Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

if you do ride off road, and like a challenge, try one of these events, (or at least click the vid for a watch)
theres one at the Swinley which you lot seem to like, Im organising another one too march/ april which will appear in due course
http://www.mbosouth.co.uk/MBO_South/Welcome.html

Wimbledon Common's nice but a bit small ultimately, the no cycling aspect is a bit confusing at time when you end up accidentally cycling on the no-cycling part.

wimbledon common is to mountainbiking like what emmerdale farm is to quality tv drama.

thats one way of putting it,
dont forget though,
some people regard emmerdale as high quality,
...you can fill in the blanks....

I fucking hate map reading so am out for the orienteering shit.

I just want to go and do some nightrides with other idiots on bikes. High fuckwit quotient on this thread, hence the request.

"High fuckwit quotient on this thread, hence the request"
well youre on here....;-)
our weekly weds night rides are a bit far from west Ldn but if you got a free wednesday come down by all means.

sadly i have a regular meeting on a Wednesday

what about the weekends? or too busy with the new person in your life?

well its been long enough coming, so yeah pretty busy but! likely there will be sometime shes doing an ironman or something mental so I will bear free ones in mind, being as were planning about the next year together at mo gulps -serious

cool, keep us informed and we can mob invade when she is away!

I fucking hate map reading so am out for the orienteering shit.

I just want to go and do some nightrides with other idiots on bikes. High fuckwit quotient on this thread, hence the request.

and bring those outdoor sleeping bag in case we get lost?

Nah, sharp knife and climb inside edscoble if needed.

if only i had a light sabre

some people regard emmerdale as high quality,
...you can fill in the blanks....

Don't I know it.

We have some bloke with a full carbon Rocky Mountain hardtail that must've cost £4,000 (with carbon crank and the like), and always tend to go to Wimbledon Common for some 'proper off roading' as he like to put it.

he also said he hated going up Wimbledon Hill just to get to the common.

He sound like your sort MrSmyth.

http://www.manxe2e.org/categories/view/3

This years event will be broadcast on Sky sports 4 at 8pm.
I may be on it. Near the back.

Wimbledon Common's nice but a bit small ultimately, the no cycling aspect is a bit confusing at time when you end up accidentally cycling on the no-cycling part.

Just recently I read a interesting exchange between someone at southwark cyclists about those no cycling signs - essentially they wimbledon common "rangers" were trying to deny that there are bridleways on wimbledon common - those signs are nonsense anyway, they couldn't take anyone to court for cycling anywhere on the common.

I will post the link when I find it, it's interesting reading.

He sound like your sort MrSmyth.

I thought you were deaf.

http://www.manxe2e.org/categories/view/3

This years event will be broadcast on Sky sports 4 at 8pm.
I may be on it. Near the back.

I was in it last year! Great event though I really enjoyed it

I hated it, too many people and broken forks, will have to do it again now though.

Time?

4:07

Found the climbs early on hard to keep riding as there was so many people on them but apart from thought it was really good. Reckon I could take a fair bit of time off that was going round with a mate who was really struggling by the end so was waiting for him a lot.

Remind me to never ride with you. Your mate sounds alright though.

;-)

What time did you get?

Bringing my MTB down to London soon so might be looking to go out with people from here!

5.30. (not impressed)

Not in London. If you're ever on the IoM again though.

I will post the link when I find it, it's interesting reading.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lambeth_Cyclists/message/919

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Lambeth_Cyclists/message/923

Good reading, thank for that, it starting to make a little sense now.

No probs, it really confused me before too, i've only ever seen a ranger on horse back once before so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Probably even rarer in the winter to see one due to the cold etc - some dog walkers and people in general do put logs down on the bits you are officially allowed to cycle on! i found a dangerous one asmorning - very disturbing - I'm forever moving them.