[Closed] Monday Night Pub Ride – June 22nd – Binners’ Back Door Edition

In*

*subject to various essential bike bits arriving...

I'd like to come. Well see what do.

Also, don't suppose anyone has some Magura Louise BAT pads do they?

I will order some today but don't know if they'll arrive on time 🙁

In

Bregante not sure but was it the spline on your cranks that was the problem. I have a newish XT double with 24 38 rings if any good to keep you mobile until your spares arrive. You could put your existing rings on if cranks suitable.

Cheers for the offer brennak but I'd have to swap the rings too as mine won't take bigger than a 32t middle. Am hopeful some spangly new slx ones will be arriving tomorrow or Saturday. Failing that I might bring the rigid 29er out 😯

IN! Leading from behind, obviously

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Love it!

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If I can still move after mayhem, I'm in. I'll ride at the back with Binners.

Yep I will be there on Monday! Looking forward to it having heard Binners' suggested route...

Any more takers?

Also… I have had my pass stamped (provisionally) to do Mayhem next year, so if anyone is interested in a MNPR team or teams we can start plotting, scheming and planning fancy designer race tops.

We've got some of the Saaaaarf Manchesto Massif joining us tonight too, and rumour has it that.....

*pauses for dramatic effect*

The Enigma himself may be joining us 😯

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Can't make it tonight, son's birthday.

I'd be up for joining an MNPR contingent at MM next year though, count me in. 🙂

I'd be up for joining an MNPR contingent at MM next year though, count me in.

That sounds ideal, it'll be much easier to get permission if I bring the boy with me. Ace!

That sounds ideal, it'll be much easier to get permission if I bring the boy with me. Ace!

Sell it as you and the lad gifting your missus a weekend of leisure time to do all of the stuff that she can’t whilst you are getting under her feet. 😉
I’m hoping that my wife will crack on with painting the soffits, so I’d best make sure that the ladders are easily accessible.

what is the suggested route?

new and improved bike facilities at the H&H now too!

I could tell you the suggested route, but then I'd have to kill you.

Its cheekier than a young Dickensian cockerney rapscallion, starring in an Ealing Comady 😀

You'll have to come along and see!

Do we have a backup route for when Susan has another last n=minute crisis?

*puts Scaled's name on zee list*

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Oot,

will be in the Chilterns, where it's perpetual summer, birds sing, buxom wenches serve tankards of chilled cider, and the riding is bucolic and sun dappled beech groves.

and bloody 5 hours away on the M6...what fun... 😈

Last night there was no way I was going to make it. Right now is a maybe, by this evening it may be a probable. If I'm not there on time I won't be at all.

+1 for MM next year. After this weekend's ordeal I'm thinking being in a team might be a better idea 🙂

Not if you're in a team with me, it won't be 😀

tonight is 50:50 for me currently.

MM 2016 is more or less definite though, i've given myself a pass for it.

*sigh*

Out - MissStripes off work ill. 🙁

I've emailed the committee but my Monday Night Pub Riding has been dealt a somewhat devastating blow over the weekend. I'll struggle to get out on a Monday for the foreseeable future 🙁

Wont be out tonight I'm afraid. Just got home from Scotland and I'm knackered. Poor excuse i know but there it is. Have a good one!

I'm in.

It's raining and Binners is leading. Is that going to cause some sort of rift in the space-time continuum?

Can we please ensure, collectively, that [s]wittonweavers[/s] Susan is subjected to the same amount of grief/piss-taking/mockery and mirth as I would if/when I came out with that.

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Daz - I wouldn't miss this for the world. Hora's coming apparently. Not only that, but he's buying everyone a pint when we get back to the dog and bunny

Hora's coming apparently.

Of course he is..

Can we please ensure, collectively, that wittonweavers Susan is subjected to the same amount of grief/piss-taking/mockery and mirth as I would if/when I came out with that.

Call me what you like but i'm shagged! Getting to an age where its taking longer to recover as well!

Doris! 😛

Can we please ensure, collectively, that wittonweavers Susan is subjected to the same amount of grief/piss-taking/mockery and mirth as I would if/when I came out with that.

The first week you missed we were all saying about how it was wonderful that you'd got this new found freedom and were enjoying the self employed life and nobody took the piss.

By week four we'd assumed that you'd taken the self employment thing a bit far, got yourself a 1960s ambulance and gone all new model army on us or something 😉

I've actually got a shedload of work that I really should be doing tonight. But now the novelty has worn off, I've got my priorities sorted again*

* I know a few people who would take issue with my priorities this evening 😀

In my defence, this is only my 4th 'no-show' of the year... 😀

Call me what you like but i'm shagged!

If you have to take the day off after, I'm calling you "Stallion".

Or did I read that wrong?

I'm calling you "Stallion".

Trust me, thats a first! 😆

Not if you're in a team with me, it won't be

May I remind everyone that a few years ago during one of those rare warm summers, binners joined my 'Hit the North', (as part of a mixed) team and we won!, Yes won. The glory and podium were ours for a brief few minutes.
Wipes away tear at the memory.

The result is provisional as we are still reviewing the "B" sample.

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Don't ihold the record as the only HTN winner to have also finished last in a subsequent year?

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In a rare attempt at being a good husband (a non-married one I might add), and seeing as I've been away all weekend, I decided to stay in tonight and cook tea for Mrs Daz. Haven't seen her yet, she's out in the garden playing in her new greenhouse. I'm watching C4 News on +1. A lesson learned there I think.

Top ride chaps.

A bit of a rude introduction for Mr MNPR Newbie (didn't catch your name), especially when we all cheered when he went down like a sack of shit on that grassy slope. 😳 Hope it didn't put you off.

