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

sparrowlegs78

kangaroo wrote:

As long as you didn't spank the monkey lol
Caz xx

rottitera02

Sounds kinda personal till you add the word TRAIL at the end...........

I RODE THE MONKEY':shock:'...........TRAIL

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rottitera02

Hey Roo, did you beat Oli's lap time ??

What was the trail like ??

kangaroo

that is one fine trail
im not sure phoeian should ride as his head might exlode there is some of the best downill sections ive ever ridden and some really technical climbs

id been for a ride yesterday so my legs wernt up to it today but i did it anyway

didnt make most of the climbs (due to no energy in legs) but have done them before

caz cover your ears for this next bit (i think its better than llandegla)

oh yeah they organized a ride for the volanteers with oli beckinsale so i got to go on a ride with him

kangaroo

rottitera02 wrote:

Hey Roo, did you beat Oli's lap time ??

What was the trail like ??

Oli's time was 1 hour 40 mins

er mine was a lot longer

rottitera02

I surely can't wait to try it out........how would you rate it Roo....a red or black ??

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

Hey Roo, did you beat Oli's lap time ??

What was the trail like ??

Oli's time was 1 hour 40 mins

er mine was a lot longer

10 secs.............

sparrowlegs78

Ta Roo ...now I'm really gonna sulk that I'm gonna miss the cannock ride
Caz xx

kangaroo

officialy its a red but its a very dark red

kangaroo

hopefully tommow i will be able to discribe it better cause im just to exhusted to at the moment

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ta Roo ...now I'm really gonna sulk that I'm gonna miss the cannock ride
Caz xx

Don't worry Caz.....i'll video it so's you can see it............':twisted:'

sparrowlegs78

rottitera02 wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ta Roo ...now I'm really gonna sulk that I'm gonna miss the cannock ride
Caz xx

Don't worry Caz.....i'll video it so's you can see it............':twisted:'

Boooooooooooooooooo, stoppit
Caz xx

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ta Roo ...now I'm really gonna sulk that I'm gonna miss the cannock ride
Caz xx

Don't worry Caz.....i'll video it so's you can see it............':twisted:'

Boooooooooooooooooo, stoppit
Caz xx

WASSSSSSAPPPPPP

rottitera02

Where is everyone 2nite.....?

sparrowlegs78

I can still go one better...this is the part built trail 10 mins ride from my house
http://yfrog.com/aw2dpj


so I can ride this any time I want ..it'll get me riding more often I can tell ya
Caz xx

rottitera02

OMFG!!!!!!

Is it rideable now..........how about giving it a blast next w/end......?

sparrowlegs78

it's not rideable yet, theres another week 2 weeks of building to go , then a couple of weeks weathering, then it's opening ...shouod be done and open for early may.
I'm going for another snoop at it next week when I go for a play in the woods.....can't bloody wait to ride it.
The big park at the bottom of the hill is linked to the woods with a cracking bridleway and in the park is a small sandpit/ quarry area that it used as an unoffical bike park now, and if all goes well with funding and council intrerest ( as they seem to be getting more interested) it will be made into a proper bike park, jumps, berms and general skills stuff.
the trail in the woods at the top of the hill is just a first phase development, i believe there may be more in the pipeline at a later stage
I'm not spoilt am I
Caz xx

phoebian

Not coming home till the end of the month and I'm stuck with my super slow Internet on my iPhone. Rrreeeeeaaaalllllyyy want to go to Cannock!!!! Really quite happy it's only 30 miles away from my home, even though I still have to drive 100+ miles to get home.....

kangaroo

here is a short video of the lauch of the monkey trail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnC8aCKLqrg

and here is a piccy of my bike at the top of lower cliff (the best descent of the whole trail)

sparrowlegs78

Stoppit!!!! I saw loads of bike today at Whinlatter...shame I still felt rough or I would've borrowed a bike and given the blue route a good thrashing.
I've also seen a bike I want...a Cube Fritzz..OMG what a looker of a bike and sooo light
Caz xx

stumpym4

kangaroo wrote:

here is a short video of the lauch of the monkey trail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnC8aCKLqrg

and here is a piccy of my bike at the top of lower cliff (the best descent of the whole trail)

Yes the descent from there is very good
Myself and quite a few others rode that section the day after boxing day !! ...

kangaroo

if you want a cube, goldtec is the place to go, they used to be one of the only suppliers and the cube rep is there all the time, nice chap rides a cube, in fact i saw him this morning at the mtb race

kangaroo

yeah that descent is great first there the whotzit bit then the other bit and then the really good whatsity bit then that great bit and then that bit and that really nice thingy

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

officialy its a red but its a very dark red

Roo, just remember the mixed ability of the group when putting the route together pls

Cheshley

evening everyone

kangaroo

ill remember, in fact it was going through my mind whilst riding it yesterday, especially cause i had been for a ride the day before and used up all my energy
i did the last part of that ride on empty and i hadn't recovered for yesterdays ride
so i was riding around it with no energy, i couldnt do many of the climbs at all, as i remember before christmas i could do nearly all of them

i think everyone could do the monkey but it might take some time, this brings me to another consideration point, when to do it

the afternoon
now this is my original idea, most of the traffic will have gone of the trail so there will be less having to move out of the way for faster riders, but some energy will be gone and we wont be fresh

the morning
fresh legs, but more traffic on the monkey
i will consider this some more

Cheshley

cheers dude. you seem impressed with it tho

kangaroo

oh yes it is truly fantastic
it differs from welsh trail centres in the fact that there isn't a big long climb at the start, its more of a climb, along, descend, repeat except the two last bits which are a challenging climb followed by a best of breed class descent, that are way better than other descents ive ridden
everything is rollable, there are some black offshoots but these are extra features and not the main trail, more like a short 100m diversion
most of the climbs are are of the switchback variety so a trail will slowly wind its way up the side of a hill, some of thes can be quite long, but if your going up a long climb you know your going to have a descent that makes it all worth while
there are a few wooden features but nothing that you wouldn't find on the red run at llandegla, (though no log walk)
there are a few tricky rock gardens but they are only short little pieces and only a few of these might be a little daunting to some of our riders
the new end to follow the dog is great as well, i might incorporate this into mays ride
but as it takes us all the way down the valley im not sure cause it would mean either a hard fire road climb or a section of road riding (this misses out the climb)
as i ride the trail i will keep evaluating it for the ride
another benefit of the monkey though is it rides well in all weathers

sparrowlegs78

Sounds comparable to Coed Y Brenin then, even I rode most of the Cyfylm Coch trail at Coed Y Brenin
Caz xx

Cheshley

Dalby has lots of ups n downs, spreads the boredom out