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I don't know what JY is trying to say. I suppose its safe to say that I won't be triathlon training 😀

Ecky-Thump - that sounds good to me

Are we going to tempt you out next Wed then mol?

Erm.. well.. I could be tempted to bring an MTB next week, if I can get all my crap in a rucksack instead of my panniers..... which should be feasible. I'll give it a go.

Won't have a car though so we either need to start from Preston or someone needs to give me a lift.

OK, I'll take that as a "yes" then.

For Binners and anyone else:
7pm meet on the road that joins the lower and upper barns.
<3 hour ride with route choice appropriate to weather on the day.

For Molgrips:
I can offer a lift from Preston if you're car-less? email in profile.

I'll be mainly hanging around one of the aforementioned kebab houses after a night of the mad ferrit/adephi/roper hall on saturday - grimy northern town maybe, but still much fun to be had:)

Cheers Ecky. Will need a lift, will email you nearer the time.

Sounds bang on that Ecky. There will be 2 or 3 of us from Rammy side

Just a timely "bump"

Anyone else fancy joining us for a Rivi outing on Wed evening?

Will see if i can change plans but probably riding Tuesday instead

May come out Weds as well what time start etc.

Weather forecast looks great! 😀 Actually, the Met Office is saying gap in the rain from 14.00 - 22.00. So we might get away with it!

Anyone know how the San Marino's looking. It as cut up to **** about 6 weeks ago. Should be...ahem... 'interesting' after the last few weeks liquid sunshine

7pm start, meet on the road that connects the two barns.

My car's a grey Mondeo estate and the bike will be either blue Rockhopper or black Five.

Cleaning bike and fitting a new front mech tonight. Wish me luck.

Oh, are there going to be lots of steep rocky bits btw?

Binners, San Marino was riding fine a week or so back (after the deluge)

Molgrips only one rocky bit of any note and you should be able to middle ring it all or SS if you want

Right I'll bring my 5 then 🙂

Molly, We'll find you as steep and rocky as we can but tbh there's nothing steep anywhere on Rivi.

Probably do a route something like... up the Pike; down Wilderswood; Up Wilders Moor; down Burnt Edge; up Smithhills Moor; San Marino (down and back up); Two Lads; Dog Kennels; ICR or Gardens.

not with Binners there you wont 😉

Please don't make me ride up the San Marino 🙁

Edit: This my become a two-tier group fairly quickly. EEK!!!

wuss!

edit - plenty of options to modify route according to group

Its a fair point, well put 😀

Can't see this being a fast paced ride, so we might not get all that lot in anyway.
My Five's now been "Mega-ised" and has got a bit lardy as a consequence (36lbs!!), which is why I might yet leave it at home in favour of the hardtail.

I'm going to pretend I might come then flake out at the merest hint of bad weather or feeling a bit tired, like I do for every STW meetup. That ok with everyone?

(Though if I were to come I would be joining binners in the 'glacial' speed category.)

Molly, We'll find you as steep and rocky as we can but tbh there's nothing steep anywhere on Rivi.

Just want to know if I should bring my XC-ish 5 or my Patriot. Which seems to weigh a lot less than your 5! Wtf have you got on it?

Bring the 5. Patriot is overkill.

Maybe it's just that I've got cheap nasty scales then, but it's definately at least 10lbs heavier than the hardtail.
2.5 Dual Plys, coil fork and Reverb, all add up... and all totally unnecessary for a Rivi ride!!!

SS rigid wil ride everything so no need for a big bike. I rarely use my FS there tbh

Just so we're clear,

Are you meeting on the road up to Rivi Barn, with the parking bays all the way up? Would it not make more sense to meet up at a specific point, say the roundabouty bit further up where the (motor)bikers hang out?

Thinking of tagging along, team Binners' Mincers.

We'll all be easy enough to spot. We'll be the only ones not in a Vauxhall Corsa, sporting a baseball cap at a jaunty angle, playing happy hardcore above the threshold of pain

'Binners' Mincers? Hmmmmmm. I feel a t shirt design coming on 😀

Cougar,
Yes, it's the road with the parking bays on the left.
For the avoidance of any doubt [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=363010&Y=414055&A=Y&Z=120 ]here's a very specific point[/url] for you

Ah right, got you now. I'd completely overlooked that adjoining road till now.

its the same road just a specific point on it
I have a prior arrangement i forgot about but I will try and get out of it to be there..i know this means a lot to you all

Binners mincers
Beer and fags and chips and gravy tour?
you can choose the font 😉

Are you definitely coming, Cougar?

