Crudcatcher Weekend Ride - Inners/GT - 27/28/29 Jul
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From what I can tell on the website, there are mattresses of a type, so just bring a sleeping bag. Maybe a sleeping mat as well, but I recon the mattresses will be fine.
1. Week.
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
Join us on UK-MTB we won't bite, but bring cake!
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As there is only a week to go and just to whet your appetite guys
The view from the start of SpookyAttention all planets of the Solar Federation - We have assumed control.0 -
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WOOHOO!
Bails, sleeping bag and pillow is all you'll need. As mule says they've got mattresses in there.0 -
Cannnyyyyy waaaaaaaiiit
Spooky wood is awesome, but I prefer SuperG straight after!
Love this drop on the freeride at GT... canny wait to get off there on the FS bike!
Oh and did someone mention heatwave next week?
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Just a thought here, looking at the Gisburn thread, it may be muddy, wet and in a bit of disrepair. I was thinking, we could always skip Gisburn and head straight to GT for a ride on Friday. There's loads of trails up there, we won't do everything on Saturday.
Or, as an alternative to Gisburn, there's Stainburn.
These are just thoughts which are currently taking my mind off orders It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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Hey, I'm not really fussed either way.
The only thing to consider is that Gisburn was initially intended as somewhere the "daan-saaf cru" (Bails and Lawman) could stop off and stretch their legs. Cannock to GT is a long drive.
Personally I don't mind if we stop off at Gisburn, somewhere else that is on the way, or go directly to GT. Whatever everyone else wants to do is fine by me.0 -
Oh, and I'm sure someone will do anyway, but could I please request that someone makes sure we've got a decent kettle. If I have to go without tea for more than about 10mins, I'm likely to go apeshit and murder you all where you stand.0
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Hi All,
1 Week to go!! Whoot whoot!!
Been reading all of the comments about being unfit and slow up hills:Squarepants wrote:I've hardly ridden for the last - 2 months i'd say ..
Slightly concerned about fitness!cazmotron wrote:You'll still probably beat me up the hills.bails87 wrote:Me too, getting run over is not good for knees!
There seems to have been an improvement over the last few days so hoping for a miraculous recovery over the next week or so.Cat With No Tail wrote:
Neither is mountain biking apparently.
I'm in much better form now than I was 6 months ago though. I'm still not able to run up stairs 2 at a time, jump, or sit on my feet, that kind of stuff. But considering I only started walking again in March, I'm fairly happy with my progress. The main thing limiting my fitness now is more the extra weight I've put on rather than any injuries.
Plus I have some rad and gnarly scars which pretty much makes it all worthwhile. I'm a bit gutted because up until about 6 weeks ago, I'd lost all feeling in my shins, which works well with my flat pedals.thekickingmule wrote:I've not ridden properly for a couple of months either, and haven't ridden at all in the last 2 (or 3!?) weeks! I can assure you, you'll have a partner walking up the hills
Hopefully I'll get out this weekend, but I'm not sure I will. We'll see
And I've been thinking, we'll all be pretty much of a muchness on the climbs then - I won't embarass myself and won't hold everybody up too much.
But then I read this, in this morning's Friday thread in The Crudcatcher:pilch wrote:Morning mongs...mongettes
Terry's chocolate orange cookie for breakfast... nice but no substitute for bacon i'm afraid...
2 races this weekend, one local & one national = more destroyed kit & cleaning lots of things, however really looking forward to next weeks heatwave and Scotland in the dry - that could be a first for me... normally hit with the rain stick every time I go north of the border :?
Following weekend i'm at Afan with some mates if any of you lot are about?
WTF!!
2 races this weekend???
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It's fine, he'll not be so fast once I break his legs and let the air out of his tyres.0
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Proutster wrote:2 races this weekend???
XC racing... you boys will leave me for dead on the downs, then there's the hangover to factor in :shock:0 -
pilch wrote:then there's the hangover to factor in :shock:
Don't you know the old phrase "a hangover shared is a hangover halved"?
