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we can see where we are come the end of the week. Not ideal I know but it may be a late change. Keep an eye on the now epic thread chaps
Worse case. If it really is as bad as the above pics we could always hit a trail centre in Wales etc?
Bit far ain't it?
will I have to ride. Its almost an alcoholic urge. Yesterday I was severely hungover and I dragged myself over Leith Hill etc in Surrey. I was still hungover AFTER the ride 😕
Ditto. Over the peak district. Nothing quite like falling into mel****er to make you realised how much you value your toes.
Wales is a bit far for me though I must admit.
On Sat I was thoroughly soaked to the skin. Mind you I did flip over and roll in the slush 😀
Drove up to the cafe below Derwent res on Sat for a walk. loads of snow, I cannot see that shifting for next Sat!
The lower white peak area is snow free
I bet the Tissington Trail is rideable 😕
Wharncliffe a good idea, only problem I think is that when I last went and it was really wet it was a bit of a quagmire. Needed urgent work doing there which I'm not sure has happened. Anyone ride it recently?
deffo still doing a ride of some sort. Think white peak or wharncliffe. Having said that what about dalby? Although would rather a natural ride.
wharncliffe will be a no go i should think. Too boggy. Little work has been done.
Im still holding a candle for the Kinder Circuit.
Ice- no.
Slushy-snow- yes.
ditto
jacobs it is then 🙂
Even if we walk it- **** it. You dont know for definite until on the day what its going to be like. Plus it could turn out to be a stonker. Plus I was reading at the weekend that the BBC is planning on dropping the Metoffice for its forecasts as they have been found to be wildly inaccurate.
and I've still got my heater and extension cable
There is another option. It may seem a bit crazy but here I go anyway. We could all meet up in a well publicised area, then ride to the nearest pub, eat and drink and talk about bikes and stuff. Then we [i]pretend[/i] we've been out riding.
like your thinking that man
There is another option. It may seem a bit crazy but here I go anyway. We could all meet up in a well publicised area, then ride to the nearest pub, eat and drink and talk about bikes and stuff. Then we pretend we've been out riding.
I'm not looking at alcohol ever again.
On completely the other end of the scale, I've heard that there's this stuff which you can drop from planes that warms the ground up. I assume it would melt the snow ultra fast enabling us to ride on dry dusty trails. I think it's called napalm? Surely that must be of use to us in some way.
I think a plastic sheet in the camelbak to sledge down the hills will be a genius option looking at those pics. 😀
just checked my bike over and the front brake still works even after my ham fisted bleeding of it so it looks like i'm all set to go.
might end up getting the train over as i'm still without a car.
Can we get a roll call of bikes that are going to be [s]ridden[/s] pushed on Saturday?
I'll start, Pitch Pro.
Robdob - Pitch Pro
Will - SS Tricross
Robdob - Pitch Pro
Will - SS Tricross
Podge - Specialized Rockhopper (black)
None of this neiche stuff 😆
hora - Member
Even if we walk it- **** it.
Wasn't that what we were planning to do anyway?? 😉
Robdob - Pitch Pro
Will - SS Tricross
Podge - Specialized Rockhopper (black)
Skiprat - On One Scandal
Robdob - Pitch Pro
Will - SS Tricross
Podge - Specialized Rockhopper (black)
Skiprat - On One Scandal
MarkB - Chameleon (cream)
Pook - Spec Rockhopper (silver with red bits. My chainring nuts are RED. Not pink. Red I tells ya)
They [i]look[/i] pink to me.
Said the actor to the bishop
Is Pook a bishop?
Crikey.
Robdob - Pitch Pro
Will - SS Tricross
Podge - Specialized Rockhopper (black)
Skiprat - On One Scandal
MarkB - Chameleon (cream)
stilltortoise - Whyte 46, or Bianchi fully rigid if we 😀 really are walking
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These would be lighter and better for deep snow!!! 😀
Trusty bog standard rockhopper, green!
Dan
some kinda rockhopper meet up?
I acn confirm that big bags are brillaint for sledging.
'For sale' signs are also good if I remember my youth rightly!
Big orange survival bag at the ready, but if the ride is viable, I could bring along the Maxlight XC. Snow is all gone here in Doncaster, it took some heavy rain to clear it. Where does the snow start at? Looking at the Outside shop webcam, Hathersage/Stanage seem fairly clear.
Ohh very tempting................
Havent got any off road disco slippers though 🙁 been using my roadie shoes for the last few months, no need for anything more round here as there are no slippery rocks!
I am a sensible sort of chap; Intense 6.6 unless I get the hanger for the rocky ridge.
Blur 4x is staying dry until Spring- its the 456 on its third outing 8)
Robdob - Pitch Pro
Will - SS Tricross
Podge - Specialized Rockhopper (black)
Skiprat - On One Scandal
MarkB - Chameleon (cream)
stilltortoise - Whyte 46, or Bianchi fully rigid if we really are walking
sambob - merida matts 50-d
can suggest cannock, not as far as wales and still fairly close for most people 🙂
Cannock? Are you kidding me? That's chuffin LIGHT YEARS away from me (and hora I assume as I think he lurks round my area).