I'm thinking about it. (-:

I wouldn't go as far as to say 'definitely', it depends whether I can get out of work at a sensible hour, whether I can overcome a debilitating fear of people I don't know, what the weather's doing, and whether I can come up with any other tangible excuses between now and then. But yeah, all things being equal I don't see why not, sounds like a giggle.

I'm not particularly fit or blessed with l33t skilz, so if you're all rad to the power of sick then there's little point in me coming other than to say hello. But if there's other bimblers then it should be cool. If all else fails, I went walking up there at the weekend so will at least have a vague idea of where the hell I am.

so if you're all rad to the power of sick

Well, I don't know the fellow but Binners' legendary lack of ability precedes him.

Anyway, you need to come, I've got that laptop needs fixing. I'll bring it along.

Weather is currently looking favourable so i might just make the effort for this.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Bolton/

Binners mincers
Beer and fags and chips and gravy tour?
you can choose the font

Comic sans obviously.

Oh yeah, and my bike is massively overkill for Rivington but my only other bike is a road bike.

Anyway, you need to come, I've got that laptop needs fixing. I'll bring it along.

*snort* that's probably going to be my epitaph. "Oh, you work with computers? Only, mine's really slow..."

Binners mincers

[STW mode] and where exactly has the apostrophe gone? 🙄 [/STW mode]

I refer the honourable gentleman to my post at the top of this very page.

Cougar, you're in the clear. The evidence suggests that it woz Junkyard wot dunnit.

He's been in the bedroom with candlesticks again, hasn't he.

Well I was going to take the hardtail, but the last time I rode it down the San Marino I blew not one, not two, but three rear tubes with my precise line choices and aerial finesse. Riding as I do with the grace and elegance of a three legged giraffe

Bouncy bike it is then?

5 clean and drying in the garage, prepped for its frontmech-ectomy.

I'll be on a HT, given that my bike is a HT.

Do you lot all know each other, or should we wear poppies in buttonholes or something? Maybe some sort of identifying pe(n)dant?

I don't know any of them.

Although some of you might be the loud-mouthed northerners that typically annoy me at bike races.

I'm not loud-mouthed, just Northern and annoying.

I'm load-mouthed, northern and annoying, but extremely unlikely to be found at race meetings

Bouncy bike it is then?

Yeah take the bouncy bike so if I do come I won't feel out of place. Mind you JY always goes on about how he's normally on a rigid singlespeed but I've never seen it.

I am northern and annoying but also terribly middle class so my northern accent isn't that pronounced compared to the scummers from southern Lancashire.

By the way molgrips, remember to bring a chain, or a bike with a chain.

I dont actually own a rigid SS that would be madness ...its got bombers on it
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Not looked at the rest of the posts, just saw preston, clicked on last page and then saw ride round rivington, have i missed the ride?

Nope, you've not missed it. Come and join us.

Wednesday night 11th July . 7pm meet [url= http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=363010&Y=414055&A=Y&Z=120 ]here[/url]

Lights shouldn't be needed but always better to play safe and throw 'em in the bag in case of any protracted mechanicals.

Hmm wednesday damn, and 7pm a bit after my bed time :D, If i do come ill have to come on my ss as my new bike aint ready yet. I take it thats the long lane up to the top barn?

yep

Umm.. got a bit of a problem. Can anyone lend me a front mech? I have a spare, I was going to replace it tonight but I forgot to bring it with me.

yes for what bike- ie down tube size and pull type

I think there's a well-used (read that as "tired") Deore top-swing in my parts bin. Should fit a Five.
I plan to be in Preston later tonight. Let me know where you're staying and I can drop it in.

Er oh yeah, it's my 2007 5 and it's top pull, seatpost is 27.2mm so that makes it what, 28.4 clamp dia usually?

It looks like I'll be in the ironically named Holiday Inn again tonight from about 7 or so.

