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Church Inn Prestwich. M25 1AJ
8:15 Blast off
Bring money for beer and pie
No rain is forecast between now and then so it should be fast(ish) and dusty.
If anyone new fancies joining the terrain is relatively flat. We’ll do the mini trail centre at Philips/Waterdale then go cross country up t’valley. About 20k / 2 hours. The pace is quite quick here in a swoopy woodland single track kind of way, but there are no massive hills or technical boulder fields and nobody will get dropped.
Pint and a pie in the pub afterwards. The pies are poncy “artisan” jobs, but don’t let that put you off.
i'm in, i would think!
Dust? I'll believe that when I see it.
It was dusty in Littleborough last week!
I'm in.
Going to make an effort to be there.
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Mmm... pie. I'll have finished writing about stupid bikes then, so I'd hope that I could be in for that one!
I'll be there. I need to start riding bikes again anyway.
Hopefully there!
Every intention of being there!
...it should be fast(ish) and dusty
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*sigh*
slight shower in the city centre this afternoon, and that's all. it'll be fine! we've got 4 days of blue skies between now and then...
Note the numberplate dude! I'm in the wrong country 😉
Most definitely in
oh shit yeah, i forgot you'd ran away from us...
Hmm. Hmmmmmm.
Oh go on then. 🙂
I think i'll be there.
Blimey! Could be the mother of all turnouts!
Largest number of riders so far in 2015 was also at Prestwich and was 21. It was a cold winters night on 5th January.
In my mind I sound like the bloke announcing the lotto balls.
In my mind you sound like a bloke talking balls.
Largest number of riders so far in 2015 was also at Prestwich and was 21.
I'm hoping to drag along some of the Stockport crowd, so it looks like you'll be up very late filling in your spreadsheet 🙂
i think a friend of mine is coming along too, her first MNPR. so yes, lots of folk.
Looks like it could be a big one. I’m willing to place a bet on [s]Daz’s[/s] somebody’s bike falling apart and us having at least one light failure by the time we get to big gates at the bottom of Hurst Woods.
I’m willing to place a bet on Daz’s somebody’s bike falling apart
I need to employ a mechanic I think. Of the 7 bikes in my garage, Only one is currently in a state where I could take it out and ride it without doing anything to it. And that's a road bike. Guess I know what I'm going to be doing over the weekend 🙁
Buying a new bike? There's a deal on Cannondales apparently.
I should have been out untill the wife said she is now working Monday night. I did complain that this working on Monday evenings is effecting my social life. With which she replied ok I will pack in work. So it's a no show from me for another couple of weeks
Last Sunday I said I was going to try harder to get out on MNPR but the MTB is in bits and I've got a business meeting at 6 pm in Derbyshire so will have to try for next week.
I'm in anyone want a lift?
Biggest Prestwich ride we had was about 35.
Yeah, but we managed to thin it out a bit at the first set of traffic lights. 😳
I'm in (one of the previously mentioned Stockport crowd)
Can I just raise a pertinent point at this juncture:
Due to the increased numbers, is this going to create pie issues?
If they're running short, especially of the pork and black pudding ones, we might have to settle the issue with gladiatorial combat in the beer garden. Or jousting.
I'm assuming a no unless home situation changes, don't wait if you don't see me there 🙂
You can have my pie Binners. Looking likely my van will be having a piggy back home later today, in which case no riding for me tonight. [-ve] 😀 [/-ve]
Pie based disputes will be settled as they would be on Krypton.
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duncancallum - Member
I'm in anyone want a lift?
yeah. probably.
I might have to stop occasionally to eject snotballs into the bushes, but as long as I have a lift, I'm in.
*cough*
Nach if you need a lift let me know.
Ta. I think Chipps and Clover were planning on riding too, but I'll let you know.
Are there veggie pies?
Gah, work rules me out unfortunately. Might ease the potential pie conundrum though..
Are there veggie pies?
In Prestwich? I think that sort of thing is against the law round there, it is the rough north side of Manc after all. I have to make do with crisps 🙁
Are there veggie pies?
There is a cheese one.
There is a cheese one.
I'd avoid it. It's probably been there since 1975.
Nope. Freshly commissioned last Thursday when I confirmed that we were coming.
tell them to make/get vegan pies next time then.
crisps for me again...
dunc, if you see this, i'm driving over myself as i'm on call until 8, so just in case...
tell them to make/get vegan pies next time then.
Tell 'em yerself!
Still at work. Been on the phone for almost two hours waiting for the CPS to make the easiest decision in the world...
Its Monday for Christsakes! Can't you just string em up?
How the hell do you think we got the admissions? 😀
Time management advice...
Ring them 2 hours earlier on a Monday?
Get stuffed.
Still on hold....
Arse - going to miss out on ride right on my doorstep.
Any one heard from binners or do we need to contact his "agent" now he's a radio star....
Andrew that's fine
Last shout on love bus from horwich got room
My agent is just having her tea. But I've had my people call your people regarding my pie-based rider. I will be holding court later, delivering witty anecdotes, and bon mots. Like an after dinner speech by Gazza.
Bregante - the bloody CPS? First Leon Britton, and now this?
Top ride boys and girls. Nobody got lost, nothing broke and only a few of us fell off.
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Top stuff minimum fafage time too considering the numbers
Cracking run tonight chaps! Perfect conditions out there!
Cheers lads (and lass). I was really enjoying that right up to the point where I wrapped myself round a concrete fence post. Is it just me or has that gap with the wire fence got narrower?
Off to buy a new helmet at lunchtime. Any recommendations? The only requirement is that it's not green and can fit a helmet mount.
Hows the head Daz? You were looking decidedly second hand in the pub. As for the gap in the fence... It gets narrower as all our bars get wider 😉
Ahhh the corridor of dooooom, that's where i went out the front door a few rides back 😀
Wider bars just don’t fit down there. I’ve ridden it for years on my older bikes but only three times with 760mm bars and have hit the side twice.
Next time we’ll bypass that bit as we’ve had too many incidents. I got off lightly and clipped a post on the left then got bounced into the fence on the right. I spun my bars through 90° and have a little finger that look like it belongs to somebody much bigger than me and from a different ethnic background.
Hows the head Daz?
Seems ok apart from an aching jaw-bone. Still not quite sure how I got away with it. Sadly no one saw it, but it went something like this, although a little bit slower 🙂
I saved my pie and now having it for lunch.... mmmmm
quality riding and natter as always chaps and chapess
Next week...
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A top night out and a completion of the famous Prestwich Loop. Great fun.
Now can everyone please stop smashing themselves up?
JackMaryDaffy?
Sorry I missed last night. I was watching something crap on iPlayer and looking up the price of brake drums and liners at 8.15. 🙁
yeah, that was bloody ace last night! confused by all that dust up on Hurst Wood though; it's the middle of October?!
Daz. This isn't green....
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We might go from here instead...
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The Multiplechoice gammonhands.Nice pub that.
Too cryptic for me....
Cheat - Ham - Arms (Chetham Arms).
Cheat was as close as i could get... 😆
Ahhh
Did think that after the post.
I'm in