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

Cheshley

M@TTYA wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

M@TTYA wrote:

Looks like i may have stumbled across this forum just in time to make it on this,Im slowly getting back into mtb after a long lay off, this could be just the thing to go for for my first big ride, i havnt read back over the last 20 pages tho so is it on sunday the 27th? i only live in barnsley so its not too much of a drive to get there

Sunday 28th mate. Meeting at Ladybower Visitor's Centre car park, upper level, at 9.30 for a 10am start.

Make sure you check back here regularly as we get closer to the day in case things change.

COOL, looking forward to it now, went out and did an hour in the snow in preperation this aft will be donating to your BHF link too mate VERY worthy cause

Thanks mate, that's very much appreciated.

Cheshley

Frostys wrote:

http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Possible-group-ride

There ya go Bamba...

@ Chesley I'm going to be coming from Adwick if we exchange mobiles I'll sit up on J3 M18 and wait for you to shoot through... Gotta pick Raj up in Sheffield on the way though.

Lovely ride in Woburn Sands today its was .... lovely and wet, lovely and cold, lovely and boggy.... the guy that was leading the ride said it was the worst conditions he had ever seen up there... Glad to know I can still pick a winner

Map doesn't show direction tho mate and I've not found a way on Bikely to include it.

J3 is a bit out of your way mate, surely you'd be A1(M) South to Junction 2....? Do you know where you're picking Raj up? I only know one way through Sheffield, Parkway, across the front of the Station and up the ring road towards the University and left up past the Children's Hospital and Weston Park. If you know the city better than I do you'll have to come past and I'll follow you for a bit.

Frostys

Either either mate I was thinking of following you through Sheffield as I always get lost there.... I could pick Raj up at the station then keep going....

Looks like you've had plenty of the white stuff today and according to the weather there is more booked for Wednesday.

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

nice out innit.........

It was pretty much the same here in southport, went out and did 20 miles in it down the cheshire lines path, on the return it started to thaw and i ended up plastered in mud......jolly good fun except the missus woudn't let me in till i showered meself with hosepipe !!!!!

I ran the conti mountain king 2.4s but found it a little slow going, did you get any cheshley, how'd you find them ?

I've liked the Conti's for what I've used them for so far. They are certainly not a mud tyre tho and when it gets gloopy they are a b!tch to keep moving. On the dry n flay bits I've not really noticed them to be slow but then again I ride so slowly that I don't notice any difference from one set of tyres to the next!!!! I'll be keeping them on for next week tho.

Frostys

New spd's and steep techy downhills don't mix :oops:

kangaroo

not sure i can see you in that picy, what with you in your sublte camoflaged jacket

rottitera02

Did you manage to get them gears fettled cheshley, i posted a link for you earlier on, if your'e still havin' probs give me a shout an i'll give you an easy run through on setting 'em up.
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kangaroo

i was having problems with indexing yesterday, seems to be in the middle cogs on the cassette, not sure if its cause ive not ridden the bike for ages

Cheshley

I didn't have a go at them today, should have time tomorrow.

For anyone who has a Facebook account, I have created a group entitled "slow rides for unfit people" to keep everyone in touch.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3 ... 381&ref=ts

Cheshley

Frostys wrote:

New spd's and steep techy downhills don't mix :oops:

That looks like the kind of steep run that I used to ride down without thinking about it but I would wuss out of it now...... :oops:

Frostys

kangaroo wrote:

not sure i can see you in that picy, what with you in your sublte camoflaged jacket

Makes it easier for casevac to find me mate

rottitera02

CHESLEY.... When you do yer gears follow on from paragraph 3 in the link i posted, when you come to the part regarding shifting to front middle ring and second smallest rear do this and then whilst pedalling put pressure on yer rear shifter as though changing to next larger cog, if the chain rattles trying to change to that cog with only a little pressure on shifter then you need to adjust barrel adjuster so the derralier comes out towards you (stopping noise), the rattling noise should only come just before the shifter clicks to that next cog.

Give it a go, when done try the other cogs and see if the shifting is correct, if the chain hesitates to change to whichever gear you are selecting the derralier needs to be adjusted so it moves in the direction you are shifting (i.e.up or down the cogs)

Hope this helps bud, if not i can do a quick adj; when we meet on sunday.

