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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 7, 2015 15:54:50 GMT
todays blast from home. wet ground but nice day   stanage edge and riding above rivilin res. |
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 17:20:38 GMT
 I was over Stanage yesterday, I've only ridden it twice but love it, trying to get all the way across the top without dabbing is tricky in this weather haha |
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 17:22:06 GMT
 Moonbase Stanage haha |
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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 7, 2015 17:40:54 GMT
when you say all the way across the top, do you mean the entire length riding the footpaths? or the short section leading to the top of the descent in your first pic?
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 19:53:30 GMT
 I dropped down the staircase then went up long causeway, turned left and up the road to the layby, then doubled back across the edge to the start of the stairway then back the way i came towards Bamford. |
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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 7, 2015 20:24:17 GMT
yeah got yer! yes it is a technical challenge even in dry conditions. altho this is long causeway from dennis knoll car park. the one where you approached the top of the staircase then headed back towards bamford. it used to be a good technical descent itself  until DCC did this to it a couple of years ago  |
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 20:33:01 GMT
The before and after pics.... Shocking!!! The lad who occasionally rides with me and was telling me how good it used to be showed me a little bit where nature is taking it back! Dcc are bloody shameful the way they are ruthlessly destroying natural trails!!!
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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 7, 2015 20:43:26 GMT
DCC dont give a toss how they do the maintenance. im convinced the decision makers arnt outdoor types.they cant be. but they justified the long causeway work by saying it was to allow emergency vehicles access to stanage edge.
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 20:49:07 GMT
I agree with them not being outdoor folks, i also reckon they are accountant types that just do stuff as cheaply as possible without care for the surroundings
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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 7, 2015 20:52:02 GMT
exactly!
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 21:10:20 GMT
Do you mind if i borrow those before and after pics Glynn please?
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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 7, 2015 21:14:06 GMT
not at all mate. just right click and save.
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Post by macky on Dec 7, 2015 21:15:43 GMT
Cool, thanks  |
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Post by Marmite on Dec 7, 2015 23:04:38 GMT
yeah got yer! yes it is a technical challenge even in dry conditions. altho this is long causeway from dennis knoll car park. the one where you approached the top of the staircase then headed back towards bamford. it used to be a good technical descent itself until DCC did this to it a couple of years ago Glad you got out at last Glynn them picks just make me want to cry .. Next it will be the beast  Ffs ... |
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Post by glynnsixo on Dec 8, 2015 8:47:47 GMT
certainly hope not mate! as far as i know the work on rushop edge came to halt and hasnt been touched for possibly going on for a year now, since the petition, meetings and complaints from alot of users (not only mtb). i havnt been down rushop for a while now.
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Ffs ...