weather permitting i'll pop along to say hi and will bring aleigh jr 1 & 2 as well....i'll be thinking of you all in the cold whilst i'm sat in the cafe 😆
I look forward to giving you a big manly hug
Yay!!! 😀
i'll pop along to say hi and will bring aleigh jr 1 & 2 as well
Double Yay! 😀 😀
(Aleigh I'm going to give you SUCH a squeeze...)
can't wait to see you! it's been ages! x
TSY - your considerable expertise is required!
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/date-sites
Hahaha C_G, is there noone else that can help? I've got to make my tea.
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@Bikey - wasn't me with the biscuits. If i'd made them you'd still be pooping now!
Ooh I can make this. I'll be bringing the Van too if any of you London folk want a lift, come out to Twyford station from Paddington as its a bit quicker than Martins Heron
Oh no not him as well... 🙄
TSY: the offers still there for sat night if it makes it easier for you. was going to invite torm as well and suggest a man-film-fest and but that would mean whoever's shorter would need to sleep on the 2 seater (Still surprisingly comfy)
if this excites you in the underbeard then throw me an email... should be in my profile (same to you torm *bro-fist bump*)
rusty - will be good to see you and DrP again. Any chance of persuading Mulletus?
c_g - the best chance of persuading Mulletus will be if we meet you in the car park for a chat and then bugger off for a road ride
Is there tarmac involved? Can I wear lycra?
I've been given a pass but will need to know if there's a skills course available before? I seem to have forgotten what this thing they call mountain biking is!!! 🙂 😕
@Mulletboy - At least our proper bikes won't get dirty if the mtb's come out 🙂 Entered beach to beach yet?
*Goes away to find a word to describe Phil, for arranging all this, something like awesome, but more awesome, awesommer, or awesomerer, but a real life proper word*
I'll enter the Beach to Beach this week.
Entries for Magnificat opens on 05/12 too.
Bring DrP for medical emergencies.
There's only so much I can solve with me bolt gun....
I know Swinley reasonably well, I can 'do' a fast group if such a thing is required.
ahh nickc...... what an excellent offer, looking at the growing numbers that might be needed if we separate into groups, would prob be wise to get the whippets with mph on the brain together 🙂
Will there be an SS division?
Ooh I so hope so... 🙂
STWers gather in the Lookout car park prior to the ride:
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I can try out my new winter helmet too; lack of vents means a cosy warm bonce.
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Did one of them lose his jacket and have to borrow his mums?
Ein Hundert! 😀
Is Flashy going to be there?
Did one of them lose his jacket and have to borrow his mums?
No that's the Suede Bumming Jacket.
TSY; Flashy doesn't actually exist; he is the alter-ego of Ernie Lynch.
Who himself is a fiction of my imagination.................
TSY - do you wear leather driving gloves? To go with the suede jacket obviously.
The Captain doesn't exist. No man would refuse to lead a ride with 3 gorgeous STW girlies!
Ha funny you should say that C_G it was so frickin cold in Birmingham today I almost went and bought some! Unfortunately nowhere had any tan ones so looked awful with the jacket!
Elfinsafety - MemberOh no not him as well...
Oh thats nice isn't it. 🙄 Well if [i]anyone else[/i] wants a cup of tea in the car park come to the Silver Sprinter campervayn 😀
vayn
Heh heh!
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Mojito?
You mock, I wore my skiing helmet today , and my head was well hot.
This ride is going to snowball into another 40 + riders on the day, weather permiting .
Wonder if the we need 3 groups?
TSY - black deerskin ones, nothing else will do. 😉
No that's the Suede Bumming Jacket.
Will people be more dissapointed if I don't turn up, or if I turn up without the jacket? Provided I'm not the figmant of someone else's imagination that is...
They sound like a super none-Xmas present, thanks.
looks like the vayn has some new sponsors...... 😆
Elfinsafety - Membervayn
Heh heh!
Vayn!
Reminiscances of you last "Taxi" ride Elf?
Pete Mojitos the night before if you & Jackie want?
Very kind, I'll get back to you by email.
Ooh it's been a while since I was last in a police vayn. Well, a couple of years actually.
One time, I managed to get the cuffs off while in the back of one, and nonchalently handed them to the copper as I got out at the station. 🙂 His sergeant wasn't happy.
They tend to like using the most speed-bumpy route, and driving really fast over them. Ah, such jolly japes...
i am still a little proud of my opening post on this thread, is that sad?
a little, yes 😉
You rightly should be...
You are Mark Ingram, you're deserving of the chest bump, and proud laughter...
haha, think its the general formatting, and amount of stuff i copied and pasted from various posts over 2 threads then edited it down that give me that warm "look at my beautiful post" feeling. nearly threw in a photo of a cat on an invisible bike with a badly spelt caption but figured that would be too fantastic
[i]You mock, I wore my skiing helmet today , and my head was well hot[/i]
WTF were you doing? Bit of nice windsurfing?
Btw can we all [b]Forget[/b] about the suede jackets for the next week? Possibly? Please?
