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April 11th.......
pencil it in chaps and chappesses.
blimey, thats not far away is it? think i might be free too
edit: cock it! no im not, little brothers stag do (which is going to be like pulling teeth)
ooooerrr, might not be able to make this one, bikeradar demo day that day. tough choice. someone could always bring a scott genius 20 for me, as thats what im riding. much more likely to kill it in the peaks aswell 😛
Scott Genius you lucky thing.
That ride absolutely killed me - slept 13 hours on Saturday night. Still feel a bit ropey now. Still, should be reet for the 11th
Here's a stat for you all....
Snowdon, height - 3560ft
Peaks Pootle 27th, climbed - 4554ft
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Was it really that much climbing!? Or is that ascent+descent?
I'm good for April 11th 🙂
i was told we'd climbed that much by two different people. not having a GPS I dunno - felt like it though!
sam, i was so ill last night i didnt eat, and thats a very rare thing for me! 😛 still got a bad cold and backache, but feel a lot better than last night.
I'm in. My forks should be back and working by then and I will be on my proper bike 8)
GPS systems are notorious for over-stating total ascent
My Forerunner doesn't measure it though
Still, it felt like enough climbing to me 🙂
Ok - this is the bikehike.co.uk stats calculator results....
20.42 miles
Total Ascent: 3437 ft
Total Descent: 3364 ft
Start Elevation: 790 ft
End Elevation: 795 ft Elevation
Min Elevation: 527 ft Gradient
Max Elevation: 1507 ft
Back
I might have made the last click not quite bang on Edale but all the others are bang on! It's just taken me ages
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Impressive! 😀
with the gps the 4554ft was total ascent only.. but this does include every little upward movement inc every dip and rise and standing from sitting etc. and every wobble noggin !! 😉
latest from the Office of Confusing Statistics - we climbed 1.05 kilometres vertical
hehehee
well i didn't make it but was out later in day
but tell me how can Pook pick a day 6weeks or so in advance and get perfect weather? very impressive indeed
just got to have the right connections.
Although I think some of those going up Mam Tor would debate 'perfect weather', what with the gusts sending at least 4 of us flying!
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I was walking on Saturday and saw a big group of riders over Win Hill - guessing it was you lot by the number of Inbreds. Sounds like you had a good day, so I'd be interested in a route map if anyone has it.
Thanks
IMN - email me and I'll send the GPX
Cracking ride on saturday, thanks Chris for organising it and for everyone who made it such fun.
Legs are repairing better than I imagined they would on saturday night!
I only took 1 photo of a certain someone stuck in the mud...how do you upload to the forum?
Should be up for the one on the 11th April too 🙂
send it me rich, I'll put it up
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hub deep in poo
i know what made me ill, it was those road flavoured jelly babies 😛
Ive just remembered me riding off towards Fairholmes and stood on my tod holding the gate open before realising we'd be doing the Hagg farm descent 😕 then furiously peddling back and down!
Whats happening with the chappy who ran into the back of that Golf?
I think the quote of the day was "I'm just going to go back to Edale 'cos I'm knackered", "so are we", "oh, which way is it", "over Mam Tor"
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I had no trouble eating - got up Sunday lunch time and went for a proper sit down burger with a side order of ribs.
But yeah, eating off the floor probably wasn't the best idea
Mam Tor... one of the longest "walks" of the ride .. thats when we could stay on our feet !!! 😆
they all complied to the 10 second rule so they cant of caused it 😉
You did well to pick a whole bag up in ten seconds!
they were jelly babies, most vital food on earth 😛 and it was a team effort 😀
Pook - MemberOk - this is the bikehike.co.uk stats calculator results....
Chris, is this up on a web page as a map route? : would be great to see for reference if so (I'm crap and don't know how to use gpx's).... Thanks, no prob if not up. thanks again for route!
sadly not den. bikehike had his licence taken off him.
Pook, it was like walking through the sand dunes of a desert. One foot infront of the other into the sandstorm/wind 😆
mam tor - saturday
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My sincere apologies for not making it, the bike was in fine fettle after discovering that a chainring bolt spanner is just the right size to do up HTII end caps.
Unfortunately, the bike had been unwashed in a bike bag for 6 months and about 2 hours after fettling had finished on Friday I was struck down with the mother of all virus's, something had obviously been breeding in there.
Spent Friday night sweating profusely and drinking litres of water (8 pints and still had piss the colour of brown sugar! By 2 AM I had the worst headache I've ever experienced, a pulse of 110+, and every (I'm not kidding, even taking a dump hurt) muscle in my body was aching.
Looked like a top ride and I'll try and make the next one.
Spent Friday night sweating profusely and drinking litres of water (8 pints and still had piss the colour of brown sugar! By 2 AM I had the worst headache I've ever experienced, a pulse of 110+, and every (I'm not kidding, even taking a dump hurt) muscle in my body was aching.
Funnily enough, that's how most people felt after the ride too.
That is Too Much Information! 😀
haha, well I'll owe you a drink for bringing the tool, even if I didn't get chance to use it.
Pencilled in the 11th so i`m in again.
I think i won the sweep again with 27.
its the only thing i come first in when biking.
I have a sneaky feeling i'm busy on the 11th, or more to the point the wife has mentioned it and i've not taken any notice.
Could I join in on the 11th as a new local?
my pics will be up in the morning, been delayed, sorry...will be there on the 11th.... chris,where is my wheelie in the video :-(...is it cus i was wearing pimp colours??? 😉
Pimpiness coming up. My filming skills seem to have sadly deserted me for this one though 🙁
great swampi ... more pics cant wait..
did you get a group shot by any chance ??
maybe in future i should bring a camera instead of steeling everyone's pics !!! 🙄
Sounds like you had a great ride, wish i could have joined you. I know most of the route but it would be great to see a route map - (i've just emailed you Pook in the hope you could send me one)
How long did the ride take ?
mine are uploading as we speak, yes my camera skilles where even poorer than normal this time :-(, will use my helmet cam next time also
badger, we were out for about 5 hours, but with a large number of riders the inevitability of a number of repairs was set!
I don't have a route map, but i do have a GPX if that'll do?