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  • Preston
  • binners
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    I’ve no need to describe my car, as I’ll be parachuting in.

    Might be on the hardtail though, as the Intense is being temperamental. Bloody thing!

    molgrips
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    How will we recognise binners? Listen for the sound of an annoying northern voice speaking too loudly?

    binners
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    In the same way as in le tour, the sponsors cavalcade travels before the peleton through the villages, showering the locals with their produce, I have a Greggs truck liberally distributing pies, pasties and sausage rolls 5 minutes before I arrive. You should see how far those blokes can frisbee a meat and taty pie. Breathtaking, it is!

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    grum
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    Hmmmmm…. right, so my bike currently has a coil rear shock on from doing uplift days and is even more stupidly heavy than usual – should I attempt to change back to the air shock (and through cack-handedness somehow end up with a broken bike) or not is the question.

    It’s a pretty easy job, surely even I can’t mess that up?

    Or should I keep the coil shock as a ready-made excuse for my extreme slowness?

    Questions questions……

    molgrips
    Free Member

    Depends how much time you have.

    binners
    Full Member

    I wouldn’t worry about it. You’ll be doing well (or really really badly) if you’re slower than me. I am the archetypal ground anchor/rear gunner.

    Actually, I’m going to try and sort the full suss out when i get home. I’ve even nipped to the LBS at lunch, and everyfink. Its hardly light, and climbs like an asthmatic hippo with me on it. But it is a right old laugh down San Marino, so it can earn its keep for a bloody change

    Cougar
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    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 fear it’s worse than we thought. There’s some sort of bright ball thing in the sky, I think it must be an inbound meteor strike.

    The cumuli are still nimbussing though.

    grum
    Free Member

    I fear it’s worse than we thought. There’s some sort of bright ball thing in the sky

    I can’t decided whether to run and hide in a cave or bow down and worship it.

    You’ll be doing well (or really really badly) if you’re slower than me.

    That sounds like a challenge. Slow bike race? I warn you that I’m really rather good (bad).

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Come on lads. We can’t all be at the back.

    Incidentally, how long’s this little sojourn in terms of time / distance? Any ideas?

    binners
    Full Member

    If I’m not at the back, I’ll get disorientated.

    And on that subject, can I raise a practical question at this point? Will we be stopping for the traditional mid-ride pint at the Black Dog once we’ve done San Marino. If not, I really will get disorientated.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    I think it’s a sensible precaution to consume some easily-digestible carbs mid-ride.

    Don’t ask me though, I get disoriented walking out of a Chinese take-away.

    Ecky-Thump
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    Incidentally, how long’s this little sojourn in terms of time / distance? Any ideas?

    I’m planning on 2.5 hrs, no idea of mileage but can modify as appropriate.

    EDIT – I think we should drag binners back up San Marino just because he protested 😈
    Which would mean apres-ride beer rather than mid-ride, but I’m easily swayed.

    binners
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    A pint of Bumcocks Old Nobgobbler is the perfect preparation for the ice cream run. FACT!

    binners
    Full Member

    Actually…. we always do the ice cream run, but not long back we decided to break with tradition and came down through the gardens. It was refreshingly step-tasticly and swich-backery fabness. If we’re finishing late we could get away with the cheekyness 😀

    Ecky-Thump
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    Gardens type cheekiness already in the plan !

    binners
    Full Member

    YAY!!!! 😀

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Hit a minor snag.

    My saddle pack with all my tools and spares in is in the boot of the car. Unfortunately, my car’s in the garage (and I’m not).

    Can I rely on the STW peloton (pelotoff?) for loans of essentials (inner tubes, hammers, harsh language etc) if I get a mechanical?

    binners
    Full Member

    There’s nowt that can’t be fixed with bits of a dry stone wall

    Cougar
    Full Member

    It’s the best thing to use if you need to fix a dry stone wall, certainly. Not so good with punctures.

    molgrips
    Free Member

    I don’t wnt to spend too long in the pub, I want to ride!

