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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    MattHarper wrote:

    Cheers, as you say, its a great way to see some riding!

    Sounds like you should be on a bigger travel bike to get an even faster time for the next race you'll enter? :wink:

    I'd love a bigger travel bike, was really pleased at how the spicy performed though, can take a big hit but wouldn't want to thrash it any harder though as I don't think it could take the continuous beatings a proper DH, coil sprung FR/more beasty trail bike could take. My fella is getting himself a DH bike shortly so going to steal his SX Trail to do DH on since it can take it a bit more than my spicy and until I can source myself a DH bike for cheap! There are quite a lot of people who go for the SX Trail for DH to start off with. Good solid bike wouldn't you say Matt? :D
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    DanielleT wrote:
    MattHarper wrote:

    Cheers, as you say, its a great way to see some riding!

    Sounds like you should be on a bigger travel bike to get an even faster time for the next race you'll enter? :wink:

    I'd love a bigger travel bike, was really pleased at how the spicy performed though, can take a big hit but wouldn't want to thrash it any harder though as I don't think it could take the continuous beatings a proper DH, coil sprung FR/more beasty trail bike could take. My fella is getting himself a DH bike shortly so going to steal his SX Trail to do DH on since it can take it a bit more than my spicy and until I can source myself a DH bike for cheap! There are quite a lot of people who go for the SX Trail for DH to start off with. Good solid bike wouldn't you say Matt? :D

    Ha, tis a great bike and can also take double crown forks, (200mm things) although its not recommended by specialized :roll:, with a DH cassette on it and a single ring at the front, maybe a 36T it would be ideal for most uk DH stuff. Its certainly great at giving you lots of confidence to do anything! well maybe not bike it uphill! :P
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    it was great danielle,i was the only one parked in car park at start,you could join it in other places,i did see some wet tyre tracks on the trail,but didnt actually see anyone...took me just over a hour and half to do the route,but i was stopping off to take lots of pics,pity it isnt closer as id ride it again.........congrats on the race by the way,i dont think ill allow you to follow me downhill anymore tho,lol

    pics of giggs from easter mondays ride on moors,which i did a superman over my handle bars after we cut route short,we got to crossroads at cockayne ridge and tried to find route down to high plantation which took us back to car>>>>>>

    first descent off rudland rigg
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    down west gill
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    still west gill
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    near west gill beck at bottom of first downhill
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    near west gill beck
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    sorry there aint any other pics apart from first downhill,but it was blowing a gale and was to xposed to stop on other downhills :cry:
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  • sl2371
    sl2371 Posts: 748
    any one want to buy a thule pro ride 591
    it will save me having to post it :D
  • bobs bikes
    bobs bikes Posts: 589
    i took a jolly out to brantingham yesterday. its ridable, if not a little slippery.
    word of warning! the route back from the scout camp to the a63 has a fallen tree just before the final left hand bend. STOP!!!! i went right and found myself in a bombhole and had to climb back over the tree to get past. everywhere else is passable though!
  • Barkey
    Barkey Posts: 339
    I'm looking to get out some time over the next few days haven't been out for a while :(
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    bobs bikes wrote:
    i took a jolly out to brantingham yesterday. its ridable, if not a little slippery.
    word of warning! the route back from the scout camp to the a63 has a fallen tree just before the final left hand bend. STOP!!!! i went right and found myself in a bombhole and had to climb back over the tree to get past. everywhere else is passable though!

    Good to hear about the local route, it should get a bit dryer over the weekend with no rain forecast.
    sl2371 wrote:
    any one want to buy a thule pro ride 591
    it will save me having to post it :D


    Can you fit 3 bikes on a roof rack....? If anyone buys it, give it to me and I can stick it on my roof then be able to give them a lift in me car.... :wink:

    Barkey wrote:
    I'm looking to get out some time over the next few days haven't been out for a while :(

    Where you thinking of going then Barkey?


