[Closed] Any news on SSUK 2014

http://ssuk2014.co.uk

Just posted a link to this on the SSUK14 group on FB. Expect Taz or Keef to appear any minute

Thanks RDog, I'm not on Facebook and was looking for a .com....thanks for the help.
The bike is stripped and ready for a single gear and a couple of weeks to get used to it!

It's all 3 at different times of the weekend!

Friday turn up at the campsite pitch a tent. .if you arr early enough, mooch off with one of the guided rides...sign in...get yiu goody bag....look at the shiny things you have been given for free by the gorgeous and remarkablly well endowed sex god organsiers...take part in thgiggly singletracker racing...make friends. .meet old ones. ..drink and party until sleepy time.

Saturday- wake with a hangover. ..eat your body weight in cooked pig in a bun, riders get taken over to the start line (about 3 miles from campsite)....fk around for a bit cos its a single speed thing and we can't be seen to be tooooo organised, ride a fab 4 lap event with some giggly single track, woopy bita, big drops and grunter climbs, partake of the event beer at the feed station (thats right..we even have a beer made just for us) someone cones over the line first boy and girl...we all ride back to campsite...give many many prizes...find out who has one the main super prize in a ****g big surly box that has just arrived from the states..have your free curry... heckle....have some more prizes and freebees...listen to a couple of live bands and marvel that all of this has been organised by twonof the shonkiest mofos this side if the chuckle brothers

it'll be shite

Yeah sounds pants, thanks Taz...I'll leave the family at home and try and get through it.

wot Taz sed.

Is there an entrants list anywhere? Just want to check I've got an entry, it being a shonky Singlespeed event. 😀

If i get there at 8.30 on Friday what will i have missed?

also, a entrants list, as opposed to an entrance list, would be good.

"Do you require assistance?"

"Urr, yeah. I'd like ten assistants please."

What times the local church service on Sunday?

If i get there at 8.30 on Friday what will i have missed

Somewhere to put your tent?

Not expecting to get there until Saturday myself

er,no. no entrants list,got better things to do,like sort out beer,food,camping,Panthers,course,entertainments,ghosts,prizes,food,insurance,permission of landowners,dogging,Panthers, Tshirts,sponsors,weather,rides,Panthers,cave men,etc,you know,just little things like those.....(did I mention Panthers ?)

if you don't know if you're coming or not,come anyway,if you haven't paid you won't get any of those nice shiny things,but we will make you share Taz's tent,after he's drunk all the Absinthe,oh and Lubricant,there will be Lubricant (if you're lucky)....

9 days.....

Is there a kit list?

Do we need any special equipment?

Sounding good
got a rough time for the friday ride?

riding sunday morning too?

Don't worry. I think I've got most of it from your post before.

Panther saddle
Dog for dogging
Absinthe Lubricant
Cocktail shaker
Poss. bicycle (?)

Ned has it in one. Donk, yep yhere may be unofficial rides on sunday..I'll be taking a hungover slow but tech and fun singletrack mob out if folks fancy it..lots of steep off camber joy and cake....

As ctbm would say, I only brake for cake 😀

Hasn't it been cancelled yet?

Have the pebbles been properly polished?

I shall be taking out my unofficial pebble polishing cloth on a ride tomorrow, but seeing as I have no idea where I will be going I might or might not polish the correct pebbles...

But that seems to be totally in accordance with the nature of the event!

no pebbles off piste 😉

True, it was mostly just all mud last time I went for a ride!

So what time is it likely to kick off on Sat then ?

Good point. I won't be there until Saturday - so what time is the official registration, scrutineering and riders' briefing please?*

And will there be a check for anyone with any UCI sanctioned race licences so they can be "excluded"?

