philconsequence - slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence - slow group
AndyRT - slow group
Thisisnotaspoon - fast group
PaulD - fast group
raymond - fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) - slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret - undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB - fast group
Singletrackmind - fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 - slow group
Phil56 - slow group
TurnerGuy - slow/medium/fast group
MrBlobby - fast group
dobo - fast group
Tenuous - some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 - slow group
Bullheart - slow/medium/fast group
mk1fan - slow/medium/fast group
altered groups by way of a bump 🙂
anymore for anymore?
everyone and their normal riding buddies are welcome 🙂
bring lots of water, and get there early/read the parking advice in the opening post as it'll be busy in the look-out carpark on what has the potential to be a stunning day if the forecast is to be believed!
Sadly I'm out as I have to do taxi duties for my daughter all day.
Anyone know the link for buying a pass online?
tis in the opening post i think sir dezinald!
I can't scroll back that far 😉
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Ok, I've got a permit, refitted my creaking bottom bracket, only for it to now creak even more and taken the mudguards off (because even the met office can't screw up a 24hr forecast) I'm nursing the end of a cold and a hangover, both of which I hope wil be gone by tomorrow.
What else do I need to know, remember to do, bring?
lots of liquids, it'll be hot and we're riding at 12!
mudguards off is a good point, i got my bike all ready for winter and the sun came out to play 😆
Just realised my permit is in the shed and my bikes already in the car, and I'm not going home again, arse!
Fast group had better be ninja stealthy.
I'm in. Putting myself down for fast group but if I turn up and there's a bunch of you there in lycra on carbon race hardtails warming up on turbo trainers then I'm going slow group!
Well I'll be in lycra, on a 100mm hardtail, however it consists of equal parts steel, mud and singlespeed and I don't think it's been washed since the last Swinely Party!
[edit] it must have been washed as my forks blew up last time and have been replaced by some even older ones.
I'm out - i managed to get out of doing my Reading Cycle Campaign stuff, only to be told that i'm got a gig at mid-day.
This is the third, yes THIRD ride i've missed now 😥
this time tomorrow we'll already be riding 8)
I'm so excited I could do a little wee.
Just stocked up on chocolate coated hazlenuts for mid-ride snacking, I'm a bit worried they might melt though. They might just have to be for pre-ride sharing instead!
philconsequence - slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence - slow group
AndyRT - slow group
Thisisnotaspoon - fast group
PaulD - fast group
raymond - fast group
[b]slimjim78 (-1 buddy) - buddy has now put hoe before bro[/b]
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret - undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB - fast group
Singletrackmind - fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 - slow group
Phil56 - slow group
TurnerGuy - slow/medium/fast group
MrBlobby - fast group
dobo - fast group
Tenuous - some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 - slow group
Bullheart - slow/medium/fast group
mk1fan - slow/medium/fast group
buddy has now put hoe before bro
mine thinks I'm guiding so can't get out of it :p
he made some lame excuse about it being their 4 year anniversary. Pah! 😆
pffft, ridings more important
right ladies and gentlemen,
i'm not going to be back online again properly until after the ride, i might get a quick opportunity to check the thread tomorrow morning but possibly not....
if you've got any questions, check the opening post in this thread, it answers everything apart from what thisisnotaspoon should buy his lady for their anniversary!
looking forward to meeting/seeing everyone tomorrow 🙂
we'll set off on the bikes at 12, i wont have any way of knowing who hasnt turned up and will have to assume if you're not with us just through the 'go-ape' gates on the right before 12 then you're not coming... so give yourself ample time to find the place and park!
xxx
We doing the whole name - tags thing again?
It could be childs face, s'all im saying 😀
Isn't go-ape on the left?
I think he means turn right once you've gone past the Go Ape bit (which is, as you say, on the left).
