Not my best work as it was too wet to mess about with the camera. Video to follow 😉
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Scrap the video until tomorrow, just spent half an hour editing it for it to get lost whilst saving, I'll do it again tomorrow night!
Some very nice shots there, the off camera flash certainly does a good job. 😯
Ooooo lovely 🙂
You can't tell that the weather was a bit rubbish
nice shots..!
you really caught my gurning pretty side there.. 😆
cheers, another 48hrs and the camera should be dry!
Hopefully get the video sorted tonight! A lot of water on the lens but it looks ok!
who was taking photos of us coming down the rock steps into the stream?
is there on of me riding down there?
Follow the link in the first post.
a Few more soggy pics here... 🙂 (clicky for a few more)
didnt get the camera out much due to the glorious weather.. 😀
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bwd, I did but there wasn't any but I do remember the flash going off twice. not fussed, just curious
are the steps horrendous around the corner or.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheldona/5825798662/
that's my wife, shes not that confident on a wet slippery rock that leads into a stream when there's already a que of people going down it.
sorry shes not hardcore enough. please carry on with your smarmy comments you dick
Thepodge, that was me if the flash went I took the shot, it may have been blurred or something hence it didn't make the cut. Sorry. Maybe next time!
Ref Mrs Podge, it matters not she was walking, she always had a smile that's hardcore enough in those conditions!
Sheldon +1
not a problem tollah, not a problem
are the steps horrendous around the corner or..
yep, they are
as tollah says, just being out yesterday was well 'ardcore enough
Watch out I'll be at sswc with the camera!
I evidently need some pads for walking. Fell over in the garage when I got home cos my feet were still numb, battered my leg and am walking with a limp today...
Just to clarify, podge's wife isn't the fella gurning at the camera, she's the one smiling behind him. Probably laughing at podges seated descending technique I reckon...
Apologies for soaking the camera tollah, my gnarly threeride aura kicked up a veritable tidal wave!
Nicely captured me s****ing at sambobs crash too, busted!
my technique is perfectly good, I don't need to buy my skills with some la-di-da carbon bike unlike some Mr Thomas slowrider Smith.
I do but I can't afford it :o(
are the steps horrendous around the corner
No, but there's a ford at the bottom with a slippery, slightly steppy exit and there was some bloke sat there pointing cameras at people. But clearly you're hardcore enough to come up and ride up them, since they're so not steep, so how about it? Slap-up cake and coffee fest at Rosie's in Hayfield says you can't do it. Winner buys... 😉
Slightly steppy?! They need a bloody handrail. Fun though. I got my front wheel up one. I RULE.
Oh, and nice one of me on the steps too. Normally I crash instantly at the sight of a camera, so a bit of a result really - mind you I'd already splatted further back, ooops... 😐
I bet people would pay to watch BWD's challenge! 🙂
Entry is free, there'll be some Peak Park by-law forbidding dog-bating as a public spectacle or something. I know those steps are rideable going up, and I figure that RoCkeTdOG with his random, jumbled characters should make mincemeat of it, seeing as they're apparently not very steep at all... So come on dOGgY, I'm sure you're not just one of those people who pokes fun at others' riding ability from the safety of your keyboard but won't put your cake money where you mouth is, erm, right? 🙂
FIGHT
FIGHT
Na, just a friendly, bantery, light-hearted challenge with cake at stake... 😉
Thanks yesterday for a good days biking (despite the weather) and also for the loan of the playbus to get changed afterwards. It was my first singletrack pootle and I will definately look forwards to the next one
cake at stake... 😉
World War 3 then? 😛
The steps are rideable going down if you haven't got a traffic jam in front of you. Going up they're a proper challenge, I've got about 2/3rds of the way up. One day I'll clean them.
One day I'll clean them.
You can play too 😉 three-way cake fest? Anyone else?
I can clean them, but then I am a riding dog, sorry; god.
Cheers all for a top day out yesterday.
Oh, and if the cake at stake is one of those Mars Bar cakes that we had after the ride, count me in. They were well nice!!
Looks like a fun day out.
Whereabout are those steps?
It looks so dry in your photos! We got soaked and frozen over in Mac Forest yesterday 🙁
I hope I can make it along to one of rides again before too long 🙂
EDIT: These steps, presumably? http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=403535&y=389452&z=120&sv=403535,389452&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=725&ax=403535&ay=389452&lm=0
Are they all the podge's wife?
Sorry it was a simple question about the steps, the ones visible don't look difficult, sorry for not being able to see around the corner of a photograph. Blimey there are some touchy souls on here
Id love to take up the challenge, but i think I'd have difficulty getting past the massive chip you all seem to be carrying and if i laughed at your shoes you'd probably cry and I'd feel bad
Whereabout are those steps?
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It was dry for about the first 30 mintues, which is when people took photos. Then it pissed it down for three hours... 😀
Sorry it was a simple question about the steps, the ones visible don't look difficult, sorry for not being able to see around the corner of a photograph. Blimey there are some touchy souls on hereId love to take up the challenge, but i think I'd have difficulty getting past the massive chip you all seem to be carrying and if i laughed at your shoes you'd probably cry and I'd feel bad
The steps you can see are actually steeper than they look fwiw. I note that you're a bottler then, all mouth and no climbing trousers...or are you scared of cake? 😉
Did someone mention cake?
