[Closed] Rivington Today

Rivvy is the nuts.....

Sunday was ridic for dogs and walkers - never ever seen it like that.

Get off my land!.

Tend to avoid the place ove the weekend. Full of cocks with generic fighting dogs swigging wife beater.

Lowey, was out with KKF , was getting shouted at by dog walkers who were probably up there for the first time this year and thinking they owned the place.

Saw 3 seperate groups coming up the 'eliminator'

which bit is the Eliminator?
Caz xx

I was up over Darwen moor on Sunday. Bikeless for a change. I was hoping to see some of you lot so I could shout at you like an indignant rambler 🙂

Rivvy good for one thing ? The frigging good full on fast downhill from the tv mast & back to the pub ! good views but full off arrogant local bikers with chips or is it a JOHN BULL on there shoulders ! Blackburn bikers will know what i mean & my riding buddies from the rivvy area will also agree ! anyway, Must walk my american akitas up there more often lol ! maybe monday, wednesday & thurday night before i go home & beat up the wife ehh ! GET A LIFE LOWEY !

I was up there on Sunday and it was fine - descents were all walker free and everyone seemed happy and friendly. There was two scallies in a probably nicked escort trying to drive up what I think is called the ice cream run though. It didn't go well.

Bloody ell sutty, chill out a bit pal.

Eliminator - ice cream run I think.

We call it elimiator from when Bolton Mountain Bikes ran a duel eliminator from the Pike down to the car park.....with Peat,Longden et al in attendance.

Ahhh the ice cream walk in my case lol...I've yet to be brave enough to try it again lol
Caz xxx

LOL ! superchilled now ! just warming up with a whiskey ! think i'll have to go out for a ride & de-stress ehh !

Wow, that eliminator was my first ever race...96 or 97 I think, lots of people got mullered, and I won a set of Hope Ti Skewers....£50 at the time, still have them in the garage

Intense- good effort.

I was the starter at the pike....96 it was.

A lot of broken wheels that day.

I get the feeling that I've yet to be a proper Mountain biker, once I've ridden the Ice Cream Run, will I have passed the test? lol
Caz xx

ha ha .....if only it was that easy.

me & Rivvy do have a past ? it's very fast & fun but it's one of the places i do tend to get my downhill confidence back ! eek, that usually ends up in a big stack & broken bones ! it could be that i'm just getting old so therefore better to stick to the other local routes eh, like the mary townley loop or gisburn forest lol !

I've sacrificed blood ot the Rivington trail gods too...bloomin hurts !
Caz xx

once I've ridden the Ice Cream Run, will I have passed the test?

only when you have done it in the dark 😆

I might manage better in the dark, if I can't see it, I can't wimp out 😆
Caz xx

yeah pretty damn good in the dark ! not done it this year, i can feel a visit coming on ! should be lots of bikers up there at this time of year & all lit up like xmas trees lol !

you need to ride it rigid SS for the full badge. You need to jump the tarmac drop - better to the right IMHO- not roll it . One of the few places I have yet to crash - wrecked two wheels there though but yet to stack badly. Not nice when icey. I have walked it as well there are no lines just hold on.
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[i]you need to ride it rigid SS for the full badge[/i]

That's just for the beginner badge.
You *know* what the next, and fully qualified step is to that one. 😉

surely not a white (on-one) dropped bar fixie? 8)

that would just be daft 😆

The very same.. And at the top of a familiar hill.

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You need to jump the tarmac drop - better to the right IMHO- not roll it .

I did that on Sunday when it was all iced/frosted up - I must get a good few man points.

I'm assuming that photo wasn't taken this week

I think it's better to jump to the left. The kennels descent from the two lads is my fave.

wors.....best line is to the right, high up he bank like a berm...many will disagree.

good descent though.

Junkyard,that first picture was taken by me,you been right clicking on my old flickr account?
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we saw an old bloke go down the icr on a unicycle

btw the belmont descent wants leaving alone until spring, and then it will want some serious work

btw the belmont descent wants leaving alone until spring, and then it will want some serious work

I doubt it will get it. I'd just get used to its new, slightly more technical state

(assuming by extrapolation from the last two times I've been down it how much more it has eroded by now)

I played chicken with a dog walker on sunday that was shouting at me 'this is a footpath get off and walk!' He stood across the path arms folded refusing to move....he moved when I got within about 3 feet of him and didn't stop 😈

Footpath or bridleway, you must give way to walkers. Plus, if you are talking about the 'Belmont descent', that is indeed a footpath so it's best not to create friction with ramblers when riding it.

I played chicken with a dog walker on sunday that was shouting at me 'this is a footpath get off and walk!' He stood across the path arms folded refusing to move....he moved when I got within about 3 feet of him and didn't stop

Good to see people are still helping to improve relations between walkers and cyclists there then...

I find it better to explain the error of their ways than to appear moronic, aggressive and intimidating. But whatever floats your boat I guess...

