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Hey it's all good! Dont know where mines come from.....just done the washing up, two clothes washes, changed bedding and made cooker hob all shiney! (that gives me a lot of happiness....sad aint i)
Havn't cleaned bike - is that sacrilige ?(cant spell)
Wish i lived closer to them hills.....
Solarpowered, you deserve a lie in!
Weapon, feet, wash and eat. Always clean the bike first. 🙂
....or get someone else to wash your bike for you (blows a kiss to Onzadog).
Bunnyhop that cake sounds fabulously virtuous. Bet it tastes exactly the opposite!
Longest pootle thread ever? There must have been a good dozen punctures, every descent claimed 3 or 4, even the linykyup nondescript ones.
Was great to have so many new folk along, cheers all.
Solarpowered - I ended up having to wash two bikes in return for having the afternoon off 🙂
redwoods - I normally get nbt to do all the servicing and mechanical bits on the bike, naughty I know.
slowrider - +1
Yup was a good pootle
Always clean the bike first
Promise i will from now on 🙄 Bike had a thorough MOT today and is now extremely shiney!
I ended up having to wash two bikes in return for having the afternoon off
Reckon i would've cleaned ten for that afternoon of riding! Twas ace!
Given how well I keep your bike redwoods, I think It's worth blowing more than a kiss.
Edale at the deepdene? free layby 815 faff, 830am start if anyone else fancies it.
It would feature either Beast, screaming DH/fairholmes then Hagg farm descent back
or Mam, Cavedale, mam old road then the chute back.
what day you great hor?
Why you free one day? Or my lack of organisational/lackidasical skills? 😆
OMG! 😆Onzadog - MemberGiven how well I keep your bike redwoods, I think It's worth blowing more than a kiss.
no, its just you haven't told anybody in your invite up there ^^^
;o)
Ah Sat. Why can't you organise everything. I just like to tag along
no, its just you haven't told anybody in your invite up there ^^^
;o)
BH, I meant it should be worth a least two. What were you thinking? 😉
Sat 8.15amish. Barber Booth (free). Route dependent on weather.
Finish by/back in the car for 12. No need to pledge to come, decide when you feel like it 😆
Onzadog - you and redwoods must come out for a ride with us again very soon. nbt has e-mail in profile.
Working this weekend or I'd be up for this (see I do work [i]some[/i] weekends)
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I'm going to start selling the pootle franchise. Hora, I want 60% of any cake and haribo.
Satz weather is blue skies and 20degrees
Damn. Can't make it as going on holiday. Next time.
Wahay! bring it on. Where you taking us Hora?
Decide on the morning. i.e I say 'which direction do you fancy'? 😀
I like this plan
I want 60% of all fun and sun too.
I can give you better. For you I will give you Welsh catering hospitality
ah..... I'M STAYING AT THAT PUB!
The Vulcan sexgrip pub?
Barber booth for free parkers. 8.15* sharp start in the Edale carpark as we are going up Jaggers Clough.
*Make the most of the morning
So how come 37 bikers riding through the Peak 2 and 3 abreast ,completely hogging the trail at speed,leaving no option for walkers but to get off the trail,leaving gates open on a sunny summer Saturday ok but when a couple of guys riding down Ben Nevis they get flamed?
will try and make this (especially as I missed last weeks pootle due to holiday)
edited to make more sense....
we didn't hog the trail, had walkers cheering us on or praising how responsible we were in checking the trail first, admittedly left one gate open (which was picked up by our responsible back markers), weren't going at speed where we met walkers without having spoken to them and worked out their feelings on the matter (my job), and generally were responsible all the way.
I would never lead a ride where people thought doing that kind of thing was acceptable and as such I'm proud of the pootles and the attitude of the riders who come on them to other trail users.
With a big group its a challenge to make sure we don't thoroughly piss people off; but with the right group and attitude from people there, a big group can turn from a problem into ambassadors for mountain biking.
The walkers who we held the gate for on Dirtlow Rake we very happy to see us all out and laughed and joked with everyone. The walkers on the sunken road said we were mad but it was great that we were out having fun and that they enjoyed watching us. I don't remember seeing any others. Maybe I was too busy flying past them laughing manically. Oh no, that's right, I was further up the trail telling the riders to slow down or stop when there were walkers (having scoped it first by 'setting up a camera spot'), or they weren't there.
Seconded.... Despite all the laughs and banter etc.... Even the silliest of us..mainly me Said hello to all the walkers and slowed down.... In fact I only saw 4 on the trails we were on the whole time... And they all smiled and said hey. Well organised, well led.... Well well well... Sorrybunhad a bad experience on Nevis though... Must be a bummer
Strangely, I will be running from Edale about 8am on Sat. I will wave if I see a big scary gang of mountain bikers chugging haribos. Feel free to wave back if you see someone running like a flid in a nike hat.
Thirded!
Thirded!
simonfbarnes - MemberYesterday I got to speak to Chris, the intrepid cinematographer of the video, and contrary to my expectations, he told me that the effusive and happy support of nearly all the walkers totally made the event. He said that perhaps he should have left in the 45 minutes where they were waiting for others to get past and amicably chatting with them. He assured me that further missions of biker/walker diplomacy will happen there in future
Don't quite see what you're getting at here nick....
Stop trolling Nick.
Theres 37 people on here who can attest to what happened on saturday.
Saturday's Pootle was really well organised and the values of being "good ambassadors" for MTB were certainly running through the whole group. Yes, we had a lot of fun but we also played well with other users of the trails.
Not only all that but we also raised a good amount for the local mountain rescue!
Rachel
Pook, is your ride at 8.15 for Sat 21st?
Can't believe this 'conversation' is even taking place! From what I've seen - which is enough rides now- the pookers would make sure they took routes that were 'ok' for the majority! They Lurve their MTB'ing but know that they need to be keeping the locals happy in return ! One can't shout at ignorance - one can only educate!
Let the pootles proceeeeeeeed........ 😀
lovetubs - yes, but I won't be there. Hora is leading it