London Calling

French_Aristo

Dubcat wrote:

Are you guys up at Surrey Hills on Saturday or Sunday this week?

I don't know how much that mean to you but I will be (living Go Ape about 10:30) ;-)

dubcat

Is walking bottom the car park next to the pub? I.e. If you walked out of the village shop where I met you all take a right before the pub and the carpark on your left?

Anonymous

French_Aristo wrote:

Dubcat wrote:

Are you guys up at Surrey Hills on Saturday or Sunday this week?

I don't know how much that mean to you but I will be (living Go Ape about 10:30) ;-)

Not sure if there's any confusion here, especially as there's a Surrey Hill in Swinley, which is very different to the Surrey Hills. We're at the latter Sunday.

mtb britain forums do a regular Swinley ride also. Might be worth checking out.

Dubcat wrote:

Is walking bottom the car park next to the pub? I.e. If you walked out of the village shop where I met you all take a right before the pub and the carpark on your left?

From the village centre, facing towards the pub on the right and the bike shop on the left, go straight on, past the bike shop, round the corner, past the church and keep going until you get to the big car park. The road is called Walking Bottom. It's at the bottom of the trails up to Pitch hill.

Or here: http://foursquare.com/venue/10881378 (Ooo, found a use for 4square!).

Stan Leigh

Bah !

Bother ! Bother ! Bother ! :?

Just had a job come in that's going to tie me up for at least the next 3 weekends !

May as well say HAPPY XMAS ALL now as this might be on going !

Nice to be in demand , just wish it didn't involve all my Sundays.

Hopefully catch up before the years out . Stan

thel33ter

deadkenny wrote:

Or here: http://foursquare.com/venue/10881378 (Ooo, found a use for 4square!).

Wow, something even more pointless than Twitter, or Woofer for that matter

http://woofertime.com/

dubcat

Sweet. Thanks.

cooldad

Dubcat wrote:

Sweet. Thanks.

pm me your phone no then if you get lost or something will give you a call

cooldad

Mr_B1989 wrote:

working 6-10am next sunday, but i'll be along (catch the train to gomshall methinks) and meet you up wherever you are at the time.

As well pm me your number and we can try and find you on Sunday.

dubcat

cooldad wrote:

Dubcat wrote:

Sweet. Thanks.

pm me your phone no then if you get lost or something will give you a call

Done

Mr_B1989

Also done.

dubcat

Cooldad can you send me your number too plz? If i don't come i would like to let you know. Same for if I am running late.

Atz

BTW, a mate and I are off to the screening of LifeCycles and Vast in central London on Tuesday if anyone else is going.

Reminds me, maybe we should do a London Calling evening out before the end of the year? Somewhere convenient for everyone (or equally inconvenient to all).

Atz

Great ride today. Good to meet some new people as well (not that there's problems with the old faces though)

dubcat

Fantastic ride today with epic cake stops . Sorry I couldn't stay for the last hour but my back was really hurting. I think i aggravated the back ache i often get with that fabulous off i had at the beginning.

Still can't believe that i didn't crash again! I feel like my riding came on leaps and bounds. Really enjoyed it. Great company and I hope i can join you again soon.

By the way, here is our route. Check out the epic average speed lol. There is something wrong with the altitude i always get reported. It is either plain wrong or upside down. I am not sure which.

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/uPTnPVB4M4U

Cheers again.
Dub

thel33ter

Great ride, surprisingly dry too. New forks are great, and noticeably stiffer than the Foxes

cooldad

Dubcat wrote:

Fantastic ride today with epic cake stops . Sorry I couldn't stay for the last hour but my back was really hurting. I think i aggravated the back ache i often get with that fabulous off i had at the beginning.

Still can't believe that i didn't crash again! I feel like my riding came on leaps and bounds. Really enjoyed it. Great company and I hope i can join you again soon.

By the way, here is our route. Check out the epic average speed lol. There is something wrong with the altitude i always get reported. It is either plain wrong or upside down. I am not sure which.

