[Closed] SSUK 2013

Sounds great, where's the campsite?

Woodyhyde isn't far or there are plenty of small farmer style sites in worth. Shame you couldn't get it sorted this year as ssuk2012.

There is a campsite Insight of the square.... Looks like a field most of the time, because it is.

Yes, yes, yes!

That's in the diary now.

I'll get spreading the word.

That looks good especially as I am now in possession of a SS, thanks to bits from [url= http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/ ]http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/[/url] 😉

sounds like a fun weekend but IMO SSUK should still involve a race.

will there be stickers 😀

I may have to rebuild one of my bikes as SS for this.

Will you make/mark the course?

And will it include some silly beach riding 🙂

Sam there is a race, it is a race, we will be racing... But don't tell anyone with a clip board.

You see they are running (they being wiggle) an offload sportive on public rights of way. You are not allowed to race on briddlepaths ( horse and feet, yes, bikes, no). Wiggle give you a good medal for finishing within a certain time, folk "race" for the medals. We will award a medal to anyone who finishes within a certain time, that time will be decided once someone has finished. Loop hole. Reliability trial... Sportive, Whatever

In the diary, try and stop me.

Thanks Charlie,

APF

Stickers... Certainly
Course... Lightly marked on the ground, with a photocopy map with the route. A bit of map reading may be required.
I think it will be two laps, at around 12 miles each, allowing all the one lap chaps to be at the pub finish line in time for the winners.

Good job. A move away from the try hardery of postcard entries that come to nothing and back to the basics. Thanks.

Good job. A move away from the try hardery of postcard entries that come to nothing and back to the basics. Thanks.

Oooof!

Sounds perfect, and more towards the SS champs ethics of old

Charlie this sounds like a great idea, I'm sure you would benefit from hosting a '[i]test event[/i]' over the weekend of the 29 & 30 of September.

Like the sound of this!...keep us posted Charlie.

Sp... Nice idea but I am saddle tramping in France on that weekend now... Ferry booked, cork screw packed.

It's looking like a 8 mile ride to the start bankers arms beer garden, studland)
12 more miles brings you to the end of the first lap. Via a few hills, a castle and a cake shop.
Tough two lap chaps will have a further 20 miles.
Possibly 6000 feet of climbing!
I might strava it and see what the stats are.

Looks good. Will it be relatively kiddy friendly?

In like Flynn!

Won't clash with SSEC will it?

PS God bless yer Charlie for all your services to SSing and I'm thinking in particular of your sponsoring the SS prize at Brownbacks here.

more importantly.....

can Ringo bring his dog ?

That's in the diary, now where the flippin eck is this "South" of which you speak?

Bugger, thats WRT weekend. 😥

Do we not have to paint a picture or hand craft a sculpture something to be even considered for an entry? 😆

Sounds like a bit of a laugh and I've never riden down that way before so you can count me in as long as Ringo's dog can come.

hmm...maybe I should hold onto my single speed stuff as this sounds like a good laugh 😀

will there be precarious balancing on the trail along side Sir Harry?

sounds like 'cocking around on bikes' at it's best!

Q: i'm not blacklisted am i?

Too far away
**** that

Can I have that on a sticker please?

YES!

count me in

Do we need to wear clothes??

DrP

good stuff - DIY punk bike enduro 😀 love it, well done Charlie

Sounds very good!

Nice, will book it off from work tomorrow!

Is that the Square & Compass in Worth Matravers?

Count me in. New to singlespeeding (Not roden geared bike since May)

I am officially quite excited by this- sounds a hoot

Brilliant. Opportunity to make it into a fun family weekend with the wife and kids, do some of the riding and drink some beer. And all within a civilised journey from home.

Gets a whoop from me.

"damn I sold my Gunnar"

"hmmm, must justify that niner"

It is the square, yes...

DrP

Sounds interesting, although it really isn't that hard to organise a proper event. Nothing wrong with paying for an entry fee so long as you get your moneys worth IMO.

That's in the diary, now where the flippin eck is this "South" of which you speak?

Yeah, stop when you hit the sea or you'll get wet.

Well done Charlie for seizing the initiative, you're a good 'un.

Keen as mustard me.

Various answers to various questions:
Yes the square and compass at worth matravers. Best pub in the world
Yes family and kiddy friendly, but watch the kids near the sea cliffs. And the pub chickens can be a bit beaky. if its ok for the famous five, it's ok for your kids.
Ssec... No clash, that's in April, and will be very good. Those guys will put on an awesome event.
Ringo can eff off. His hot mrs and hound are welcome in my tipi.
WRT: that's in Wales so it's in the rain, where as this is in the sunshine in Dorset.
Yes the route will involve dangerous cliff edge riding inc old Harry rocks
Entry won't be like "the gallery" from take hart, but I might nick their theme tune
Yes it is too far away if you live in the oop north places of reasonable rent and sub thousand pound monthly mortgages... Fish and chips is about six quid down here. Guiness £3.85... Has that scared you orf?
Clothes should be worn, but I can divert the race through a nudist beach... Sod it, let's do that anyway. Seriously, the route now includes old men with "world of leather" wrinkles now. Blame Dr P, and pass the eye bleach.
No entry fee. It makes folk look liable: nudists, cliffs, pubs, compulsory pasty stops... Dangerous litegous stuff. You will be paying for camping, t-shirts if you want them, but the "race thing" is free.

