STW Peaks Pootlers – February 13th

31 I think the count was in the end.

This is the sportstracker thingy. It doesn't seem to have got a GPS lock until we were halfway up to Hollins cross so add another half a mile or so on.

I'm shattered – posting this from my bed!

I'm glad you're not blaming your swim in the ford on me for blocking the exit! Sorry 😉

The burger was great, despite hora's comment. I can remember those wooden boards though, but I bet they didn't have enough to go round us all today…

If any local(ish) riders want another group to get out with, try http://www.natsmtb.com – we're out every Sunday, very often in the Peaks. I'm leading one from Bamford in March. Similar pace to today, but not usually quite as big a turnout.

Thanks for the ride, Chris. See you on another one soon!

I really i wish i could have come…

When is the next one?

31 I think the head count was in the end.

No mechanicals I can remember, except a bit of seatpost slippage that was sorted with trusty duck tape!

Sportstracker thingy is here – it relates to the back of the field, obviously!

I'm shattered – posting this from my bed!

No need to post that all twice…

Mister P – you must have missed the one I repaired in the car park 😀

ourkidsam – that GPS thing looks really good – is that a phone based app?

simon1975 – no blame but my own, was too close behind with only one way to go!

Yeah, it's on my Nokia 5800. Seems pretty reliable once it's going. The only problem is it doesn't automatically detect you've stopped so average speed always looks really poor!

Oh, and I'd like to thank Chris and his missus for the cupcakes in the car park – well tasty

Mister P – you must have missed the one I repaired in the car park

and my broken seatclamp!

cheers for the lift mr p, and for the cupcakes pook/ ms pook

i cant wait to do that route in the dry, anyone up for one in the summer? i think i would prfer dust to snow 😆

i think i would prfer dust to snow

this

was that meant to be a link? it didnt work if it was 😆

no, 'this' as in 'I agree with what he said here' 😀

I'm shattered – posting this from my bed!

I've just got back from the pub. Three pints and Im nodding off..

Slowrider- oi! 😆
Pook- forcing me to have a cupcake in the carpark ' HORA YOU WILL HAVE A CUPCAKE' 😯 . It stuck to the top of the dashboard the wholeway home, the missus spotted it and it was gone in a flash!

I'm up for anytime. Next Sat is HittheNorth.

Simon1975

I'm leading one from Bamford in March

Any idea which date?

Although it would have been better without the snow I quite liked the change. Had none of the highlights been snowless then it would've have been a different matter for me I think. A slither of the bedrock gulley/track off of rushop edge, roych and the top of the ladder was probably worth the while

I've some pics here[/url], but I'm pretty miffed so many are so blurry and I overjudged my 'flatness compensation' a little too much

Some not (quite) so terrible ones:

I like the fourth pic down. It looks right steep that! And it's me 😀
(yeah, yeah, I guess there was a touch of tilt

I'm leading one from Bamford in March

Any idea which date?

Johnny Panic check out the calendar here[/url] 🙂

Plenty to choose from! My ride is Sunday 14th.

I would like to say thanks to everybody for a great ride today.

Special thanks to Pook who waited for me and Sam and even pushed Sams bike up to Jacobs as well as his own 'cos he was shattered. I died on that last uphill, really. :-/

Thanks to whoever lent me the money for the car park (let me know who you are so I can get you a drink one day!) and to Hora for helping me out when I was late (I had two closed roads to navigate round, it really wasn't my fault!)

(oh and my car was ok, I couldn't stop for the kerbstone as the brakes had faded, I was caning it to get to Edale not too late)

One last comment though, how many people chickened out of that steep rocky downhill on the last bit? Come on, it was easy!!! 😀

i didnt see anyone chicken out. that was the best bit of the ride!

Sorry I missed you guys, I did actually ride over from sunny Glossop, across the Roych, but then had a sudden urge to head over to Ladybower and over Cut Gate then back home… Cut Gate intriguingly arctic at the moment and not particularly rideable, but very peaceful bar the grice. The Roych was ace this morning though.

(oh and my car was ok, I couldn't stop for the kerbstone as the brakes had faded, I was caning it to get to Edale not too late)

So thats why you steamed into the carpark and had to use the handbrake to get into a parking spot 😯

oh and my car was ok

Good job, I think I paid for 1/30millionth of that car!

I really like this by the way. Any idea who the rider is? I'd like to show people and say it's me. In fact I probably will as it could be anyone of the 31 of us!

Right, really must go to bed now…

No pics of me going down Jacobs 😥

Ps. If anyone is interested. I bought one (thanks skiprat) for £14 Grade 1. Then and I found another one (actually brand new) for £27)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110475391945

You would look abit 'special' off the bike but in rain, etc etc whilst riding- no one is looking your way and its a fraction of the cost of decent Goretex. I reckon its £100-comparable and..better than my old North Face Goretex jacket that I was worried about ripping etc 😀

morning all,

thanks for a top ride yesterday once again everyone – some regulars and some new faces, so i hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did. Thanks for the beers too (London Pride went last night).

These pics are great! Having had a quick look at the video rushes too there's some really good stuff.

My leg is grazed from knee to ankle from my car park fall! Great start eh? 🙄

Next provisional date – March 28th……

thanks again chris, any links to the videos?

not yet – I've got about 25 to edit first, cut out all the waiting around and pauses and stuff, and i'll do a decent edit sometime this week

So thats why you steamed into the carpark and had to use the handbrake to get into a parking spot

I am a bit ashamed of that really. I hate being late and I needed to calm down a bit really. Took me halfway up to Hollins Cross to eventually get my head straight.
At least I know the brakes on that car have their limits. I followed Hora all the way back to the M60 and he drives faster than me!!

I followed Hora all the way back to the M60 and he drives faster than me!!

That was slow!! I was absolutely knackered/half asleep 😆

just washed the bike, i was far too shattered yesterday. ill take the troublesome spoke protector off later. how do i change the angle of my saddle? it is far to high on the nose.

thanks for the ride pook. shoulder a little bit sore from my enforced dismount but the back feels fine today. apart from the snow had a real blast. look forward to doing it again. cant wait for another ome of your fine vids. 😀

oh yeah. and tell your good lady the cupcakes were delish

anybody else got any pics to post up?

cheers for the ride guys, i will have some more pics up shortly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i need to know who's who! If you've got a pic from the ride with you in it, let me know

sambob, loosen the allen key under your seat right off, adjust the angle then hold it in place while you tighten it back up.

simples!

my new bike now looks quite shabby 😛

Just cleaned, GT85ed and lubed the bike up. It's grinding like a peppermill but at least I feel like I've done something to maintain it.

Not mechanicals for me yesterday – must be a first!

Ha! Just cleaned my bike too…

…but of course I'd cleaned and polished it last night as well and have been out getting it dirty again in Leicestershire today. Much easier when there's less bits on it to clean 😉

right well here is my poor attempt at pic taking