Damn, I'd assumed a later model/wider seat-tube. I don't think I have a proper shim but I'll take a look for a suitable bodge.

You have my mobile no, pls ping me a txt so that I have yours and can ring you to let you know if search turns up something.

Failing that, is there a shop into which I can pop to buy one?

Btw they all come oversized now but are supplied with shims...

Shops - Halfords down by the docks??
not sure of any proper bike shps within Preston but many near ny

Ribble cycles
Merlin
Hewitt

I have one you can borrow.
I may need to take my one off my 5 but that is only a double - any use?? - I am not sure what I did with the one that it replaced but will look when i get in

Mail me to sort something out

Is it a double-specific front mech? Do they even make those for MTBs?

I'll email ina bit - cheers. Are you local? Can I drive over?

Struggling to suggest a shop within walking distance.

EDIT - ah, you're not carless then. I'll still look and let you know but you stand a better chance with Merlin or Ribble if with car.
Ribble being closest.

I'm at the Marriott north of Preston tonight.

found it, has a shim but that only takes it down to 31.8mm.
Any good?

Going offline now - will be in Preston. Call me if you want me to drop by at Marriott.

Hm.

Where's this nice weather you promised me? *fret*

Aloha Preston.

I would love to have joined in with tonight's ride, but my bike is ...err in pieces at the moment. 😳

Should be back together by next week hopefully, so if this is happening again, it would be great to meet up with you lovely people.

Hopefully next time, eh .

Cougar, still coming apparently. Just hope it's slightly later than this suggests.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Bolton/hour_by_hour.html

How long to drive to Rivington from Preston then tonight?

Brain farted my way straight past this.

Sorry, but I've checked my inbox and can find NO applications to ride on my land. The bloody cheek of some people.

Have a good one. Would loved to have joined you but off the bike on Dr's orders. I'm slowly going mad.

PS Ecky Thump the mech is the right size, cheers. The reception lady was most bemused.

"Hello Mr Grips, a gentlemen has dropped off a.. ummm.. device for you at the front desk..."

How long to drive to Rivington from Preston then tonight?

Shouldn't take you too long, depending where you are in Preston; half an hour maybe. M65 J3.

Might be nominally quicker going down the M61 from that side, thinking about it. It's half as far again, though.

So I'm going down the A675 then over the hill? Alternative is M61 J8 then around Chorley.

If your coming from preston, i always find it easier to come off the M61 at botany bay.

's the way I'd go (though I'm coming from the other direction).

It's signposted from the A675, you turn off just after a pub on the right. Follow the twistyturny into Rivi, then when you see the visitors' centre on the right you turn left up the road opposite.

I'll defer to others' suggestions though; I'm geographically challenged at the best of times.

Just for you Molly,
[url= http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=marriott+hotel+near+Preston&daddr=Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=53.631814,-2.488403&spn=0.108305,0.331306&sll=53.623594,-2.561445&sspn=0.011505,0.012531&geocode=FQT-NAMddn7W_yHOm-H187vMlSmlRFOQ4nF7SDHOm-H187vMlQ%3BFc8zMgMdhevY_w&oq=rivington&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&t=m&z=12 ]google map route[/url]

I'll be taking the M61 and around Chorley option

I don't want to worry anyone, but there are some sort of blue-coloured gaps that have appeared in the perpetual dull greyness up above. I'm not quite sure what they are. I'll make some inquiries and if I get any answers, I'll let you know

don't worry, they'll soon pass and universal greyness will be restored.

Right, I'll be in a grey VW Passat, like a proper middle aged IT consultant STWer, with an Orage 5 that's by pure coincidence the exact same colour as my car.

I've just found that I won't be getting my car back today (it's in the garage after some myopic cow couldn't reverse out of a parking space without dragging her heavily battle-scarred Merc down the side of mine). So I'll be in a blue-ish Astra estate I think. I'm assuming I can load a bike into the back of it, I've not actually tried.

Should we, like, swap phone numbers or is that far too sensible? (Email will reach my phone, anyway)

Lord Lowey, Sir, please accept my most humble appologies for neglecting to submit the requisite applications to ride on your most green and pleasant of lands.

Oh, it's [i]lands![/i]

Thank god for that. I thought it said "lads".