Bottom Bracket Downhill Only Club

Stevo_666
Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
edited September 2017 in The bottom bracket
After the roaring and injury free success last Friday of the inaugural outing of the club for people who like adrenaline more than pedalling :D, I'm organising a return trip in the summer.

Friday 26th June is the date, Bike Park Wales near Merthyr Tydfil is the venue.

trail_map_feb_2015.jpg

Anyone interested post on here (or drop me a PM if you secretly like The Dark Side but don't want to admit on Bottom Bracket). The uplift only takes bookings 3 months in advance so we can only book later this month, but it fills up pretty quickly - I'll let people know when and how to book if there are any takers.

Be there or be square :wink:
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,195
    I can recommend a good hotel......
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    You do know GCHQ and M15 routinely monitor social media for people who are trying to convert others to extremist radicalism. Obviously another Suicide mission recruitment, even if the last one was just a hoax!

    9 guys wearing body armour in a mini bus at some training camp in deepest darkest Wales? Just saying!
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,195
    tim wand wrote:
    You do know GCHQ and M15 routinely monitor social media for people who are trying to convert others to extremist radicalism. Obviously another Suicide mission recruitment, even if the last one was just a hoax!

    9 guys wearing body armour in a mini bus at some training camp in deepest darkest Wales? Just saying!

    It may have been a hoax, but someone from my cycling club went there on Saturday and split his kidney!
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    After the roaring and injury free success last Friday of the inaugural outing of the club for people who like adrenaline more than pedalling :D, I'm organising a return trip in the summer.

    Friday 26th June is the date, Bike Park Wales near Merthyr Tydfil is the venue.

    trail_map_feb_2015.jpg

    Anyone interested post on here (or drop me a PM if you secretly like The Dark Side but don't want to admit on Bottom Bracket). The uplift only takes bookings 3 months in advance so we can only book later this month, but it fills up pretty quickly - I'll let people know when and how to book if there are any takers.

    Be there or be square :wink:

    I am confused. Roadies talking about dirt.

    Yes I read the other threads but still. There is hope for you yet.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    tim wand wrote:
    You do know GCHQ and M15 routinely monitor social media for people who are trying to convert others to extremist radicalism. Obviously another Suicide mission recruitment, even if the last one was just a hoax!

    9 guys wearing body armour in a mini bus at some training camp in deepest darkest Wales? Just saying!
    If me and Mr h can get 2 more takers we can be the 'Four Lions'. (Lurker77 said he and his brother might be up for it, just before he went AWOL).
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    nicklouse wrote:
    I am confused. Roadies talking about dirt.

    Yes I read the other threads but still. There is hope for you yet.
    I'm trying to cure them.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Wheelspinner
    Wheelspinner Posts: 6,711
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    I am confused. Roadies talking about dirt.

    Yes I read the other threads but still. There is hope for you yet.
    I'm trying to cure them.

    Nah, it will all end in tears.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,488
    "The longest ride I have done is 55 miles..."

    ROFL

    I found the very place for you lot
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,488
    Stevo can't make the 'Toothpaste' because it is 2 miles over his absolute limit.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    pinarello001 wrote:
    "The longest ride I have done is 55 miles..."

    ROFL

    I found the very place for you lot
    I'll take that as a 'no' then :)
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • tim_wand
    tim_wand Posts: 2,552
    If me and Mr h can get 2 more takers we can be the 'Four Lions'. (Lurker77 said he and his brother might be up for it, just before he went AWOL).

    " It aint an amusement park! Its a Theme Park (Bike Park) Rubber Dinghy Rapids Innit yer ! "

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  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    DT140_102-103_Hillbilly-Huckfest.jpg
    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

    Desmond Tutu
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    Slowmart wrote:
    DT140_102-103_Hillbilly-Huckfest.jpg
    What's not to like? Just take a 'zero' out and it's pretty much spot on :P
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,864
    Much as I like the dirt and wide tyres, not fookin' likely mate. Yes, I know I'm a big jessie.
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,864
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    What's not to like? Just take a 'zero' out and it's pretty much spot on :P
    We saw the picture of you getting some air, you didn't make 4" let alone 4'.
    Yes, I know that's still 4" more than me.
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,488
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    pinarello001 wrote:
    "The longest ride I have done is 55 miles..."

    ROFL

    I found the very place for you lot
    I'll take that as a 'no' then :)

    It's is only a NO because of work commitments. I can bash out a 60+ mile ride any time of year without paying £25 for the privilege and forking out for new wheels and tyres.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    Veronese68 wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    What's not to like? Just take a 'zero' out and it's pretty much spot on :P
    We saw the picture of you getting some air, you didn't make 4" let alone 4'.
    Yes, I know that's still 4" more than me.
    Matt got some footage on his phone of us doing a bit more than a 4" drop off, honest.

    There is actually green run (and a pump track)...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,864
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    There is actually green run (and a pump track)...
    Would I be allowed stabilisers? The 29er is a bit high up and I get scared.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    pinarello001 wrote:
    It's is only a NO because of work commitments. I can bash out a 60+ mile ride any time of year without paying £25 for the privilege and forking out for new wheels and tyres.
    Roughly translated as:
    07725174332_chicken-suit-sentence.jpg
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,488
    You'll have to do better than that Stevo. Your fishing technique peaked and troughed in the space of one weekend.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,864
    At least I have the decency to admit to being chicken.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Cluck cluck cluck.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matt got some footage on his phone of us doing a bit more than a 4" drop off, honest.

    POIDH...
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    Pesky Jones wrote:
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Matt got some footage on his phone of us doing a bit more than a 4" drop off, honest.

    POIDH...
    That does say more than 4 inches BTW :D

    But I am reliant on the camera man to post his footage - Matt?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    Haha so it does. It is quarter to two, will Matthew H still be able to use his phone?
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    Pesky Jones wrote:
    Haha so it does. It is quarter to two, will Matthew H still be able to use his phone?
    I'm not sure he goes to the pub every lunchtime, unlike the evenings...
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,195
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    Pesky Jones wrote:
    Haha so it does. It is quarter to two, will Matthew H still be able to use his phone?
    I'm not sure he goes to the pub every lunchtime, unlike the evenings...

    No pub as budget time - lunch fetched by minions and eaten whilst on a 14hr day :(

    Footage doesn't do it justice, but too big for work email so I need to find another way!
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,796
    matthew h wrote:
    Footage doesn't do it justice, but too big for work email so I need to find another way!
    Upload it onto Youtube/Vimeo/something like that?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,195
    Stevo 666 wrote:
    matthew h wrote:
    Footage doesn't do it justice, but too big for work email so I need to find another way!
    Upload it onto Youtube/Vimeo/something like that?

    Restraining order includes YouTube
  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    Footage never does justice, you just have to 2x in head

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