    Here are a couple of pics from our ride on Monday.

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  • Barkey
    Barkey Posts: 339
    just local not got a lot of time at the moment for anything else
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    Hey Peeps,

    Some Pics as promised, turns out they got my times wrong, I came second in my category out of three by 11 secs and fourth overall out of seven! Whoop! Knew i'd gone quicker in my second run, and I had by 19 seconds!

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    Rachel Atherton

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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    DanielleT wrote:
    Hey Peeps,

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    Shove that, race or no race, I won't be getting my bike that mucky in a million years.... :lol:

    Good pics by the way.
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  • Barkey
    Barkey Posts: 339
    just to let you know it's all ridable local, glad warmer weather is with us
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    good ride in peaks today,till i decided to try downhill biking without the bike,hit a rock and went over handle bars on a downhill,and glad i had a helmet on as it hit the floor first,followed by my right shoulder which is giving me a lot of pain at mo,got up and noticed this nice mark on my right calf which has swollen up as well,lol....no pain,no gain :D

    after bath

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    after ride

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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    altern_8 wrote:
    good ride in peaks today,till i decided to try downhill biking without the bike,hit a rock and went over handle bars on a downhill,and glad i had a helmet on as it hit the floor first,followed by my right shoulder which is giving me a lot of pain at mo,got up and noticed this nice mark on my right calf which has swollen up as well,lol....no pain,no gain :D

    after bath

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    after ride

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    Looks abit painful mate! Don't have much luck with the peaks! :roll: Lucky you didn't break anything though!

    I was at good old dalby on Sunday, demo'ing Orange bikes. Had a go on the Orange Blood again, lol and the Orange Alpine 160.

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    Orange Blood, with Fox 36 Float R (160mm) forks, £3000.

    Great bike, always love riding it mainly as its so fast going round corners or switching direction. Had immense fun with the many berm at dalby whilst riding it around the demo loop. Ideal for a play bike, something for messing around on, not really a decent all day bike as its ment to be riden whilst out of the saddle ideally. Only thing i didn't like about it, it seemed to dart around under braking, however this could be my lack of riding talent rather then the bike.

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    Orange Alpine 160, with Fox 36 Float R (160mm) forks, £3000.

    This is more of an all day, 'all mountain' thing. Something which I wish my SX trail was! It climbs effortlessly, whilst being able to descend very well, although Dalby forest isnt the best place for it, as really you want some in the lakes or scotland rather then an XC trail. The colour also looked ace in real life, something the camera didn't pick up.

    Should be riding in the peaks on sunday with a friend. Route will prob be, Hope > Hope Cross > Down Blackley Clough > Rowlee Farm > straight on towards Crook Hill (down the B/way down the to A57) > cross over the resv > up through the woods towards Hope Cross > descend to Hope via Whin Hill . Around 12-13miles. Gonna be a fairly slow pace, both on fairly heavy bikes, and its my friends first ride in about a yr. However, if anyone wants to join us, your more then welcome.
    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    tell me about it mate,at least my shoulder aint as painfull today tho,thats twice in 2 weeks ive gone over handle bars.

    as for peaks,it was dry most of route we did,we did same route as youre doing,but we went down through nabs woods to derwent res,then along side of derwent to ladybower,then we climbed back up hagg side from ladybower back to hagg farm,then dropped down and across a57 and then back up on to top and dropped back down into hope,took us 2 hours 15 mins riding time.
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  • Barkey
    Barkey Posts: 339
    that's a good bit of road rash you got there Altern
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    Barkey wrote:
    that's a good bit of road rash you got there Altern

    cheers mate,pity it was off road and sunshine,or i could of said i hit a ice patch on road,lol
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    Don't they recognise you at the Demo Days now Matt...? I bet they are saying "He always plays but never pays".... :lol:

    The Alpine looks a good bike but a little out of my price range me thinks.
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    Don't they recognise you at the Demo Days now Matt...? I bet they are saying "He always plays but never pays".... :lol:

    The Alpine looks a good bike but a little out of my price range me thinks.

