Gaz, you've nicked my bike.
That was me... Lovely evening for a run out.. Took this just after I saw you all.
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TJ thats the weekend that I'm away. As your down don't ride Rivi- ride the Peaks to get a good flavour of what the area has to offer. Pook etc could organise a small ride?
Thats a shame Hora - or is it just an excuse 'cos you don't really exist?
I have ridden in the peak before a few times. Really I am more interested in the social side of getting a posse together for a spin. I'd prefer not to travel too far but will go with a concensus.
I'd also love to meat you. 😯
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Where is lee quarry? is it near Rivi?
means going into picadilly, crossing manchester to victoria or at least crossing to the through platforms, another train out past Bolton and then a ride up to the trails
the train goes from Picadilly has done for about 20 years - when did you last get the train :wink:. I think you can get to Bolton from Victoria
I dont care where we ride I will ride where we agree but the Peaks is a pain to get to if you are not in South Manchester [ or from North of manchester]- I can get to the Lakes just as quickly tbh. TJ pick a place those who want to come will come those who dont wont.
EDIT: NO 30 miles apart Lee Quarry is a trail centre with a route over to thingy Cragg. No chance getting there on public transport - IMHO- but probably as easy to get to as Rivvy from Manchester by car. Its OK for what it is but I am not a trail centre fan so not in the best position to pass comment on its merits
I'm afraid Hora is real, very real 😉Thats a shame Hora - or is it just an excuse 'cos you don't really exist?
Hora - you didn't say goodbye to me last Sunday.
If we ride 'Rivi', I think I'll opt for my own bike rather than the tandem. As Binners mentioned above, the tandem will be a bit scary on the Belmont/San Marino descent. Lowy should know 😉
I'm going to Scotland that weekend or I'd gladly avoid you all more locally 🙂
BWD - 🙁 bastid!
BUnnyhop - this one? looks ok to me - just needs a bit of mincing in places 🙂
Bunny' I almost fell off the back of the tandem laughing when my bars started turning the front riders seat round to 45degrees 😆
aye that is the one cracking descent
TJ your welcome to come down sarf too. LOL.
Manchester is down south ! Ta tho.
I suspect if we use the whole UK as a reference point your home and Manchester are both in the Midlands 😯
A pal from Manchester came up here for a party - he was most miffed at being introduced as my pal from down south 🙂
T.J it's One of my favourite descents. Yes we're good at mincing down things on the tandem.
Hora - we rode 'The Banks' on it the other night (your favourite switchback descent, the one with all the drops) at the Roman lakes, amazingly Jules managed to get us around that sharp bermed switch back.
i'd like to meet TJ too.
Please can I bribe my way on to this one with the promise of " cakey goodness ". 😛 . Please...
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm cake Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
*rubs tummy*
Hora - we rode 'The Banks' on it the other night (your favourite switchback descent, the one with all the drops) at the Roman lakes, amazingly Jules managed to get us around that sharp bermed switch back.
Sorry to butt-in, can anyone point me in the direction of this Roman Lakes descent?('The Banks')
I ride round there all the time but have no idea what these names mean or what any of the trails are nicknamed etc. I wouldn't want to think I was missing out. I can't recall a switch-back descent though so maybe I am....
Duggan - From Mellor cross, go straight across following the tarmac lane descending. After a couple of hundre metres with the golf course on your right, there is a path at the side of the wall. This pings you up, then it's a drop (fairly steep) onto a 2 way split, take the right turn with lots of steps (new work by the council to sanitise and stop water errosion). This track will ziz zag it's way down with a tight bermed turn in the middle, loose mable rocks most of the way down, just to give it that extra edge. Spits you out onto the lane.
Bunnyhop, while you're here, BFO's with added marshmallow pieces, what do you reckon. Yay or nay ?
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Looks like Devils Chocolate Cake could be on the list as well.. ^^^^ 🙂
Graeme - you can never have enough cake (includes extra bits in/on cake), so yay.
Carrot cake sounds lovely though.
The ovens going to be busy on the Friday! 😯
Duggan - the banks is this bit here
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=398105&Y=387410&A=Y&Z=120
best ridden travelling west, downhill from Mellor Cross
Graeme - chocolate cake FTW.
cakes you say
I will do my usual [ depending on numbers]
Pineapple upside down cake, chocolate cake and scones [ might do muffins - getting in tot hem at the minute.
I can do some carrot cake as well if required depending on numbers.
TJ - me and Jake will be up for this, I'll sort it out with Nick for directions.
Al, we can prolly pick you up.
This sounds like fun and I'd love a guided ride at Rivington.
It'd be nice to catch up with some of the Pootle alumni too as I missed out on Tons' Delamere ride.
Ballocks, Ballocks and, thrice, Ballocks!
Will I be working? No (makes a change..)
Will I be on the M6 / M5 en-route to holiday, yep...
Would have loved to catch up with one and all - though we'll be en-route to the general vicinity of the Quantocks and, I'm allowed to take my bike 🙂
We can meet enroute Mark.. Easiest might be the BP Garage on the M62 J 20...
Then head around to the M61... 🙂
Sweet Nick
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Al, we can prolly pick you up.
tickets are too much moolah matey, ta though.
Well, I'm setting off up to Scotland in a few hours so will see you sometime this week, with luck.
Think Debs fancies a day wandering round Edinburgh so food and drinks meeting may be in order.
Wood be good to see you
If doing rivi then would 'botany bay' not be the best start point loads of parking and right next to a motorway junction for those travelling by car, if TJ is using the train its only about a mile from chorley station by bike, theres a pub for post ride beerage, if the plan is to go over to darwen moor then the cafe at tockholes is about half way round the loop and there's a pub next door :wink:.
So - anyone going to make a case for anything except Rivi or do I ask Junkyard to organise Rivi ride for the 13th august?
I refer you to my previous post
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/tjs-visiting-manchester#post-2809445
I'm not saying the riding's crap at rivi - far from it - but the riding from Marple or Disley is just as good.
I'm especially amused by the suggestion that you should travel to Botany Bay, which is quite some way past Rivington, given that you're already going to be crossing / circling Manchester
Either way we'll probably come out for the ride if we're free
As above, I'm not around anyway, but I'm slightly bemused by the logic of heading out all the way to Rivi, Winter Hill etc. It's nice enough riding, but as NBT says, there's just as good, significantly closer.
But then it's always a bit Arsene Wenger - 'Everyone thinks they have the prettiest wife at home' - anyway, have a lovely time wherever you decide to go 🙂
I am a bit in other folks hands here and its as much about being a social ride as owt else.
I would volunteer to organise a ride but I can't guarantee availability.
Previous rides that I've organised from Marple seem to have gone down pretty well.
Why don't we just cut our losses, stop bickering about location, forget this riding lark and just spend the day sat outside Dukes in the sun, drinking beer and eating our own body weight in cheese?
jus sayin'like
oh... nbt have you changed your phone number? I texted you about meeting you for your ride Saturday and you never replied. I cried for hours. Ruined my weekend it did.
