[Closed] PEAKS POOTLE: 24TH SEPTEMBER, EDALE, 10.00AM

Hmm....

Three proper climbs I reckon.

1) A grindy out bit of muddy/rocky up stuff
2) A grindy out grindy boring chug
3) A walker dodging short sharp grassy schlep.

JAMES: YGM.

S*it S*it S*it & S*it me and the wife won't be able to make it as my son has arranged a radio session at 12.00pm and the wife has to be there and I'll look like a **** if I don't go so sorry. I really wanted to meet some people who ride bikes as I only get to ride with the wife.

Les

Can he do an outside broadcast?

"JAMES: YGM"
Thank you very much

EDIT: Hmm, it seems my computer can't read it beyond displaying some sort of coding ..

upload it to bikehike.co.uk

See you soon!

Can I pop along too please?

Fairly local but keen to meet and see the route

Out of adversity comes some good. Mrs S has consented to ride a bike with me today. This is a [b]BIG[/b] deal.

All welcome Hanky.

I'd probably best set off.

Cheers guys. I enjoyed that. As for my little off, seems it didn't happen. No one saw it and Chris didn't get a picture so without proof, it didn't happen! 😀

Big thanks to ndt and pook for arranging and looking after us!

Have you ever thought of starting an MTB holiday business,say in spain? :0

No but I once drove a Sierra.

Cheers guys, that was very mellow. I am now engaged in a modest attempt to consume everything vaguely edible in Glossop. Didn't nab quite enough cake from the Hope Challenge feed station at the top of the Roych, though lots of eyelash fluttering, looking pathetic and optimistic name-dropping of Bradwell persons paid off 🙂

Chapel Gate is now mildly horrific as a climb btw. Third time I've done it recently and it doesn't get any better.

Right, back to the food in hand...

Thanks again to Chris and Jules for rounding up and keeping us all going the same way. 😛
I'll post my photo's up tomorrow afternoon, there's beer and wine waiting to be drunk 😉

Yes, thanks to Chris and Jules ...that was a good route with great company.

Sorry I had to dash off and didn't make it to the pub.

Already looking fwd to the next.

yeah thanks to chris and jules for a wicked ride even tho chris deliberately made me crash for the sake of a good video clip. im looking forward to 125quid coming my way!

Thanks for a really enjoyable pootle and good weather (for a change).

Glad you and Harry are o.k after the 'crash and falling the down a hillside' incident Chris.

Thanks too for the chocolate cake Graham.

Good to meet you all today, thanks for the guiding Chris and Jules.

The knee looks a little better now i've cleaned all the shite off it.

Looking forward to the next one...

John (intense)

Great ride today lads, thanx to Chris and Jules for showing us around.

Nice to ride some new trails in the peaks.

David (Turner 5 Spot)

I would like a spin in that 318'M' shootin brake...

Me too!

Lee,Yellow Stumpy.

Really sad that I had to miss this one.
Hopefully I make the next one.

They're all new to me. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks guys.

Enjoyable ride, mainly lurking at the back with BWD. Didnt feel I had the legs to get out of Edale again so pulled up short and went over Rushup Edge - there's a logic to that somewhere. Ignored the cakes but decided to add a quick trip through the Roych and down Beet Lane. At least I managed to end the day without crashing, mincing or dabbing a descent.

David (Turner 5 Spot)

like that makes you stand out - there were about half a dozen 5 spots!

glad you all enjoyed it, look forward to the next one

Just an aside, I couldn't help noticing how few hardtails were out today - I don't mean that in a loaded way, I was just thinking that it's very different from a few years back when pretty much everyone I rode with was on a hardtail and rode it fast too. Apart from me, Pook, Bruce (OAP) and a couple of others, everyone seemed to be packing 5 or 6 inches of travel front and rear. It was the same on the last one as well from Hayfield.

What's happening to the world? Like I said, I'm not saying it's good or bad, just interesting. Oh, and realise that I'm not exactly riding a poverty-spec bike and I have, in the past, ridden full sus a lot, and I understand that they do the job, but...

... just seems odd.

Nice to see you again, Bruce. Us niche hardtail riders need to stick together before we're engulfed in a full sus deluge 😉

Jon (not a Turner 5 Spot)

Ourkidsam was on an on one inbred.

My FS had fewer mm of travel than nearly all the hardtails 🙂

that was a grand day out grommet.... we had the weather and everything!

thanks all, hopefully see you on the next one

Martyn
(Turner 5 spot....oh)

Tell you what bwd, I'll bring my hardtail next time. Save everyone wondering why I've got a bit of wood on my shock.

Why have you got a bit of wood on your shock? Sorry, I'm rubbish at noticing what people are riding generally...

My FS had fewer mm of travel than nearly all the hardtails

What front plus rear travel? What's happened to the Juliana then?

It's a little home made travel indicator.

Sort of like a wooden o-ring?

Hora had a hardtail when he saw that girl walking up Bradwell Edge.

BWD I had a 456 on a previous winter Pootle. The prob is I only own one bike does it all sadly. Otherwise I'd have a hardtail as well. 🙂

Great day, vibe, banter and rain stayed away.

Who owns the 3series touring? Would love to potentially buy when you consider selling? The M3 looks too vulgar for me but yours is subtle

She asked me who the 'tramp in the camo' was and did he have a copy of the latest Big Issue for sale...

bet she was going faster than hora too!!!