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

CHESLEY.... When you do yer gears follow on from paragraph 3 in the link i posted, when you come to the part regarding shifting to front middle ring and second smallest rear do this and then whilst pedalling put pressure on yer rear shifter as though changing to next larger cog, if the chain rattles trying to change to that cog with only a little pressure on shifter then you need to adjust barrel adjuster so the derralier comes out towards you (stopping noise), the rattling noise should only come just before the shifter clicks to that next cog.

Give it a go, when done try the other cogs and see if the shifting is correct, if the chain hesitates to change to whichever gear you are selecting the derralier needs to be adjusted so it moves in the direction you are shifting (i.e.up or down the cogs)

Hope this helps bud, if not i can do a quick adj; when we meet on sunday.

That's great bud, I'll print it off and have a look tomorrow. It's only the front that needs tweaking tho so I'm hoping that playing with that doesn't throw the rear out too.

rottitera02

CHESHLEY...after you've done the front the rear may hesitate or shift to quick (only a little), just adjust the barrel to move the derallier in the corresponding direction, but do it in little turns and try before each adjustment.

Frostys

For anyone who has a Facebook account, I have created a group entitled "slow rides for unfit people" to keep everyone in touch.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3 ... 381&ref=ts

Rich you are forcing me to open a Facebook account something I have strongly resisted previously next thing I'll have a twatter account

Cheshley

Frostys wrote:

For anyone who has a Facebook account, I have created a group entitled "slow rides for unfit people" to keep everyone in touch.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=3 ... 381&ref=ts

Rich you are forcing me to open a Facebook account something I have strongly resisted previously next thing I'll have a twatter account

Not forcing you to do anything mate, I think we're doing OK on here...

Frostys

There been and gone and done it now.... and going a "group".... do we all sit around in a circle and say "Hi my name is Dave and I'm an MTBer"

Cheshley

Frostys wrote:

There been and gone and done it now.... and going a "group".... do we all sit around in a circle and say "Hi my name is Dave and I'm an MTBer"

I hope not, my name's not Dave........ :?

sparrowlegs78

I'm only Dave at weekends ! oohh eck I'll be Dave on sunday
Caz xxx

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I'm only Dave at weekends ! oohh eck I'll be Dave on sunday
Caz xxx

I think that's a comment for a different forum on a different website chuck.....

sparrowlegs78

Damn ! wrong forum, back to the cross; dressers forum, well I get cranky when I can't get my socks on, It's sooooo annoying
Caz xxx

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

i was having problems with indexing yesterday, seems to be in the middle cogs on the cassette, not sure if its cause ive not ridden the bike for ages

Here Kangaroo, jump to this link......

http://www.mtbonline.co.za/info/mountai ... usting.htm

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

i was having problems with indexing yesterday, seems to be in the middle cogs on the cassette, not sure if its cause ive not ridden the bike for ages

Here Kangaroo, jump to this link......

http://www.mtbonline.co.za/info/mountai ... usting.htm

If it's just in the mid-range your cassette/chain/both could be worn. I've only had the Spesh for 18 months and it's not had much use in that time but it could already do with new chainrings and cassette.

maloo

Managed to brave the snow again this morning and visited Penmachno, well I learnt one thing anyway ... a month off the bike then 2 days in a row out on the bike means my legs no longer work

phoebian

maloo wrote:

Managed to brave the snow again this morning and visited Penmachno, well I learnt one thing anyway ... a month off the bike then 2 days in a row out on the bike means my legs no longer work

good effort!

Cheshley

Nicely done. At least you got out, which is more than I managed!!!!

sparrowlegs78

I'll be out tomorrow providing I don't die from the snot bullets I've been copping off the hubby, I do wish you fellas would sneeze into a hanky
Caz xx

phoebian

Got the go ahead from my boss, I will be there!

Simon.

jono986

This sounds great if it's still on for Sunday will see if gf fancies coming along and we'll make one in ... if thats OK!

sparrowlegs78

jono986 wrote:

This sounds great if it's still on for Sunday will see if gf fancies coming along and we'll make one in ... if thats OK!

Yes, get the gf along, I am the only female going so far, I fell soooooo alone
Caz xx