[Closed] STW peaks meet 5th: Ladybower loop

it's still warm enough for shorts though
😀

hmmmm

hmmmmm here too :-/

can anyone please confirm theyre sh*t and unfit too please? i dont want to be last with people waiting for me 🙂

i thank you

If I don't stay out too late on Friday it's a very tenuous 'might' come from me. In which case you'll have a hungover smoker who hasn't ridden since september bringing up the rear. That shit enough for you Sadex?

I was middling fitness last week and I'm the guide!
come on sam you know it makes sense

aye thatll do 🙂

i'm on cx bike so will be neither fast down or up hill. So you'll be fine

I've got the meeting place - 10:00hrs on Saturday in the YW car park on the East side of Ladybower. But what's the route? (That linky thing doesn't work for me)

route....

EDIT: hang on....this needs changing now as we've included the beast. Bear with me.

Thanks!

i havent looked at the route on the map yet, but surely if you go down the roman rd, you wont be going down the beast too?

or is it UP the beast *gulp* then down the roman rd?

EDIT - sorry, posted before i saw youd put map up.

www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=27487

Here we go. Jumped up to slightly over 17, but that's because of the little Rowlee Farm loop to cut out the Hagg Farm climb.

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Its going to be a veritable mud-fest. Kiss goodbye to a functioning drive-chain folks. You can't beat paeks district grinding paste 🙂

Looks a great route. Looking forward to the mud fest that will be cut throat bridge decent! I'm bringing a fair few tubes as well chaps 😆

Spare mechs, tubes, a wheel and a snorkel for me.

I'm also going to bring some spare feet, as mine usually get too cold to work... Although i'm hoping my new overshoes will work wonders!

Looks a good route, not looking forward to the first climb up the tarmac though!!

My Dad's not coming now (at work) but my mate Dave is coming instead, so still 2 of us.

who wants to place a bet. Amount of people who dab on the beast?

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beast, about 1.00min in[/url]

are we going up or down the beast. If its up im walking. down, my best so far is 1 dab.

Down the beast

Chris (pook)
Will
Johnny Panic
Erny
AndyPaice
Longstuff
Lyons
Benman
Benman’s mate Dave
James (transport permitting)
Genester
JacktheDog
Binners
Hora
Sadexpunk
DWH
Ourkidsam hungover and blowing
Muddydwarf
Fallguy

Monkeychild?

20 so far. Place your bets!

Managed it the last few times without dabbing, but its a fine line!!

sadexpunk +1 now. My mate fancies it too 🙂

i'll post my videos later, i'm on phone at the moment. I take it everybody who is coming has ridden it before?

Is anyone bringing an Ark? Might be an idea

According to metcheck, the weathers not looking too bad... fingers crossed. I reckon the beast is easier in the wet anyway, just follow the river down it!

wind, as long as it isn't windy i don't care!

I take it everybody who is coming has ridden it before?

I don't even know where the Beast is!

up the roman road, turn right at crossroads.

I dont think i'm going to be able to make this one sadly... I'll definitely be back though. If i was coming, i'd put money on me not dabbing the beast though, i rode it once, as my first proper peaks descent and didnt dab, so i reckon i could do it again....

I can't come as we've got the inlaws coming on Sat now 🙁 So it will be a short escape out somewhere early on Sat morn for me. I will defo be up for this kind of ride if it's organised again. And a holler out to the rest of the flatland dwellers we need to arrange something too!

whereabouts do you live mr monkeychild? wolds ride is always an option sometime if you fancy somewhere closer?

Lyons - I can 100% guarantee that what you rode last time, has no changed so much do to erosion/water etc... that it will be liking riding a different trail.

really? I cant remember it very well anyway. I will try to make it... depends on whether i can get some bushings for my new frame... Or i may decide to just bring my hardtail, but its only got a 36 tooth front ring, so the climbs will be a bit tricky on it. I pulled the trek out from last week today, and every moving part feels like it has been filled with sand. Not good.

I should just bring the hardtail really, i'll fix it up properly tomorow.

Will - pook etc, anyone up for a pint on friday night, as i would be driving up then anyway, and i could then drive over in my van...

Potentially mate yeh. Need to see what time I finish work. If it's in good time then I was going to head up to sheff anyways. I'll let you know tomorrow.

"We'll stick the beast in and have a road spin to Rowlee farm....unless people want the hagg farm climb too?"

There is another way to go (all the way) down the beast, go up Rowlee Farm, not use the A57 or go back up to the top of the hill and get a sort of wall ride to have a quick muck about on:
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good video location!

where's that?

god only knows lol

Good call James, I was going to suggest that little section. I know it as the aqueduct track (no idea why cos it's not really an aqueduct) Bit of a quagmire in places but it's better than the road.

jack - fancy showing us the link once we've tumbled down the beast?

Aye np.

be nice to find a new section. Recent weather update seems ok.

Jack, if it's been raining will the aqueduct be in full flow?

and anyone been over the Crookhill fields recently?

Sorry guys, but due to a recent impulsive descision it looks like I'm not going to make it tomorrow.

I'll be saving up my brownie points for a weekend in Glentress next week to pick up my new toy from Alpine Bikes 🙂

I think Im about to get in trouble. A LOT of trouble