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I'm about to get in the dettol bath... This is going to hurt all over.

Top night gents. Thanks for waiting up for me. I only fell off to impress you all.
Def not put off.
Mr MNPR Newbie (Gavin)

More importantly (sorry Gavin)

Did hora enjoy himself?

Did hora enjoy himself?

Dunno, no doubt he'll be along to tell us shortly.

However, it is worth mentioning that the combination of short seat post and long forks gave his Dandyhorse an appearance not dissimilar to this...

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A good ride last night glad I made the effort even met Hora even though he pretended to be someone else in the car park. Hope the casualties are feeling better this morning. Nightmares last night I seem to have distant recall of stupidly offering to do a 24hr event with team Binners.

I do think it was quite considerate of everyone to make Gavin feel more relaxed about falling off in front of everyone by then taking it in turns to hurl themselves at the floor.

It was like we were all channelling the spirit of Hora

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i wouldnt have had time to get over to rammy so just went for a quick blast around rivi instead.

i'm definitely in for team MNPR at MM next year though! we have to make it happen.

Scaled... how did you get on? Was it a more extreme version of [url= http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Monkey+Bath ]this?[/url] 😆

i'm definitely in for team MNPR at MM next year though! we have to make it happen.

There might be enough for two teams at this rate. Maybe we should lobby for the creation of a couple of new sub-categories of most broken bikes and trivial injuries?

Chin is still bleeding 12 hours later, considering the possibility that I should have bobbed in to to A&E on the way home for a stitch and a scan.

Right wrist is proper ****ed, couldn't get my glove on this morning!

I'll let you go first next time Kai. It'll give you more chance to see your line and me more chance to watch the action. 😕

Put me down for MM next year.

Haha cheers Steve, I've been telling myself that I wouldn't have crashed on the Capra 😉

Nice stunt-fall from the banking sideways to be saved by Harry's saddle. I was impressive 😀

Great ride- the second to end descent, where we waited after the chain break, whats it called? That is nice- I need another go with proper wheels on again 8)

Chin is still bleeding 12 hours later, considering the possibility that I should have bobbed in to to A&E on the way home for a stitch and a scan.

A&E in Manchester with a just a flesh wound? No chance! You'd still be waiting in a triage queue now. Hope it's better soon. Maybe we need one of these on future rides, wrong size wheels though...

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A funny night! Thanks Binners!

I really do need to make the effort to get out next Monday, sounds like you all had a good laugh!

[i]even met Hora even though he pretended to be someone else in the car park.[/i]

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If we're sticking to the plan then we're doing a road ride next week. There should be much opportunity for mockery seeing everyone in their best lycra...

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Anyone else itching after last night?

I picked up a few dozen midge bites, and whilst the red spots have gone the itching is driving me bananas. I was wondering if it was the midges or whether the kids had brought home “monsters” again and I’d have to take drastic action.

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nickc - Member
even met Hora even though he pretended to be someone else in the car park.

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On come on! You're telling me that you'd admit to being hora if you didn't have to?

even met Hora even though he pretended to be someone else in the car park.

Well I didn't want you to think I was the online **** 😛

If we're sticking to the plan then we're doing a road ride next week. There should be much opportunity for mockery seeing everyone in their best lycra...

Dunno. There was a general air of "pfff" and "meh" about road bikes last night.

There was a general air of "pfff" and "meh" about road bikes last night.

I thought that would be the case 🙂 Us roadies can sort out something else at a more amenable time.

What's plan B then?

If we're sticking to the plan then we're doing a road ride next week. There should be much opportunity for mockery seeing everyone in their best lycra...

One of those helmets is disarranged.

I thought that would be the case Us roadies can sort out something else at a more amenable time.

What's plan B then?

Well I’ll be dressed in my best Spiderman™ outfit and on the road bike at 5:45am on Saturday morning if you want to join me for a pre breakfast 40k.

Well I’ll be dressed in my best Spiderman™ outfit and on the road bike at 5:45am on Saturday morning if you want to join me for a pre breakfast 40k.

Sadly I have a wedding to go to on Saturday. Nice idea though, I've always quite liked the idea of dawn(ish) rides. Never quite managed to motivate myself to do them though.

I'll tell you what, I might be up for that if I'm not repaired well enough to ride a MTB this weekend.

I'm supposedly in work for 7 on Saturday but if I can wangle a slightly later start.....

To paraphrase the well known football chant....

[b]YOU CAN STICK YOUR *ING ROAD BIKES UP YOUR *!!!![/b]

And in further injury news, the piece of unidentified trail furniture that managed to find the gap in my pads, and take the skin off the back of my knee, has now resulted in an absolutely mahoosive bruise. I'm still now quite sure how I managed it, to be honest! Unidentified Riding Injuries Eh?

I'll tell you what, I might be up for that if I'm not repaired well enough to ride a MTB this weekend.

I'm supposedly in work for 7 on Saturday but if I can wangle a slightly later start.....

Reet. I'll sort something or maybe even start one of those thread things on here.

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URI Update - the back of my knee has now swollen right up, has gone an interesting array of colours and really bloody hurts when I walk on it.

Poor me! 😥

Weird. Its not a bite or a infected graze?

Upset any umbrella owning Bulgarian secret agents?

If I had to bet on anyone suffering from bad knees it would be you Hora after that heroic effort on your clown bike.

Might be infected actually, seeing as its not got much skin left on it. Didn't feel like I'd done much at the time. It bloody does now!

I'll bet hora's got some Bulgarian in him...

I'll bet hora's got some Bulgarian in him...

There will have been some pole in there too.