I have a feeling most of us will be in the same boat of headache, dehydration & cold-sweatspilch wrote:
XC racing... you boys will leave me for dead on the downs
I've heard that some of you XC racers are pretty useful going downhill as well, but do it without using the words "hardcore, rad, gnar & stoked"....0 -
CWNT I'm bringing my little trangia, it's not great, but it can make a good brew I never camp without it!
With regards to Gisburn, I don't mind either. Who is actually going there, as if it's just us, we can make our own decision on the day I guess.
The weather people are teasing us now. I've been hearing the word 'heatwave' thrown about. So much so, i've added Suncream to the list It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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I'm bringing a family sized box of anadin extra....0
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Whether we stop or not, I'll still be doing the monster drive in one day.
If we're at Gisburn for 12 we'll have left Tom's at 9ish, meaning I'll have to leave mine at 8ish at the very latest, so up at 7 at the latest. So whatever we do, it's going to be a long day with another 3 hours of driving tagged on the end.
How close are we to GT? Right at the start of the trails? If so we could just drive straight up to the campsite and do a cheeky lap/half lap depending on fireroad escape routes when we get there.
BTW, if anyone's got a bit of wood and a couple of bricks we can make a super extreme ramp for jumping over the lake of fire/disposable BBQ.
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bails87 wrote:How close are we to GT?
Like 100m from the trail apparently.0 -
So just going straight there and doing a cheeky afternoon ride isn't out of the question. I doubt we'll get bored if we do it twice in two days!Cat With No Tail wrote:bails87 wrote:How close are we to GT?
Like 100m from the trail apparently. Or we can go and play about on the skills bit and blue run, and do the super gnar black.red on the Saturday? 0 -
Don't mind either option, driving straight there is possibly the better option though... at least you get all the ballaching bit out of the way in one hit, then its all gravy...0
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I'm fine whatever we decide to do.
Actually, what I wanted to ask is if there is a specific "closing time" for GT? I mean, it's light until nearly 10 (plus I have lights anyway). Just wondering.0 -
thekickingmule wrote:The weather people are teasing us now. I've been hearing the word 'heatwave' thrown about. So much so, i've added Suncream to the list
To be fair, they don't know what a heatwave is.
Do you remember Bikeradar live? Trying to ride round Cannock on the way down there, and even when we arrievd at the campsite, past 10pm, it was still like 30deg. and there were like 4 showers for the entire campsite. and I had that shltty little festival tent.
Fark me that was an uncomfortable weekend. Awesome though.0 -
Brews aren't going to be an issue as I've a double gas burner thingy that also has a grill, a little table thingy to put it on and some comfy chairs to sit in whilst supping
if we miss Gisburn out then the drive up might be quicker straight up the M1/A1 to Newcastle couple of cheeky Newky browns then 696 towards peebles sorted!( that road Number may be wrong but i know where I'm going) I'm going to blow the bank on a new build ( within reason ) NOW DONE!!
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If we're heading up past new'astle, can we stop off along the way so we can leave my inlaws in a ditch?0
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Cat With No Tail wrote:If we're heading up past new'astle, can we stop off along the way so we can leave my inlaws in a ditch?
Of Course be rude not to!
have you any requests for in car entertainment btw, hookers and blow being a given I'm going to blow the bank on a new build ( within reason ) NOW DONE!!
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I want a clown.
And a small child with downs whose ears I can touch then lock in a cage and poke with a stick.
And I'm preemptively calling shotgun, both literally and figuratively.
We can get Keith some crayons too, bless his little coton socks.0 -
Right homos.
Sleeping arrangements, because there have been some changes and just so we can be clear:
Proutster
Bails
Tent #1 (can sleep 3 people)
CWNT
Richie 63
kickingMule
Tent #2
NorthernMonkey
SquarePants
Tent #3
Cazmotron
Cazmotrons mate
Tent #4
Lawman
Van #1
Pilch
Pilch's mate
That is unless Pilch is now planning on camping, or his mate needs a tent pitch?
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Still in the van... my mate will be camping, having said that he is away at the moment and i can't get hold of him to confirm he is a definate0
