Road Rides/Races

One for later in the year

56 miles, out via Marple and Glossop, over Holme Moss from the 'easy' side.

Reverse the ride to do Holme Moss from the 'hard' side

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2599449[URL="http://www.gmap-pedometer.com"][/URL]

Is this going to be geared or not? I neither have a geared bike or any lycra so it'd be a shithouse to do it fixed up. I'd really like to come too though!

Well the flat Cheshire ones will be OK, I wouldn't want to do anything much in the way of the peak district on fixed. You may be able to try some of the easier peak ones with double-fixed or very low gearing. Lycra ain't essential, though the aerodynamic drag of baggy shirt/shorts can piss you off if your going a fair distance.

Is this going to be geared or not? I neither have a geared bike or any lycra so it'd be a shithouse to do it fixed up. I'd really like to come too though!

I'm doing the first one fixed, its only 35miles and not too hilly. I'm on the look out for a road bike now.

And to think I was thinking about selling my road bike as I don't use it much anymore - I'm more used to cycling alone so it'll be fun to cycle as a group for a change. If I'm about I'll be up for any ride you come up with.

the bolton one would be fine fixed too only small hills, me and ste and ben (can't remember their forum superhero names sorry) rode it before and it was ok...

get a proper bike!

**Please fill in the gaps!!!! maybe flat ones on the 28th and 25th??

sat 14th march.
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Meet at Noon at Unicorn carpark 30 miles, flat

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Albany+Rd&daddr=B5158%2FFlixton+Rd+to:53.328515,-2.398109+to:Mobberley+Rd+to:B5162%2FPark+Rd+to:A560%2FAltrincham+Rd+to:Maitland+Ave+to:Sefton+Rd&geocode=FfKFLwMdLEHd_w%3BFctnLwMdDY7b_w%3B%3BFWUdLgMdXlDc_w%3BFXh0LgMd4oLc_w%3BFUTVLgMdftzc_w%3BFbs7LwMdqXnd_w%3BFfBzLwMdnFTd_w&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=1,2&mrsp=2&sz=13&sll=53.344608,-2.363262&sspn=0.051343,0.109863&ie=UTF8&ll=53.377901,-2.31451&spn=0.051303,0.109863&z=13

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Sat 28th March:**

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Sat 11th April: **

Meet at noon at the Bar in Chorlton: Cheshire, 25 Miles, Flat

(Beer and Deer Ride- more of a social and part of festival)

Sat 25th April:

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Sat 9th May**:

50 miles, meet at central library. Rivington, 50 miles, some hills
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2599346

Sat 23rd May:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2599363

54 miles (Out via Disley, back via Macc/Alderley).

Hilly, but of the long drag rather than the oh fuck variety. Includes descent of the
Cat and Fiddle, which is about as good as it gets.

Sat 6th June:

56 miles, out via Marple and Glossop, over Holme Moss from the 'easy' side.

Reverse the ride to do Holme Moss from the 'hard' side

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2599449

14 March 2009

    1. Andy

1. Nes
   
2. Ronnie
   
3. Nasty
   
4. Wayne
   
5. James Carlsson (maybe, facebook)
   
6. Dan Woolfenden (facebook)
   
7. Martin Degnan (facebook)
   

Im keen to do the 14th. On fixed though but if its flat enough i'll give it a go. Mite have to pinch my flatmates road bike for the later ones though.

Yeah I'll give the flatish one a go, fixed should be fun/challenging

1. Andy
   
2. Nes
   
3. Ronnie
   
4. Nasty
   
5. Wayne
   
6. James Carlsson (maybe, facebook)
   
7. Dan Woolfenden (facebook)
   
8. Martin Degnan (facebook)
   
9. Bajan
   
10. Woody
    

On it.

1. Andy
   
2. Nes
   
3. Ronnie
   
4. Nasty
   
5. Wayne
   
6. James Carlsson (maybe, facebook)
   
7. Dan Woolfenden (facebook)
   
8. Martin Degnan (facebook)
   
9. Bajan
   
10. Woody
    
11. Morgan
    

so looking forward to hearing morgans excuses...

anyway, forecast for the 14th:

12:00 - 17:59
actual: 8 °c
feels like: 5 °c
rain: 0.7 mm
cloud cover: 100 %
windspeed: 9 mph

0.7mm of rain?!
I'm out.

shame on you morgan. i'd hoped for something a little more original

1. Andy
   
2. Nes
   
3. Ronnie
   
4. Nasty
   
5. Wayne
   
6. James Carlsson (maybe, facebook)
   
7. Dan Woolfenden (facebook)
   
8. Martin Degnan (facebook)
   
9. Bajan
   
10. Woody
    
11. Morgan
    
12. Jonathon Jaru (facebook)
    

shame on you morgan. i'd hoped for something a little more original

NO Craig you don't understand, I have a paticular physionomic case where if exactly 0.7mm of rain is on the ground, averaging a similar moisture content in the air, I will melt away into hipster smoke. Leaving only a pair of skinny jeans and a band t-shirt, like a modern day Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Original my ass.

"how out of hill fitness are people?"

htfu

what does this even mean?? you know i don't understand your hipsterspeak...

my guessing is

hills too fucking ubiquitous

hope there's fucking umpteen (hills)

i dunno....anyone else got any suggestions??

il do it fixed if everyone else is? i dont really have a choice as i have no geared bikes anyway!

1. Andy
   
2. Nes
   
3. Ronnie
   
4. Nasty
   
5. Wayne
   
6. James Carlsson (maybe, facebook)
   
7. Dan Woolfenden (facebook)
   
8. Martin Degnan (facebook)
   
9. Bajan
   
10. Woody
    
11. Morgan
    
12. Jonathon Jaru (facebook)
    
13. ste
    
    

there are a couple more "maybes" on facebook

1. Alex Stoker
   
2. Emma Rose
   

@ ness - it means "harden the fuck up"

@ morgan - htfu. i'll lend you waterproofs

i would NEVER have got that...thank you..i guess i just figured that with all this fixie riding people may have avoided hills and therefore might want to take it steady/build up to it. yes we shall have to harden the fuck up. i literally haven't ridden a bike for over 6 weeks and thinking i shall have it pretty hard keeping up on the flat for the first few rides...rode to the bar last night and got outta breath..not a good sign..even more reason to do this though eh?

did someone say they need a road bike?? this is EFFING FIT..too big for me...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/KOGA-MIYATA-Proracer-Dura-Ace-NJS-roadbike-Rennrad-VGC_W0QQitemZ270351760460QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item270351760460&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1688|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

That's lovely! Sure it will go for 400ish though...

it's worth more than that

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