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

kangaroo

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Roo, why not go and and ride DOWN Jacobs ladder, I bet that would float your boat
Caz xx

i know one of the people who has actully ridden up jacobs ladder, he is in the same bike club as me

sparrowlegs78

kangaroo wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Roo, why not go and and ride DOWN Jacobs ladder, I bet that would float your boat
Caz xx

i know one of the people who has actully ridden up jacobs ladder, he is in the same bike club as me

Good grief ! he must have legs like tree trunks and lungs like bellows !
Caz xx

Cheshley

is it Llangegla week yet?

kangaroo

so this jacobs ladder, where abouts is it, how long is it, and any more details

that loop is supposed to be a loop of the best descents in ladybower and its less distance than we did the other week

sparrowlegs78

Not yet, but on Saturday I'm having a Gisburn fternoon
Caz xx

kangaroo

Cheshley wrote:

is it Llangegla week yet?

i wish, but unfortunaly your a month out

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

so this jacobs ladder, where abouts is it, how long is it, and any more details

that loop is supposed to be a loop of the best descents in ladybower and its less distance than we did the other week

problem with the route we did mate?

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

not that one
i think this is the one im after

http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=cjelvqrhusssuwgo

Hmmm....That looks interesting, judging by the elevation profile it was done in a clockwise direction with four big climbs and descents.........

kangaroo

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

so this jacobs ladder, where abouts is it, how long is it, and any more details

that loop is supposed to be a loop of the best descents in ladybower and its less distance than we did the other week

problem with the route we did mate?

it was a nice route, and great for us unfitt people getting back out again

CougarXR7

Cheshley wrote:

Just a thought, but I'm hoping to do a beginner and intermediate skills course this year (not at the same time) with Chasing Trails up at Dalby.

Would this be something anyone else might be interested in? If we have a ready made group (up to 8 people) we can pretty much pick our own date.

http://www.chasingtrails.com/mountain-b ... s#contents

Hi all
Been following this post for a while. Am a complete novice but really keen to get involved.And would certainly be interested in a beginers course if there is space. Recently started riding on the road, but would love to get away from the smell of fumes.

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

so this jacobs ladder, where abouts is it, how long is it, and any more details

that loop is supposed to be a loop of the best descents in ladybower and its less distance than we did the other week

problem with the route we did mate?

it was a nice route, and great for us unfitt people getting back out again

Hear....Hear........i second that one

sparrowlegs78

Can I third it?...if it wasn't for the other day I don't think I would have ever got to ride the Peaks, I didn't think I was up to it, I now know I can do it
Caz xx

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Can I third it?...if it wasn't for the other day I don't think I would have ever got to ride the Peaks, I didn't think I was up to it, I now know I can do it
Caz xx

well that was kinda the idea but it seems that our DH oriented friends would have preferred more gravity assisted sections.

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Can I third it?...if it wasn't for the other day I don't think I would have ever got to ride the Peaks, I didn't think I was up to it, I now know I can do it
Caz xx

I think that goes for the majority of people who had not ridden the peaks before, hats off to chesley for 'enticing' us all with his initial post 'slow ride for unfit people'

Now we now our capabilities.........PUFF.....PANT......PUFF.....PANT......''

sparrowlegs78

Cheshley wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Can I third it?...if it wasn't for the other day I don't think I would have ever got to ride the Peaks, I didn't think I was up to it, I now know I can do it
Caz xx

well that was kinda the idea but it seems that our DH oriented friends would have preferred more gravity assisted sections.

I'm going to work on a project that reverses gravity for when we have to go uphill and then set it to normal for downhill bits ...D'ya think it would sell?
Caz xx

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Can I third it?...if it wasn't for the other day I don't think I would have ever got to ride the Peaks, I didn't think I was up to it, I now know I can do it
Caz xx

well that was kinda the idea but it seems that our DH oriented friends would have preferred more gravity assisted sections.

I'm going to work on a project that reverses gravity for when we have to go uphill and then set it to normal for downhill bits ...D'ya think it would sell?
Caz xx

I f'kin hope so!!!!

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Can I third it?...if it wasn't for the other day I don't think I would have ever got to ride the Peaks, I didn't think I was up to it, I now know I can do it
Caz xx

well that was kinda the idea but it seems that our DH oriented friends would have preferred more gravity assisted sections.

I'm going to work on a project that reverses gravity for when we have to go uphill and then set it to normal for downhill bits ...D'ya think it would sell?
Caz xx

Damn right it would, waddya waiting for girl......''

sparrowlegs78

I'd better put my white coat on
Caz xx

kangaroo

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

phoebian

I did rather enjoy speeding down the few descents

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

Wouldn;t he only way of powering such a superconductor be by dynamo? Thus creating the need to pedal faster and rendering the whole concept irrelevant...?

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

Bloody hell professor, why didn't you tell us that before.......':shock:'

sparrowlegs78

Ok ok, I have the white coat, so that makes me a scientist doesn't it?..they all seem to wear them....but mind you so do the nutter clinic staff
Caz xx

kangaroo

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

Wouldn;t he only way of powering such a superconductor be by dynamo? Thus creating the need to pedal faster and rendering the whole concept irrelevant...?

cold fusion

rottitera02

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

Wouldn;t he only way of powering such a superconductor be by dynamo? Thus creating the need to pedal faster and rendering the whole concept irrelevant...?

No no ches......start with a descent and store the energy created for the uphill.....':D'

bamba

kangaroo wrote:

i still want to try mbr's killer descents loop of ladybower

the route we did was not too far away from some of the good descents around there,
whinestone lee tor, hagg farm, the beast, and gores/lockerbrook farm


orange bits are good down hill, or up hill if going the other way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQZ5olepDY

this guy here has got most of it covered.

will be making my best efforts to get to no this area this year

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ok ok, I have the white coat, so that makes me a scientist doesn't it?..they all seem to wear them....but mind you so do the nutter clinic staff
Caz xx

Well cheshley did say earlier we were all f'kin mental!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!':?'

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

Wouldn;t he only way of powering such a superconductor be by dynamo? Thus creating the need to pedal faster and rendering the whole concept irrelevant...?

No no ches......start with a descent and store the energy created for the uphill.....':D'

thus creating the need for batteries to store the energy and a motor to deliver that energy back to he drivechain.

Hang on, we could call it a MOTORCYCLE! It's genius, why did no-one think of this before....?

phoebian

Just bought one of those cameras from Ebay, except its an actual Veho Muvi

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

all you need is to be able to make superconductors small enough to fit under a bike frame
its already been shown that there is a reduced gravity field above a superconductor

so if you can make them small enough and cheap enough (power wise) that a few of these under a frame reduces the weight of the bike and rider to a few pounds then away you go

Wouldn;t he only way of powering such a superconductor be by dynamo? Thus creating the need to pedal faster and rendering the whole concept irrelevant...?

cold fusion

If you work out cold fusion just promise me that I can have 0.1% of the proceeds!!