Road Rides/Races

Had a few requests to start the Saturday rides again. Maybe start off doing just once a month for now as it ended up being just me + ronnie which was lovely but maybe less often would equal more commitment!

last Saturday of the month?? 10.30am??

What do you think?

This sounds great Nes.

Unfortunately I work some weekends and this coming weekend happens to be one of those but I'll be looking forward to future rides.

oh I'm away in snowdon this Saturday anyway i meant starting 25th march.

Road Rides every last Saturday of the month
Meet 10.30am at Unicorn Grocery, Chorlton

The first one after the winter is gonna be at a pretty relaxed pace. Maybe building up to longer slightly faster rides as the year gets on.

ROUTE: http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=210020
56 miles. Pretty hilly, would be tricky without gears.

Route ok?

Could be up for some of these from June onwards.

Oh you people and your gears :( I'd really like to do more rides with other people, but it seems everyone just wants to go up massive hills all the time

100% in for more road rides now. I'm not getting any milage from my new flat, and the Colnago needs to see more street.

Any of you folks ridden up The Rake (Ramsbottom)? I headed there from work this evening, was tough as it's 1 in 4 but not too long. Didn't make it on the Brompton last year, but with proper gears and big wheels it was much easier.

If anyone fancies a ride up there sometime, let me know. I might go and do a few laps which include it each time in prep for Fred Whitton.

Any rides going on near central Manchester this weekend? I mean hills aren't for me right now.

There's a mostly flat Sportive out Stockport way if you've got 20 readies to spend too.

http://www.polocini.com/The%20Winter%20Sprinter.html

There's a mostly flat Sportive out Stockport way if you've got 20 readies to spend too.

http://www.polocini.com/The%20Winter%20Sprinter.html

I like the way it says mostly flat and then says Swiss Hill !!!!!!
HAHAHAHAAHHAAHA...try that fixed
(13-14% in places + cobbled)

i was gonna say after looking it up i must say it must be teh cobbles that make it hard, in lewes teh road form teh station to the highstreet is half the lenght and about the same % and i got up it first try, ok i died at the end. but did it SS can't be THAT hard can it?

swiss

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Swiss+Hill&daddr=Swiss+Hill&geocode=FfJQLQMdkPvd_w%3BFQJLLQMdigve_w&gl=uk&hl=en&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=18&sll=53.300511,-2.226781&sspn=0.002276,0.005466&ie=UTF8&ll=53.301125,-2.22862&spn=0.002276,0.005466&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.301125,-2.22862&panoid=LTYSzLfhwP7TB4w8Zc_-mg&cbp=12,104.24,,0,5

Lewes

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=High+St%2FA277&daddr=Station+St%2FB2193&hl=en&geocode=FRlDCAMdjigAAA%3BFT4-CAMdYCwAAA&gl=uk&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&sll=50.872085,0.010659&sspn=0.002404,0.005466&ie=UTF8&ll=50.872248,0.011104&spn=0.002404,0.005466&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=50.872344,0.011061&panoid=n6B6EZQy_47LqmEXgo_0Kw&cbp=12,337.87,,0,5

cycled through lewes 2 years ago. thought i was very nice.
I'd love to go on a bike ride, but only have a fixed wheel bike in operation atm. wouldn't mind something a little easier than the ride Nes has suggested, if anyone knows any good ones?

Head towards tatton park or dunham massey. pancake flat pretty much for both.

I live round the corner form Swiss Hill and I reckon it's 20%+ in places (where there are houses are on the left about half way up). It's short (only takes a couple of minutes) but it's brutal, especially if the cobbles are damp. I wouldn't want to do it fixed, struggle on my road bike.

i was gonna say after looking it up i must say it must be teh cobbles that make it hard, in lewes teh road form teh station to the highstreet is half the lenght and about the same % and i got up it first try, ok i died at the end. but did it SS can't be THAT hard can it?

swiss

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Swiss+Hill&daddr=Swiss+Hill&geocode=FfJQLQMdkPvd_w%3BFQJLLQMdigve_w&gl=uk&hl=en&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=18&sll=53.300511,-2.226781&sspn=0.002276,0.005466&ie=UTF8&ll=53.301125,-2.22862&spn=0.002276,0.005466&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.301125,-2.22862&panoid=LTYSzLfhwP7TB4w8Zc_-mg&cbp=12,104.24,,0,5

Lewes

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=High+St%2FA277&daddr=Station+St%2FB2193&hl=en&geocode=FRlDCAMdjigAAA%3BFT4-CAMdYCwAAA&gl=uk&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&sll=50.872085,0.010659&sspn=0.002404,0.005466&ie=UTF8&ll=50.872248,0.011104&spn=0.002404,0.005466&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=50.872344,0.011061&panoid=n6B6EZQy_47LqmEXgo_0Kw&cbp=12,337.87,,0,5

looks uncannily like the Muur at Gerardsbergen in Flanders

Nes, you still on for Saturday?

Still on this Saturday Wayne, Nes wasn't 100% whether she'd be well enough, but that was last week.

For anyone else reading this is a 60 odd mile ride out to the Cat and Fiddle and home via Whaley Bridge. Meet 10.30 @ Unicorn grocery in Chorlton on 26/3/11.

Awesome, looking forward to this.

Sweet! It's been ages since I did any miles.... and hills. Time to get the wax out.

time to get the polo bike out Yawn!

The cutter now sports a set of mudguards and some cut-down drops. It's a shadow of its former self, now used for getting to work and back as the winter wrecked by Bob good and proper.

Once I've got myself a commuter again I'll poloize it and it'll be up for sale! My polo days (and knees) are long gone sadly.

Wayne, sorry I don't think i'm gonna be able to make this one. will see on saturday morning but it's unlikely. should be fine for the beer + deer ride on sunday though (breathing only really bad when exerted) if you fancy coming along to that as well.

Can't do the Sunday but see you next time nes.

Some son of a bitch was HAMMERING on the doors in my block of flats between 1 and 3 this morning. Couldn't sleep, and consequently missed this ride. Not happy.

i missed it too as my larger cog kept slipping and didn't fancy hills with a 77 GI. (read: too lazy to do 60 miles!). But will probably do the deer and beer ride posted on http://www.ibikemcr.org.uk/[URL="http://www.ibikemcr.co.uk"][/URL] tomorrow. looks like a leisurely ride, more my thing.