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  • STW Get-together, Morzine, Aug 15th 2016
  • Mbnut
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    Ok, so a slight change of plan…. no Pila now so in Morzine till 10th/11th before heading to Les Arcs.

    Does anyone fancy a more remote/pedally ride at all? We are free from Sunday 7th till Wednesday 10th. I am about to book canyoning and via ferrata so a couple of days will be taken up doing other stuff.

    Ade, sorry a bit late for you, having a sorting out morning but shout and i’ll keep an eye on this thread.

    Ahsf, a spin would be great once i get to Les Arcs, or if you do hang around in Morzine give us a shout.

    Stoner, I hope your fingers on the mend… saw your other post and thinking about heading to La Marmotte Bar to enjoy the entertainment this evening, it’d be good to say hello… I will be the sad looking guy in a riding top as I managed to leave my pile of tee shirts neatly folded up on the bed back in the UK… Haven’t had a chance to find a reasonably priced shop to grab a couple yet!

    Got to say it is good to be in the mountains!!

    Stoner
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    Mbnut will be in marmotte tonight but afraid the music is now fortnightly not weekly, sorry. Got that wrong.

    Look for a bloke with two brats, lovely wife and defective hand. Might be able to do a ride together maybe Sunday, or in the week depending on plans to go to Italy for a few days

    ade9933
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    Nice one – yeah Sunday or Monday could be do-able.

    How about the Samoens descent?

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    Stoner
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    Ade, if my van is back on the road (will know this time tomorrow), you, me and mbnut could meet at pleney / chavannes and lift up to ranfoilly, ride to col du joux plan and down the bourgeoise descent and Mrs Stoner can collect us from Samoens as she would then ride her Road bike back.

    ade9933
    Free Member

    Awesome Stoner – sounds great. Will watch this space.

    ade9933
    Free Member

    & if mbnut really wants to make it really pedally, he could ride back up the hill too 😉

    Stoner
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    For a pedally ride we can do my favourite loop:

    1000m of lift assistance
    600m of pedally climbing
    25km

    Pleney lift
    Les Gets
    Chavannes lift
    Tour De plateau de loux
    Les Gets
    Chery bubble lift
    Mont Caly
    Col d’Encrenaz
    Col de la basse
    Les Paquis
    Les bois noirs
    Essert Rommand

    But we can save that one for later

    ade9933
    Free Member

    Cool… fingers crossed for the van 🙂

    Mbnut
    Free Member

    Hello

    No Marmotte tonight which is a shame, rode down that way earlier to find it but didn’t see it, is it near the pizzeria place?

    As far as a ride goes we would be very much up for that, there is actually 2 of us so it maybe that I will have to ride back up the hill!! It says it is only 572m of ascent… sounds dreamy on super gravity tyres ;-D

    To be honest I am not against the idea of your favourite loop Stoner, sounds a good ‘un.

    At the moment I have the option of canyoning Sunday morning or Monday afternoon so I will hold off booking till I hear from you…

    Hope the beers are flowing well…

    Stoner
    Free Member

    La Marmotte d’Or – bar tabac Montriond

    https://goo.gl/maps/cpSURfg7Ze92

    It’s behind the casino shop, has the large terrace to one side

    We might well manage 4xbikes on the back, but I’ve never tried it with grown up sized ones. We can fit inside OK.

    Let’s wait to see if M Tilley has fixed my clutch master cylinder first!

    Stoner
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    Guys, no news from the garage about the van so I’m afraid it looks like Sunday on the bourgeoise is out.

    Weather looks good on Sunday though. We can do an easy version of the pedally route, missing out the col de la basse climb.

    Meeting at bottom of pleney first lift and bottom of chavannes for les gets people?

    MSP
    Full Member

    I am booked into a hotel in Morzine, from the 17th to the 21st, the Hotel Le Grand Tetras, but I can’t make it. I have untill sunday to cancel my booking before paying the full price, so if anyone wants to take that booking off me and negotiate with them for time periods I will give them the deposit (65euros).

    jambalaya
    Free Member

    MSP let me think, I really want 14-16th to meet up STWers on the thread. Grand Tetris I like, simple and good value

    MSP
    Full Member

    ps I booked a double bed, because I don’t llike to sleep on a tripwire.

    Mbnut
    Free Member

    Good evening Stoner, Sunday morning at the bottom of the Pleney sounds great.

    What time?

    Stoner
    Free Member

    Pleney first lift is 9ish I think so shall we say between then and 9:15.

    We’ll be at chavannes by 9:30. Will finalise the route when we’re all together.

    I will wear a red rose in my lapel and ask for a light for my cigarette. You will say “the lamas fly North for easter” be the tall bloke mainly in black on a canyon nerve. Waving half a hand around suggestively

    ade9933
    Free Member

    Sunday 9:30 by the chavannes sounds great. See you there Boyos. I’ll be on a bright green cube stereo, with bright green forks. I will mostly be wearing bike clothes and an Urge veggie lid and a red camelback.

