[Closed] Monday Night Pub Ride – July 20th – Prestwich

Suits me Sir.
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We still CX-ing? I will if someone else does...

Haha. If you do I'll ride it on my commuter.

Yup, I'll be there. Last time I hooned around on the trails at Phillips Park I compromised my teeth. Should be interesting..

I [i]should[/i] be able to make this one...

I'll give the CX a go. Might even ride from work via a pub if you fancy a scoop first Daz.

Cross bikes eh?.....

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Nice work Binners.

I'm away next week so I'm oot.

in.
my CX bike will be staying at home though...

Just phoned the pub. The pie fridge will be stocked!

My CX will be staying in the shed. I want to be full-bouncy if we are doing some of the off-piste stuff. Also, I can't be arsed swapping my lamp bracket over.

In view of the update from our pie correspondent, I'm in.

I don't have a cross bike.

Nice work binners.

The weather looks OK too! Blimey.

Oh for Gods sake.... don't say that!!!

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Sorry can't make it this week wife is working late

I shall be swearing at my bearings this evening in anticipation

In.

Unless work hold me hostage again.

definitely in. not on call, and off work tuesday too.

Sigh.... All planetside leave has just been cancelled. I'm away next week too 🙁

Righty ho you lot. A delve around the artwork mountain that masquarades as my dining room some of the time, revealed that there is one solitary MNPR t shirt left, bagged up and hiding.

Its a size large So if you're sort of fat, but not too fat, then you could express your impeccable good taste, simple understated style, and announce to the world the discerning company you keep. Yours for fifteen of your English pounds. Then thats the lot of them gone.

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I think you've already got 15 of my english pounds for a shirt and no shirt.

It may well be mine :p

It must be yours then. I'll bring it down for you tonight fella

I'll try and get out for this but I had a bit of a mare last night (see the cross threaded XX1 cassette thread!)

Feels like a million years since I got to ride a bloody mountain bike

my bike is working and I have a pass out !!

I'm in but due to spending the weekend mostly riding my bike rather than fixing them, I'll be on a mountain bike rather than the cx as originally indicated. I just couldn't be arsed messing about in my garage with bikes when the weather was nice.

I'm out i'm afraid. Have a good one!

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I wish.

In other news there are posters up for Giant Hogweed (Fig 1.), so it may be worth covering up a bit incase we blunder into some.

Fig 1. Giant Hogweed

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Sadly I wish it was just a case of being a big jessie. Alas my bike has once again found its way into supporting local drug addiction. Totally nobbed off - in 2 minds now whether to bother replacing it. No issues with the insurance - they are paying out / replacing it with the latest model but I just cant keep it secured and they are obviously targeting me. The road bike is clean and light enough for me to keep upstairs in the house but a dirty mountain bike is a different proposition.

The asgard steel storage locker might be the only way forward.

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🙁

FFS.

Get yourself an Asgard. I'm looking at the one on the news page.

Again?!! Little bastards!!!

I know the feeling. I gave up the motorbikes after having 2 go in as many months, and you realise you're definitely being targetted.

Don't give it up though fella. What would Monday nights be without a steady stream of personal insults, and pies?

Tossers. 🙁
If you see this in time, and aren't too hacked off with the whole thing, I'll stick both my bikes in the van and you can borrow one if you want. If you pick the geared one it'll have those quaint 26" wheels though!

I should have the Capra back up and running in the next couple of days. My inbred should fit you pretty well if you want to borrow it, it's way to small for me!

I've a trek fuel you can use.

See there's no excuse

Apologies all, have been after a cheap Focus for the missus for a while now. The perfect car just came up on autotrader and its going to go fast. Just spoke to the guy and I'm going to view (and probably buy) it tonight. So I'm out. Gutted as I was really looking forward to it. Hopefully next week!

EDIT - If anyone fancies posting a big girl's blouse pic then could I request Rachel Riley? Thanks

Riley eh?
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You don't deserve a Full Rachel.

Fair play, though I can't help thinking that that picture of Mavis is the delectable RR fast forward 60yrs.

