OFFICIAL Swinley (SEXYPARTY) all-welcoming First-day-of-spring FUN RIDE! – Page 7 – Bike Forum

philconsequence · 2011-02-14T14:42:06Z

[b]THE Swinley super-sexual super-fun all-welcoming March FUN RIDE![/b] OK, here we go again :) In the same way staff on planes ask you to pay attention as the safety announcement may have changed since your last flight, there are some changes and additional information in this post! I have broken it up into sections to try and answer as many questions in advance as possible: [b][u]WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?[/u][/b] Who wants to join us for a chilled not so serious not too fast ride? A ride that is completely devoid of mad skilz, big air and judgement, an afternoon of getting muddy in Swinley... Equally who wants to meet up with some of the weirdos from this forum and blast through the single track like a scolded yeti? The last SwingleySexyParty ended up with some confusion at the beginning and we ended up with everyone heading out in one BIG group of just over 45 riders.. this time I think it's sensible to have a couple of groups: [b]1 - "The A-Team"[/b], a group of riders so fast and AWESOME that it would be mean and nasty to make them wait for the slower riders... PaulD has kindly volunteered to lead this group. [b]2 - "The A(part2) Team"[/b], as above, but possibly necessary if enough people come along to have 2 faster groups... Thisisnotaspoon has kindly volunteered to lead this group. [b]3 - "The It's not how fast you ride its how much fun you're having (but secretly jealous of the extra confident healthy people) Team"[/b].... Cinnamon_Girl will be leading this group, feel free to stick photos of LOLcats on her backpack when she's not looking. Conversation and pace should be set by the slowest person in the "INHFYRIHMFYH(BSJOFECHP)" group so please dont worry about not keeping up with the mentalists, this should be an afternoon with lots of little stops and no pressure to be amazing. If it wasn't for a crack down on misogymathingy I'd almost jest it makes it a perfect ride to invite your lady friends along too ;) If that sounds like your idea of fun, then it would be a pleasure to have you along. [b][u]WHERE AND WHEN?[/b][/u] The plan is to meet at [u]11:30 on Sunday 20th March[/u] in the LookOut carpark for fettling, pumping up tyres, admiring my pyjamas/Yeti's pre-ride stretches and then setting off to ride at 12o-clock lunchtime. It is worth emphasising that it is sensible to allow plenty of time to park and, if needs be, use the Coral Reef car park which is across the road from the entrance to the LookOut. There is an Overflow car park that is accessed from far right hand side of car park on the road that exits the car park... It is alongside the B3430 Nine Mile Ride. A webpage with the look out address details (on the right of the map), map and directions is available [urlOnce you've parked up, unloaded your dandyweapon of choice and checked your "tyre choice for Swinley?" thread then come join me underneath the trees to the right just as you go though the Go-Ape gates. [b][u]ARE THERE ANY RULES?[/b][/u] Rules? Wouldn't that ruin the spirit of such a friendly chilled ride? Well yes it would if it was all taken too seriously, however there are some pointers that are worth getting out of the way now, fingers crossed they don't come across as super-strict rules.. more pieces of advice to make your ride and everyone else's that little bit more enjoyable. [b]1)[/b] Bring your own spares, [b]2)[/b] Bring your own camelback/water, [b]3)[/b] Wear a helmet if you've got one or do your own risk assessment and dont, [b]4)[/b] Bring your own mid-ride snacks, dont want any "bonking" now do we ;) [b]5)[/b] Route will be decided upon the day by the "leaders" of each group and will be dependent on any trail closures/conditions... [b]6)[/b] If LOTS of people turn up then we might need to break up into more than 2 groups, best to decide this on the day. [b]7)[/b] As with the last sexyparty...In the spirit of a beginners/gentle/nothing-too-serious-ride I will be wearing full on downhill pyjamas, I will ride a carrera from Halfords and I will make sure any bike snobs out there will be mortally offended by my blatant disregard for the unwritten rules of MTB... so if anyone is worrying about what they ride or their choice of lycra, relax as you wont be judged! [b]8 )[/b] We ride at the pace of the slowest rider in each group, or we ride at our own pace and wait at the top of the next hill/section/junction for others to catch up. [b]9)[/b] No pressure on anyone to do things they are not happy with as it's all about having fun! Walking certain sections/hills will not be frowned upon. [b]10)[/b] Due to potentially large numbers of riders, please don't bring your dogs as chances are mrsconsequence will ride into them whilst distracted by their awesomeness... She is still learning the hard way that you ride into what you're looking at. [u]Drink/nicotine/crack-pipes disclaimer:[/u] I dont really feel the need to tell people to be considerate, so I'll just say that people are people and will do what they want, but in the spirit of...

lexiekay

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How fast will the pootlers be going? The added pressure of deciding which group to be in is all proving too much!