    Good luck with the van!

    tymbian
    Free Member

    What’s the van for?
    I’ll have a word with my companions and see what they say..so is the STW meet now on the 14th?
    The reason I ask about the van is because I’ve a LWB Sprinter that seats 7 ( we are 5 ) but could probably get 20+ bikes in..

    Stoner
    Free Member

    The van is for a lift back from Samoens. However since mine is still off the road we’re doing a different route instead.
    Meeting on this Sunday 7th is not instead of 15th,just an extra get together for those around this Sunday morning

    Mbnut
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    Great stuff… I shall see you at the bottom of the Pleney at 9…

    I will be on a Spesh Enduro and my lad will be on a Transition Bandit, he’ll probably be yawning and wondering how long there has been two 9 o’clocks in one day!

    Just a quick check, is this a knee pads and normal helmet kinda day…

    Cheers

    Stoner
    Free Member

    Normal helmet.

    I don’t own any other protective gear. Knee pads for those with knees worth saving then 🙂

    ade9933
    Free Member

    Oh yeah good question on the helmet.. I usually just go with the FF over here but if we are doing a good amount of pedalling I’ll dress UK non-uplift style.

    I have soft pads so will have them anyway… bikes all sound pretty similar 🙂

    tymbian
    Free Member

    OK. Brilliant. Have fun..ride safe.
    I’ll be watching the topic re the 15th

    Ambrose
    Full Member

    I really want to do the Bourgouesie ride- but not ride back up. On the 15th, how are we going to shuttle this?

    jambalaya
    Free Member

    Bourgesoise not scheduled for 15th I think due to timings and Weeksy needing to get back to Burgandy. Let’s think about it for the following day perhaps ?

    Ambrose
    Full Member

    Any time really between 14 and 26th will be good for me. It will be good to ride something new.

    Stoner
    Free Member

    My van and chauffeurse should be in action again next weekend onwards to assist in getting three or poss even four of us back from Samoens so we will have options nearer the time

    makkag
    Free Member

    this time next week i will be somewhere outside Pa de calais driving down .. cant wait 13 days in the mountains !!

    Mbnut
    Free Member

    Just confirming all good to go here for the morning.

    Heading to the fireworks at Montriond via food at Marottes.

    ade9933
    Free Member

    For me – still on for tomorrow. See you at the chavannes in Les Gets (the bottom) at 9:30.

    Stoner
    Free Member

    Yep all on for me too.

    I’m up at the lac now mbnut. Why don’t we try and catch up.

    I’ve emailed you the other day. My no. Is on the bottom of the email.

    Stoner
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    Ade, I don’t have your email address so a thread post will have to do. Mbnut has had to drop out. Im just at the pleney caisse so will be a little after 930 at chavannes. Grab a coffee.

    Mbnut
    Free Member

    So sorry guys…. all the prep in the world last night and we pull the bikes out to find a flat, a bladder that randomly sprung a leak and my lads trail lid had managed to sustain damage to the retaining system… the subsequent faffing just pushed us into the too late for people to wait zone.

    Super frustrated as these rides are the ones I have been looking forward to… a break from the bike park would have been lovely.

    Hope you are having a good one.

    Stoner
    Free Member

    Great ride. Just back to the bottom of the pleney and ade on his way back to les gets.

    First proper ride of summer for me so I was a bit out of shape compared to the very fit ade! Perfect weather.

    Picon biere going down well.

    Mbnut, keep in touch by email. May well get another chance.

    makkag
    Free Member

    Well my bikes checked, serviced, alpine ish tyres on and stored. just got to get through the week and the drive down now . Hoping the weather holds as my backs feeling good after test rides Physio and gym. No doubt I will be blowing out my arse come about 11am on the 15th though as majorly lacking bike fitness. Hopefully won’t hold the group up too much

    ade9933
    Free Member

    Hey there – thanks Stoner. Great off-piste grintastic route it was ace exploring the area, discovering new beer stops and learning about the area too.

    Thanks a lot!!!

    Hope to do it again some time.

    Ade

    ade9933
    Free Member

    p.s. lbs in Les gets (Nevada) sorted the free hub play by popping a small spacer ring in. Seems good to go again now. All I need is another pass to test it properly

    Stoner
    Free Member

    I’m guessing spacer will only be temporary fix as it will cut in again soon enough. Do less climbing and more lifts it my prescription

    Thanks for the company on the trail

    ade9933
    Free Member

    Will let you know 🙂 sounds like a conversation for another beer.

    weeksy
    Full Member

    SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO jealous !

    Are we there yet ?

    lol

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