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

mountain mick

Just had the best weekend up at Dalby Forest atching the MTB World Cup

I'm putting some photo's up on my facebook page.

seen a couple of bad crashes did'nt look pretty one on friday night on the sprint races around Pickering and a very nasty one in the Junior Men and Women races on saturday.
Felt sorry for the poor girl who ended doing a bad face plant off the bike at the bottom of Medusa's Drop.

Just wondered what channel was it shown on TV?
If anyone missed it check out Eurosport2 UK channel 411 on Thursday at 5pm.

I was gutted after finding out about the mens finish as i decided to leave early to beat the crowds

rottitera02

Cheshley wrote:

Frostys wrote:

To be honest.... and seeing as i'm now a grumpy old bugger most of the time I like riding on my own, you can pick the pace and change the route if ya fancy a change.

Nice to ride occaisionaly in a group though.

And before Cheshley mentions it the group may have a spare speedlink when required

:twisted:

I DON'T BELIEEEEEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''

rottitera02

mountain mick wrote:

Just had the best weekend up at Dalby Forest atching the MTB World Cup

I'm putting some photo's up on my facebook page.

seen a couple of bad crashes did'nt look pretty one on friday night on the sprint races around Pickering and a very nasty one in the Junior Men and Women races on saturday.
Felt sorry for the poor girl who ended doing a bad face plant off the bike at the bottom of Medusa's Drop.

Just wondered what channel was it shown on TV?
If anyone missed it check out Eurosport2 UK channel 411 on Thursday at 5pm.

I was gutted after finding out about the mens finish as i decided to leave early to beat the crowds

A shame you didn't see the finish Mick, it was a cracker the last lap as well as the last few yards .....Absolon must have been gutted.

sparrowlegs78

Hellooooooooooo peeps
Caz xx

rottitera02

Helloooooo Caz, how yer doin' chuck ?

Cheshley

evenin'

rottitera02

Ches my man....have a look at the bottom of the page in the link on Long mynd i posted on The List you will see 3 more links for other rides around Long Mynd and have a think which one would be suitable, they vary in length.

I will do a route for each and have a look at the profile and see if i can get a link together so each route can be viewed in 3d on google kml maps.

sparrowlegs78

rottitera02 wrote:

Helloooooo Caz, how yer doin' chuck ?

Mashed head lol....hows u?
Caz xx

sparrowlegs78

Ey up Cheshley
Caz xx

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

Helloooooo Caz, how yer doin' chuck ?

Mashed head lol....hows u?
Caz xx

I could say the same.....never even got out on me bike at w/end, to much to do and so little time.

sparrowlegs78

I got out on Sunday and I am going to the stables on my bike tomorrow too ...just this bloody course I'm on for a few weeks is killing e
Caz xx

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

Ches my man....have a look at the bottom of the page in the link on Long mynd i posted on The List you will see 3 more links for other rides around Long Mynd and have a think which one would be suitable, they vary in length.

I will do a route for each and have a look at the profile and see if i can get a link together so each route can be viewed in 3d on google kml maps.

There's one that's about 24/25 miles and I think that would be the best one considering there's a few miles of tarmac to get our breath back.

rottitera02

Cheshley wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

Ches my man....have a look at the bottom of the page in the link on Long mynd i posted on The List you will see 3 more links for other rides around Long Mynd and have a think which one would be suitable, they vary in length.

I will do a route for each and have a look at the profile and see if i can get a link together so each route can be viewed in 3d on google kml maps.

There's one that's about 24/25 miles and I think that would be the best one considering there's a few miles of tarmac to get our breath back.

I thought that too......i also had a look at the you tube vids......the descent back down the valley side was a cracker.....alll the routes shown take this route back from the gliding club at top of the hill.

Will crack on with the 24/25 miler route then, will give you a shout when done and hopefully you should be able to view it within google earth kml 3d.

Frostys

rottitera02 wrote:

Cheshley wrote:

Frostys wrote:

To be honest.... and seeing as i'm now a grumpy old bugger most of the time I like riding on my own, you can pick the pace and change the route if ya fancy a change.

Nice to ride occaisionaly in a group though.