*or when do I pick up any pre-event goody bags and chuck my bike on the big pile?

ok, so briefly

Friday,9.00 onwards rego open.
11.30 ish poss guided ride.
2.00 bar open,5 local ales,a stout,and a nice cider.all £2.80 a pint ! (fully licensed,Church End brewery)
some time after 2.00 roller racing heats open,free entry for all SSUK'ers (prizes to be won) all courtesy of EDS bikes !
later. poss eve ride,depends on numbers and general sobriety 😉
11.00ish roller race final,yes it is 1k and yes you will prob. be sick (if you're not,then you ain't tryin)
bar open until 12.00 !

Sat.
8.00 -breakfast available on site from Spring Slade cafe,which will be open for food and beverages all 'normal times' during wknd.
8.00-10.00 rego open for Johny-come-lately,etc...
10.00 rider briefing,
10.15 ride out to 'race' course (this is approx 3 miles from camp site)
10.45 you carefully place your bikes in neat rows ready for the 'race' signal
11.00 we move and hide all of your bikes.
11.15. GO !

4 laps of the nicest ever SSUK course 😉 don't whine if you can't ride it all,just MFU ! (we've been riding most of it for years,and only had one or two deaths)

2.30 ish all gather at finish for mass ride back to camp,if you want to ride back on your own earlier or later,that's fine,just look out for Panthers and doggers ....
We ain't yer mums,so don't cry if you get lost fall off or get eaten,etc.
Bar once again open 'til 12.00
usual shenanigans all eve,inc,tall bike race,bike wanging,stupid competitions for awsum prizes etc...
presentations.drinking,oh and we are gonna feed you all around 7.00 ish.
Sundee,
breaky from 8.00 available to buy from the cafe.
rest of day,chill out,maybe do a bit of ridin,tidy up and then **** off.

ok,so as you have now realised,this has all been 'organised' by a pair of idiots,ably assisted by a couple of hangers on,an general so called mates...(mahoosive thanks to all involved,you know who you are) and as such,all times are to be taken as vague,at best.

there will be loads more to do,mainly more drinking and riding,but we really don't know exactly when we will fit it all in,but we will try !
Serious shit.
1. the Chase is a very family orientated area,please don't upset the locals,keep Sweary Mary at home (as much as poss)
2. this is a private campsite,family run by a very cool couple,Kaye and Richard,without them,this event could not of happened.respect.
3.every goody bag will contain a black bin bag,USE IT for all your rubbish,and please take it home with you after,we have no means of disposing of 200+ people's rubbish (or rubbish people)
always more bags from Rego if required.
4.wildlife.the Chase is there for the ickle animals(and big eat-u-up ****ers),burdies pretty flowers an that,an creepy-crawlies,etc,oh,that reminds me ,walkers and hoss riders and all.
please don't piss any of them off in any way.
5.enjoy,partay on,be cool.

cheers.

Bloody hell an itinerary!! Did you get consultants in?!? 😆

Hoping to make it there by 7 Friday all being well.

Excellent. Thanks for that Keef.

Keef..you forget to add bands...we have two bands on saturday night as well, so bring your dancing pants. We are aiming for this to be one of the bestest ss events ever so please come and ride hard, party harder, make new friends, cuddle old acquaintances and generally be excellent to each other. Xx

I knew there'd be something I'd forgot,doh ... 😉

Should i volunteer to emcee??

er,ok,if u like 😯

Blimey you fellas better slow down a bit, it's in danger of being a well organised event 😉

Sounds great. I'll probably head off direct from work & arrive around 9:30pm on Friday, will I experience any difficulty gaining access in the dark?

qwerty, you'll be fine.

Will there be subtitles for those who don't speak Brummie, loik?

R.

Having just seen this post from [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/fc-and-wild-trails-led-ride-refused#post-6274586 ]tazzy[/url], and reading this thread, I'm getting just a little worried that despite the protests from the organisers on here, they do actually appear to know what they are doing...

How have we possibly let this happen to a SSUK event!

Yours,

Disgusted of Rugeley

Yeh, it's all a ploy...just wait until you discover that keef is an accountant and I'm a cardiovascular consultant, with no tattoos

Well I managed to extract my bike from all the crap that is in the garage and removed the dust and cobwebs from it so I guess I am now ready to go 😀

Suitably late to the party, but are there any places left?

