England : West Yorkshire Forum ride - Hebden Bridge to Otley, 15th July
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potsy
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coffeejo
Ælfrēd
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- West Somerset
totallyfixed
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- The only county without a McDonalds
If ever there was a man with a tenuous grip on life........It wasn't a ride for girls TF
*runs before Dr pink turns up*
potsy
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If it was the cake one don't even think about it, there are more calories in that slice than your weekly allowance
potsy
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Shut it you
potsy
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Where's Colin? 
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ColinJ
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Sounds like you had a good ride Paul and get well soon Shaun. 
tf - yes, I can't quite see what it was about the route that put female riders off. Perhaps the same thing that should have put me off?
STASS - I'd certainly like to go back to that cafe again and actually do the Chevin next time. I've just edited the original route to make it shorter and slightly easier - where we turned left at the mini-roundabout in Oxenhope we could carry on down into Keighley. That would skip the climb to Oakworth and the one from Goose Eye. We could take the nice lane above Utley from Keighley to Steeton that is used on the Red Rose Ride. Another obvious thing to do would be to skip Beamsley and Langbar by turning right after the lane from the Wharfe footbridge rather than left. From Otley, take the Chevin to Menston, and then come back the way we did on Sunday. That takes 3 tough climbs out for the cost of 1 back in (the Chevin) and reduces the distance to 89 km (55 miles).
We did 94 km (58.4 miles) and the average speed was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy slow! Your stats would be severely skewed by the amount of time you spent waiting for me. You can work out your average speed including the stops pretty easily if you can remember what time we got back. I'll post a map of the actual route taken tomorrow.
The hill climb signs we encountered (including the 'Murder Mile' sign in one of the photos) were for the Bronte sportive which had covered a lot of the same roads ahead of us that day. Apparently they had descended the Chevin on the loose chippings so many of them were the terrified riders that the workmen told us about! Event site link.
tf - yes, I can't quite see what it was about the route that put female riders off. Perhaps the same thing that should have put me off?
STASS - I'd certainly like to go back to that cafe again and actually do the Chevin next time. I've just edited the original route to make it shorter and slightly easier - where we turned left at the mini-roundabout in Oxenhope we could carry on down into Keighley. That would skip the climb to Oakworth and the one from Goose Eye. We could take the nice lane above Utley from Keighley to Steeton that is used on the Red Rose Ride. Another obvious thing to do would be to skip Beamsley and Langbar by turning right after the lane from the Wharfe footbridge rather than left. From Otley, take the Chevin to Menston, and then come back the way we did on Sunday. That takes 3 tough climbs out for the cost of 1 back in (the Chevin) and reduces the distance to 89 km (55 miles).
We did 94 km (58.4 miles) and the average speed was reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeealy slow! Your stats would be severely skewed by the amount of time you spent waiting for me. You can work out your average speed including the stops pretty easily if you can remember what time we got back. I'll post a map of the actual route taken tomorrow.
The hill climb signs we encountered (including the 'Murder Mile' sign in one of the photos) were for the Bronte sportive which had covered a lot of the same roads ahead of us that day. Apparently they had descended the Chevin on the loose chippings so many of them were the terrified riders that the workmen told us about! Event site link.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I've been 'Billed'! As in mate from Tenerife turned up, soaking wet on his bike. I had to stick his stuff through the spin drier and tumble drier and chat to him until it stopped raining long enough for him to ride back. (To his sister's house, not Tenerife!)Where's Colin?
Something strange happened there - I saw two of your posts with different cat picture avatars at the same time. Obviously the page didn't refresh itself completely when I made my last post.
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It wasn't a ride for girls TF
*runs before Dr pink turns up*
what are you up to on August 19th Potsy - fancy coming to stay? Nice little hill climb comp near us that day (Newark Castle hill climb on Terrace Hill) Should be a doddle for you after all those steep hills up north this weekendIt wasn't a ride for girls TF
*runs before Dr pink turns up*
I knowIf it was the cake one don't even think about it, there are more calories in that slice than your weekly allowance
....but ... cue photo from TF
totallyfixed
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This is post forum ride food for the nice people
phil_hg_uk
I am not a member, I am a free man !!!!!!
This is post forum ride food for the nice people
Well that's potsy sorted what's everyone else having
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potsy
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What do the not so nice people get?This is post forum ride food for the nice people
If I wasn't a changed man and eating only lettuce and fruit, that would almost tempt me down
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