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thats a similar alternative i have mind instead of black sail, but the route i have takes me down to ambleside, we know someone who lives in ambleside so stuff is being dumped there.hoping to make sadgill by end of the first day, maybe even a little further

it’s being done for charity so we need to make it a challenge hence why we have set 3 days. the plan is to ride the lakes section without any kit and collect it at ambleside.

I used to be in the army so i can survive with very few items, bivi bag, basher and a small fuel burning stove, clean socks, baselayers and liners for everyday. a change of top half clothes. then boil in the bag main meals. kendal mintcake, sweets etc. i’m planing on getting this into a 30 liter back pack. water, first aid kits and spares spread across the group.

Seems like more of a challenge doing it with out someone carrying your kit.

any advice on route? i’m looking at black sail pass but there are other options available, do i go over gaatesgarth or go the longsledale route to tebay?

lol i read this at dinner and it was just written to provoke to be honest. ignore him, most people do.

lifting the seals doesnt really, you need to remove the lowers and service them that way.

I used to lift the seals on mine every 3/4weeks but the stancions wore lower down where i couldn’t see it with just a seal lift.

Buy single ply?

Rode from Ambleside to kentmere, over garburn, down Jenkins Crag and back to Ambleside. Was very very wet and wild

Lee quarry was fine today just a little muddy

What idiot company pushes out an update on Xmas day?

I ordered some pedals from superstar and some shoes from CRC. Pedals arrived yesterday and shows arrived this morning, so well done both of them.

It ha igcs tabs doesn’t it?

They don’t make there own, there head office is in hale bank and it’s a tiny little thing, but a magic shine with a warranty is a good idea.

Great set of wheels

It’s only condensation?

Where they the ones who got slated on here?

Lol my riding buddie bought some Sunday for £34, my socks where 3 pairs for £10, his feet where just as wet as mine at the end 🙂

Complete shite

Just got back from a cracking ride around ironkeld and loughrigg.

i love the way we turn on our own, no wonder we can never achieve anything, somebody is putting obstructions across trails which are causing a hazard, thats the issue thats being discussed, cheeky trails or not it’s still endangering people.

on another note there should’nt be “cheeky” trails as we should campaign for full access rights.

i was first 😀 and how much tea2sugars

where you based T2sugars?

Steve i was thing Minion front as well, whats the difference between the wetsream and swampthing?

I did garburn pass first thing this morning, bit cold but was amazing.

Anyone?

I went get some conti barons from the bury store. Reserved them and they 7 in stock, drive 20 miles to be told they have non in stock! Idiots the lot of them.

? From which direction

Yes they are quality

I’ve stopped riding hully gully, i just don’t feel comfy riding it.

Was up there this morning and it was wet, miserable and muddy ….. Was fun 🙂

If I still haven’t had the snip I’ll be there

i agree about the anticlockwise direction and doing middle moor near the end, i’ve only ridden once in the peaks and that was by far my fav bit.

i can see a route on the map to do Hayfield-Jacobs-edale-hollins cross-Mam Tor- royce clough and mount famine clockwise, then a slight doubleback and down middle moor 😀

i’m planning on doing it next sunday the 16th, anyone is welcome as all i have is a map and a sense of exploration to guide me 😀

Don’t mind rain and mud to be fair.

Think that’s what I was thinking Carlos.

Thinking next weekend

The aim is to start and finish in heyfield

I don’t do all day rides and I kind of fell in love with it

Was it afternoon or morning? The green medium was good

I meant biketreks lol. Gavgas which patriot did you take out?

I did bike teens too

Ok demo over.

I’m 5ft 8 and weigh 15.5 stone and have average fitness.

Spec of demo bike

Medium
Fox van 180 fork
Fox van coil shock
Renthal fatboy bar and stem.
Avid elixr brakes.

It ride a lot better than expected uphill and was very comfy and balanced. It bobbed a bit on pedalling but I managed to dial some if that out on the shock. It flew downhill and ate the rocks and techy stuff for fun, it never felt like it would fling me off. I reckon with a few weeks to play with setup the bike would be 100%

I’d just keep the 66’s in the front and save money on upgrading to the fox. I’d also spec the cane creek double barrell for the rear to help keep it stiff on the pedalling.

This is no all day bike but for rides of 2 to 3 hours its brilliant, Aslong as you dont mind pushing up the really steep stuff

exposing calderdale secrets is punishable by death.

but look for stoney lane, down to the gold club. right at the T junction, then turn left. go staright onto until you see an opening on the right and hammer down there. come out on to a road and take the cheeky footpath to the right follow that and it takes up down a lovely desent to a car park.

Would of thought the five would be fine. I’m demoing a patriot Saturday so I’ll let you know.