London Calling

agg25

Crikey! Onya Popstar. CRC race is actually next weekend but I gotta do a car boot sale for a friend this Sunday, maybe Sat can get out there though.

cooldad

Thel33ter is with me this weekend. Anything happening Sunday?

Atz

Quite possibly I think.

Given we're starting to get bigger numbers, I thought I'd hook up a mailing list so people don't miss forum posts and we can also have our phone numbers in it without worrying about them being public. What you all think?

Plaisir

Thanks for great ride on sunday, I really enjoyed it and so did my mates. Ended up getting comprehensively wasted in fulham so it was a fantastic day in all! I think a mailing list would be good, or maybe google groups? Can't wait for next ride although I am away this weekend

cooldad

Good idea

bungalistic

I'm in for this weekend, forks are ready to be fitted once I get home tonight, and i'm sure nothing else is broken, so my bike should be working just fine again

Atz

It's ugly but it sort of works and you can sign up here:

http://mail.atlaz.net/mailman/listinfo/mtb_atlaz.net

Anonymous

This weekend, I can only do Sunday. My limbs might have stopped aching by then

Might be up for a midweek evening after 6pm somewhere though, this week or next week. Swinley, Maybe MoD areas (Aldershot / Ceasars Camp, Ash Ranges / Tunnel Hill), are best for me to get to straight from work.

supra-man

I m up for sunday too, and want to spend a bit more time on leith hill to find mangrove alley.... going through google to find most clues possible

And I must do the whole proper bo this time.

Anonymous

I need to do a skills course or something really to learn drops before doing mangrove, unless there are the girly routes off the side

thel33ter

deadkenny wrote:

I need to do a skills course or something really to learn drops before doing mangrove, unless there are the girly routes off the side

Ride off curbs for ages, making sure the backwheel hits the ground first, by scooping the front end up or by bunny-hopping, this works for drops onto flat or downhill. Slowly try do it going more and more slowly over the edge. Once you can do this easily find something a bit bigger, either a larger curb or head over to the bit with jumps at Horsell Common, there are some good bits to practice on there.

Turns out I'm not with cooldad (I think) so out for this weekend.

cooldad

DK I spotted some chicken runs off the sides so we should live.

Back to normal Thel33ter is with me so Sunday on for us.

cooldad

Atz wrote:

It's ugly but it sort of works and you can sign up here:

http://mail.atlaz.net/mailman/listinfo/mtb_atlaz.net

Think it worked.

Atz

Oh yeah, if you don't mind, drop me a PM if you sign up for the list, that way I know roughly who is who

popstar

Hopefully this Sunday weather stays dry, could either explore Leith hill, or just simply ride best trails. Took me some 2days to recover from epics. This time 3+ hours of riding please, no more.

bungalistic

Sunday sounds fine to me and an early start and possible early'ish finish (depending on energy levels) sounds just great

cooldad

Count us in.

metalmonkey

I am one of these people that works shifts, so I am working all this w/end yet again, I actually work two w/ends a month.

I have no plans tomorrow the house seems in order. So I could go out tomorrow for a ride if anyone is free. After that I am free next Thursday-Sunday.

I have been a quite as I haven't been feeling all that great my injury still bothers now been refered to yet another a doctor, they seem to know what it isn't but not what it is yet! But I can still do everything, which is a good thing.

popstar

So this Sunday start times are 9.00, what hills should we ride?

supra-man

Leith and holmburry if you want cool, so can maybe session some trails and explore? depending on group

thel33ter

supra-man wrote:

Leith and holmburry if you want cool, so can maybe session some trails and explore? depending on group

Sounds good, hopefully we'll find that Mangrove trail

bungalistic

Sessioning and exploring sounds good to me, nine sounds very early but i'll make it i'm sure. just gimme a postcode and destination to get too.

cooldad

Bang goes my Sunday lie in.

We'll be there.

And what's sessioning?????????????

bungalistic

Some surrey hills footage in these vids for ya'll

http://www.pinkbike.com/news/Chris-seag ... -2010.html

Atz

Good stuff in there. Surprisingly good taste in music for the soundtrack too

supra-man

nice vids, and sound track too ( i think a few musics were used in earth 5 DH videos).

otherwise it makes me think swinley is worth checking out one next week with the guys.

Which car park do we meet? holmbury or leith? holmburry may be easier and we can warm up on the black run, named "widow maker" i think.

popstar

It will be +16* and no less, and should be dusty dry this Sunday. So what route people preffer to ride, what hills? Taking into account this day won't go into 9hour endurance ... prefferably could fit into 3hour ride. That could be Pitch+Holmbury, or Leith on it's own.

supra-man

ok Guys from staines will come along sunday. and they are up for organising a trip. they just havent been on internet for a while.

thel33ter

cooldad wrote:

Bang goes my Sunday lie in.

We'll be there.

And what's sessioning?????????????

Sessioning - Doing a bit of trail over and over until you've mastered it. Or not crashing every time...

thel33ter

supra-man wrote:

we can warm up on the black run, named "widow maker" i think.

Last time I weny down that I did the steep bit headfirst...