I think I might join you all since the weather's nice and my bike is clean for the first time in a month! It'll be fun to meet some new people and maybe discover some new trails.
philconsequence - slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence - slow group
AndyRT - slow group
Thisisnotaspoon - fast group
PaulD - fast group
raymond - fast group
slimjim78 (-1 buddy) - buddy has now put hoe before bro
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret - undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB - fast group
Singletrackmind - fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 - slow group
Phil56 - slow group
TurnerGuy - slow/medium/fast group
MrBlobby - fast group
dobo - fast group
Tenuous - some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 - slow group
Bullheart - slow/medium/fast group
mk1fan - slow/medium/fast group
Aidan - fast group
And another 8)
philconsequence - slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence - slow group
AndyRT - slow group
Thisisnotaspoon - fast group
PaulD - fast group
raymond - fast group
slimjim78 (-1 buddy) - buddy has now put hoe before bro
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret - undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB - fast group
Singletrackmind - fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 - slow group
Phil56 - slow group
TurnerGuy - slow/medium/fast group
MrBlobby - fast group
dobo - fast group
Tenuous - some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 - slow group
Bullheart - slow/medium/fast group
mk1fan - slow/medium/fast group
Aidan - fast group
SilentSparky - slow/medium group
(snuck online whilst waiting for a friend to make the tea)
yeah go ape gate is on the left of the carpark, if you go through the gate then duck under the trees on the right of the gate that's where we'll meet as we're all in one place and out of the way of cars/families 🙂
To confirm,
philconsequence - slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence - slow group
AndyRT - slow group
Thisisnotaspoon - fast group
PaulD - fast group
raymond - fast group
slimjim78 (-1 buddy) - buddy has now put hoe before bro
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret - undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB - fast group
Singletrackmind - fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 - slow group
Phil56 - slow group
TurnerGuy - slow/medium/fast group
MrBlobby - fast group
dobo - fast group
Tenuous - some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 - slow group
Bullheart - slow/medium/fast group
mk1fan - slow/medium/fast group
Aidan - fast group
SilentSparky - slow/medium group
Jef Wachowchow + 2 - slow, medium, would like learn the route's rather than just blast round head down group.
I'm still too lazy to cut and paste. 😀
(Saving my energy for tomorrow, innit?)
Can't we meet right in front of the gate, right in the middle of the path in the way of everyone, so's we annoy all the other people trying to use the centre?
Oh go on [i]pleeeeease[/i]???
Have a brilliant day tomorrow everyone. 😀
For those who haven't been to Swinley before, you'll be in a treat!
Look forward to seeing the pics and tales of shenanigans. 8)
would it be rude to try sell my 819's on xt hubs on here, oops..can bring em tomorrow oops..
Why have I just noticed this 🙁 I've moved a little bit further south and would love to travel back up as I've pretty much recovered from my shoulder surgery now, but alas there's rugby on and I'm having a BBQ.
Any chance of doing it again in a few weeks time?
Oh yes, better remember the camera...
Have fun peeps. One day I'll wander that far south
IF I buy the permit on line is posted to me or do I print it off, don't want to pay on line if it gets sent by post.
I dont think daily permits are sent in the post, but im not sure if you get a print out.
Its easy to buy them on the day from look out center, takes 5 mins max to que up usually.
Five minutes??? 😯
Oh might as well not bother coming then if it's going to take that long to get a flipping permit. 🙄
Queue queue queue. That's all we ever flipping do in this country I blame Queen Victoria.
apparently you can print on online receipt for a day ticket and take that along as proof.
have a jolly day out ya freaks.
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just about to go for a stroll down to the shops to buy some breakfast and its a beautiful, stunning, super clear blue sky type morning.
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Whilst just out of the picture is Bullheart's size 11 Doc Martins .
He has just kicked the gator in the nutz during a Mega-man V Gator death match no holds barred wrestling competition.
See you all in a couple of hours.
It could be a childs face....
