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Post by windysurfer on Nov 11, 2015 17:29:02 GMT
What time are you riding.43mph winds forecast from mid day onwards so you may be needing that jacket.
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Post by glynnsixo on Nov 11, 2015 17:36:10 GMT
What time are you riding.43mph winds forecast from mid day onwards so you may be needing that jacket. meeting for 9.30 start....................you joining us windy? it'll be the type of conditions that remind us we're alive!  |
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Post by windysurfer on Nov 11, 2015 17:50:17 GMT
Unfortunately I'll be at work
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 11, 2015 20:14:51 GMT
I didn't notice the wind, hopefully it will be behind us. Well at least some of the time.
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 12, 2015 7:38:04 GMT
heavy rsin all day again tomorrow now, looking grim now.
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Post by glynnsixo on Nov 12, 2015 19:05:15 GMT
heavy rsin all day again tomorrow now, looking grim now. ah well! see you tomorrow john |
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 12, 2015 19:18:14 GMT
Yes preparing for the elements. We may have to adjust the route a touch, we can see how we get on.
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Post by glynnsixo on Nov 12, 2015 19:32:36 GMT
Yes preparing for the elements. We may have to adjust the route a touch, we can see how we get on. no probs john ,whatever suits best. im always on time but coming over the pennines is always a bit hit and miss, dont worry if im not there by 9.15, but i will be. |
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 12, 2015 19:44:28 GMT
Glynn. I thought we said 9.30 I appreciate though it's difficult to bail an exact ti do when your travelling a distance. I ll aim to be somewhere between the two so hopefully we can get underway and be up most of the climb age by the time the gales come.
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Post by glynnsixo on Nov 12, 2015 19:54:15 GMT
no worries i thought 9.30 was the start of the ride. its peak travel time so hard to pin it to an exact time
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Post by hodgy on Nov 13, 2015 7:26:59 GMT
I wish you well ...rain and wind lashed here last night with a ferocity the likes of which I have never seen ..calm at the moment..but you are just down the road in terms of sharing the Pennines ...
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 13, 2015 7:32:15 GMT
I thought you were leaving a message that you were on your way to join us then Neil.
I think we are in for a tough one. The wind shouldn't affect us until we are on our way back down hill though, got a feeling it may spoil a couple of the down hill sections and make the feel more like up hill peddling against the wind.
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Post by hodgy on Nov 13, 2015 7:42:25 GMT
..well you know I would ..but I have a shave on a Friday ...ahem !
Have a good one lads ..respect !
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Post by Marmite on Nov 13, 2015 8:09:11 GMT
Have fun guys going to be a bit wet n windy  |
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Post by windysurfer on Nov 13, 2015 10:21:52 GMT
It's currently REALLY pissing down here with a bit of hailstone and lightening for good measure,I'd imagine their slightly moist by now I'd still rather be with them than in work though |
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Post by Marmite on Nov 13, 2015 10:34:21 GMT
It was bloody cold this morning pissing down windy Suns out now woohoo  but stuck at work lol |
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Post by roundie1981 on Nov 13, 2015 12:51:54 GMT
It's currently REALLY pissing down here with a bit of hailstone and lightening for good measure,I'd imagine their slightly moist by now I'd still rather be with them than in work though Me too, although I've got drenched at work anyway! |
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Post by hodgy on Nov 13, 2015 17:40:02 GMT
Did they survive ....?
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Post by Marmite on Nov 13, 2015 17:54:24 GMT
They are probs still out lost on a hill  |
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 13, 2015 18:40:37 GMT
No returned safely just taken a long time to get dry. The only dry part of my body was my feet due to the excellent performance of sealskinz socks but they were still freezing cold. I'm not sure if my jacket kept the rain, hail and sheep shit out or if I was drenched inside out from sweat. Or it could have been from when I went OTB dropping down the steps of a waterfall and went OTB off one drop off when my front wheel disappeared into a deep hole upon landing, thus catapulting me somersault style Into the air and dumped flat on my back in what had become a river. Glynn found it amusing, to be fair it was great fun dropping down through a flowing stream with large ruts and drops which were concealed by the amount of water. Pecketts well was fun with the wet leaves and made for some good side ways moments, I feared crashing into the walls, bushes or the Hodgy shit at times but managed to find some grip just in time to save my bacon. We got off lightly with the wind with it only against us on a couple of areas and not to badly on the climbs. the weather turned for the worse as we climbed up towards the Long causway, with strong wind, hail, then sideways rain which carried on battering us all the way back to Hebden Bridge. I actually got blown off my feet pushing my bike through a sty and the same nearly happened to Glynn with only his or the megas extra weight keeping him planted. Terrible weather but fantastic time! Pleasure as always Glynn. I only risked getting my phone out once to grab a picture of Glynn conquering the notorious Widdop climb which he cleaned with ease. I just had to stop the once to take a photo, honest!  Glynn most of the way up the Widdop climb, conquered the belter skelter just got the loose climb to go. At the end of it today we couldn't even rest the usual scenic spot of gorple rocks as the wind was too strong, blowing my visor off.  The last corner of the belter skelter.  Widdop reservoir. |
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Post by glynnsixo on Nov 13, 2015 18:59:57 GMT
yes survived.cheers john for guiding, great ride despite the tough conditions. the rocky fast flowing stream was interesting, i had a feeling kirky was going over the bars when i saw his legs were higher than his head. those pools of water are sod when you dont know how deep they are. i'd like to do that route in summer conditions, i only seem to go up that way when its high winds and rain. my photos are a bit dull, not really worth posting, it wasnt a day for hanging around. first impression of the mega? excellent! compared to the cannondale its much plusher on the techy descents and even climbs better despite its weight......im happy! |
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Post by hodgy on Nov 13, 2015 19:21:31 GMT
Well done men ..and just to return the compliment bestowed upon us by Glynn last week ...proper mountain bikers !
Just want to clear one thing up from Kirky's post though ..
Not Hodgy's shit ..but the Morons who leave the excrement from their four legged shit machines lying around for poor unsuspecting mountain bikers like me to fall into ...
They should be force fed the stuff ...it's not the dogs fault though ...
Glad you enjoyed the day and had fun ...
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Post by kirky72 on Nov 13, 2015 19:36:17 GMT
Neil of course I'm not saying that the gnarliness of the descent prompted you to leave a load down there. Just that now any dog shit on any mtb route is now known as Hodge shit.lol.
I must admit that if I hadn't agreed to meet Glynn this morning I may have had a serious rethink about going out and about today, there's not much let up forecast for the weekend unfortunately so I'm glad I got a ride in.
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Post by glynnsixo on Nov 13, 2015 19:45:42 GMT
worst bit was the last hour.torrential rain, strong wind. i had to pour the water out of my shoes and socks. but that could have been mainly due to the river crossing where i ended up paddling across shin deep water. kirky said 'oh yeah it was deeper than i thought'. thanks john |
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Post by hodgy on Nov 13, 2015 20:02:22 GMT
That rocky fast flowing stream you mentioned ..would that be the same stretch you took us on that leads to some real nice singletrack following the course of a drystone wall ..quite elevated ..probably wasn't quite so fast flowing a couple of month or so back ...
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but stuck at work lol
