Slow Rides For Unfit People - Rutland ROAD Ride Sun 9th Sept

Cheshley

June Ride

The more observant among you will have noticed that the title of the thread has changed again.

Just in case you missed the details a few pages ago and haven't seen the Facebook event, our next outing is in the Shropshire hills and consists of 3 loops centred on the town (village?) of Church Stretton and is led by our new friend PuddleRider (Mike).

Our meeting place is here:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&sourc ... 9&t=h&z=18

in the co-op car park at the junction of Lion Meadow and Easthope Road. There is a fee for all day parking, I think Mike said it was about £4. Usual time, meet at 9.30 for a 10am start

A Polite Notice: Can those members of the group who are less unfit than the others please note that this is (as far as I know) an all-natural trail and therefore will not be signposted, so feel free to go off the front but we will be sticking to the original theme of the rides and no-one gets left behind, so please wait for the others to catch up. Thanks guys.

dan1502

I think we took the view that it was the last route of the day,well signposted and if we didn't press on we woudn't complete it. In fairness to the front runners, their pace was much faster than mine but they still waited for me at pretty regular frequency (thanks guys) and I think their pace urged me on to go a bit quicker and try more things than I would otherwise have done.

At risk of getting flak, I think we stopped for too long on too many occasions in the morning. I'm all for frequent stops to get breath back, regroup, mechanical problems etc but still like to make steady progress.

mountain mick

Cheshley wrote:

mountain mick wrote:

hi here's a link to a video playlist on my youtube channel from saturday.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMadmick7 ... 7C38F0CC26

there mainly of the morning rides, as the rides on the FTD and Monkey i've yet to sort out so enjoy.

Oh and Roo look out on the Part 2 vid near the beginning

Great vids Mick, your posh camera comes pretty close to some branches when it's helmet mounted!!!!!

Cheshley

i've had the cam on the helmet down at Sherwood Pines and cought a few branches but it's pretty tough and not even the mount had moved but do try and keep low going under branches etc when got it on the helmet. but most of the time try an have it on the bike somewhere.

puddle-rider

Hi Guys,
As Cheshley says the Long Mynd is all natural trails and not a sign post in site, however it would be pretty hard to get lost so long as we make sure we re group at the start and finish of each section. We may get strung out on the hills but again once on the trail there aren't too many options for missing a turning, and i've not lost any one over there yet!
We will keep with the ethos of the group and will have regulair re groups and recovery periods for the slower riders, just means the quicker riders get longer to rest

As for this weekend I may very well go over the Chase on Friday afternoon / evening and then my local secret woods on Sunday, Saturday is DIY and Gardening day

Mike

Cheshley

puddle-rider wrote:

Hi Guys,
As Cheshley says the Long Mynd is all natural trails and not a sign post in site, however it would be pretty hard to get lost so long as we make sure we re group at the start and finish of each section. We may get strung out on the hills but again once on the trail there aren't too many options for missing a turning, and i've not lost any one over there yet!
We will keep with the ethos of the group and will have regulair re groups and recovery periods for the slower riders, just means the quicker riders get longer to rest

As for this weekend I may very well go over the Chase on Friday afternoon / evening and then my local secret woods on Sunday, Saturday is DIY and Gardening day

Mike

Hmmm, local secret woods? Sounds intriguing.....

Where's that then?

puddle-rider

Wouldn't be secret if I told every one

Mind you only worth it to a local as the most riding you can get out of it is about 90 minutes and not worth travelling for.

mountain mick

I'm thinking of going to Sherwood Pines this sat if anyone's intrested in joining me then let me know.

Nalla

Might be interested in that Mick.

Will have to work on the wife for permission though!

stumpym4

Have to say that i rode the Mynd a few months back and wasnt that impressed , Thought the desent from minton batch was ok , but nothing special , i preferred the desent down carding mill back to the car !
I didnt think the desents were worth the ammount of climbing
I`ll try and get to this as there`s nothing like a locals knowledge , and hopefully will be more impressed next time

Cheers Tony

puddle-rider

Hey Stumpy,
I'll have to try hard to pull some thing out of the bag to impress you then!

maloo

what are the climbs like at the Mynd ? Trying to decide which bike to use

stumpym4

puddle-rider wrote:

Hey Stumpy,
I'll have to try hard to pull some thing out of the bag to impress you then!

Yes please puddle rider

im not saying its bad riding , i just didnt enjoy it !!
Probably just havin a bad day

im more than happy to be proved wrong

tony

sparrowlegs78

I'm going to Gisburn on Sunday, open invite for anyone to join me
Caz xx

Cheshley

here's one for Maloo:

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/e ... amps-26221

Cheshley

mountain mick wrote:

I'm thinking of going to Sherwood Pines this sat if anyone's intrested in joining me then let me know.

I might be up for this if I can get out of gardening

Has to be twice around the Red tho to make it worth the drive.

kangaroo

looks up how far it is to sherwood....

sparrowlegs78

Sherwood is miles from me ..the chauffer is still broken
Caz xx

maloo

Cheshley wrote:

here's one for Maloo:

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/e ... amps-26221

Ace didnt know about that event 8)

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

looks up how far it is to sherwood....

Personally mate, I wouldn't bother driving that far. The 'Red' route is only about 9 miles and is decidedly NOT red. Even I think it's easy and you know what a wuss I am!!!!!

sparrowlegs78

You want to do Gisburn, you know you do
Caz xx

puddle-rider

Maloo,
Are you the super hero on the singlespeed 8)

The first climb is very much a push for 50% of it after that there is a long gradual fire road climb and a couple of short road climbs with the odd short single track climbs.

Bring what suits you best, if you get it wrong we will wait for you!

maloo

lol more like the one in serious pain on the singlespeed .... well my wheel has arrived for the full sus but really enjoyed the ride at cannock so tempted to bring out the SS again

Anonymous

Might be able to join you on this one - will know nearer the time.

Puddlerider - do you know where the downhill is in the woods below the gliding club? Always fancied an exploration in there but don't know my way round.

puddle-rider

Muddypuddle,
When you come up on the fire road from Priors Holt there is some evidence of few bits of downhill being carved into the landscape but it only looks like a few runs. These woods are quite large so it is perfectly feasable that there is some hidden stuff in there some where.
Your not thinking about the downhill area nearer to Ludlow are you?

Anonymous

Thanks puddle rider. I know Bringewood so it's definately not that one. There are some downhill runs somewhere in the woods, I just thought you might know where they were exactly. Not that I'm up to doing them but I'm game for a laugh and like a bit of techy stuff!

puddle-rider

Muddypuddle,
Sound like we'll have to arrange a foraging date

mountain mick

sorry guys looks like i wont be going to Sherwood this sat been very unwell today so wont be going sorry.

Nalla

No problems Mick. Hope you feel better soon!

mountain mick

cheers Nalla
I might have a trip down next wed or thurs on my day's off

sparrowlegs78

Awww mick, you seem to be having a run of bad luck at the mo
Caz xx