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

sparrowlegs78

Got my place for the Ladies skill course with Great rock/ Ed Oxley booked now ......so I should be more clued up for the Long Mynd, I might wimp out on less
Caz xx

rottitera02

Good for you Caz.......you will enjoy your rides more...':D'

sparrowlegs78

I need so much help, I hope he's got patience lol
Caz xx

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I need so much help, I hope he's got patience lol
Caz xx

If you want to talk about patient instructors, there was a girl on our course who only taught herself to ride a bike last year (she's mid 20's at a guess) and didn't know how to work the gears but she rode everything, fell off quite a lot of it and just kept getting back on laughing. Top girl

sparrowlegs78

I'm going with the knee pads and elbow pads on and I am expecting to eat dirt lol......trouble is it's a bloody long way down from where I sit
Caz xx

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I'm going with the knee pads and elbow pads on and I am expecting to eat dirt lol......trouble is it's a bloody long way down from where I sit
Caz xx

have confidence, the things they will teach you on a beginners course won't kill you if you get them wrong, just remember that (sensible) speed over obstacles makes them 1000 times easier to tackle.

monster-mash

Hello Cheshley count myself and the wife in (mine)

It’s not that far away and neither of us has ever ridden the Mynd before also a great way to meet likewise people and have a fun day out.

See you there.

Tony

dan1502

Cheshley wrote:

[ just remember that (sensible) speed over obstacles makes them 1000 times easier to tackle.

That's what I kept trying to tell myself at the weekend! It was expecially difficult but probably most relevant over the rock gardens but there was one on one of the final stages right on a corner with a steep slope to the left where I ended up hugging a tree half way down! Thankfully I was completely on my own so nobody watching!

maloo

dan1502 wrote:

That's what I kept trying to tell myself at the weekend! It was expecially difficult but probably most relevant over the rock gardens but there was one on one of the final stages right on a corner with a steep slope to the left where I ended up hugging a tree half way down! Thankfully I was completely on my own so nobody watching!

haha gutted I missed that

kangaroo

Cheshley wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I'm going with the knee pads and elbow pads on and I am expecting to eat dirt lol......trouble is it's a bloody long way down from where I sit
Caz xx

have confidence, the things they will teach you on a beginners course won't kill you if you get them wrong, just remember that (sensible) speed over obstacles makes them 1000 times easier to tackle.

+1
except for
features designed to slow you down
and that diagonal drop off on the monkey, where if you jump off it you hit the tree in front
but on the whole correct

maloo

Any suggestions for somewhere for me to go biking this weekend ? .... yes bored in work with nothing to do :roll:

sparrowlegs78

Gisburn?
Caz xx

kangaroo

cannock
llandegla
cannock
the peaks
cannock
some other trail centre
cannock

is that enough options for you

maloo

Lol I notice a slight theme to your suggestions

kangaroo

got to go, off to cannock

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

got to go, off to cannock

Yet again......am sure he has a woman there somewhere ......''

Maybe thats why he always comes back knackered...':shock:'

mountain mick

mountain mick wrote:

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

might instead go to Dalby i'm sure someone said on sat that the blue route from the visitor's centre then join the red was a good route to do so might give that ago on my one of my days off next week.

Cheshley

mountain mick wrote:

mountain mick wrote:

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

might instead go to Dalby i'm sure someone said on sat that the blue route from the visitor's centre then join the red was a good route to do so might give that ago on my one of my days off next week.

Probably me as that's the only route I've ridden in Dalby before and I've done that cos my mate who took me there rides that as he finds the front of the red route 'boring'. I still wanna go and do the full Red, prob take me all day tho!!! Climbing the Blue route from the visitor's centre is a looooooooooooooooooooooooong uphill slog but it gets the altitude needed to make the rest of the ride predominantly downhill.

mountain mick

Cheshley wrote:

mountain mick wrote:

mountain mick wrote:

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

might instead go to Dalby i'm sure someone said on sat that the blue route from the visitor's centre then join the red was a good route to do so might give that ago on my one of my days off next week.

Probably me as that's the only route I've ridden in Dalby before and I've done that cos my mate who took me there rides that as he finds the front of the red route 'boring'. I still wanna go and do the full Red, prob take me all day tho!!! Climbing the Blue route from the visitor's centre is a looooooooooooooooooooooooong uphill slog but it gets the altitude needed to make the rest of the ride predominantly downhill.

well when you do get round to doing the full red route good luck and try and get a not so warm day as last year i went and started at the dixion's hallow on a very hot day and after what seamed ages i had enough and took a short cut back to the car. it was way too hot. I dont mind a long slog uphill if the decent is worth while.

mountain mick

@ Caz i've heard and seen you like having pink bits on your bike i've seen these while browsing chain reaction

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/SearchResults.aspx?Search=hope+tech+x2+pink

sparrowlegs78

Ohhhh I have lusted over those brakes since I first saw them,but alas Richie doesn't love me enough to buy them for me :oops:
Caz xxx

kangaroo

im half dead after riding at cannock today

sparrowlegs78

I'm just dead Roo lol
Caz xx

mountain mick

hi this is open to everyone but does anyone got a set of Avid Elixir CR's or R's on there bike, just that i'm thinking of upgrading my brakes and intrested in these.


Mick

kangaroo

anybody in tonight

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

anybody in tonight

Evening Roo, how's yourself? Caz is hiding at home cos there's a full on riot happening outside her house! I'm recovering from a day of gardening.

mountain mick

i'm on but not sure how long as i'm on day's tomorrow so up for 5am :shock:

@ Roo

after our chat the other day i've not gone for upgrading my brakes just instead gone for doing the drivetrain apart from cranks and front derailleur.
here's what i've gone for:

Sram X0 Rear Derailleur, X0 Trigger Shifter's and a Sram PG990 9sp cassette all in the Tango Orange colour

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kangaroo

X0 stuff is nice, im interested to see what those shifters are like

mountain mick

Good evening everyone hope every has had a good weekend

I'm planning a trip upto Dalby either this wed or thurs to have a go on the world cup course in the morning then do some of the blue from the visitor's centre untill joining the red back in the afternoon.

It all depends when my new parts come in as i'd like to try them out up there after a short try on the local trans pennine trail and local woods

so anyone intrested then let me know

sparrowlegs78

Evenink peeps
All quiet on the western front at our place tonight, so far no race riots going on :shock:
I went to Gisburn today and nearly died in the heat, BUT I rode more of it than I ever have before, I am quite chuffed with meself
Hope everyones ok
Caz xx