If I singlespeed it, can I bring the Ute...

Still going strong hauling kids, & occasional adults.

Ute is cool... You have room for a sound system and a few kegs

i'm in

Seems like singlespeeding is at last heading back in the right direction.
Officials with clipboards can **** right off back where they came from. 😀

[i]Officials with clipboards can **** right off back where they came from.[/i]
Have organised a couple. Countless hours and a fair bit of my own dough put in for other folks to enjoy a race and a bit of nonsense. You?

Both SSEC04 and SSWC07 were put on with the help of TLI who offered a lighter touch than other race insurers, but there was the same amount of form filling, risk assessments, first aid and marshalls in hi-viz.

Might be cool to think that you can put on races in a guerilla fashion, until it's your arse hanging out or you **** chances of using a course for racing because you piss off a landowner...

SSS yesterday
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Charlie hatches a mighty fine plan.

Marty, chill the .... out. You may find that the "gentleman" (I use the term loosely for Stu) was one of the organisers for the SSEC10 (still one of best events ever!) so knows all about red tape and the curse or bureaucracy that goes with things like this. 😆

Yes it is too far away if you live in the oop north places of reasonable rent and sub thousand pound monthly mortgages... Fish and chips is about six quid down here. Guiness £3.85... Has that scared you orf?

Nah. it sounds just like Harrogate!

May have to sell the kids though (anyone?).

Have organised a couple. Countless hours and a fair bit of my own dough put in for other folks to enjoy a race and a bit of nonsense. You?

I helped to organise SSEC2010 as it goes so try getting down of that high horse. 😆

so try getting down of that high horse

but only once a suitable and sufficient assessment of risk has been completed and a marshal in a high vis jacket is standing by with a radio link to St Johns ambulance. 😉

EDIT: sorry forgot this was singlespeeding

a marshal in a high vis jacket is standing by with a radio link to [s]St Johns ambulance[/s] the beer tent

Do you know anyone that could perform such a risk assessement tazz? 😉

not anyone I'd trust with my life Stu... 😆

A wise choice. 🙂

so try getting down of that high horse.

Glad the bitching has stopped and we're back to talking about 29erz again.

Marty, I think SSS was referring to paperwork and red tape not the legends who organise the races for us.

[i]One plan[/i] is to start an SSUK cycling club, membership would include the weekend event. We affiliate the club with another cycling organisation for a few quid and then we have liability insurance for our event. Throw in a risk assessment and we in.

This would allow us to run [i]Reliability trials, and time trials[/i] for up to 200 people. This means we wont be tied to private land, and have access to rights of way. This is the format of the wiggle off road sportives, where 1,000 riders will be going down my local singletrack in November.

And here is a thought... If the ss community wants to get together in a field and compare themselves to each other (as I write this I know what the posts that follow will be like, but hey ho, let's go) in a way the replicates or is typical of the riding most ss folk do, an XC race is not typical, a reliability trials over the hills and byways taking in cake shops and houses of refreshment is more typical.

Once I have sorted the SSUK cycling club out, it and all the insurance etc stuff is already in place. So if in 2014 and beyond, our xc race falls through like this year, there will be a structure in place that will allow folk to put on an event more easily than a full on XC. It might turn out that the sportive reliability trial format is more appreciated?

What do you guys think about this SSUK cycling club thing?

I think you've just about hit the nail on the head there Charlie.

Some of the most fun events I've ever done have been low key and cheap to enter reliability trials.

I wouldn't join any club that would have someone like me as a member. 😀
Apart from that, great idea 😀

Sounds great Charlie- where do I send my postcard 😉

When I grow up I want to be just like CtB

tazzymtb - Member
not anyone I'd trust with my [s]life[/s] wife Stu...

Erm that'll be me then.....

[i]I helped to organise SSEC2010 as it goes so try getting down of that high horse.[/i]
You get a great view of posturing from up here...

Charlie - sounds like an interesting plan.

Sounds a great idea Charlie.

I don't know who Ringo is, but if his dog is going I'm well up for it.

Sounds great 🙂

@ ron jeremy- hello chap, how the devil are you? haven't seen you since the FoD singlespeed bimble!!

afternoon Tazz old bean I'm just about to pop out for an afternoon at the local hostelery, I'm good thanks, how's you?

Pencilled this event into the diary, so be good to see you for a shandy if you're there, must pop back over to FoD at some point

ron if you are on that facebooky thingy, get yourself onto one cog cycling....lots of beer, boobs and bikes....and a few ride organised things as well

In there like swim wear. Charlie and ssuk go hand in hand, bring it on.

Tazzy request sent on that there faceacheymebob

If the SS club goes ahead, will there be stickers? 😉

charlie, it's a great idea. To register an unsponsored club will cost c£90. At £5 a head that will be 14 riders needed to cover costs. That should be easily reached. From that point, club members have the club through which to organise and have access to liability insurance (Although i think this is an extra cost). The marco polo team has previously worked on this informal level. You pays your subs, you can race for the team.

I would be happy to volunteer for secretary/membership secretary.

You get a great view of posturing from up here...

Purbecks...Singlespeed....Camping in a field.....CtBM: Me and my dog are in!