Posted : 06/03/2011 9:41 pm

lewismorgan

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I quite fancy this 🙂
will I be OK on a XC bike?
Think it will be a trip down and sleep in the car hahaha

Posted : 06/03/2011 9:42 pm

cinnamon_girl

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lexiekay - get yerself in the fast group cos I know you're no slouch!

lewismorgan - XC bike is absolutely fine! In fact any bike will be fine ... apart from a road bike. One thing you can guarantee is that every niche will be in attendance. 😀

Posted : 06/03/2011 9:52 pm

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anybody going to be coming through
Lincs, Cambridge Leicester or Rutland?
and is there any particular accomodation everybody is staying at after?

Posted : 06/03/2011 10:04 pm

philconsequence

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swinley was lovely yesterday, very little mud, trails running nicely, some dust on certain trails!

Posted : 07/03/2011 9:20 am

timothius

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Nice seeing you at Swinley yesturday Phil. Looking forward to the ride!

Posted : 07/03/2011 6:57 pm

Diane

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Well this ride certainly has had some build up. Think you should do group photos of about 10 so you can post names underneath then non participants could vote post ride on 'sexiness' of characters involved 😀

Posted : 07/03/2011 7:42 pm

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ROLE CALL THREAD [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/roll-call-for-the-stw-springley-swingley-swinley-sexy-party ]HERE.............. CLICKYCLICkY[/url]

can we keep he role call thread purely for the continually updated list of people planning to attend, use this thread for posting questions, requests for lifts and other suchness 🙂

Posted : 08/03/2011 10:58 am

cinnamon_girl

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Might be an idea for us group leaders to ensure we all head off in different directions?

Posted : 08/03/2011 11:34 am

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oppps, posted my route in the wrong thread,

Anyway, it starts going out allong the fire road form go-ape right at the end, then up the singletrack to the start of 9yards/watsons wander, then I'll head off towards crowthorne woods for a bit before coming back allong seagull/stickler/tanktraps and heading in the general direction of the labrynth before coming back down the whole 9 yards to the lookout.

Posted : 08/03/2011 11:51 am

cinnamon_girl

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Blimey, Mr Spoon, you are organised! Make sure that knee of yours get better real soon. 🙂

Everyone else - please keep the list updated as I'll be handing out discount vouchers. Don't want to run out!

Posted : 08/03/2011 11:57 am

Torminalis

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Blimey, it is going to be busy.
What fun.

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:06 pm

thisisnotaspoon

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haha, well i'm going out with the trolls for the first time tonight, then if that goes well I'll flog myself in the fast group on Thursday with some commuting inbetween, then if I'm organised Pangbourne from mountain high on Saturday and Reading CC club run on Sunday, should have a couple of hundred miles in my legs before next weekend.

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:18 pm

cinnamon_girl

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The Trolls are a great bunch of guys! If you've not ridden in that area before, you're in for a treat.

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:28 pm

Anonymous

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hi

just received this message from one of my pals who is coming along to the ride:

"There is a notice on the Junction of the M3 J3 & A322 saying A322 shut from this point on 18th midnight to morning of 21st. This could be down towards Guildford or it could be down towards Bracknell which if you came on the M3 would be the route to the bike ride. Please check AA/RAC before leaving to show alternative routes. It could also be very busy around the area if A322 is shut. "

I am not from the area but my pal is, so this could be a good thing to be aware of?

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:30 pm

cinnamon_girl

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Thanks for posting that up.

Alternative is to go off at junction 4 and you then have a 15 minute drive to Swinley, ie A331, A321, A3095, B3430.

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:36 pm

Anonymous

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Nice one cheers. Might have to take a map or shat-nav even.

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:38 pm

Bigface0_0

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Man the 'clicky link' is building up LOADS of poeple, really looking forward to it and a movie being produced as well... V excited now

Posted : 08/03/2011 12:40 pm

StefMcDef

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Can you lot not organise one of these things on a day when I'm not working?

I'm going to have to start posting in the "get the feeling I'm not well liked in here" thread... 🙁

Posted : 12/03/2011 3:42 pm

philconsequence

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Call for helmet cams! get to the roll-call thread 🙂

Posted : 14/03/2011 11:23 am

cinnamon_girl

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Just a few words for folk in the Slow [s]Slackers[/s] Group - it will be chilled, nobody has to ride anything they don't want to, laughing is compulsory and your challenge is to be noisier than aleigh. 😀

If anyone has any questions, feel free to post on here or e-mail in profile.

Don't forget to buy a permit.

Looking forward to meeting everyone. 8)

Posted : 14/03/2011 12:22 pm

cinnamon_girl

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Hold the front page!

Just back from recce'ing a route for Sunday and thought my eyes were deceiving me. 😯

The latest 'must have' accessory for walking in Swinley Forest - a bird cage! I kid you not. Not any old bird cage mind, a white metal one, the sort you have for an exotic feathered creature.

Was quite tempted to ask the walkers what exactly they were hoping to catch as the pheasant that has reappeared would definitely not be able to squeeze in it!

Posted : 14/03/2011 6:30 pm

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I thought it was a trek remedy 9.9? Well the pople with them walk a lot of the fun bits so they can't be MTB'ers :-p

Posted : 14/03/2011 6:32 pm

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Did anyone in the slow group run a GPS route? I want to see if I could keep up, I am very unfit!

Cheers

Posted : 07/04/2011 2:34 am

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