there should be bullheart, possible poddy’s, possible toab?

muchos smaller than previous rides!

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group

twas a fair few more names on the original thread, hope they’re still up for joining us!

Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)

😆

Best put me in with the slow kids then. The Remedial Group?

Oh hang on, Singletrackmind’s coming?? He’ll have bin training furiously for months, just for this ride.

No it’s true he will have! Ask Dez!

Elf, you can’t go in the slow group, you flipping bandit! I’m in there, and I’m really properly slow.

Oh hang on, Singletrackmind’s coming?? He’ll have bin training furiously for months, just for this ride

Yep, fit as a brewer’s dog, he is 😀

I’m definitely still in with a +1 and a maybe +2. We will all be happy to run with the slow group as I have no idea what you guys idea of fast is.

🙂 good thing about the slow group is if you enter each section near the start of the group you can blast through it, just means waiting a couple of extra minutes at the end of each section

I am ultimately patient and the weather does look great :D, but at some point the draw of cake will force me to go faster….towards the cake, so choices will be

bring cake and eat it on the trail or wait for it to start talking to me through the trees

This will be the pace of the slow group 😀

xc whippet I’m not, in fact if I sat on one, I’d probably squash it, but i do like to go fast down hill (and gravity helps that happen for me more than some others)

Will there actually be a ‘fast’ group, or will it be the usual ‘Slow’, ‘Slower’ and ‘Glacial’ pace?

i’m under the impression PaulD led at a pretty decent pace last time 🙂

looking like turn out will be leaning towards 2 groups instead of 3 at the moment.

I don’t believe it. for the fourth time on the trot I am going to have to miss this…a section of guttering downpipe (cast iron) fell off my house and smashed a load of roof tiles so I have a leak to fix instead….I’m **** destined never, EVER, to do a STW swinley ride. really really quite upset! 😥

Tenuous – some kind of group

Mrs Tenuous will be bringing last time’s bump along in a Croozer for a pootle around independently, and meeting up for cake later 🙂

Yay! Cake!

I intend to go like shit off a shovel.

Best stick me in the slow group then.

another beautiful day today drying out the trails 🙂

Will have a word with fun control. Will be in slow group if allowed out.

Phil you finished the video from the last ride yet?

I’d like to come along if that’s OK,
philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group

I am going to try to make it 🙂

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group
TurnerGuy – medium group

I’m in. Putting myself down for fast group but if I turn up and there’s a bunch of you there in lycra on carbon race hardtails warming up on turbo trainers then I’m going slow group!

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group
TurnerGuy – medium group
MrBlobby – fast group

you need not ask permission, just throw yourself on the list and any buddies or partners you want to bring with you 😀

The last time i was at Swinley was actually on the last stw swinley ride with the pic on page 2! i took the cx and was a fun ride for sure, when was that anyway?
i think i have the green light to attend this so put me down.

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group
TurnerGuy – medium group
MrBlobby – fast group
dobo – fast group

I added you to the list for you 🙂

I’m out as we’re going to cornwall 🙁

Hope you all have a good time and i’ll be up for the next time!

Mrs Tenuous will be bringing last time’s bump along in a Croozer for a pootle around independently

Actually, if anyone else wants a super-slow, super-easy ride along the fire-tracks, then I will lead that group. Highlights no doubt will include the lake, Caesar’s camp, probably both upper and lower star posts and the play park watching our kiddies zoom around on ice-cream fuel.

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group
TurnerGuy – medium group
MrBlobby – fast group
dobo – fast group
Tenuous – some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group

😀 love the idea of a super-pootle group!

are there any requests for what time people need to be back to the look-out by?

if the weather stays this nice make sure you bring lots of liquids!

i’ve had a hair-cut dez, i’ve pre-empted your quif attack x

Spoilsport.

needed to make myself pretty

Oh poo can’t make it – have fun in the sun won’t you 🙁

Off to the cycle show and a family visit. Haven’t ridden off road since the accident. Anyone planning on going to the bomb craters – watch the jump at the bottom 😆

Just done my recce and am very pleased.

Trails are perfect….really hard to find any puddles!

Weather should hold until the ride, so do not fit trailrakers or similar.

I was on a full-suss with Kenda Kharisma Lite 1.95″ tyres and they were on the money.

All my route is dry and fast-flowing (except the climb up to the Labyrinth).

Remember there is no water available in the forest and we should be out for approx 3 hours (route will be revised if we have issues).

I have a friend coming along who will be happy to sweep for my group and knows the trails very well.

Any other issues you may want to discuss offline, mail me on paul.r.davisAThotmail.co.uk

PaulD

As I am the only one that has said ‘medium group’ I reserve the right to join whichever takes my fancy on the day 🙂

Just been out around Pitch and Holmbury and it is quite difficult to find much mud.

Gutted I have to miss this. Have fun in the sun everyone. I’ll be sweating it out in a suit in the exciting city of Leicester 😐

I’m with TurnerGuy

Hi, I’m a long time lurker but would love to join with the slow group if that’s ok? Steve

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group
TurnerGuy – medium group
MrBlobby – fast group
dobo – fast group
Tenuous – some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 – slow group

Posted on the original thread but won’t make it this time. But me and some friends will be up for this another time.

Not going to be able to make this one after all guys… Too much on, and need to make some headway clearing out a load of old crap!

Shame as it looks destined to be nice weather, and I’ve not really ridden Swinley when the conditions have been that great before!

philconsequence – slow group (still recovering from bad shoulder, honest guv)
mrsconsequence – slow group
AndyRT – slow group
Thisisnotaspoon – fast group
PaulD – fast group
raymond – fast group
slimjim78 (+1 buddy) – slow group (my buddy is slow, not me. honest)
Elfinsafety (too lazy to copy and paste)
Turboferret – undecided on group (not ridden for a while, and will be SS) attendance 75% likely
DezB – fast group
Singletrackmind – fast group (presumptuous, I know)
kevsterjw + 1 – slow group
Phil56 – slow group
TurnerGuy – medium group
MrBlobby – fast group
dobo – fast group
Tenuous – some kind of [non-pootle] group
Pleurr [aka Mrs Tenuous]- pootle group
sjw77 – slow group
Bullheart – slow/medium/fast group

agreed on the recce, trails were stunning last night

what a fun way of rounding off the summer! i love riding 🙂