To add insult to injury the vendor produced an MOT advisory list enough to put terror into a strong man's heart (more than enough for me then). Corroded springs and strange things happening to rear suspension arms (though not resulting in excessive movement, apparently) means what looked to goo to be true (price+mileage equation) is possibly just that. Conversation with the garage tomorrow then, though the missus was more concerned about the slightly faulty radio.. 😕

Trust a fun time was had by all, see you next week (probably)

...you see treating a large group ride like a solo sprint through woods that you know like the back of your hand (and others don't) doesn't ****ing work because the people at the back don't know where you are or if anyone has been dropped.

Not good.

Ooh :/

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yeah, not the most fun MNPR i've been on.

I think you're wrong Harry. I love it when someone shows up for their once a year MNPR ride, which is always in July not January, then shows us that we're wrong in our normal sociable, inclusive ethos of nobody being dropped, and what we need is a Lycra clad, big-kahooned hero to demonstrate not only their superior local knowledge, but also how fast and GNARRRRRRR they are, by disappearing off leaving everyone strung out behind them on trails through the woods they don't know.

I was really impressed with their athleticism, bike handling skills, and all round great attitude, and at no point did the words ****ing cockwomble enter my head. I was hoping to congratulate them personally on the above character traits when we finally got back to the pub, but he wasn't there. Life's full of disappointments. Maybe next year Eh?

Should be shot at dawn.

Looks like you ended up somewhere around Outwood?

Giants Seat Woods, but we got strung out and thought we'd lost someone. So me and Binners had to double back whilst some waited and some didn't.

Whatever. Nobody died.

Rivington next week.

I was busy getting lost in Stockport. No woods but plenty of cockwombles.

Shame, when i joined you lot even though i was way off the pace someone always kept me company at the back.

Nobody got lost or dropped, we just split into three groups and made our own way back.

On a more positive note: the Landlord had indeed restocked the pie fridge, and the pork and black pudding was bloody lovely 😀
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Even I got dropped last night and I can normally keep up with anyone. Think we might need a return to the more 'social' aspect of MNPRs. Back to walking pace next week?

(I know I'm often guilty of racing off but usually only when I know where I'm going and everyone's together, although I did miss that left turn last night, like an utter idiot).

That was actually v.funny seeing you three hurtling past the turn 🙂

And binners is now on my hit list for snaffling the last black pudding pork pie...

Think we might need a return to the more 'social' aspect of MNPRs. Back to walking pace next week?

The pace has definitely been getting steadily upped on recent rides. Thats fine. The pace isn't the problem. The bell-endery is.

The awesomeness strike rate of the MNPR is miles high though, and one slightly uncoordinated edition doesn't do much to diminish that.

Bet you'd have still all rather been out on your bikes last night than at home watching the telly or doing holiday preparation ironing, (which is a fate awaiting me later. 🙁 )

Thinking about it... its Phillip Park. Its cursed. At least this time it wasn't absolutely bucketing down like the infamous 'Vortex of Failure' ride, where we spent the majority of the evening stood around in a freezing deluge fixing a succession of mechanicals

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Dunc and Baz will have to rule with an iron fist next week 🙂

I was a generous contributor to that vortex of failure 😳

Funnily enough. I've not been on a MNPR since...

I went to a Prestwich one but not been since, too fast for me to enjoy it.

I was a generous contributor to that vortex of failure

If it makes you feel better, I rode a cheeky quickie here, and met 3 people on the climb upto the Pike, who in turn tried to ignore me, after a cheery hello and then ride away from me, which would have worked, only they weren't that fast, so didn't...

It was odd and a bit awkward. 😕

The weather, perhaps?

after a cheery hello and then ride away from me, which would have worked, only they weren't that fast, so didn't...

Waits for the 'uninvited wheelsucker on Stoodley Pike' thread. 😀

It did kinda feel like that 😆

Dunc and Baz will have to rule with an iron fist next week

I've a plan to stop that happening again

About 18 of these should do the trick

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Bunjy tied together job jobbed

😆

I think staying out of dense woodland will probably help. You could still be seen if were on the Isle of Man from Rivington.

Have we all managed to find our dummies yet. It sounds like a few got lost in the woods. I think it's a little unfair to put the blame on one person when there were 16 grown men out there. Can we get back to the usual light hearted bitchery for next week please? 😈

In my best Naam voice

You don't know man you wernt there...

I mean binners could of been bummed my that weirdo in the Gray trackies

😀

After spending ages standing about like a lemon and looking for someone who wasn't there, feelings were running a little high last night.

that weirdo in the Gray trackies

Damn! Looks like my cover's been blown!