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

stumpym4

Rode the chase this morning , and was surprised how much the trail is breaking up in places
Had quite a big off this morning on the loose stuff and made a right mess of my right knee on all the stones and gravel
next time i ride there , i think i`ll invest in some knee pads !!
be carefull out there folks

sparrowlegs78

I'm going to Rivington on Monday if we can borrow my Dads car, the exhaust has come apart on ours and it sounds like a hothatch with 50% less power lol
Caz xx

sparrowlegs78

I have just booked myself on to a ladies day skills course with Ed Oxley at Gisburn forest to see if he can kick me into shape.. I hope his legs are strong, I need a lot of kicking
Caz x

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I have just booked myself on to a ladies day skills course with Ed Oxley at Gisburn forest to see if he can kick me into shape.. I hope his legs are strong, I need a lot of kicking
Caz x

Hope his legs are long to reach yer bum......''

rottitera02

Goood evening Caz and all..................

sparrowlegs78

My legs go all they way up to me arse, then get cheeky
Howdy Doody hun
Caz xx

kangaroo

hello

sparrowlegs78

Rooooooooooo hows my boingy buddy today?
Caz xx

kangaroo

been riding at cannock again so slighty exhusted lol

sparrowlegs78

Jammy bugger lol.....i'm dying to get out again, hopefully Monday will be my day...or I'll have a major sulk lol
Caz xx

rottitera02

Helloo helloo......am a doin fine.

Caz.... am glad yer legs are there otherwise yer name would have to be legless not sparrowlegs.

Hi Roo....have you.been to cannock today bud, apparently Stumpym4 went to cannock very recently and remarked on the trails breaking up ??

kangaroo

yeah some bits are breaking up quite bad, i know of one downhill berm that started developing a hole in it near the top, but this has turned into a small drop off now, you can still get around it without doing the drop off though

other than that, its mainly breaking bumps on the moneky and some edges of trail being eroded on the last section of ftd

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

yeah some bits are breaking up quite bad, i know of one downhill berm that started developing a hole in it near the top, but this has turned into a small drop off now, you can still get around it without doing the drop off though

other than that, its mainly breaking bumps on the moneky and some edges of trail being eroded on the last section of ftd

I take it it's due to the recent dry spell we've had.....maybe the rain forecasted for this w/end may help ?

kangaroo

rottitera02 wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

yeah some bits are breaking up quite bad, i know of one downhill berm that started developing a hole in it near the top, but this has turned into a small drop off now, you can still get around it without doing the drop off though

other than that, its mainly breaking bumps on the moneky and some edges of trail being eroded on the last section of ftd

I take it it's due to the recent dry spell we've had.....maybe the rain forecasted for this w/end may help ?

yep

sparrowlegs78

Gisburn had the same probs on the Hully Gully section, it got ripped up coz of the high traffic.
Caz xx

kangaroo

half the new end of ftd is closed at the moment due to foresty working
hopefully it will be open agian for when we ride there

rottitera02

If this is happening at cannock then it won't be the only place suffering either...never mind eh.
I know the cheshire lines route i ride not far from my home is also very dry and the ruts from the winter are like mini valleys now. i rode down there earlier on in the week and 4 guys riding a quadbike and 3 motocrossers flew past me at around 60mph......the result was a big cloud of dust that ended up with me covered in dust and spluttering like an old banger!!!! plus they went past me within about 4 feet !!!!!!!....... buggers.

Cheshley

hello

phoebian

stumpym4 wrote:

Rode the chase this morning , and was surprised how much the trail is breaking up in places
Had quite a big off this morning on the loose stuff and made a right mess of my right knee on all the stones and gravel
next time i ride there , i think i`ll invest in some knee pads !!
be carefull out there folks

Cant recommend knee pads enough lol. When I had my little off I still managed to bash my knee pretty good, cant imagine what it would have looked like without pads across those stones!

stumpym4

phoebian wrote:

stumpym4 wrote:

Rode the chase this morning , and was surprised how much the trail is breaking up in places
Had quite a big off this morning on the loose stuff and made a right mess of my right knee on all the stones and gravel
next time i ride there , i think i`ll invest in some knee pads !!
be carefull out there folks

Cant recommend knee pads enough lol. When I had my little off I still managed to bash my knee pretty good, cant imagine what it would have looked like without pads across those stones!

It`ll look like this !



Ouch !! ... get some pads for cannock

phoebian

DUDE :O

I will be wearing knee pads every single time I ride.

rottitera02

Hells bells stumpym4.........that looks real nasty...hope you ok bud.

I purchased a set of 661 knee pads a fortnight ago, after riding llandegla without any and looking back at the trail obstacles etc i thought if i had come off i would have had a nasty injury, this prompted me to get some, am glad now and will feel much safer riding with them on.

When i rode llandegla the thought of coming off and doing myself an injury was in my mind whilst riding and probably held me back a little at times.

I will now feel safer and let rip a bit more on the trails in future.......

mountain mick

i'm so glad i got some knee pads, just got to get some elbow pads now.

Well just saved myself some money as i've just serviced my rear shock and saved about £60 to £100, so i hope it's now ok.

Just one last thing after watching the dalby world cup on tv i now wish i'd signed up for the dalby dare

kangaroo

good news the last section of ftd is open at the weekends

rottitera02

kangaroo wrote:

good news the last section of ftd is open at the weekends

YIPPEE!!!

kevens64

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I have just booked myself on to a ladies day skills course with Ed Oxley at Gisburn forest to see if he can kick me into shape.. I hope his legs are strong, I need a lot of kicking
Caz x

Hope you have fun! Me and the Mrs were thinking of booking a skills course with Ed too. Can you let us know how you get on? From what I've read/heard, he's pretty damn good.

ta very much

kev

sparrowlegs78

kevens64 wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I have just booked myself on to a ladies day skills course with Ed Oxley at Gisburn forest to see if he can kick me into shape.. I hope his legs are strong, I need a lot of kicking
Caz x

Hope you have fun! Me and the Mrs were thinking of booking a skills course with Ed too. Can you let us know how you get on? From what I've read/heard, he's pretty damn good.

ta very much

kev

I will let you know ..i'm qute excited already
Caz xx

kevens64

Was at Cannock this morning with Tammy. Rode the Monkey trail for the first time. It was lots of fun with a fair bit of climbing. Tammy had a bit of a comedy fall at the werewolf drop. Slipped over whilst CARRYING her bike down. She saw the funny side and no damage done. Will post a video up soon.
Might go back for another go next Saturday AND really looking forward to the ride on the 15th

Kev

rottitera02

Her guys...feast your eyes on this bit of extreme mtbing....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93UzcOVdYPM

sparrowlegs78

rottitera02 wrote:

Her guys...feast your eyes on this bit of extreme mtbing....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93UzcOVdYPM

Just like my route to the stables that lol
Caz xx