ZG Bike-off - Let's do it!

Well, we talked about it and then everyone went quiet...

What with the recent threads on biking though there seems to be a resurgence of interest, so let's see...

This weekend is forecast lovely weather for the sunday. So, let's do it! Who's up for a ride from Marsden, west yorks? I've got some good loops that I've been working on, so those interested say what sort of climbing, trails and distance/time you can cope with and I'll choose an appropriate one.

Who's brave enough?

 

knackers, can't make it this weekend due to other commitments. possibly the weekend after though but......
cheers


julian.

 

possibly? Abit far to go though but if enough peps were interested I would very keen?

 

The problem with trying to arrange it far in advance is that the british weather will not play ball, especially in september.

 

...plus there's getting Lhatkins and myself anywhere by train - other than that, what a top idea!

 

Isaac, another weekend would be good, it would be a laugh.

I'd reccomend keeping distance under 20m and not more than 2 big climbs so that it will work for a variety of abilities.

For myself Im currently badly out of shape and just trying to get back into the hobby after 5 years out, so would be taking things at a slower pace.

Personally I dont mind what the weather might be like. I will enjoy it in all conditions.

Cheers
Chris

 

A ZG bike-off sounds great, but too short notice. Regardless of whether you do one in September or not, couldn't another one (road-oriented maybe) be arranged with ample notice, sometime next spring maybe? I would consider traveling to enemy territory

 

With regards to the hills.... what is doable is that I could drive those who require it up to the top of the first big climb (800ft), take the car back down and ride up with the fit ones (or just me...).

I can make a loop of around 11 miles, 15 miles, 23 miles, etc, taking in climbs, drops, fast singletrack, slow singletrack, smooth, rough, etc...

 

Shall be out with a Norton weilding m8 making noise in Mid Wales...
Who needs pedals when you've got Twins!

 

don't they have luggage cars on trains these days? Can't do anything until after 26th Physio, and get given the ok, guess we could being a tent and make a weekend out of it! ?

 

Well l will be on the mountain bike tommorow for a couple of hours. Will be going to the Kingsclere downs if anyone would care to join me....let me know

 

So much for the BBC's prediction of the weather....

 

gonna go today as well in fact gonna go now
l8rs

 

Well, here visibility is well under 100m and it's drizzling. Not too warm either.

Think I need to order some knobbly tires to carry on riding...

 

kitted up now. 24c and bright with sunny spells. Probably rain when i'm an hour out!

 

"monsoon" would sum up the weather in the midlands.

Hope it clears up later for sat night/sunday..

 

Its all Dom's fault isaac :lol: totally peeing it down here, funny thing is we arranged to meet up with a friend today in town, every time we met her its raining, its really spooky, really every single time.

 

Cloud base is now about 1200 ft. My house is at 700. Still raining...

 

Here is a question, you can buy bike water proof jackets in bright colours but not trousers, what's the deal with that? Surely if your wearing water proof gear the visability isn't good, so why make them in dark colours, weird

 

Well it's dry here, the mo-sickling has fallen through so I'm off out shortly to show some of the downhillers at the Specialized DH race series how to ride uphill!