Am I going to be the only one bar Pook and ourkidsam who will be riding a hardtail?
No I'll be rigid as usual!
Lyons,
You'd be most welcome to stay. My email's in my profile. Just drop me a line and I'll give you my address.
Ja! You will be most welcome to stay. Maybe I could take you into my German mouth?
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Cheers pieman. I'll send one after work... And what is this 'moral highground'?
yeah andy you're right. Neither me, sam or Hora have any morals to speak of
😉
I do. I bought them on classifieds a few weeks ago (waiting for them to turn up)
Indeed, riding hardtails is one of the seven sins..Don'cha know...
you forgot me hora 🙁 on my alloy merida, so its not even springy 🙁 I STILL DONT HAVE MY FRONT BRAKE EITHER!!! arghhh. and i have sprained my finger, but it should be fine by next saturday.
Tempted, not done jacobs loop for a few months 🙂
been out today and it's very wet, all the hardpack trails are just a mess of clay 🙁 Jacobs is a nice rocky loop though so should avoid most of the mud, except for the climb upto Mam Tor and along Rushup Edge. That'll be good balance pratice
you dont need a front brake, man it up.
I'll be riding HT, got my eye on a Trance though
im the worst descender known to man. i can go uphill quite well though 🙂
hi, havent had chance to read through this whole thread yet but might be up for a ride if thats ok?
couple of questions though, what route are you doing? and, will i be able to keep up? not ridden since i had my appendix out a few weeks back and wouldnt want to slow you all down.
im going to try a bit of pedalling and stuff down the gym this week so if that goes well ill prob join in.
AndyPaice Exactly!
slowrider- what does the doctor say? Its the Kinder Circuit out of the VGraphics Dark peak book. You wont slow us down. See how you feel- personally I'd have a quick blast on something rocky this week if I was you to see how your body copes with vibration/potentially falling off?
Doctor Quack.
i dont know that one, is it any good? give us a general idea of where it goes please?
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think this is intended loop
No photos but heres a description:
[i]Kinder Circuit
A superb, ultra-challenging route with a real 'wilderness feel'. It builds up to a spectacular finale crossing a 540m high shoulder of Kinder Scout and descending Jacob's Ladder.
Route Grade: hard / extreme. Distance: 22km.[/i]
Personally I think its brilliant as its a xc route that can be both swooping, technical and offers something to those who like climbing without putting off the pushers 😀
oooh it goes down jacobs? going to try extra hard to be fit then!
slowrider- we are approaching it the steady climb way though (you CAN push. If I see anyone pushing I will automatically stay with them). Not because I'm good that way, just because I'm part lazy/unfit.
THINK YOU CAN COUNT ME IN NOW MATE, GOT THE ALL CLEAR FROM SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED 😆
not sure if i know the 'steady climb' way, is that the one with all the loose rocks with the quick down then up before the downhill proper?
steady climb goes up the back to edale cross before dropping all the way down jacobs to a burger and a pint. You're more than welcome slowrider!
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and fallguy - yes, that's the route!
Same as we did on your dads birthday ride last year slowrider, but without the drop down into Hayfield (and without your mental bro buzzing my tyre!)
Would like to come along too but these "Pooks Peak(s) pootle" rides have been every three weeks so far, which happen to coincide with my daughters weekends, so what do I do stw people?
Well done for putting these together Pook (but can you please make the next one in 2 or 4 weeks time?) 🙂
twang - your wish is my command. A sunday in 2 or four weeks next
Hardtail here too.
good news! rang the lbs today, and they have had my brake ready to collect for a while and just hadn't told me, which is pretty poor in my book, one of a few things i havn't been impressed with, so im moving. good job i have 3 nearby 🙂
I have never understood that. If the job is done then tell the customer, you get paid quicker then!
i dont get it either. I will make sure i dont break it again before saturday. infact, i wont be riding it between getting the brake back and saturday, even though thats not how i broke it in the first place :/
I think I will rebuild the Blur4x for next week 🙂
good plan hora, though you will make me jealous- i still miss mine!
undecided myself; heart says take the new sovereign out for a spin, but my head says take the 5 cos it will be gentler with my post-op wimpiness!
slow rider, you could always bring both and i can make use of the one you dont use 😉 but only if your a medium 😆
i know it depends on conditions/mechanicals etc, but any idea of how long the ride will last?
i will be up in the Lees area for a family engagment on the Sunday and may be able to get away on the saturday, provided it is not all day.
lol sambob, bad luck im a large
giantjason I'd say 3.5-4hrs v.max. You'd be in your car by 2pm (or sat in the pub eating a giant burger).
damn it. im 5 11" and a bit, that almost big enough? or am i pushing my luck? im going to the betwys y coed bikeradar demo day anyway, so i can try a decent bike there. what bike though? im on a scott genius 2o at the moment 😀
Hardtail here too
Keep an eye on the midweek snow flurries. Is anyone up there on say Thursday pm that could update us?
I'll keep an eye out weatherwise
I get to see the peak twice a day, i can update and inform
just checked over the bike after the last ride... the chain goes crunch.
Nice maintainence routine there.
sambob what they got on offer? try a trek, they look good to me!
erm, to book online they have scott, norco, corratec, raleigh mtrax, diamondback, rose, red bull, lynskey and bionicon. im like a kid in a sweet shop 😆
I'm giving the bike a shakedown tomorrow night and ordering some pads ready. And tubes. Another expensive biking week ahead!
well i cant wait, its gonna be cold so wrap up 🙂
"I'd say 3.5-4hrs v.max"
How big is the group though? In a group of 4 (so less of a group faffage factor, but probably stopped a little more and a little more often), admitedly not that fit riders, but okay, have taken 6 hours before
It was a nice day though, maybe we weren't cold enough to want to get round fast enough
Ummmm I can't come 🙁
