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Post by bigoff1 on Sept 22, 2012 16:30:59 GMT
Big thanks to everyone for keeping me company today!!!!!! Made a nice change from talking to the sheep........And once again very sorry for the last climb to the cars  |
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Post by bigoff1 on Sept 22, 2012 16:47:04 GMT
The ride today 20.7miles and 3150ft climbed now for a pint look forward to the pics and Chris O will explain to us how good Sat nav is.........  |
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Post by Chris O on Sept 22, 2012 17:14:59 GMT
Hehe, yeah - we experienced a few navigational hiccups after we split off. Tip: take a couple of minutes to look at the route the sat-nav has calculated - it took us down to the A541 and then back up Pond Lane. More annoyingly, the navigation app I used to get back home (Waze) took us down the road where we passed you cycling up (completely the wrong direction I have since found out) and then stopped working altogether. Anyway, I thought it was a fun ride - thanks bigoff1 |
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Post by Trailrash on Sept 22, 2012 18:31:15 GMT
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Post by fugazi on Sept 22, 2012 19:43:38 GMT
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Post by akasmithy on Sept 22, 2012 20:02:51 GMT
Gutted to have missed this. Maybe if you fancy a day out in the next week or so we could do a repeat.
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Post by BenKMV on Sept 22, 2012 20:12:54 GMT
Great photos Carl, looked a great little route with plenty of sunshine  |
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Post by Rupert on Sept 22, 2012 20:32:12 GMT
Looks a good route that. Glad to see that Dutch Woody finally found a hacksaw to cut that chain between his ankle and the desk ;D
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Post by cyclone on Sept 22, 2012 20:43:22 GMT
Also gutted to have missed this, but I wouldn't have been much good with one eye. Looks a great route al , know most of the lanes as it looks like my winter fitness ride, but don't know the off road sections. Have to do it again sometime. Ps cracking weather for it and good pics
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2012 21:54:56 GMT
What a ride, Al pulled out all the stops on this one, even the unbelievable mud added to the fun and god was it MUDDY!!! I tried to get under that tree and the rear suspension compressed fully and trapped me, only way off was to painfully push myself backwards off the saddle, squishing my gonads in the process, much to the delighted laughter of the others, the suspension popped up and my nads give a sigh of relief! The route had everything, double tracks, loose rocky wooded sections, great singletrack with nice technical bits. Absolutely brilliant route, some of the wooded sections went deep down into dark chilly valleys, did I mention the mud, boy oh boy!! ;D Really big thanks to Al for a superb day in the saddle, loved every second of it. Looking forward to the next one. Great photos again Carl, they'll be added to my site Sunday. Here's mine.                                                                                       |
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Post by taid on Sept 23, 2012 6:50:00 GMT
Thanks Al and all. Definitely a classic, and well worth the drive. Nina doesn't believe how tired I am, and is trying to make me do chores, please can someone convince her ;D John |
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Post by fugazi on Sept 23, 2012 8:23:30 GMT
Great pics Gus Feeling the effects of yesterday now, think we deserve one more apology from Al for that last climb to the carpark ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2012 8:45:17 GMT
Feeling tried myself, it didn't help me not being able to use the granny gear on all that off road climbing for about 6-7 miles, stuck in the middle chainring climbing up steep muddy tracks was well hard, the water after the last off road climb helped clear the gears a bit though and I managed to get into the granny for the really steep part of the last climb.
Going to head up to Halkyn a little later with Jake for a gentle ride. It's all I can muster up.
Still buzzing from the ride though, really good stuff and one I'll be doing again.
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Post by bigoff1 on Sept 23, 2012 9:19:54 GMT
What can i say!!!!! A massive thank you first to Carl,ChrisO,Gus,John,Mark,Woody The ride was put together after reading Tarbo,s request if anyone could but a 20 mile plus ride using bridel paths etc to use as forum ride and i,am sorry to say i failed!!!! But what i manage was a ride with abit of everything With what i,ve read so far it,s all been positive which makes it all the better The pictures from Gus and Carl are fantastic to say the least the phone pics from Woody have not been displayed on my laptop  but i,am sure will be great aswell I hope Mark made it to party!!!! I hope ChrisO buys a map I hope Gus enjoyed his Maccy D's I hope Woody enjoyed his Birthday Drink I hope Carl enjoys being a top bloke and finaly Hope John is not forced to do to many chores!!! ;D |
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Post by bigoff1 on Sept 23, 2012 9:31:25 GMT
Don't forget to let me no when you go Gus and if able will come along!!!
enjoy the fantastic Halkyn mountain
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but all the sneaky downs more then made up for it 
Bike has been de-poo'd of all varieties of excrements we came across (sheep, horse, cow and maybe a bit of goat?)
but i,am sure will be great aswell