😆
REMEMBER:
lots of fluids, and worth bringing some food type stuff as we'll be riding over the hottest part of the day and most people's normal lunchtime!
i will bring some white stickers and a pen, but i will not be insisting people wear name badges.... what i'd really appreciate is if people could write down a contact number that we can call if you get beated up by elfin on the trails and stick it inside your helmet. that way we dont have to wipe your iPhones by trying to unlock it too many times.
sound fair? 🙂
philconsequence - slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence - slow group
AndyRT - slow group
Thisisnotaspoon - fast group
PaulD - fast group
raymond - fast group
slimjim78 (-1 buddy) - buddy has now put hoe before bro
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret - undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB - fast group
Singletrackmind - fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 - slow group
Phil56 - slow group
TurnerGuy - slow/medium/fast group
MrBlobby - fast group
dobo - fast group
Tenuous - some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 - slow group
Bullheart - slow/medium/fast group
mk1fan - slow/medium/fast group
Aidan - fast group
[b]Peterpoddy - probably fast group
Mrs Poddy - probably slow group[/b]
the slow group is going to be tiny judging by the list!
I'm too lazy to write me name down on a sticker...
nobody is asking you to young man 😉
just an emergency contact number innit
Is there a group for 'people too lazy to decide what group they're in'?
Right. My train gets into Martin's Heron at 11.52. That's ok, innit?
that's a fair old sprint to meet us by 12 dude! if this laziness continues we'll have to set off without you 😛
(i dont want people waiting around too long before starting riding, people get impatient when they've been in a carpark for an hour innit)
Phil, according to Google maps, it's 2 miles almost exactly. If his train is on time he'll arrive at almost exactly midday if he gets a shufty on 🙂
last min decision to go
🙂 sweet, i'm off to go collect my bike, load up the car and cut up an old top so it allows more air to me nipples for the ride
see you all soon!
well that was BEAUTIFUL
thanks to everyone who came out and made it what is was!
and a super special thanks to PaulD and AndyRT for leading the two groups, what a stunning way to end the summer.
i hope everyone gets home safely 🙂
An excellent ride in the slow group. A lot of new tracks I didn't know. Will look at GPS later to find out how much of the 85 miles was done today 😀
Thanks Phil for organizing and Andy for leading the slow group much fun.
Phil,
Been there, seen it, done it and got the very wet t-shirt to prove it.
It was excellent....well I thought so from the front!
Seriously, thanks to all the fast(er) group for just doing it in the new UK record October temperature!
Sunny, hot, no wind, no mud or even the odd puddle.
What a day!
Looking forward to the next one.
PaulD
I concur, was great to meet you all and discover some great new sections.
Sorry about the squeaking cranks, and puncture, and another puncture, and the hot flush (full length trousers, seriously?), oh, and coming of in the Devil's Bowl bit or whatever it was called.
Thanks to Andy for plotting such a great route and to Phil for organising, hope we can do it all again sooner rather than later!
Cheers Phil for organising, had a great time breaking my "meeting people off the internet to ride bikes" virginity. My Garmin had the slow group route at 14.1 miles. If anyone wants a .gpx of it then my email address is in my profile.
Cheers for guiding us Paul, feeling it in my legs now!
^ Mark riding the black Charge Duster
Thanks for organising Phil and thanks Andy for leading the group.
Thanks very much for the guiding Paul, and to Phil for organising, and Pete for the advice on my forks and finally to Dez for not being too angry at my surprise wrong turn 🙂
Bloody brilliant that was. Thanks to lovely Phil for organising and Paul for superfast guiding. Absolutely loved it.
Got a few decent photos so they will be uploaded to my Picassa site and I'll post the link.
Did I mention I had a good time?
[edit]Tenuous - that'll teach me for riding too close eh? 🙂
as a side note, I got through a smidge under 4 litres of fluid on the ride, still ended up 1kg lighter when I got home! 😯
sweaty git.
Yes, many thanks Phil for organising the ride and for Paul for the guiding - some new trails to me - if I can drag myself out of bed tomorrow I am going to do the route again early.
What a great route and pace - I have a gpx of the fast route apart from the end where us stragglers got separated and then wandered into the swamp.
It was good to put faces to some of the 'masters' of the stw forum 🙂
What a great afternoon in the sun! I did see some air under some of those tyres, and especially enjoyed the"wheeeeeeee" sound effects coming from behind me on a swoopy bit of trail.
Oh, and much kudos for Phil for organising.