    Cougar
    Full Member

    I don’t want to spend too long riding, I want to be in the pub! (-:

    Is there any road parts to this? Just thinking for the sake of lights, getting a bit dark out there.

    binners
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    I’m shoving a back light in as I presume we’ll be doing the road climb from the Black Dog. And that road tends to be frequented by Chavved-up Corsa’s. One of them threw an egg at me once, out of the window. Its a reflection of how well padded I am, that it bounced off with out smashing

    Actually… its all sounding a bit dangerous. Shall we just go to the pub? 😀

    binners
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    Chaps – I’m going to be pushing it to get there for bang on seven. Only going to get home for about 6. But it’ll be a case of 10 minutes or so

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Right, tail light mount, ah, mounted. And reflectors for good measure. Phear my roadiness.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    We’re definitely stopping at the pub halfway round, yes? I’ll just bring one bottle in that case, can refill it there.

    grum
    Free Member

    Just gonna go put my bike in’t car and set off. I’ll be in a beigey Berlingo.

    Naked.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Imagine the embarrassment.

    Turning up in a Berlingo.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Right, on my way. See you in a bit.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Home now.

    Cheers for the ride out. Good bunch of guys, lovely to meet you all.

    Very clear though that I’m at a skill level below everyone else, which I kind of expected, and after two crashes in the space of five minutes I spent the rest of the ride being a bottle level below everyone else as well. Lots of stuff I’ve never even tried before.

    Still, good fun. Now, I’m off to lick my wounds. And eat pizza.

    binners
    Full Member

    Just in myself. A belter of a run tonight chaps, and an absolute pleasure to meet you all! Is there any better way to finish than a descent down the multitude of steps in the gardens, then a pint? And it didn’t even rain! Though we were pushing our luck on that final stint, sans lights

    Top drawer stuff!!! 😀

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Seems pulling gravel out of your skin hurts a lot more than putting it in there in the first place. Who knew?

    Who attended in the end, btw? I think I missed a name or two.

    grum
    Free Member

    Just eaten a massive great bowl of homemade Jalfrezi with naan bread, mmmmm….. 🙂

    Cracking ride – really enjoyed it. Thanks to Ecky_Thump (Ian?) for the guiding and Mark for the apres pint. The San Marino descent and the cheeky gardens in the dark especially were excellent fun. Apologies for making people wait on the climbs – despite binners claims of slowness he is actually a racing snake compared to me.

    (Cougar – I was the one **ahem** pushing up to the road towards the radio mast with you.)

    We should do this again next time the weather is nice. Oh……

    Lots of stuff I’ve never even tried before.

    Shhhhhhh!

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Yeah, I know who you were. (-:

    I missed Ecky’s real name, Mark’s alias, and didn’t catch the name of the chap in the yellow Fox shirt at all…?

    Shhhhhhh!

    The steps in particular were new to me. I’ve ridden the odd drop-off but nothing like that before.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    If anyone is interested, this is the GPS log from tonight’s ride.

    https://t.co/CyuKBXg7

    (If no-one’s interested, it’s still the GPS log from tonight’s ride.)

    19km, total ascent 705m. Max gradient (climb) 6.8%, max gradient (descent) 18.3%. I think that last stat is a lie.

    Ecky-Thump
    Free Member

    Glad to hear everyone had fun. Always good when you can show folk some trails that they haven’t done before.

    Ecky_Thump (Ian?)

    Yes that’s me.

    Seems pulling gravel out of your skin hurts a lot more than putting it in there in the first place

    Ouch, I hope you’re feeling a little better this morning Alan.

    We should do this again next time the weather is nice.

    Agreed 🙂

    molgrips
    Free Member

    Well I owe you all thanks for showing me the delights of the North West. An excellent ride, and some gems in there. The trails weren’t bad either.

    kevdav
    Free Member

    Hi.
    I’m not sure this is the best place for this but I’ll give it a go.

    I live in the Preston area and I’m looking to buy a bike (just for road use). I’m a complete novice so can anyone point me in the right direction to a shop that will:
    a) help me buy a bike
    b) not rip me off

    Is there anywhere which does second hand bikes so I’m not spending a fortune to start with?
    Thanks in advance!

    lowey
    Full Member

    You missed out the ICR ??? Blasphemy!

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    hewitt in leyland – bit niche though and not cheap

    Ribble cycles – look on their website but base at Walton summit

    ebay/private ads probably your best bet for cheap starter bike

    and what Lowey said

    binners
    Full Member

    The Gardens is muchos betterer than’t ICR. Anyway… we hadn’t included that in the original route that you’d approved, and we were worried about snipers 😛

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