And before Cheshley mentions it the group may have a spare speedlink when required

:twisted:

I DON'T BELIEEEEEVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!''

Hmmm BUGGER OFF!!!

Evenin you lucky lucky people

rottitera02

Evening Dave,,,,,how's life..?

kangaroo

hello people, ive just got back from a club ride and the fatigue is kicking in (these people go really fast) a couple of them were helping me out and giveing me instuctions on the singletrack, we were really flying it (at least in my book we were)

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

hello people, ive just got back from a club ride and the fatigue is kicking in (these people go really fast) a couple of them were helping me out and giveing me instuctions on the singletrack, we were really flying it (at least in my book we were)

Hi Roo....i thought i could hear heavy breathing somewhere !!!!!!!!

Good ride then i take it ?

kangaroo

even thought the pace was way out of my league i still enjoyed it thanks

rottitera02

It's good to go at a faster pace sometimes.....it keeps you on yer toes.

Whilst yer here Roo, do we have a meet point sorted for cannock yet ?

kangaroo

nope not yet, ive narrowed it down to 2 that are just a mile apart but one is at the bottom of the hill and 1 is at the top
it will either be birches valley visitor centre or marquis drive (on the road outside the visitor centre carpark)

im going to base the descision on a few factors which are
best place to start from
which place would make for a better route
bet place to finish at
best place to bbq

this is assuming we dont want to have apringslade do the bbq for us, which im guessing by the response or lack of that people would prefer to do it ouselves
actually it would be helpful if everyone posted there bbq preference either springslade or own done

rottitera02

I think you may have to put out an official, large format font posting to grab everyones attention to this so you can sort it Roo.

I'd say that if we would be pushed to make the 5pm at springslade then a self barbie would be the answer. But see what the response is bud.......

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

nope not yet, ive narrowed it down to 2 that are just a mile apart but one is at the bottom of the hill and 1 is at the top
it will either be birches valley visitor centre or marquis drive (on the road outside the visitor centre carpark)

im going to base the descision on a few factors which are
best place to start from
which place would make for a better route
bet place to finish at
best place to bbq

this is assuming we dont want to have apringslade do the bbq for us, which im guessing by the response or lack of that people would prefer to do it ouselves
actually it would be helpful if everyone posted there bbq preference either springslade or own done

I'd rather arrange our own BBQ mate, gives us the options and we're not tied to someone elses timescale as those of us with more than half an hour's drive to get home might want to get off early.

kangaroo

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

nope not yet, ive narrowed it down to 2 that are just a mile apart but one is at the bottom of the hill and 1 is at the top
it will either be birches valley visitor centre or marquis drive (on the road outside the visitor centre carpark)

im going to base the descision on a few factors which are
best place to start from
which place would make for a better route
bet place to finish at
best place to bbq

this is assuming we dont want to have apringslade do the bbq for us, which im guessing by the response or lack of that people would prefer to do it ouselves
actually it would be helpful if everyone posted there bbq preference either springslade or own done

I'd rather arrange our own BBQ mate, gives us the options and we're not tied to someone elses timescale as those of us with more than half an hour's drive to get home might want to get off early.

im leaning that way myself. it makes the whole thing more flexible

kangaroo

POLL

time to sort the bbq out
please say if you want a bbq prepared by springslade lodge
or
if you want us to do out own

phoebian

I like the idea of having it prepared for us, but would prefer to have our own so we wouldn't have to go by set times.

rottitera02

phoebian wrote:

I like the idea of having it prepared for us, but would prefer to have our own so we wouldn't have to go by set times.

+1

sparrowlegs78

Evening peeps,
Just a note to say that I am losing the need to use the granny gear as much
rode much faster uphill, downhill and along today, Bloody knackered now though
Caz xx

kangaroo

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Evening peeps,
Just a note to say that I am losing the need to use the granny gear as much
rode much faster uphill, downhill and along today, Bloody knackered now though
Caz xx

nice

sparrowlegs78

I feel a play at Rivington comong on this weekend
Caz xx

kevens64

kangaroo wrote:

POLL

time to sort the bbq out
please say if you want a bbq prepared by springslade lodge
or
if you want us to do out own

we'd prefer to do our own but happy either way