Keep up Chris, it's really quite simple. Can i have a go Jules?
I'm in.
One of my old fave routes.
Cheers
Matt
I am very tempted by this. Slight problem is I'm having 2 toenails removed on the 9th so not sure if I will be ok to ride by then. How far in miles is it going to be?
The route i made up on Tracklogs was less than 15 miles, not sure of the definite route though. So not too long.
Woo Hoo, I'm in, my first forum ride too 🙂
You'll recognise the shirt (maybe)
APF
Yes please and thank you - I'll be there, Zoe too.
If I can get company for the trip from Ipswich, I'll be there
Sandwich, not sure it merits a trip from Ipswich just for this ride, if you;re coming up anyway then fair enough but it's a long way for this one thing!
People are coming [u]all the way[/u] from Ipswich nbt.....no pressue or nowt 😉
Christ, and petetborough too. Pressure.....
Christ, and petetborough too. Pressure.....
Yeah, but I am easily pleased.....
to be fair, if I lived in peterborough, I'd be likely to travel a fair way even for mediocre MTB riding 😉
I'd be likely to travel a fair way even for mediocre MTB riding
You could have missed the wink off and I still would have agreed with you.
Nearly bit the bullet and got a road bike.....ended up joining the gym instead.
For the record, I mainly travel for the sparklingly urbane company 😀
Would a solo loner with no friends other than a bloke who's took 4 hrs to get round the monkey trail today be accepted, or am I seriously pushing the boundaries of the pootle?? 😆
I'd say you;d fit right in, as long as you don't mind a social beverage afterwards 😉
Does the beer after possibly involve the consumption of some cow based food? If so I'm there 😆
It could well do wrightyson. I'll need to check when they serve food though.
Nice ...... 🙂
I've done the odd day trip for climbing so a sociable pootle with the Peaks crowd shouldn't be too bad. We may camp it up overnight rather than go for the Alpine start. Besides there are proper hills in your part of the world, the hills here are rather short.
No pressure or owt 😉
Hooray, another female (waves to Zoe).
I know you lot ride like a bunch of women, but its not quite the same 😉
My riding partner will also be a woman if her husband allows a pass. He's currently nursing an injured ankle from bouldering.
If it makes things easier Bunnyhop, I will wear a wig and a use a women specific camelbak.
Woot woot! Physio says I'm in 😀
Can a Pootle First Timer bribe his way in with Haribo and homemade flapjack ? 🙂
I'll eat anything (food-related) 🙂
Hairy Bikers full fat flapjack it shall be then.;)
. You mean on the last ride that was your own hair 😳I will wear a wig and a use a women specific camelbak.
We can't carry cake on the tandem 🙁
If it's not raining I may make an appearance along with a camera.
My friend farmer Lucy owns some of the land we'll be riding through. I'll call her and have her remove all other mtbers/redsox/sheep/low flying geese etc for the day, then the fast boys can barrel those descents.
Who's chopper Dave?
He's the guy who Met your friend lucy, then went back in time to the 60's, bumped into 4 guys with bowl cut's and guitars, let it be known that he had a helicpter and a fistfull of diamonds too.
Thus was inspired the song - Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Wow, dave did get travel a lot after i got rid of him then...
Is Lucy fit?
Oh god! Are we going to have to keep stopping while you hump holes in trees again? It gets pretty tedious after a while
Binners, in France they call me Le Baguette
No, they don't. They have a name for you, but that isn't it.
i believe they call you [i]escargot[/i]; slow, slimy and repulsive to many
🙄
and from what will says, you dont taste good either 😉
Actually surely Will is the French Baguette! 😆 (coughs at the visual mind****)
I thought Will was the butcher, not the baker
Hora - Lucy is happily married with a farm to run, holiday cottages, a skip hire business and 3 children. There isn't time for extra activities.
I think she'd run a mile if she saw you approaching with one of your dreadful chat up lines 😉
sam, is that cos he likes to mince?
babumtish
Bunnyhop, is that mellor skip hire then?
David Mellor's coming too?? We could put Hora in a Chelsea strip and let him suck someone's toes.
Sambob, no, Cheadle
Butcher 😆
I should be along.
Will - combine transport?
Yeh sounds like a plan
Sweet.
Starting to sound like I might make it, too!
Rachel
Looking like this might be a big one!
Good to have you along Rachel.
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It's going to be like an episode of loose women. Hora can be Jane macdonald.
I'm going to make one in, all being well.
It's going to be like an episode of loose women. Hora can be Jane macdonald.
Ooh - I have a wig somewhere that would be perfect for Jane MacDonald...
Rachel
I bet Hora's already got a wig he can use
Bump. It's this saturday, folks, Details in Post #1 and #2 on Page #1
Looking forward to it!!
Rachel
Subject to too many factors to go into here, I may be there...or I may not.
Woo, looking forward to this,
is it all off road?
anyone got any ideas of what weather to expect?
>is it all off road?
no, there's a fair bit of road work, but it's height gain on road (in nice countryside for the most part), and off road descents
according to my guide book - and assuming it is the old classic Buxton circuit - it is 15 miles of which 9 are off road. There's a fairly extended section climbing up to Derbyshire Bridge that is road, but it is very pleasant quiet lane in some lovely countryside. The road past Whitehall Centre is now sufficiently broken up to offer some fun, and again in some great countryside. I used to live there as a kid 🙂
It's an "old school" route if you know what I mean, but Jules could have some surprises up his sleeves
but Jules could have some surprises up his sleeves
The surprises will have to wait until summer, 7p.m. onwards 😉
ooh, intrigued 😯
I'm in. Weather forecast is supposedly dry and cold.
WOO HOO! I may be able to come!!
One question: if it's a bit flatter and smoother than the dark peak shall I bring my new bike instead??
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You can bring it if you like, why not. Will did the pootle on a singlespeed (rigid) CX bike, last year. We'll be on the silver machine
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I've hired a tandem a couple of times before and they're a lot of fun but must be mental on anything remotely gnarly!!!
Rachel
I'm out folks, have a good one. With a bit of luck I'll be riding again soon!
Slowrider - Oh no! I was hoping you could give me some tips from your skills course from the weekend.
I've got to come to show pook how to mince on a 'cross bike 😉
I may be seriously over biked for this ride as the Saracin will not be ready... 🙁
Looks like there might be a sprinkling of snow Friday night!!
Lee, is it fixed? Should be a cracking ride, even if I'm a bit hungover. Swiss rolls are on me again!
I can't make this now! Got to go back home as I forgot about plans!
Woo, my first peak pootle, will be coming with Rob (as in robdob, see above).
Riding a CX bike sounds like the way to go for this ride.
You'll die on a cx bike.
Will you die on a SS?
tollah - its an easy ride for a highly niche, skilled mtber such as yourself.
Is mrs tollah coming?
How will I die on a cx bike? Thought it was gentle?