STW Rossendale Ride featuring Lee Quarry – 6th September – Interested ?

Plenty of notice for folks to sort their stuff out.

Next instalment of the highly successful STW (northern chapter) rides is a tour of the Industrial Fells.

Meet at Waterfoot for 9.30ish riding for 10. 30ish miles in Rossendale taking in Lee Quarry for the benefit of "Team Darlo" so they can justify the trip. It will be moorland tracks, packhorse routes and quarries and will go up and down (lots). If its wet, it will be muddy, however, unlike the North York Moors ride, you wont need a chisel to remove it from your bike. Plenty of pub / refreshment stops are on the ride too.

So …. who fancies it.

it there a lot of pushing through mud???

and now i have read the post……….
so i will attend with maybe a new lightweight pushing bike….. 😉

If you don't mind waiting at the top of every incline,

then I'll be there..

i might just hang with you all at lee quarry lowey… got a calderdale epic day with ed-o the following week so i want to have legs and lungs for that still!

I am purely acting as a mouthpiece on this ride for Graham, who cant be arsed registering on this forum. So all my answers may or may not be accurate.

it there a lot of pushing through mud???

Definitely, probably not.

I might be up for that, depends on work closer to the time though. What route do you have planned for a 30 miler?

I'm in i was planning a trip to lee quarry that day so this will tie in nicely. Btw yesterday looked good sad i missed it.

Yeah, I'll be there, positively local for me compared to last sundays 🙂

Has anybody booked the weather yet? Sunshine with patchy cloud seemed to work ok on the last couple of rides, so we'll have the same again whoever's in charge.

Cheers

shall also be there

it would be rude not to.

Go on then, I suppose i'd better.

Also rekon Tom and Grant will be there. Are there pubs close to the car then I can fake a mechanical and spend the afternoon drinking 🙂

Only if ya take some dosh with ya.. or ya mates take pity 😉

I will be there (unless I am not… er I mean unless I am on hols 😀

Mystery smiley blokey from the pic!!!

How lucky – its my day off 😉

I reckon on at least 1 car load from here

Sounds good to me. No to convince the Mrs…

You can all pre enter the first race of the 2nd Brownbacks series at Lee Quarry on the 6th and complete several quality laps, then continue onwards for another 25miles ! 😛
Racing between 10 and 12.

Rick.

Yep, I'll be there for this one

I should think I'll be there, pity I missed the last one, looked good.

Rick, cheers for the heads up, but we will be in Lee after the race.

Looks like I'll miss this one 🙁

Got a lads biking weekend in the lakes 😀

It's the day after the kielder100 so I think I may not be up to riding!

Was about to post about the race but see that someone beat me to it!

Now it's official I'll try & sort a kiddie swap. Will confirm by weekend.

Know the area very well so can chip in with route suggestions if required. Talked at length with Graham at pub on Sunday about this one. Should be able to cobble together a real cracker.

Routes sorted Fizzer… Graham has worked us out a cracker. I'll email it to you.

Any chance of a copy of the route to here?

ah i'll most likely be marshalling at the race actually, but i may hang about at the quarry with my bike and do a lap or two with you lot afterwards…

Cheers Dave YGM

i will be their i think? depends on what my bike situation is? 😆

I suggest that depending on time you try and see the racing and/ or just visit the event "hamlet" before/ during/ after as we have bacon butties available this series and there should (hopefully) be a couple of stands flogging off some cheap bike gear

Graham knows the score and will make sure you deconflicit with the race route/ timings.

Those who are missing the ride out to marshal for us extra big thanks and we hopefully will be doing a little more for the marshals this year on top of the £50 prize draw, free drink and snack etc

Bump… get it on your calenders.

Count me in although I'll tell Graham when I see him on Friday

I went over the ride with Graham last week and I think the idea is to end up at Sue's (The Buck Inn, Cowpe) or the Hargreaves Arms up Burnley Road East, either way a good ride is in order.

Yeah, he mentioned it on Sunday.

Unfortunately MrsI is working on ICU that weekend and my riding has to take 2nd place (I've tried to explain it to her believe me! ;o) )

I'd be very grateful for a copy of the route so that I can try it at a later date though.

Thanks
John

Bump…although it's not good news for me. Ex-Mrs F playing plain awkward says she's "busy" that weekend so can't swap 😥

2 weeks to go 😀