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/uPTnPVB4M4U

Cheers again.
Dub

I hope that ave speed includes stops or it's just plan embarrassing.

Good fun ride though, epic cake stops are the only reason I go.

dubcat

Haha yes it includes all stops . You can see the sheer magnitudes of the stops by looking at the wiggly line under the map. Anytime it flatlines at zero, we stopped . Still buzzing from the ride... Or perhaps the pain killers. Either way, feeling good! And no mention of GGNNNAAAAARRRRRRRR

Atz

Dubcat - Obviously I don't know if you're a long-term backpain sufferer but it might be down to core strength. When I first started riding I'd be in pain after a few hours in the saddle and then a crash would usually finish me off as it'd jar an already tense set of muscles. Can exercise to improve it but ultimately, if you're riding it'll go away eventually.

dubcat

Atz, thanks for the tip. I think i am lacking core strength and this causes my arms and shoulders to hurt when riding. However, the backache is something else. I used to fly to San Francisco a lot and after one flight in which i slept the whole way i woke up unable to stand straight due to backache. The doctor called It lower mechanical back failure which basically means it is muscular. It's nee there in the background ever since. Had it for over 5 years now

thel33ter

Dubcat wrote:

Atz, thanks for the tip. I think i am lacking core strength and this causes my arms and shoulders to hurt when riding. However, the backache is something else. I used to fly to San Francisco a lot and after one flight in which i slept the whole way i woke up unable to stand straight due to backache. The doctor called It lower mechanical back failure which basically means it is muscular. It's nee there in the background ever since. Had it for over 5 years now

I've got a similar thing, my back goes unless I have the saddle at the perfect height, or am only riding for 20mins with stopping and stretching, may be worth fiddling with the saddle height a bit.

dubcat

Hmm ok. I will fiddle with that. Trying both higher and lower is the thing to do i guess?

thel33ter

I find on the verge of too high is best for me, but it also depends on saddle angle, what angle you end up sitting at, bar height and stem length.

supra-man

thel33ter wrote:

Dubcat wrote:

Atz, thanks for the tip. I think i am lacking core strength and this causes my arms and shoulders to hurt when riding. However, the backache is something else. I used to fly to San Francisco a lot and after one flight in which i slept the whole way i woke up unable to stand straight due to backache. The doctor called It lower mechanical back failure which basically means it is muscular. It's nee there in the background ever since. Had it for over 5 years now

I've got a similar thing, my back goes unless I have the saddle at the perfect height, or am only riding for 20mins with stopping and stretching, may be worth fiddling with the saddle height a bit.

I ve also had back pains, and on long run a week bottom part of your back will cause strain on quads in legs. ( if you start riding hard)
a few simple exercises on a mat. or swiming even better will quickly build up and then you ll be fine.

then sort out your cockpit height of sten and bars ect, right seat position, height an how far back or not.

dubcat

Any tips on what exercises I can do? Sounds like a plan.

popstar

Dubcat, team up with Apprentice and Popstar. Your MTB worries will be cured in an instant!

thel33ter

@Dubcat, a good gauge of core strength is the plank (google it). http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/articl ... lank-26223

Situps are also ok, but the best would be massive gnarly tailwhips

Atz

Or you'll die falling off a cliff. One of the two

popstar

I still remember Abel in CYB. Need to film it with our group ride. Awesome them trails.

Anonymous

Didn't you have that one on video? Reminds me, must sort out the rest of the photos.

Was good, though was tired by the time we got to the open section. Where that guy in the video took a stylish dismount I think is where they've put a warning sign now. I was cautious there but yet it was fine to roll. A bit like the warning on False Teeth. Not much of a drop and the angle of the roll was shallow, but I guess if you took it at speed and weren't aware of it, could be messy.

Thing I like about trail centres in Wales is you can pretty much trust them and go for it without anything too suicidal about to hit you without warning.

@Dubcat - become another Apprentice with Popstar and you'll be doing black runs within an hour (whether you like it or not ).

Jedi

popstar, hows the riding going? had no updates from you