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

sparrowlegs78

116.6 miles for us, so I've just found a nice camp site .......might as well make a weekend of it if we can make it, bought a big new tent so I want to use it
Caz xx

kangaroo

id like to go to dallby. i need to persuade myself the distance is worth it

mountain mick

rottitera02 wrote:

puddle-rider wrote:

Re June slow ride.

It's a 100 miles for me but well worth it !! I promise.

Same here....have had a look at the vids on you tube and can't wait ....especially the long descents .....including the one from the gliding club......':D'

hi steve could you send me the link to the vids on youtube as i'm undecided weather to come or not

hi caz if i decide to come down it'll be for the weekend so we could meet up and stay at the same campsite, so what is the campsite that you have found?

Cheshley

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

116.6 miles for us, so I've just found a nice camp site .......might as well make a weekend of it if we can make it, bought a big new tent so I want to use it
Caz xx

Caz, check these guys out. I was looking at this for our meeting point as they have bike shop/pub/cafe facilities but Mike says the routes work better starting in town. I think this is only a couple of miles from where we're starting tho.

http://camping-shropshire.co.uk/content/camping

sparrowlegs78

Cheshley wrote:

sparrowlegs78 wrote:

116.6 miles for us, so I've just found a nice camp site .......might as well make a weekend of it if we can make it, bought a big new tent so I want to use it
Caz xx

Caz, check these guys out. I was looking at this for our meeting point as they have bike shop/pub/cafe facilities but Mike says the routes work better starting in town. I think this is only a couple of miles from where we're starting tho.

http://camping-shropshire.co.uk/content/camping

Ta chuck, will go have a look
Caz xx

Cheshley

kangaroo wrote:

id like to go to dallby. i need to persuade myself the distance is worth it

If you've never been before I would say it's well worth the trip mate. The sections I've ridden don't flow as well as somewhere like Llandegla but the overall ride is a lot tougher and more technical than there. And the full Red is about 24 miles

rottitera02

Here you go Mick...this is just one of the descents on you tube......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI6J0alsMKk

Also here is a link to information on the routes around Lomg Mynd.......

http://www.flattyresmtbroutes.com/Longm ... chair.html

mountain mick

cheers steve i'll take a look

rottitera02

Cazzzzzzzzzzz are you here?

rottitera02

ATTENTION ALL PEOPLE GOING ON THE LONG MYND RIDE IN JUNE....

All those wishing to camp it let me know as myself and Mick are trying to arrange camping for the weekend.

Please answer ASAP so we can sort something out....Thanks.

Steve.

@ CHESLEY....can you have a word with muddypuddles and see if he can reccomend anywhere for camping....Ta

phoebian

Camping sounds good!

Cheshley

rottitera02 wrote:

ATTENTION ALL PEOPLE GOING ON THE LONG MYND RIDE IN JUNE....

All those wishing to camp it let me know as myself and Mick are trying to arrange camping for the weekend.

Please answer ASAP so we can sort something out....Thanks.

Steve.

@ CHESLEY....can you have a word with muddypuddles and see if he can reccomend anywhere for camping....Ta

who......?

Did you have a look at the link I posted for Caz to have a look at?

Cheshley

phoebian wrote:

Camping sounds good!

Si will be in the woods making a bivvi out of sticks and moss.....

puddle-rider

Guys,
I don't know about camp sites but the Tourist Info at Church Stretton will guide you and B&B's abound in the area. I'll bring some marked up copies of OS maps with some ideas for further rides if any one wants to do another ride on the Sunday.

Nalla

How slow and unfit can i be? :oops:

I'd like to come along to the Cannock ride, the wife bought me an amazing bike for my birthday/xmas but I haven't been anywhere other than local bridleways.

I can get up hills.....slowly with a 200bpm heart rate and I'm fairly unskilled but very willing! :shock:

Thanks

sparrowlegs78

Nalla,
you'll be fine, I have been out 2 times with everyone and I am always at the back, pushing uphills, they'll wait for the last one, it means they get a reast really
Caz xx

Cheshley

Nalla wrote:

How slow and unfit can i be? :oops:

I'd like to come along to the Cannock ride, the wife bought me an amazing bike for my birthday/xmas but I haven't been anywhere other than local bridleways.

I can get up hills.....slowly with a 200bpm heart rate and I'm fairly unskilled but very willing! :shock:

Thanks

You'll be fine mate, as Caz says, the faster riders wait for the slower ones to catch up, nobody has been left behind. Keep an eye out for the meeting info which should be forthcoming very soon.

What bike you got?

mountain mick

well do you think i'm taking this sport a bit too far as after servicing my rear shock i needed some sort of workstation. So i gone out and got one and now i'm nicely set up now.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44868051@N08/

Cheshley

mountain mick wrote:

well do you think i'm taking this sport a bit too far as after servicing my rear shock i needed some sort of workstation. So i gone out and got one and now i'm nicely set up now.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44868051@N08/

nice bit of kit there mate. what do you do when you need to take a tool kit away with you?

mountain mick

Cheshley wrote:

mountain mick wrote:

well do you think i'm taking this sport a bit too far as after servicing my rear shock i needed some sort of workstation. So i gone out and got one and now i'm nicely set up now.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44868051@N08/

nice bit of kit there mate. what do you do when you need to take a tool kit away with you?

Well i only got the tool chest today other then that i've use a small protable tool box that i got with the tools from park tools

Nalla

Cheshley wrote:

You'll be fine mate, as Caz says, the faster riders wait for the slower ones to catch up, nobody has been left behind. Keep an eye out for the meeting info which should be forthcoming very soon.

What bike you got?

Thanks both, I'll do a few rides in the meantime to warm up

As for the bike, id been saving for ages for a Zesty 314 and had finally got enough and she asked me to wait, Next thing i know i get a shiny Zesty 914! .
So all the gear and no idea basically, although I've been having fun out on my own i think it would be fun in a group.
Looking forward to it!

mountain mick

you are one lucky man

I think you will be making a lot of people jelious when you meet everyone

kangaroo

nice bike or what

phoebian

Cheshley wrote:

phoebian wrote:

Camping sounds good!

Si will be in the woods making a bivvi out of sticks and moss.....

lmao

Would rather use my poncho but that could work!

kangaroo

ok MEETING PLACE for the 15th will be....

Marquis Drive

i will try to find the correct post code, cause the one google gives me take you a few miles away

in the mean time here is the coordinates
52.73640209020312,-1.9968295097351074

this should take you to the road just outside the visitor centre. the visitor centre does have a carpark but for a few feet you there is free parking on the side of the road

the reason ive chosen here instead of BV is that we can start off without going straight to ftd which will be very busy in the morning or a big long climb.
its also better as a bbq destination with a bbq area

kangaroo

here is the link on google maps

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?hl=en& ... 11cca7c88c

also by riding from here it means we do the last section of ftd in the middle of the day when people will have more energy to enjoy it

the bbq . it might be best to watch what happens weather wise next week and we can decide mid week if we want to go for it or not

phoebian

I can get there without my satnav now

kangaroo

does your sat nav have the correct postcode? if so what ist?

sparrowlegs78

Hi peeps,
today I have 2 fully functioning ears D..although the right one now had an oil slick in it the size of Alabama ....olive oil, tiz magic stuff
Caz xx

kangaroo

found a chip shop/cafe at the chase today that sells FAKE harribo

(no i wasnt riding, i was just up that way)