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

maloo

rottitera02 yeah from what you linked to I think it should be possible 8)

Also for llandegla a hardtail is perfect, I usually take the hardtail to llandegla instead of the full sus

sparrowlegs78

kangaroo wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

id say full sus for llandegla unless you want a very bumpy ride

you think so?...i find it smooooth compared to the other trail centres....i found Grizedale bumpier and rockier and Coed Y Brenin is painful hardtail
Caz x

ive only been to llandegla and cannock trail centres so i carnt compare to anything else, but im biased towards full sus, and i know that if im belting it along those rocky bits near the end im geting lots of frail buzz even on a my enduro

I've only got the hardtail so my butt tells me when it's rocky lol.......I suppose it's what suits you and what you have
I can only dream of full bounce
Caz xx

sandomingo

I've done the Llandegla blue route two and a half times, (once round only) and have been knackered every time, have also found it very bumpy on the hardtail, even when out the saddle, am lookin forward to pickin up some tips from you lot tho.

sparrowlegs78

sandomingo wrote:

I've done the Llandegla blue route two and a half times, (once round only) and have been knackered every time, have also found it very bumpy on the hardtail, even when out the saddle, am lookin forward to pickin up some tips from you lot tho.

I'll give you a cracking tip, Don't follow me into the tree's when I crash
Caz xx

kangaroo

if im right llandegls hire bikes are hardtials

rottitera02

A.........That's a good tip worth consideringCaz


B........Yes the hire bikes are kona hardtails

Cheshley

sandomingo wrote:

I've done the Llandegla blue route two and a half times, (once round only) and have been knackered every time, have also found it very bumpy on the hardtail, even when out the saddle, am lookin forward to pickin up some tips from you lot tho.

just take your time and you'll be fine. Nobody is going to say anything if you're at the back and if you are at the back you won't get left behind. I'm just looking forward to riding the places I've wanted to go to for ages but have had nobody to ride with who wouldn't be bored going at my pace.

Getting pretty excited about it, but nowhere near as excited as Caz is

kangaroo

thought theyd switched over to orange for this year

Cheshley

maloo wrote:

Also for llandegla a hardtail is perfect, I usually take the hardtail to llandegla instead of the full sus

If there weren't already 3 bikes on the roof for this trip, I'd bring the Marin as well and ride both to see which is better. I'll bring the Spesh tho, I can lock the back end so it's almost a hardtail.

kangaroo

Cheshley wrote:

sandomingo wrote:

I've done the Llandegla blue route two and a half times, (once round only) and have been knackered every time, have also found it very bumpy on the hardtail, even when out the saddle, am lookin forward to pickin up some tips from you lot tho.

just take your time and you'll be fine. Nobody is going to say anything if you're at the back and if you are at the back you won't get left behind. I'm just looking forward to riding the places I've wanted to go to for ages but have had nobody to ride with who wouldn't be bored going at my pace.

Getting pretty excited about it, but nowhere near as excited as Caz is

caz is that excited that theyve hooked her up to the national grid and shes powering the intire county

sandomingo

So, hardtails good, trees bad then.

What's the food in the cafe like then? What can you get for breakfast?

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

thought theyd switched over to orange for this year

On the website pic the bikes are kona's, maybe they haven't updated the piccy ?

Cheshley

sandomingo wrote:

So, hardtails good, trees bad then.

What's the food in the cafe like then? What can you get for breakfast?

Apparently the cafe as previously won the award for the best Bacon Butty in the country, has appeared in the Sunday Times top 50 places to eat and their cakes are the stuff of legend.

sparrowlegs78

Excited?....nope I am still going to pop with excitement when I get there, espesially if I get up the climb without ushing and get round the first Berm...it might get messy
Caz xx

rottitera02

Cheshley wrote:

sandomingo wrote:

So, hardtails good, trees bad then.

What's the food in the cafe like then? What can you get for breakfast?

Apparently the cafe as previously won the award for the best Bacon Butty in the country, has appeared in the Sunday Times top 50 places to eat and their cakes are the stuff of legend.

YUMMY....YUMMY.......at least we can agree on one food that's top notch, bacon butties, unlike the discusion between oatcakes and currant muffins !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sparrowlegs78

Drool Llandegla chips....it's the only thing I can eat after a ride, I usually can't eat after for over an hour, but I can always fit in Deggy chips.

Caz xx

Cheshley

just been watching this......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiCV0laqUFo

and I have to say that if that's a Black descent, the only part about it I don't like the look of is how f'kin steep those switchbacks are!!!!!

kangaroo

yeah thats the first proper black section, and yes those switch backs are steep, but thats pretty much what alll the black section is like-

rottitera02

After watching that i thought well this is more like a red run, where are the drop-offs and big jumps ?

sparrowlegs78

There's tabletop a plenty on the black I think...rollable or jumpable.
Caz xx

kangaroo

there arent any big drop offs, there are a couple of 6inch ones but thats it and all the jumps are rollable, in fact there is nothing that is not rollable, and yes it is more like a red run
the section of red that you miss out if you do that black bit is really nice though very fast and flowing more so than the black

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

There's tabletop a plenty on the black I think...rollable or jumpable.
Caz xx

i remember something about tabletops on the red but with 'escape runs'........

sandomingo

Cheshley wrote:

just been watching this......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiCV0laqUFo

and I have to say that if that's a Black descent, the only part about it I don't like the look of is how f'kin steep those switchbacks are!!!!!

anyone got a link for the red route? Gotta say tho that didn't look as bad as I thought it would. Not saying i'd ride it yet tho!

sparrowlegs78

sandomingo wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

just been watching this......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiCV0laqUFo

and I have to say that if that's a Black descent, the only part about it I don't like the look of is how f'kin steep those switchbacks are!!!!!

anyone got a link for the red route? Gotta say tho that didn't look as bad as I thought it would. Not saying i'd ride it yet tho!

Ride the red with me, I don't go so fast you can't bail out and walk anything you don't like. I am hopelss on a bike and I've ridden the red all the way apart from the double steep climb which not many people can get up, thats a bugger
Caz x

rottitera02

Red run link......................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJrn0gONjQA

rottitera02

I think that the majority of us will run the red so that's a good 11 miles and then choose what you want to do afterwards........

Cheshley

does everybody go to bed at 11 or what....?

sandomingo

rottitera02 wrote:

Red run link......................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJrn0gONjQA

that looks ok! I'll try that, looks like there's less uphill than the blue on the downhill.

phoebian

How steep is this climb?? I'm really looking forward to it !

maloo

It's pretty steep most people push up it, but it is do-able