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

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ugh ..one is not impressed, I have gone and got a bloomin ear infection today, dunno if it was sitting in the howling gale and hail stones up on Rivington Pike thats done it, but I am now deaf in one ear and it feels all bunged up
Typical that it's my right ear too...my left isn't 100% at hearing so I am I can't do my wednesday ride as I can't hear the bloody traffic....gahhh !!! thought it was going too well [/ rant]
Caz xx

Snap......i dont have an ear infection but am stone deaf in my right ear and my left isn;t as good as what it used to be....i know how you feel Caz........can't even tell which direction sound comes from.........':shock:'

rottitera02

maloo wrote:

a little :twisted:

A little.......you flamin fibber.....''

sparrowlegs78

rottitera02 wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ugh ..one is not impressed, I have gone and got a bloomin ear infection today, dunno if it was sitting in the howling gale and hail stones up on Rivington Pike thats done it, but I am now deaf in one ear and it feels all bunged up
Typical that it's my right ear too...my left isn't 100% at hearing so I am I can't do my wednesday ride as I can't hear the bloody traffic....gahhh !!! thought it was going too well [/ rant]
Caz xx

Snap......i dont have an ear infection but am stone deaf in my right ear and my left isn;t as good as what it used to be....i know how you feel Caz........can't even tell which direction sound comes from.........':shock:'

It's not nice ..I am getting the mick taken ut of me by Richie...I'll get me own back on Monday
Caz xx

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

Ugh ..one is not impressed, I have gone and got a bloomin ear infection today, dunno if it was sitting in the howling gale and hail stones up on Rivington Pike thats done it, but I am now deaf in one ear and it feels all bunged up
Typical that it's my right ear too...my left isn't 100% at hearing so I am I can't do my wednesday ride as I can't hear the bloody traffic....gahhh !!! thought it was going too well [/ rant]
Caz xx

Snap......i dont have an ear infection but am stone deaf in my right ear and my left isn;t as good as what it used to be....i know how you feel Caz........can't even tell which direction sound comes from.........':shock:'

It's not nice ..I am getting the mick taken ut of me by Richie...I'll get me own back on Monday

You should know how to deal with that..........when u are asked of something you go completely deaf ..........':twisted:'
Caz xx

sparrowlegs78

I am female..selective deafness comes as standard
Caz xx

maloo

can anyone recommend a good rear wheel ?

sparrowlegs78

maloo wrote:

can anyone recommend a good rear wheel ?

a round one
Caz x

maloo

:P

rottitera02

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I am female..selective deafness comes as standard
Caz xx

There you go....i knew you knew what to do.....':twisted:'

rottitera02

maloo wrote:

can anyone recommend a good rear wheel ?

That depends on how many pounds you wish to part with ??

mountain mick

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

I only found the bridlepaths ones ..I found the end of he mythical "Dog Kennel Descent" but there were too many walkers about to ignore the footpath signs and walk up and ride down it ...I'm too good , I hate people telling me off.
Caz xx

I know what you mean Caz, the only time i've been for a decent ride at dalby i started the red route up near the bike park and there's a nice quick series of berms, got some speed up went round a blind corner only to find a middle aged couple walking there dogs on the trail. Almost came off the bike as i had to avoid there two dogs after almost hitting one. Reached the end of that short section at a strech of forest road and the sign clearly stated no walking on the trial.

rottitera02

If you are after a really good wheel Stu that can handle loads of abuse(read air)!!.....then hand built wheels are significantly stronger than machine built ones but they are expensive.....expect to pay around £200+ for a rear handbuilt.

rottitera02

EVENING.....M/Mick, how are you bud ?

mountain mick

rottitera02 wrote:

EVENING.....M/Mick, how are you bud ?

hi steve not too bad bad bit pissed off as i could of been out with the local mtb club as the ride tonight was pretty local on the trans pennine trail. as i could of finished early at work but management had other idea's for my skills

rottitera02

Typical management....always throwing the spanner in the works....':roll:'

mountain mick

yeah they even forgot about the supervisor being on holiday today :?
plus i ended up sorting boxes out that mangement were aware off being too cheap to use some 2 weeks ago, ended up sorting 3 trailer's out with 26 pallet's on each full of product's and boxes that were damaged after being crushed by the weight

oh and the trailer's are for frozen bread temp of -26

rottitera02

Oh dear Mick...that can only mean driving a fork lift in Alaskan temperatures.........hope you have a fork truck license and they provided you with protective clothing against the cold temps......''

maloo

rottitera02 wrote:

If you are after a really good wheel Stu that can handle loads of abuse(read air)!!.....then hand built wheels are significantly stronger than machine built ones but they are expensive.....expect to pay around £200+ for a rear handbuilt.

I best get saving then ! Although this does mean I got no choice but to use the singlspeed for Cannock :shock:

mountain mick

no protection given plus i had help so we took it in turns going on and off
plus that was the lowest temp as it did go up to around -10, so not too bad.
we used hand pump trucks, not got a full fork lift license yet surpose to be doing it in the near future with morrisons

rottitera02

maloo wrote:

rottitera02 wrote:

If you are after a really good wheel Stu that can handle loads of abuse(read air)!!.....then hand built wheels are significantly stronger than machine built ones but they are expensive.....expect to pay around £200+ for a rear handbuilt.

I best get saving then ! Although this does mean I got no choice but to use the singlspeed for Cannock :shock:

Take the wheel off yer singlespeed then.......it's an easy enough job.....

maloo

Will do if i can be bothered, means swapping over cassettes and brake discs.

rottitera02

mountain mick wrote:

no protection given plus i had help so we took it in turns going on and off
plus that was the lowest temp as it did go up to around -10, so not too bad.
we used hand pump trucks, not got a full fork lift license yet surpose to be doing it in the near future with morrisons

I used to work in a farm (i have a fork truck license) and we had to load the trailers up with pallets of produce within cold storage...the floor was always wet and slippy.....we had a new lad start who had just gained his fork license and he tried to copy us by doing a 360 degree spin before entering an isle between shelving made of dexion.....the silly pratt hit the leg of the dexion and all the shelves fell down like a pack of cards.....i never laughed so much in my life......a/ we told him not to try it........b/ needless to say he lost his job.

rottitera02

maloo wrote:

Will do if i can be bothered, means swapping over cassettes and brake discs.

Easy peasy....take you an hour at most....unless of course you wanna struggle a little on the singlespeed at cannock...

mountain mick

rottitera02

Hmmmm....no sign of Chesley tonight...he went to Dalby on a skills couarse today,wonder how he got on .....hope he didn't faceplant it........''

Cheshley

All present and correct, no faceplants, in fact no offs at all

Evenin all

kangaroo

hello, did you get to do worry gill

Cheshley

Maloo, I'm recommending Mavic XM719 rims on Hope Pro II hubs and DT Competition spokes from Merlin. Costly at about £170 and the Hope Hub should have a cassette with an Alloy carrier (Shimano XT or above or high end SRAM), OR replace the alloy freehub with a steel one. both options cost about the same but changing the Freehub will give you more options and will last a lot longer.

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

hello, did you get to do worry gill

No idea where that is mate. I do recognise the swoopy berm section that Mick refers to in his earlier post tho.

switchback18

Cheshley wrote:

kangaroo wrote:

hello, did you get to do worry gill

No idea where that is mate. I do recognise the swoopy berm section that Mick refers to in his earlier post tho.

Sorry, edit, Worry Gill is the biggest drop we saw today, at the bottom of the set of log drops & the downhill below it.