Yeah, but you have to clean the steps on Middle Moor going up or you're buying - blue-walled tyres not allowed cost they're cheating.Tempted? Carrot cake or stick... 😛
I've got a video of the steps I'll sort later, I stopped at the bottom though for pics so doesn't show me cleaning the other side!
Then we can all rest and enjoy each others company again 🙂
Did someone mention cake?
*pulls up chair*
rocketdog. it wasn't a simple comment was it? it was a snide remark about peoples riding ability.
I don't have a chip on my shoulder but I do have a dislike of people bad mouthing others for no good reason.
[url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/riding-steps-whats-the-best-technique-for-these ]Rocketdog can't ride steps[/url] 😉
thepodge - Member
my technique is perfectly good, I don't need to buy my skills with some la-di-da carbon bike unlike some Mr Thomas slowrider Smith.
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I simply buy a dandyhorse worthy of my prowess
how are we still friends? I bad mouth everyone all the timeI don't have a chip on my shoulder but I do have a dislike of people bad mouthing others for no good reason.
The peter
you'd best not bad mouth me. I'd be giving you a thick ear. Grr.
Well, I don't really care where it was snide or not, I just scented a god-given opportunity to score free cake and I'd appreciate it if folk could keep their petty squabbles out of it. Let's face facts:
1. There is a huge chasm just below those steps which people are keeping quiet about.
2. rOcKetDOg is squirming like a kitten on a barbecue at the prospect of failing dismally to ride up them.
3. Er, yeah.
So, can we just forget about the handbags and focus on the important business in hand please?
Podge it wasn't a snide remark at all, it was just a light hearted question, then you ruined it with your knee jerk name calling, i could reciprocate but i like to think I'm on above the juvenile level so i'll leave it there
No part of that forms a question, it clearly a malicious / derogatory remark.good job they are wearing pads, those steps look like a dangerous walk
As for being above the juvenile level, I'm sure many would agree poking fun at people is very juvenile, so no, you're not above it at all.
it clearly a malicious
Having been on STW for many years, I can't see that rocketdog has ever said a malicious thing about any rider ever on STW, imo.
I do think that's a lovely photo of mrs. podge riding through the stream though. Again that doesn't show how steep, rocky and slippery the descent was into the stream.
:o(
well then I'll take his recent comments as a minor blip on an an otherwise impeccable post history
Right, enough of all this now. I don't want the pootles to be tarred with the brush of argument and anger. Whether rd intended to cause offence I don't know, but offence was taken and that's unfortunate. Let's call it a misunderstanding, accept that, apologise as appropriate, get over it on both sides and walk away. The ride was ace, and that's the memory I want of it.
The internet is rife for misinterpretation, but that doesn't excuse exacerbating it, plus I'd like to think we're all above that. That said, a cake challenge sounds fun.
Now, let's all just move on, enjoy our bikes and look forward to the next ride eh?
Video coming up at some point!
what Pook said.. ^^
and anyway... its not about whose fastest... jumps highest.. or rides the most technical terrain..
its about who has the biggest smile on their face afterwards 🙂
Roll on the next pootle..!
It's all about the cake 🙂
Stw in kiss and make-up shocker? Never going to happen. I certainly wouldn't kiss Podge, his wife on the other hand...
slowrider - I certainly wouldn't kiss Podge, his wife on the other hand...
Er, both you and Chris asked me to touch your bum on Sunday.
Thanks bunnyhop
Double kisses for you, singles for everyone else
Pushing the saddle would have been fine for me
Ooooh I love a happy ending...... rides off into the dusk.
Here's the video!
nice one Sheldon!
good job fella!!!
I had no idea the ride had been that funky.
I had no idea the ride had been that funky.
Ta
Its always that funky in my head mate! Not quite as moist as that though 🙄
Another quality production in proper grim conditions!Thanks very much for all the effort Sheldon.It's a good job I've got a 203mm rotor on the front , or we could have the makings of a "Pile On" there. 😳
You mean I have missed all the drama? Damnit!!
Anyway, good pics Sheldon, and am even more impressed you remembered who I was... or did Mandi need to give you a hand? ;o)
So thanks to everyone for organising the ride... despite the weather and the grinding noises my bike is now making I loved it.. :oD
Here's my effort for you all - luckily my camera is waterproof!!
😀
Love the sarcasm of the song 🙂 Nice one Chris, but you did manage to miss me falling off. Both times. 😀
nice vids guys. the last downhill on the first one looks loads of fun
nice vids 😀
especially sheldon's warp factor funk riding..!
Looks like fun
Love the sarcasm of the song Nice one Chris, but you did manage to miss me falling off. Both times.
That was irony, the song I mean. You falling off was just incompetence 😉
I'll have you know i'm entirely competent at falling off.
Tj - it was ace. Really good day despite the weather!
Tj - it was ace. Really good day despite the weather!
2 great videos boys.
Pook - my bum is just disappearing down the steps in front of the first chap going down 😉
Oh and thanks to MartynS who held open the gate of the last descent for nearly 30 riders to mince down in the chilly wind and rain.
Top video, looks ace despite the weather.
Which one is that last trail, from about 3min 30secs onwards? If anyone could point me in the general direction I would be grateful.
I'm only just starting to explore the Peak District, I recognised Middle Moor but not much else, though everything always seems to look different on video anyway to me.
Edit- on the Peaks June video, I meant.