I'd love to catch up with the Alton crew to checkbout your local woods...
I could be persuaded to organise a Winchester ride at some point, if any one is interested?
An excellent ride, in excellent company.
Many thanks to Phil for organising and Andy for leading the slow group. And thanks to 'spoon for providing company when my [i]'catch up with the fast group'[/i] plan went a little, er, awry...
as a side note, I got through a smidge under 4 litres of fluid on the ride, still ended up 1kg lighter when I got home!sweaty git.
I set off with a 750mml and 500ml bottle (drank a couple of pints of water before setting off as well), ran out about an hour in, got back to the car, drank 2 750ml bottles and a can of pepsi, Bullheart bought a round of cokes, and I've still not pissed anything less than brown!
And thanks to 'spoon for providing company when my 'catch up with the fast group' plan went a little, er, awry...
Haha, we were the fst blokes on singlespeeds whp are only fast when no ones looking group. Cheers for the coke, I'll buy a mataphorical one back on your justgiving page.
What a ride . Oh my God . Straight out of the blocks and up to a good fast rolling speed . Usual run out of the cp and out into the miles of super fast singletrack .
Never ridden Swinley when it has been so hot and so dry . Super quick with a light dusting of pine needles to keep you focussed . PaulD was taking no prisoners and I was running at pretty much flat out through alot of the singletrack . Even burped on the stickler which left the back end feeling very wooly .
Big up to Philly for organising , and PaulD for dragging us round in a blur of roots , twists and turns and drops . This is why I ride a mountain bike .
rob ( naked carbon fs)
Could be a childs face s'all
Even burped on the stickler which left the back end feeling very wooly
is that a euphamism?
Thanks to the organisers nice day. Very dehydrated by the end of the day thanks to the guy who pushed my cramp out.
Yay... thanks to Phil for organising and PaulD for leading.
I ride those trails pretty much every week, but it's nice to ride them with some different people (and put faces to internet personas).
Hang on, extra large doner to get outside of first, then I'll be back and that.
As you were.
(The little quiet, almost [i]painfully[/i] shy one on the tiny red bike...)
Sounds like a good one, hope I can make the next one and that it's soon.
Well, I tell you what Tom, I won't be having one of these bad boys again for a while; it's enough to feed me for a week! 😯
Hey sounds like a great ride, I'm jealous, do any get organised down south, I mean further south and east a bit preferably.
Er one question, why do peeps ride with only one speed (I guess that's what single sped means) are they poor people, I could probably find some old gear stuff, should we form a charity?
Gears for poor single speed riders that can't ride good.
are they poor people
I am! 😀
Speshly after forking out for this extra large doner.
Jeeze, I'm struggling. Not sure if I'm going to make it. 😐
Save some for tomorrows breakfast/lunch.
Should've listened to the bloke in the shop when he expressed concern for my ability to finish it. 😳
It's bloody huuuuge. Even Binners would struggle to finish it.
Might heat up the leftovers for Match Of The Day. 😀
are they poor people
nope just better than you :p
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That is all.
Aidan speaketh truth. It Is Written.
Who was the tall guy who got up that vicious climb?
The man's a machine. Proper power. Most folk with gears couldn't make it to the top! 😯
That was the fastest I've ever ridden round Swinley. Sweet Jesus of Nazareth it was quick!!! PaulD isn't Human, I don't reckon, but some form of superfit alien, sent down to make us all feel inadequate.
Trails were soooooo dry and fast. Unfortunately, someone had to go and spoil it for others though din't they mentioning no names but he lives on Hayling Island and rides an old plastic bike and is sponsored by a banana company.... 🙄 He was like bloody Lewis Hamilton, cutting people up and overtaking etc. So rude and inconsiderate.
Oi, Dezinald! Whe'ya pictures dem?
Im keepin dat sticker on my bike
As for uncle Leathal Dizzle...
One of the bestest days ever
Who was the tall guy who got up that vicious climb?
Maybe me? Depends which climb you mean.
I was on the Ti Singular.
Yes was you!
Fair bloody play to yer. Some of those climbs are nasty enough with gears, let alone without any! 😯