[Closed] PEAKS POOTLE: 14TH OCTOBER - Praise the lord it's on a sunday

@ Hora who needs "Strava!" on downhills when there's "LANCE!" for the climbs. 😉

Mint ride out! Cheers to Pook and NBT for making it happen!

Technical guff here:

http://app.strava.com/rides/25018493

Cracking pootle eh? The loooong push up is worth it. Just about!
Cheers all - you lot make these rides for me. Special cheers to Jules for co-pilot and counting duties, and to all the rest who held gates and counted.

And for every single one of you who gave an encouraging word to someone else - cheers. That's what it's all about.

We put £27 in the Edale Mountain Rescue pot too today, so on behalf of them, thanks!

Video coming up at some point. 😉

Huge thanks to Mr Pook, my first ever pootle and it was great fun! Will get some photos online in a bit when I've had my tea, we had to leave pre-pub 'cos I had to film a video for a job application... Long story.

Lee I rue not buying your ST, when you come to sell the 3'..or phil57 😀

Lol @ Hora!

Russ and I loved it, thanks to everyone who helped look for my missing cleat (that wasn't!) and for fixing it for me. Also cheers for all the encouragement going up (and down!) those hills. What a lovely bunch of peeps you are 🙂

We'll be back and I'll try and be a bit less pathetic next time!

Thanks pook for organising this pootle, my first one! Jacobs ladder was exquisite from start to finish 😀

Who was it that took the pictures on all the drop offs? I would like a few for the collection 🙂

I took a few, just uploading them now. I shall supply a link forthwith!

Had a great day out on our first ever pootle. Think Cat enjoyed herself too as she's fast asleep on the sofa now (Thanks for that guys - bit of piece and quiet lol)

We'll be back for the next pootle.

Karl & Cat

Thanks Chris and Jules, and everyone else who made today such great fun. We had a great time, the company even made the uphills fun!

Chears chaps and chapesses! Jacobs ladder was a highlight, I couldn't let go of my handlebars at then end. My fingers cramped shut!

I took pics, just leafing through them now to see if anything is reasonable enough to publish

Thanks again to Pook and the gang. Roast dinner didn't touch the sides when I got home. Apologies to those waiting at the bottom while I minced down some bits, my helmet has been safe and warm in the porch all day. One of these I'll make it to a pootle with full working kit. 😳

I won't claim they're any good, but most of you are in there:

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjCtfYrU

If anyone wants full size versions let me know and I'll process them and email them over 🙂

thepodge

One of the reasons I don't do big group rides anymore is I can't be doing with 5 hour rides that would normally take me 2.5

Sounds good, when do we go? I keep trying to find people that want to ride in a group and push each other, rather than their bikes, and do some good no faff rides.

Pick a date

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I'd be up for that! Must be at least 50/60/70 milers, 70% off road.

Great day out with really friendly folk in decent weather.

Thanks to Chris and Jules for guiding, sweeping, bad jokes, photos, video and collecting money for a really good cause.

Looking forward to the next one already.

Dammit that all looks like too much fun - gutted to have missed this year's Autumn Pootle... Pook, if you can give me enough notice I shall reschedule my work oop north ( and by extension the whole of Manchester uni s freshers week) to make it next year!

Big shout out to Pook, Nbt, Bunnyhop and Flyingmonkeycorps as well as anyone else I have met and not id'd yet.

Invite to Devon still stands!

Had another really fab time everyone - thank you to all!!

Rachel

h4muf - Member
I'd be up for that! Must be at least 50/60/70 milers, 70% off road.

But it would be good to do something reasonable at a decent rate.

Thanks to Pook for organizing and Jules for counting. I'll put some photos up later (including photographic evidence of Bunnyhop's sprint for the last brownie)

Gutted I lost my flapjack on a descent!!!! I was looking forward to it.

Small pics uploaded here (our interweb connections is not really that fast)

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_b_t/sets/72157631769667858/ ]Peaks Pootle Oct 2012[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/n_b_t/ ]Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

If anyone wants full size pics, drop me a mail

EDIT: Oh I forgot, any captions for this or any other pics most welcome 🙂

I'm liking this pic of [b]kbrpro[/b]

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_b_t/8087498266/ ]Peaks Pootle Oct 2012[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/n_b_t/ ]Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

Check the compression on the forks, and the way the rim's almost touching the rock as the tyre is so squashed...

Sounds good, when do we go? I keep trying to find people that want to ride in a group and push each other, rather than their bikes, and do some good no faff rides.

Will you feed off each other?

My photos from today are here http://imgur.com/a/DGSB1

I took this one pre-pootle from Hollins Cross, looking across to the cement works - quite pleased with how it came out

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@dawson, pleased you should be, nice.

Thegenralist, I think you've missed my point

I like to ride at my own pace, not other's

Cracking ride, didnt realise how blood skinny I am till now though!

ace pic Dawson!

Cracking day out gents, cant beat a little peak grit! Look forward to the next one when I'll hopefully be without chest infection!

Mark - the white Titus el guapo

Cheers

Awesome day out, really enjoyed it - don't know why I left it so long to get back on a mountain bike!

Cheers,

Sam

This is my favourite I think, and he wasn't even one of ours!

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/willslater/8087333620/ ]IMG_0357[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/willslater/ ]Will Slater[/url], on Flickr

+1 on the picture - can't of ended very nicely 🙂

I assume that's the "step" on Roych Clough?

EEK- I took the lesser step down to the left of that big un!

I *think* this is Hora doing the same step only much more successfully! It is the one on Roych Clough, caught a few people out. Chap was ok though, could have been a lot worse!

