Let’s do it again in a few weeks. This time I will have a sitter booked.
i would be up for this but sunday is easier for me
I can also do a kids ride if you [ HTS] binners and others want to do a flatish kids ride – my son and your have equal face planting skills and no skillz with brakes- there is a nice flattish route at rivvy – park, chippy and lake at the end and probably a pub- but I dont mind route if their is interest.
If the next one is on for sat 1st october, then I’m happy to show people round the following route. It’s a fair bit longer than last time so not too much time for hanging about, but pace won’t be mental.
Plan is roughly start at the brewery again
nangreaves
warmersley golf course
‘the ridge’
over the reservoir to rowley moore road
MT loop down to waterfoot (or via lee quarry)
through waterfoot
ski slope
haslingden
peel tower
technical singletrack all the way back down to the pub
circa 25 miles with 3600ft climb
I’m out of the country all week, so not sure I’ll be able to check this much between now and then but if people are up for it, then we could meet at 10am and leave at 10.30am
A few of us who missed out on the last one because their baby sitters were on the lash in Ibiza are meeting up in the train station car park at 9:45 am. The route will be similar to the last one without all the cheekies/steps etc. Duration about 3 hours.
So, you have a choice. “Group Harry” at 9:45, “Group Papa” at 10:00 or whenever.
A few of us have only got the morning free. I only posted it on here because by coincidence we are all potentially meeting in the same carpark at the same time. Which is bound to cause (even more) confusion.
Sorry guys, but I can’t guarantee that I’ll make this as I won’t get back in UK until late Fri night. Best to scrap the idea of the longer ride at 10am. I may make the shorter one and I’m happy to lead the longer one next time.
cheeky post, if any of you lot riding on the 1st fancy helping us on the 2nd we would love to hear from you.
lots of stuff to encourage you (a Buff!,food and drink, draw with STW subs, £50 cash, loads of other stuff) and you help us with our last race for 2011
let us know if you are coming info@brownbackracing.co.uk turn up for 08:50 finished by 13:00 ish and then you can ride the quarry or go to the pub!
The “shorter one” will be about 3 hours/20 miles. We’ve got a route, but due to time constraints we can’t hang about. Nobody will get dropped but we’re not hanging about for 20 minutes waiting for people who “just want to do this bit and will meet you at such a place” etc.
The first half will be similar to the last one but hopefully we’ll get over the turbine fields and onto Rooley Moore Road for a spot of Dambusting, then back through Nangreaves.
Right. Best get this out of the way. My bike is ****. So I shall be borrowing my beloved’s Saffire FSR. It isn’t pink, but it is too small for me. Its either that or not ride. Unless anyone wants to lend me a bike!
So could I please request that we get the gay/cross-dressing/girly remarks out of the way fairly quickly.
On a positive note, I rode most of the route on Wednesday night. Its all in good nick up there. Its drying out nicely. Only the uber-cheeky singletrack was (very) boggy indeedy. I’d say seeing as its dry, the rootfest of Bucky Woods is a must
Best bit of the ride. If you don’t ride it you’ll be gayer than me and I’ll be on a girls bike
Still buzzing like a vacuum tube amp’ after this ride. Thanks for the great company on today’s poodle – it was an awesome ride. And a pie and a pint afterwards. Perfect.