Aww danny got a telling off.

It is always possible it was unintentional and he just couldn't stop but is now bluffing it out 🙂

I’m not sure if it was a footway or bridleway, it was one of those paths near Leverhulme Castle, you know the big wide ones. I always do give way and had moved over to the side of the path. The walker then moved in my line, took his folded arm stance and began shouting taking me by surprise - if you're prepared to do that then you've got to be prepared for me not to stop.

If this doesn't comply with MTB/walker etiquette then I don’t care.

It is true that there are some very headstrong walkers around that area who think they are right no matter what. Personally, I'd have run away crying, which may have made them realise what a nasty bully they really are.

memory map shows only dashed lines down round the castle so I'd say you've won that one 🙂
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Junkyard,that first picture was taken by me,you been right clicking on my old flickr account?

They are all concessionary bridelways around that Reervoir even the ones not marked as Bridleways. They wer ein the wrong
you did remember to shout I am SimonfBarnes now out of my way didnt you?

Run that millitant bastard over Danny.

The eliminator that Margin talks about in 96, there was even a guy who insisted on walking up from the bottom car park right in the middle of the track as guys were blasting down. He insisted it was his right. The guy on the loud speaker was trying to warn the riders coming down but this cock just carried on walking up it. Even the spectators lining both sides of the track were shouting at him. Wouldnt mind but the organisers had got a closure notice and everything to run the race.

Just sums up what some of the idiots are like around Rivi, think they bloody own the place when really its all mine.

Sutty, quite happy with the one I;ve got cheers mate.

Just ride it all at night. Everything defaults to bridleway at night anyway.

The funniest thing I've seen was riding down the ice cream run, was when we were daft enough to ride it at night in sub-zero temperatures. Not big or clever. The tarmac bit in the middle was just a sheet of ice.

We discovered this as Chod pumped his forks ready for launch. His front wheel wemt straight out from under him and he went off the drop backwards, arse-first with his bike on top of him.

His face was a picture. The two of us behind him both fell off we were laughing that hard 🙂

Just sums up what some of the idiots are like around Rivi, think they bloody own the place when really its all mine.

I still prefer the casually cheeky response.

Person near White Coppice: "There's no bikes here"
Me: [looks down at bike in a puzzled manner] "Are you sure?"
Person: "Yes, there's no bikes here!"
Me: "OK then, I'll just carry on riding my llama then. Have a nice afternoon"

TBH I usually find it is non local red sock brigade who have the most issues with cyclists.
1. Woman called me the c word for riding. Istopped challenged her then produced OS map to prove I could ride legally here to which she replied well you are still a c word- decided after this never to bother engaging on this issue as it is like trying to defuse road rage by discussing the issue
2. Going up a road section- the of road bit up to gardens from the school- and they would not give way to let three of us through. AFter a few mins we eventually got past at the edge. one of us then just turned round and charged them all whilst screaming at them - very funny but they then all reached the two of us left and started moaning about respect etc

zokes.........ive been doing the belmont for years, and its the worst ive ever seen it

Brutally cold on't moors toneet lads!

San Marino is Ace.. its in great condition for bikers... getting pretty technical, almost getting back to its old self before it was resurfaced years ago.

Has there been much more snow up there? Fancy a ride tommorrow.

Looks like it's had a small amount from here (Coppull). You don't have to go to the top bit's if it's a bit thick up there, plenty to ride lower down.

Andituk,

Quite nice and crispy up there last night:
Barn>Pike>Wilders Moor>Mast>Smithills Moor>Two Lads>Dog kennels>Gardens
Met a couple of other loonies up by the mast too.
Bolton MRT were up there too pratting around with out-of-life distress flares.
Not really any problem with the amount of snow that's on the ground, still plenty grippy enough and nice and fast rolling 'cos it's frozen solid underneath.

Have fun.

Ecky - That was us. Coming Up Coal Pit ? met you on where the path joins the mast road ? Was a touch chilly!

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Nice pic lowey - I'm hoping for a huge dump of snow so I can I have a play on sunday - night ride would be good too.........are you reading Johnnie?

Last night round Healy Nabb was superb, better than Tuesday night. An extra layer of snow made it even grippier for some reason. Got a month of work now so will be friking nailing Rivvy and the area alot as i only live 500 metres away. Look out for the Santa Cruz Blur, all black and stealthy with a full lycra clad rider, no armour of 85 litre ruck sac.

Say hello. 😀

That was us. Coming Up Coal Pit ? met you on where the path joins the mast road ?

Nods to Lowey. Pleased to meet you.

We reversed your tracks down Smithills Moor to the steps, then turned left and went exploring off-piste before crossing what were presumably your tracks on the road near Smithills Dean.

Nods back at Ecky.

There's a good run down to Coal Pit Road after you hit the lake on that left turn. Good in the dry anyway.