Guided Quantocks weekend anyone. – Page 4 – Bike Forum

sharki · 2011-03-31T19:38:53Z

Due to the success of the guided ride a couple years ago, i'm offering another, but this time a full weekends worth. For those new to STW,the general format of the seemingly enjoyed ride was joining one of three groups, and being dragged around the hills for a few hours one Saturady, we all met up at the same place for a lunch break, before going out for more ups and downs till everyone was either timed out, or wasted. This time i' like to attempt to cram in a two dayer, for social reasons as well as to give you all a chance to experience even more of what the Q's have to offer. Groups will depend on numbers, the more we have the more i can split you into different levels of ability/preferred style, this way nobody feels they're holding anyone up or other possible negative aspects of group riding. If there's enough interest i maybe able to organise a mornings/days up lift service, where you can ply your skills on one of the 25+ DH runs in Triscombe if that's your kind of thing. All features can be rode around/ rolled so you don't need to be able to jump.They vary from steep, very steep to near vert. Smooth and drifty or rooty and off camber as. Session stuff or do full runs, nothing more than 3 mins, most runs less than 2 mins. If there's not enough interest in DH, then it'll be a day out in the hills both days, with over 80miles of permitted trails it's just a matter of pacing yourself and riding till your weak. As a guide a 18 mile ride will be around 1000m of ascent/descent and will take 2.5hrs for the average mountain biker. There's a variety of B&Bs in the area though the best vfm is to hire out an old scout hut, it's basic, but has showers, toilets and cooking facilities for a self catering. I might be able to get someone to prepare a meal for us all at a cost. So there's the offer, sometime in the next 4 weeks, or 8 so i can return to guide. Check over your diaries, book the baby sitters, TELL your partners you're away for the weekend and get here. No car, no probs, there's a train station nearby and i'll find a way to shuttle you and you kit to the hills. I've booked in some weather for all this year, so there's no excuse there.. This is not a race just a social guided ride on probably the best of the uk's natural trails. All you need is a bike and a little bit of energy. Ladies and gents only!

knottie8

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Ahem , Andy wasnt the only person to try to run me down !

Posted : 07/05/2011 11:02 pm

Ambrose

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I'm a bit annoyed that I missed this event. Grrr, Oh well, next time eh?

Posted : 07/05/2011 11:40 pm

sharki

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Thanks for coming guys.
Round two tomorrow.
Buzz, 10 at cpg.
We'll be heading over to triscombe for some dhlite, then some other built trails followed by the chimney.
Time then to drop a few early leavers off at cpg before the remainder, descend for a pub grub nom and more trails.

Posted : 08/05/2011 12:30 am

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OK I'll bring the fat bike

Posted : 08/05/2011 8:03 am

rondo101

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Thanks for today sharki. I'll certainly be returning to the Qs again when it's drier to do those dhlite trails faster and try a few more of the coombes. And hopefully without that headwind back to the car park. Ooof.

Posted : 08/05/2011 6:34 pm

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Loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I couldn't make today but shoulders are ****ed after some of the Saturday descents.

Once more I learnt to embrace the slide and that sideways is as much fun as downwards some times.

I am now on a roll, one ride in a row without blood*, breakage or other injury!

*Okay they was some blood but 'It was but a flesh wound' so I don't count it.

Posted : 08/05/2011 7:18 pm

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Few more pics from todays ride.

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5700445362/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5700449354/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5700460308/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5699905441/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5699911475/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5700487826/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5700493320/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/quantocks/5700467424/ ]Quantocks with Sharki 080511[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/quantocks/ ]hopster007[/url], on Flickr

Posted : 08/05/2011 7:39 pm

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Dibbs

What is the expression about " sex and travel"

X

BTW I looked just alot buff imho

see drugs do work 😉

Posted : 08/05/2011 9:29 pm

knottie8

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NIce pics of today .

Posted : 08/05/2011 9:33 pm

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Well that was proper good that was. Loved it on Saturday; epic climbs, and wicked downhills. Seemed like hundreds of miles but was actually about what, 16 in total or something? 😆

Fantastic day's riding, followed by a great night down the pub. Nice grub and beer, still don't understand the rules of that billiards game, found Golden Retriever hairs in me mouth this morning, somebody who shall remain nameless but what rides an orange Orange Five and shares a name with a former Man U goalkeeper apparently fell asleep on't bog. Excellent. And no Babylonian involvement- bonus! 🙂

I'll deffo be coming again, but I might bring a bike what actually flippin works propply next time so that I can actually ride the trails and not end up losing control due to not being able to slow down sufficiently to control the bike then having a tantrum and lobbing the thing down the trail. 😳

Sharki is an excellent guide and ride leader, thanks mate, well appreciated.

Posted : 08/05/2011 9:43 pm

captaincarbon

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At least the rain stayed off while you fixed it!

Thanks Sharki for organising it, will definately be fitter next time and my lad enjoyed it immensly.... Spent a few hours in A&E on Sunday afternoon as he had fallen and broken his wrist....and he didnt say a word!

Posted : 09/05/2011 8:48 am

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i had grit in my crack, 3 day pants, entertained strange men in my tent, torrential rain, howling head winds, lay next to a 3 meter metal pole during a lightening storm, got hay blasted, rode testical shredding trails, got arse whipped by a chinese man, ate a deer and met weird cyber cyclists

it was great

i then got home to find a potential hobo stove sitting on my draining board

captaincarbonson - heal well

😀

Posted : 09/05/2011 9:14 am

saladdodger

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Elf I now understand why my dog was a bit tramatised on sunday 👿

Posted : 09/05/2011 10:16 pm

Elfinsafety

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Heh! That pub mustuv bin covered in hair by the time we left! 😆

Lovely dog btw. 🙂

Posted : 09/05/2011 10:19 pm

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yea that was a bit embarresing tbh

Me and Jayne will definatly go back ace pub with superb grub

See ya next time it was good to meet up with you folks

Salad

Posted : 09/05/2011 10:25 pm

buzz-lightyear

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Hi sharki sorry I had ride off before lunchtime regroup. Hope to catch up with you some other time.

Posted : 10/05/2011 12:03 am

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