No Dez, you have to wear yours....grrrrrr!!!
Dez is that an explicit instruction [i]not[/i] to go [s]get my favourite dry cleaned[/s] trawling charity shops especially for the occasion? How else will you recognise me?
I'll probably be up for this too. Been meaning to get a guided ride around Swinley for a while.
Singletrackmind, I've got a set of Pikes that I'm looking to get rid of...
Hopefully I should be able to get there for this one, would be good to meet some of you guys and girls.
He hee! Looks like this is turning into a get together of the loosely-named Soft Southern Shandy Drinkers once again..... It's been a while, guys! 🙂
One person missing though, a certain Frenchman.... Come back Juan, all is forgiven! 😉 😀
soft? shandy?
i drink razor blades and nails i'm so 'ard!
as this groups getting bigger and bigger, i'm looking for volunteers to lead a group towards the labyrinth and safely back using sexy singletrack, and people happy to chill at the back of their group and act as a sweeper 🙂
also, anybody with OS or gps maps showing routes/singletrack that might help me hash together a rough route so we all end up in the same places in order to laugh at northeners and the poor (as we do), i'd really appreciate it if you could send me an email 🙂
as we say in the south... wurd to your mums x
Okay, pretending for a minute that I'm going to ride with the fast group... how fast is [i]fast[/i]? And will there still be cognac?
I volunteer to keep the women in the cafe company and heckle cold riders after their rides. Heck, i'll even lead the 'cant be arsed to ride' group.
Went for a burn yesterday and it was a more than a little chilly, think I might be wearing my suede thermal underwear.
Watch out riding over those frozen puddles phil old chap, I have come a cropper doing that and it ain't pretty! I would love to come and stay the night but I am going to be busy as hell on the Saturday (did I mention I am going to be buying a new FS bike!!!!!!) so I will have to find a way to let you down gently, I figured a stroke of my suede thermals might be enough to placate you.
Looks like this is going to be a considerable gathering, will be lovely to put some faces to names. Do we stick with our forum names to avoid confusion? I will be changing my name to Master Wangmaster if so, let me know.
I can bring Sloe Gin
phil - have just e-mailed you.
consider me let down gently 🙂
i think i'm going to put sandwich bags over my toes on sunday
Another Soft Southern Shandy Drinker reporting for duty!
If you want to be out-ridden by my 10yo, I can lead down to the labyrinth. Both boys are now Swinley veterans... 😆 A stop at the Gully is mandatory, however.
Phil ygm...
mrs consequence tends to swear at the track/woods/mud/general surroundings a lot as she tries to ride through the pain barrier.... i advise letting your kids ride with the fast people if you want to protect their innocence...
in the interest of their innocence i recommend keeping yeti back in a medium group 😆
EDIT - dont know if anyone's mentioned yet but parking at the look out is free. (cheers for the email again Darren/DJ)
meh, what, I can do polite, I can be pleasent, I'm pretty innocent myself!
I might just sit at the cafe drinking frappacinos bigging up my past riding achievements anyway.
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See I am innocent!
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[i]how fast is fast?[/i]
Like Steve Peat on EPO mate.
TSY... im bringing a tow rope so you can pull me along, might even drag the brakes on up-hills for a chuckle
Phil, that assumes that I actually ride a bike regularly, or that you fancy going reeeallly slow.
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Don't make me break out the street talk Phillip!
I merk ya up blad!
was that "phillip" with a double "l" in the middle... what do you take me for, some kind of FREAK?!
anyone bringing a go-pro type thing or camera along?
sorry Flip 😳
I was upset as it's true, I'm not even a real Yeti. I hear my father is a big foot. Hopefully I'll find out on Sunday...
"My daddy is coming [s]home
on July 14th.[/s] to Swinley on December the 5th.
My birthday is [s]July 14th.[/s] not on December the 5th.
I'm gonna see my daddy
for the first time ever...
on [s]July 14th[/s] December the 5th."
If I don't bring some lurkers with me on the Sunday, we're watching Con-Air Saturday night!
Currently trying to work out if I can come or not. Not looking likely at the moment. 🙁
rich - you have a lift if you need it, room in the pick up for 4 extras.
I've even moved con-air to the top of the dvd pile in preparation.
Hey phil - just a thought, this is going to be 'adults only' isn't it?
My language can be pretty shocking, as can some of the Soft Southern Shandy Drinkers contingent. 😯 And, of course, some of the Forum behaviour has to be seen to be believed. Guys just needing to let off steam and all that ...
I'm glad your missus swears like a trooper too!
It's a broad church on here ...
'adults only' and no badgers
funniest thing was her swearing at the sand in the summer because "what *ing idiot puts sand in the woods?"... its not *ing natural is it?!"
Physical adults? Surely you can't ban me on my mental age?
Was that thought brought on by people voluntarily watching 'Con Air' c_g?
Dez - what's 'Con-Air' ?
The opposite of air con?
A film admired by 10 year olds throughout the land 😉