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

sparrowlegs78

Ta Roo
Caz xx

rottitera02

Not too bad chuck........a bit in thought tonight as my mate from work who had leaukaemia passed away this morning.........':('

The sponsored ride i'm doing was dedicated to him.

Its his funeral on friday, he was in liverpool hospice for his last 2months (i went to see him at weekend and he could hardly talk)

Everyone at work has been very quiet today. i am going on friday not for myself but also to represent all at work who can't go...........

sparrowlegs78

awww big hugs Rottie
Caz xxxx

rottitera02

That aside folks are we all ready for cannock ??

Evenin Maloo...long time no hear.. nice to hear from you....did you enjoy kirroughtree(i hope i spelt it right)

Glad you are ridin' fit again Caz.':D'

Cheshley

Sorry to hear that Steve.

kangaroo

im ready for cannock but are you ready for cannock

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

im ready for cannock but are you ready for cannock

As ready as i'll ever be Roo.......

Cheshley

This group has given me back my enthusiasm to get out and ride and I'm loving getting out to new places and pushing myself to ride into the unknown. Riding into berms at Llandegla and not knowing what was around the corner was exciting when I would usually pap myself at the thought of it!!!!!

Bring on Cannock

I am even now motivated to take on the council and find out what can be done to improve MTB riding in the area. I know that there won't be the possibility of anything like the established trail centres because there's no fekkin hells around here, but I'm going to see the guys that run the 3 bike shops in the area to see if they know if anyone has already tried this and if they would support the formation of an action group to look into the options.

maloo

yeah kirroughtree was ace, its by far my favourite trail. Pitty its so far away

sparrowlegs78

Cheshley ,
For ideas, can you coax your beloved into having a day out in Kendal?

There is a bike park just outside the centre with low northshore skill, see saws and things,
It's something to take photos of for ideas to put to your council if you lack the hills but still need the skills
Caz xx

rottitera02

Good on yer Ches.......our local council were going to build an mtb skills area on a small hill about 5mins from my house but local dog walkers protested by the droves and the council gave up the fight.....i woudn't mind but i ride there as its a good training area for me and the dog walkers just let their dogs shite everywhere !!!!!

I even went to the trouble of tracklogging all the paths and editing them on open street map.

I supppose the dog walkers see it as a place where the dog wardens won't see their dogs dropping it all over the place so they don't get fined, i have been in touch with the council but it goes in one ear and out the other...typical sefton council.

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Cheshley ,
For ideas, can you coax your beloved into having a day out in Kendal?

There is a bike park just outside the centre with low northshore skill, see saws and things,
It's something to take photos of for ideas to put to your council if you lack the hills but still need the skills
Caz xx

I'm sure that could be arranged

Cheshley

Caz, I see you got loads of response when you posted on this forum about it in Sept 2007!!!!!

sparrowlegs78

Was it so long ago?.....i forget lol
Caz xx

sparrowlegs78

sept 2007 was when I joined ..the post was about the kendal bike park was 2010
Caz xx

Cheshley

OK, so I looked at the wrong date

It's late and I'm sleepy, I won't be about much longer tonite.

rottitera02

Any more thoughts on the june ride location guys ??

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

Any more thoughts on the june ride location guys ??

If the cost of diesel keeps going up like this I'll be suggesting something in my local woods!!!!!

kangaroo

I'm going riding at cannock this afternoon if anybody wants to come

maloo

kangaroo wrote:

I'm going riding at cannock this afternoon if anybody wants to come

Wish I could but im stuck in work

Nalla

kangaroo wrote:

I'm going riding at cannock this afternoon if anybody wants to come

How busy is Cannock midweek? I fancy trying it but im slow so prefer going to popular trails when they are quiet so i can pootle about.

rottitera02

Cheshley wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

Any more thoughts on the june ride location guys ??

If the cost of diesel keeps going up like this I'll be suggesting something in my local woods!!!!!

I know the feeling Ches, i'm running a 2litre auto petrol and it's a thirsty bugger for fuel, but on the motorway it's quite reasonable......

thought towards sharing cars is often uppermost but when everyone is spaced far apart it becomes difficult.

When we went to the peaks it took half a tank of fuel , roughly around £35 there and back.

Llandegla was not far off the same.

It's a joke when for £35 of fuel Gov; tax amounts to around £20.

sparrowlegs78

Ohh th joys of a tiny engined car lol.......ours only takes about £35 to fill it up, it did over 100 miles last weekend and it only used half a tank
Caz xx

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ohh th joys of a tiny engined car lol.......ours only takes about £35 to fill it up, it did over 100 miles last weekend and it only used half a tank
Caz xx

Oh go on then ....rub it in.......i only have myself to blame for the car i have, but up to now i woudn't swap it for anything (unless i won the lottery of course)

It must be the leather interior and seats !!!!!!!!

Or the cruise control !!!!!!!

Or the climate control !!!!!

Or the..................ok i'll have to stop here......

sparrowlegs78

Or car is dead posh ! it has a lovely smell of wet dog and fags, horse and week old Maccy D's................total class car ours
Caz xx

maloo

lol dont talk to me about fuel costs with my car, old 1973 VW beetle does about 2mpg if im lucky

rottitera02

I thought you had a van Maloo ??

maloo

I got an old 1973 VW Van as well which does even less mpg but the van I was in at the Peaks was my mates

rottitera02

I guess your'e a bit of a herbie fan then .......

maloo

yeah love all the old Vw's