I'd best think about getting a bike working as well.

tazzymtb - Member
Yeh, it's all a ploy...just wait until you discover that keef is an accountant and I'm a cardiovascular consultant, with no tattoos

Wait a minute... If you're not a cardiovascular consultant what happened to me while I was under anaesthetic?

Getting all sorted out for this and i was wondering if anyone coming from the South East can advise on a good route to the site. Satnav will not be an option, doing it the old fashioned way! Thanks.

Shaggy..get over the facebooky page as there arw a couple of last minute cancellations that may be re-allocated

OK, someone has to ask the question, and no-one else has dared do it. So I'm stepping out, and admitting that I'm [s]useless[/s]need help:

What gear ratio?

Does it matter? I'll be pushing half the time anyway.

Inquired about a spare place on the Facebook page earlier and no joy so far 🙁

I'm not on Facebook 🙁

What gear ratio?

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^^ fallen trees with be scared ^^

Shaggy I've had a couple of possible places come up on Facebook but only need one. If they both come good I'll pass on your email address if you like

That would be great if you could, thanks.

Bazz - Member
Getting all sorted out for this and i was wondering if anyone coming from the South East can advise on a good route to the site. Satnav will not be an option, doing it the old fashioned way! Thanks.

easy peasy, streetmap,post code,print map.J11,or j12 m6 nearest.

ah,southeast,sorry,don't know which cart track from over them sticks 😉

Shaggy check ya email

cheers

taz

M6 is a car park from J4-10, especially on a Friday.
Toll road would be money well spent. 😉

M6 toll road eh? Was considering it, there appears to be multiple possibilities to get there and looking for the easiest. How much is the toll?

How much is the toll?

on the race course? at least one beer and a bag of scratchings i should think

What gear ratio?

Just pedal damn it 🙂

Just pedal damn it

and when you've had enough of that just get off and push it 🙂

"What gear ratio?"

I'm running 32:18 on my 29er, not sure if that's going to work out. But that's what I had in the shed.

cyclebiker - Member
"What gear ratio?"
I'm running 32:18 on my 29er, not sure if that's going to work out. But that's what I had in the shed.

32:19 & I expect to be pushing* a lot

*propping up the short cut bar waiting for the keen people to come past for the 4th time & then joining on the end

Hi Taz,
I didn't get an email from you. I've managed to get a place now (thanks Andy!), but my wife is still looking for one if anyone else has one going.

Shaggy at least 3 people have dropped out & advertised on the SSUK14 Facebook page this morning

And half the rest of the field will drop out when they reach the beer stop

@ Bazz....

[url= https://www.m6toll.co.uk/pricing/ ]https://www.m6toll.co.uk/pricing/[/url]

Shaggy have you got a contact numberer..txt me and I'll get your details up on the closed group for tickets

see you at the weekend

Sorted now! Thanks Taz and Brian. See you all on Friday.

Thanks Muke, i stopped being lazy and Googled it earlier, i'm prepared to pay that to avoid being stuck in traffic.

Free the Treby one

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It's a Midlands thing, almost cannock specific

My unreliable mate has just dropped the inevitable clanger on me and he's not going, 1 more entry available, I'm not on FB and I'm not sure hes posted anything there either.

So, just me now.... what's the worst that could happen?

12hr shift, then heading up.

Can't get there until Saturday, so see you all tomorrow!

I'm hoping there's a "Lonely Hearts Club" sub-niche section, for Billy-No-Mates attendees, like me.

The Wife is already convinced I'm off to some kind of Swingers convention, under the guise of a bike event. 😕

I'll talk to anyone. Keep an eye out for a black and white border collie and if there's a skinny owd ****er attached then you'll have found me. Mine's a pint, btw.

Takisawa, I'll talk to anyone, not there til Saturday tho

Maybe a [i]cuddle[/i] category? 😯