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/willslater/8087334274/ ]IMG_0356[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/willslater/ ]Will Slater[/url], on Flickr

Oh look, i missed a great one.
Again.... 😥
Looks like a truly top day out, folks, and some top photo's, too!

Next time 🙂

aye it was a cracker. I've looked at the video footage too and there's some good stuff!

Phil - send me your address and I'll get the SD card sent over

Sorry that I missed it!! Unfortunately I'm house/ room hunting at the moment & this is taking priority over everything else!!!

I'm also booked in with Jedi next Monday for some training to see if he can improve my riding! I decided I needed to work on the skills after the July Pootle. Hopefully I'll be up the next one, assuming it doesn't clash with my ski trip to Zermatt in January!!

Looks like a good ride guys, nice route too. I'll have to get back up for another one of these soon! Can't beat a good Pootle!

I *think* this is Hora doing the same step only much more successfully! It is the one on Roych Clough, caught a few people out. Chap was ok though, could have been a lot worse!

Yes its me- I thought you were holding a Mars bar (not a camera) so you destracted me by waving it (why am I grabbing the brakes on a drop?) 😯

I had the front wash out twice yesterday but managed to save it both times 😆

hora you're AWESOMEZ

Hahaha, I now have visions of evil ramblers using Mars Bars to tempt innocent mountain bikers to their rocky doom on techy step sections!

Have the two 'steps' (which always seemed massive to me) been paved over at the top of Jacob's?

Now Then, good ride & great people to meet, had fun!

Good talking to Skiprat & kbrpro at length & thanks to pook for organising!

timc, skiprat didn't offer you a new axe? I've got a huge new one in my boot. I really need to remove it though, incase the Police pull me for a routine check. 😆

Cheers all for a cracking day out. Good chatting to you Timc and kbrpro.
Glad the rain stayed away, going up the back of Jacobs i thought we were going to get soaked but it stayed off. See you all on the next one.

Phil56- please say thanks to the injuried rider who made the Malteser cake. Horajunior liked it

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It occurs to me now that while parking up at Barber Booth might well have saved us £5, it does mean we missed out on cake

*FACEPALM*

dawson - you photo of the cloud inversion is lovely.

Hora - good skills there. I bottled it on that drop.

Skiprat - where do I collect my axe?

Big thanks to pook and nbt for a fantastic day and everyone else.Thats got to be the hardest 12 miles ive done for some time but well worth it.
Can't wait for the next one.

http://www.sports-tracker.com/#/workout/CarlEvans/87q9736j3kfa4rrc

Really great day out yesterday - first PP for me (brown stumpy) and buddy (red/black stumpy).

Top notch atmosphere, friendly dudes.

Many thanks to everyone that arranged it and kept the bunch in check

I'll try to link some of my own photos soon.

Looks like a cracking good ride! Sorry we missed it (were doing a bit of a epic push all the way up Walna Scar in t'Lake District at the time) but we'll definitely try and make the next one 🙂

Only took one picture...

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/86475963@N04/8091103322/ ]Getting ready for the group photo...[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/86475963@N04/ ]rachel_norfolk[/url], on Flickr

Rachel

Speaking of which....where is the group photo?

;o)

Here's a few more random pics

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There was a group photo? 😯

First post and I just wanted to say it was great to meet a bunch of you on Sunday. Came along with sacktwist to try my new stumpy out. Was a really enjoyable day. Thanks to those who put the effort in to sort it.

[quote=rogerthecat ]There was a group photo?

Before you arrived.

I need to get to grip with editing and things, I'll have a go now - unless any photoshop wizards care to volunteer?

jules - email it to my work and I'll play tomorrow.

(check your email)

Flyingmonkeycorps - Member
This is my favourite I think, and he wasn't even one of ours!

Those two pictures of that drop are brilliant. Normally I find biking doesn't really lend itself to photos, but they are ace.

Pass 1 at the group photo. Pook, will send you a couple of files to play with to see how much better you can do it!

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_b_t/8091457801/ ]Pootlers![/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/n_b_t/ ]Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

I don't think I can do better jules! Video coming up though....

Love it!

Here you go folks - shorter than usual but there's some nice stuff in there!

*hums*
Pook on film...
pook on film

makes a change!

Calderdale lot would have made it look slicker (and sicker) 😉

Only took one picture...

I'm liking this pic of kbrpro

Peaks Pootle Oct 2012 by Notoriously Bad Typist, on Flickr

Check the compression on the forks, and the way the rim's almost touching the rock as the tyre is so squashed...

Cheers NBT, I like to try. Three things I've learnt from this pic is:

1: Pump up my tyre a bit more
2: My fork does work
3: I'm a fatty that needs to loose weight 🙂

Great pics by everyone! And I'm liking the video...I've got about 3 seconds of fame 😀 Dont worry I won't let it go to my head....Sorry got to go, got Gee Atherton on the line waiting

Cheers for organising this one. Had a great ride and chat with everyone on the way round. Cracking weather too which was a bonus.

Extra thanks for those taking the great photo's on the way round, a few dynamic shots always go down a treat! Also properly chuffed that Dawson managed to get some great pics of the mist hanging over the Hope Valley. I stopped in the car at the top of Mam Tor to have a look, but didn't have my camera, so was a bit gutted.

Andy on the Orange (or should it be white) Alpine

@Flyingmonkeycorps can you email me a copy of 0094 so i can
print it out for my mate cheers.
carl.evans2@sky.com

I've updated the group photo, one of the crayon boys at work was kind enough to do a better job of the cut 'n' paste

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_b_t/8091457801/ ]Pootlers![/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/n_b_t/ ]Notoriously Bad Typist[/url], on Flickr

This one's been uploaded at full res, you can download it here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/n_b_t/8091457801/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Looks like a good one!