    Ha! They problaby do! Any chance to ride anything lighter then my SX Trail though.. :D
    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    Hi Guys,

    I'm doing the local loop tomorrow (Saturday) morning if anyone is interested. I'll be starting from North Ferriby at about 10am.
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  • Barkey
    Barkey Posts: 339
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    Hi Guys,

    I'm doing the local loop tomorrow (Saturday) morning if anyone is interested. I'll be starting from North Ferriby at about 10am.

    I'll meet up with you
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    Ok, see you in the morning.
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    I may join you too! If i'm there i'm there is i'm not then i'm not, but my plan is to get on with my work this morning and slack off later on this afternoon and go for a ride. But I may think otherwise yet! :)
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    I've been riding in the peak district today! Started from Hope and went out towards Hagg side (Derwent Res) and back via Crook Hill, Whin Hill. Lots of fun, a stupid ammount of brake fade too :evil:

    Did around 15miles in 5hrs, of course with some 2500ft of climbing.

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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    You might have done the same route we did last week Matt. We went up from Hope along the Roman Road and down Blackley Hey. Past Rowlee Farm and descend along Nabs Wood into Derwent, onto the tarmac and then up the nice tough ascent between Bridge End Pasture and Hagg Side. Then back along Ladybower and finish off up and over Wooler Knoll.

    Good little route, like you say, hard work though for being a short ride.
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    You might have done the same route we did last week Matt. We went up from Hope along the Roman Road and down Blackley Hey. Past Rowlee Farm and descend along Nabs Wood into Derwent, onto the tarmac and then up the nice tough ascent between Bridge End Pasture and Hagg Side. Then back along Ladybower and finish off up and over Wooler Knoll.

    Good little route, like you say, hard work though for being a short ride.

    It is mate, some real nice descents. Aye its hard work for the distance. My mate did quiet well though, not riden outside of Dalby before, although we did both walk up most of the descents. More of a day out rather then fittness/training ride. 8)
    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • Giggsmaster
    Giggsmaster Posts: 632
    I'll be off for a local ride again tomorrow morning if anyone is interested, Usual place and 10am.
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  • DanielleT
    DanielleT Posts: 259
    Giggsmaster wrote:
    I'll be off for a local ride again tomorrow morning if anyone is interested, Usual place and 10am.

    Awww! I would but i've promised to go climbing in the afternoon :( and I really do have to do some work in the morning! Bahh!
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    brilliant day at dalby watching xc world cup with bro,4ought id post a cuple of pics,if you want to see them all ave a look at my photobucket page.....they need to sort out the parking for getting out tho,took us a hour and half to get out at the end....

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    she fell off 2 secs after this pic,lol

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    worry gill


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    gb girl

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    pic for matt harper,lol

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    and anouther,lol

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    mens race at medusa

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    oli our top mens gb rider

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    me and bro are looking to go ride the full course in the near future :oops:
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  • MattHarper
    MattHarper Posts: 489
    altern_8 wrote:
    brilliant day at dalby watching xc world cup with bro,4ought id post a cuple of pics,

    me and bro are looking to go ride the full course in the near future :oops:

    Nice! Done most of the World cup Course, its alot of fun and quiet tricky in places, and the new section 18 descent is mint!
    Yorkshire Man living in Somerset
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  • altern_8
    altern_8 Posts: 1,562
    MattHarper wrote:
    altern_8 wrote:
    brilliant day at dalby watching xc world cup with bro,4ought id post a cuple of pics,

    me and bro are looking to go ride the full course in the near future :oops:

    Nice! Done most of the World cup Course, its alot of fun and quiet tricky in places, and the new section 18 descent is mint!

    weve rode parts of it,not all of it yet,hoping when we go,it will all be open now wc has gone :D
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