http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:45:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://singletrackworld.com/forum/search.php http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698658 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:31:53 +0000 TheFunkyMonkey 698658@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I was in that race, was only 16. I got right through in to the final with peaty. Managed to keep up with him for about 150 meters, by the end he&#39;d finished almost a minute in front of me!<br /> He was on a single pivot kona, gold swingarm and green frame I think. I came 4th in the final, out of 4 lol. I was on a proflex 856 with manitou 4 forks. Got a great bag of goodies and my name published in cycling plus too.<br /> Few of my mates were in too, one came off hard, still got back on and finished tho. Found out later that day he&#39;d fractured his collar bone and arm in 2 places!<br /> Those were the days.... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698532 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:47:17 +0000 ChatsworthMusters 698532@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I remember doing a car rally with a stage that started at the top of the Belmont Road, and went along the rough stretch, past the Pigeon Tower, under the Pike, past the kennels and finished somewhere near where the cheeky track across the moor goes. Can&#39;t imagine that getting permission nowadays. Tony Pond came in his souped up Metro. Put the fear of God into everyone. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698514 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:43:45 +0000 traildog 698514@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I remember the marshals shouting at the walkers to get out of the way when a round of the race set off. I also remember a few dosey walkers not really realising what was going on and nearly causing a few crashes. You wouldn&#39;t get away with running a race like that nowadays... <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698410 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:19:17 +0000 binners 698410@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Theres a &#39;line&#39; down the ice cream run? Well I never</p> <p>Best thing I&#39;ve seen down there was a mate hitting the one remaining piece of tarmac, pumping the suspension ready for the drop-off. It was covered in sheet ice. He went down hard and went off the edge on his arse with his bike on top of him</p> <p>I fell off I was laughing so hard </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698409 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:19:17 +0000 kingkongsfinger 698409@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I rode all the way up it last week without &quot;dabbing&quot;:D</p> <p>Also saw the downhill race&#39;s down it in the 1990&#39;s, saw some superbly painful crashes on the events.</p> <p>They started at the top of the pike, right at the bottom along Georges Lane and then down the &quot;icecream run/Elimantor&quot;.</p> <p>It was so radical dude back in the day,everyone was well stoked with their DCD&#39;s on, an awesome event, I almost did a 540 Wilton as I was bodacious with my coaster brake on full lock. <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_redface.gif" title=":oops:" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> :oops: </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698399 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:14:56 +0000 hora 698399@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>re 4x4&#39;s on that descent - let them go for it. 4x4ing is great fun and there aint many places you can do it legally.</blockquote></p> <p>Two things I&#39;d like to retry again; horse riding and mx&#39;ing. Bet that doesnt sit well with the nerd-live-with-your-parents-on in a student house at 30 mtb&#39;ers on there though. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698361 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:04:32 +0000 peachos 698361@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>damn it - i was on a rigid marin. i so nearly could have been world champ...</p> <p>re 4x4&#39;s on that descent - let them go for it. 4x4ing is great fun and there aint many places you can do it legally. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698328 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:53:18 +0000 coffeeking 698328@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;ve 4x4d up it in a hilux surf, it&#39;s great fun. And IMO 4x4ers only make that route more fun and varying, it was never a natural nice singletrack to wreck. re getting stuck - thats part of the fun of 4x4ing, getting stuck and finding a way out of it, even if it means reversing the whole way down again lol.</p> <p>Also ridden it since I was a kid, back then on a fully rigid al-carter timbertrail. I swear I&#39;m no faster now! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698299 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:44:57 +0000 MrSparkle 698299@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Yes, saw Mr Peat on a rigid Kona there back in the day. I also once saw a Landrover Disco stuck 3/4 of the way up. Driver ramming rocks under back wheel for traction whilst trying to look as if he knew what he was doing as the chuckling mountain biker went by. Little lad sat in passenger seat looking worried. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698279 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:39:10 +0000 adt 698279@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I have took the same line down there for years </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698268 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:37:19 +0000 adt 698268@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <br /> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698267 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:36:49 +0000 adt 698267@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>yes that was it ,I didnt enter it but remember sombody saying he was on a rigid Kona </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698263 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:35:56 +0000 cp 698263@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>4x4&#39;s just move the surface around a bit so boring samey old lines don&#39;t develop too much <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698235 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:28:39 +0000 Junkyard 698235@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>It is an actual road not a BOAT but a road...hard to believe but true. I have been up it in a 4x4 and I am not sure how on earth they could ruin it.<br /> MTB ers in the grden and Motor cross bikes are doing far more damage. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698205 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:21:09 +0000 peachos 698205@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p><blockquote>adt - Member<br /> Steve Peat once won a DH race down there </blockquote></p> <p>was that the 4x event - circa &#39;96??? i think i entered that too but didn&#39;t win or go on to be DH world champ... </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698202 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:20:20 +0000 hora 698202@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Theres been a few cars that Ive tried getting up there. I once saw a X5 stuck halfway up with the owner trying to reverse back down with ALL 4 passengers still in the car. It was possibly the most painful thing to watch as it passed funny into pain <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_sad.gif" title=":(" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698190 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:16:50 +0000 Vortexracing 698190@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>there is still 1 chunk of tarmac left, makes anice drop off onto &#39;babies head&#39; size rocks <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":-)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698149 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:04:28 +0000 simonfbarnes 698149@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>I understand that 50 years ago it was a proper tarmac road! </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698111 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:53:53 +0000 adt 698111@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Steve Peat once won a DH race down there </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698100 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:50:27 +0000 nbt 698100@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>The ice cream van is not normally there at night <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_wink.gif" title=";)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698092 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:48:40 +0000 ChatsworthMusters 698092@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Correct name is George&#39;s Lane. Still classed as a road (or BOAT or whatever) and that&#39;s why 4x4 drivers keep ruining it. </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698086 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:46:30 +0000 cp 698086@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>often one in the car park at the bottom <img src="http://singletrackworld.com/forum/my-plugins/bbcode-buttons/default/icon_smile.gif" title=":)" class="bb_smilies" alt=""/> </p> http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rivington-why-is-it-called-the-ice-cream-run#post-698084 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:45:57 +0000 piemann 698084@http://singletrackworld.com/forum/ <p>Went last week and did the Belmont descent and the Ice cream run.<br /> Did I miss the ice cream van/stall? </p>