawne, and tend to go out towards benningholme/skirlaugh then onto hornsea rail trail, which is fairly tame/flat, or up through tickton and back down the river bank,or down to the humber bridge and towards brantingham which is more testing and hilly (in the process of putting my routes on mapmyride.com). I will be up for meeting up one night a week and getting some miles under my belt as am doing my mountain bike leaders level 2 award in august so that i can teach mountain biking at my school. Must be something about ankle ligaments as i to am recovering from snapping mine.

    Thats the route me and Altern8 go out and back on lately, just to try and get the fitness up abit. Think we are probably looking to go out sometime in the next couple of days, but it will be in the daytime I should think. Unless he has other plans.
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    dazzerus wrote:
    i live in wawne, and tend to go out towards benningholme/skirlaugh then onto hornsea rail trail, which is fairly tame/flat, or up through tickton and back down the river bank,or down to the humber bridge and towards brantingham which is more testing and hilly (in the process of putting my routes on mapmyride.com). I will be up for meeting up one night a week and getting some miles under my belt as am doing my mountain bike leaders level 2 award in august so that i can teach mountain biking at my school. Must be something about ankle ligaments as i to am recovering from snapping mine.

    did ligaments coming down mam tor,got stuck in a rut,hit the side,bike stopped and i carried on,went over on my ankle both ways,lol

    me and giggsmaster use to go out 2wards brantingham when he lived in hessle.....sum nice little climbs and some fast downhills out that way.....

    like giggsmaster said,prob go out next few days,ill have a chat with him and see if we can fit in a little ride round about 6pm.........if youre up for it?????
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  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    dazzerus wrote:
    i live in wawne, and tend to go out towards benningholme/skirlaugh then onto hornsea rail trail, which is fairly tame/flat, or up through tickton and back down the river bank,or down to the humber bridge and towards brantingham which is more testing and hilly (in the process of putting my routes on mapmyride.com). I will be up for meeting up one night a week and getting some miles under my belt as am doing my mountain bike leaders level 2 award in august so that i can teach mountain biking at my school. Must be something about ankle ligaments as i to am recovering from snapping mine.

    Hi I only live round the corner from you (Kingswood) we often go to Dalby for a blast, you are welcome to join us if you wish. Like you I am off this week, for half term! I might be going tommorow, so let me know if you are interested.
  • dazzerus
    dazzerus Posts: 29
    it will be another few weeks before my ankle is upto tackling dalby as still recieving phsio. Heading out today locally @ 1ish round the lanes of beningholme and skirlaugh as there are a few bridleways that i want to scope out for trails that i am setting up for work next term. hoping the weather is guna fair up a bit this aft . if anyone fancies a ride give me a shout. cheers, Darren
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  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    Hi Darren. I am game for a ride today if you want to call me?

    838396 - we could arrange a meeting place?

    Are you a teacher?
  • dazzerus
    dazzerus Posts: 29
    Yes Head of PE @ Winifred. Do you want to meet in car park of Waggoners @ 2pm? cheers
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  • dazzerus
    dazzerus Posts: 29
    http://www.mapmyride.com/route/united-k ... 3873759498

    I did a recce on this route today. Found it to be decent (although pretty flat) particularly the off road sections. Plan to ride it in reverse one night next week to see which i prefer.

    Thinking Tuesday @ 5ish if anyone is interested. Can start and finish @ the waggoners in Wawne
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  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    sorry I missed your message, I will be up for a ride next week!
    Going to Dalby Tommorow.
  • Biggus86
    Biggus86 Posts: 385
    Might try that when my camelbak comes... nice lengthy ride from bev

    Edit: I got that OS map that you recommended
  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    dazzerus wrote:
    http://www.mapmyride.com/route/united-kingdom/-wawne-skirlaugh-swine-wawne-loop/965124343873759498

    I did a recce on this route today. Found it to be decent (although pretty flat) particularly the off road sections. Plan to ride it in reverse one night next week to see which i prefer.

    Thinking Tuesday @ 5ish if anyone is interested. Can start and finish @ the waggoners in Wawne

    If you don't mind, I think myself and altern8 would like to join you for the ride.
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  • dazzerus
    dazzerus Posts: 29
    Great stuff. C u tuesday @ 5 in the waggoners car park.
    cheers,
    Darren
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  • quake7.2
    quake7.2 Posts: 305
    Mint I will be there also, look forward to meeting you all!

    Darren
  • Biggus86
    Biggus86 Posts: 385
    Pity I'm at work. Maybe next time
  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    dazzerus wrote:
    Great stuff. C u tuesday @ 5 in the waggoners car park.
    cheers,
    Darren

    look 4ward to meeting you....and meeting you(quake)at last,lol

    me and giggsmaster are doing a little ride round brantigham way on sunday,starting and finishing in humber bridge car park,dont know what time yet......going to do a ride we did a few years ago,some nice little up hills to test the legs,and a nice fast down hill,where you can hit 40mph if you dare(on road) :shock:and anouther fast downhill,as long as wind aint in our faces..........

    anyone fancy joining us???????
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    Biggus86 wrote:
    Pity I'm at work. Maybe next time

    could always meet me and giggsmaster in above ride sunday if ure not working mate??????
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  • Biggus86
    Biggus86 Posts: 385
    Yup working again sunday... all i seem to do is work :s
  • Barkey
    Barkey Posts: 339
    altern_8 wrote:
    dazzerus wrote:
    Great stuff. C u tuesday @ 5 in the waggoners car park.
    cheers,
    Darren

    look 4ward to meeting you....and meeting you(quake)at last,lol

    me and giggsmaster are doing a little ride round brantigham way on sunday,starting and finishing in humber bridge car park,dont know what time yet......going to do a ride we did a few years ago,some nice little up hills to test the legs,and a nice fast down hill,where you can hit 40mph if you dare(on road) :shock:and anouther fast downhill,as long as wind aint in our faces..........

    anyone fancy joining us???????

    Yeah I'll meet up with you it's just round the corner for me, plus I do it most sundays anyway.
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    Biggus86 wrote:
    Yup working again sunday... all i seem to do is work :s

    ok mate no worries......
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    Barkey wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    dazzerus wrote:
    Great stuff. C u tuesday @ 5 in the waggoners car park.
    cheers,
    Darren

    look 4ward to meeting you....and meeting you(quake)at last,lol

    me and giggsmaster are doing a little ride round brantigham way on sunday,starting and finishing in humber bridge car park,dont know what time yet......going to do a ride we did a few years ago,some nice little up hills to test the legs,and a nice fast down hill,where you can hit 40mph if you dare(on road) :shock:and anouther fast downhill,as long as wind aint in our faces..........

    anyone fancy joining us???????

    Yeah I'll meet up with you it's just round the corner for me, plus I do it most sundays anyway.

    will talk to giggsmaster 2mor mate,and find out what time we will be at humber bridge car park,be good to meet up,and put a face to a name...... :lol:
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