Everyone of you chaps noticed the pretty blonde, except my husband.

I burped in her face by accident, as we met on a very steep corner.

My line to her 'that looks heavy'

Sams 'are there more like you'.

I can see the winner there Sam..

She'd have been going faster than me if I was saying 'aaaarrr prepare to be boarded mi' luvly arrr' chasing after her waving my Cutlass. (Pirate reference)

Do you normally burp on tight corners Jane?

what pretty blonde? i feel like i missed out

I'm guessing this must have been the last decent as I'm sure I would have noticed!

Down bradwell edge!

Don't worry, she's on the video. Pervs.

Bwd, they are all bikes for having fun on. Each to their own innit?

hsmith used to have a hardtail up until recently. Every descent he would trot out the line 'I kept up with you till the rocky bit'.

Every descent was rocks top to bottom.

oh she mustve been one of the ones i sent scurrying out my way to avoid being flattened jus like onzadog witnessed on the last decent. oops!!

Can't believe I didn't notice on bradwell. Looking forward to the vids

Crackin ride out and was great to see you all again...

Hora, you wouldn't stand a chance against Smooth Sam Sutherland.
Was like a materclass in 'foot in mouth', i couldn't ride for laughing.

Harry, even from a way off, and on the vid, that crash looks well worth £250!!

Pook went down chest/belly down hard. Blimey. Harry- hope your shoulders ok and just stiff?

good good. pook hurry up and post it, im sure slowrider will take great pleasure in watching me crash!!
hora shoulder is fine now, one of the benefits of being young and able to bounce!

Question of the day cam from BWD shortly before we parted ways

"Errm - what is Hora for?"

Bwd, they are all bikes for having fun on. Each to their own innit?

Did you read the bit where I said it wasn't a loaded comment? I was just interested that there so many full sussers and so few hardtails when a few years back it would have been the other way round.

I don't really know if full sussers are much faster than hardtails, I guess I always assumed that it was my cack riding and lack of fitness holding me back rather than my inferior bike.

Er, innit?

More4 now. World Sheep Dog Trials with Guy Martin- I'm getting tips Skiprat 😉

Re hardtail v full suss. I'm faster the fitter I am regardless of suspension/bike. The fitter the fresher and more 'on it' you are when you turn down ready for a descent?

Is that a fair statement for the majority of riders on a average/typical rides?

Its just not the same without Phil Drabble

i personally find full sussers faster because on a hardtail i feel the bike reaches its limits b4 i do whereas on a full susser it doesnt

I didn't want to start a discussion about the relative merits of full sussers and hardtails, I just observed that there were lots of the former and not many of the latter. I thought it was interesting, that's all. Can we stop this now, it's just an awful, pointless black hole of a debate.

Please.

Coming soon - mint sauce keyrings.

Coming soon - mint sauce keyrings.

Is that a mountain bike holiday company? Any good?

Its all good 🙂 I want to try a penny farthing- that looks like it takes guts to get up there

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Nice to meet everyone, thanks for tea/cake/beer/BFOs/etc

Sam (on the remarkably heavy Pitch)

My thanks as well to Chris and Jules for the planning, and thanks to you all for making my first pootle such fun, really enjoyed it!
Hora, h4muf - you should have asked, would've happily let you take the 318 for a spin!

I hate to say it but I missed the blonde on the Bradwell decent, but then I always try and look where I'm going. I'm looking forward to seeing her in Chris' video.

Anyway thanks to Chris and Jules for another superb day.

Here's GPS log of today's ride.

[url= http://connect.garmin.com/activity/116746615 ]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/116746615[/url]

Matt (on white hardtail Boardman)

really enjoyed the day out today - thanks for organizing - will try and get to these Pootles more often.

Cheers,
dawson (on the 'under-braked' green Kona)

Re: bradwell edge. It was meant as an entirely innocent question, which she took in an entirely innocent way.

I can't help it if I've got natural talent. And she [i]was[/i] hot

Finally home -

Big thanks to Jules and Chris for a good day of riding, and to all for great company and cake 🙂

Now dozing in front of 'Excalibre' the king arthur film from the80s, and it is slowly merging with my memories of the afternoon... glittering armour, shining steeds, Helen Mirren...

'Ride Hora! Ride the dragon's breath! Your lust will hold you up!'

🙂

Glad you had a good ride chaps! Gutted I couldnt make this! Look forward to seeing the video Chris.

BWD I should have come along on a rigid to even the suspension field out 😆

It's just rendering now. Quite happy with it.

Here you go.

thanks for the ride...enjoyed it...(although feeling it in the joints today :-))

(i will do another little edit as well chaps)

;o)

Harry what waterproof shorts do you and your Dad use?

any chance you can put the video on in a mobile friendly format brcause i cant view it!
hora- i have gore tex waterproof shorts and my dad has some endura

nice vid chris! At the end there I was kind of expecting it to fade back in to a slow-mo timotei moment....

top work on the video Chris!

Mint video!

harry, its going on fbook soon.

the timotei edit us coming

thanks chris, jus to make you feel better about yourself ive had a headache since our man hug!

I'm not jealous. (Repeat until convinced.......)

What's missing is pook sliding further and further down the hill and Harry jumping around clutching his shoulder after the man hug moment.
Harry I remember you were well padded up (except shoulders).

Dawson - wins the best rider award (Kona with red forks and 'V' brakes) 🙂

Thanks Chris that wee film was very entertaining.

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