Chunal and Cheshire bash

[skudupnorth]

Skud has a hybrid(Sirrus) but he obviously wants to show off how fit he is by coming on the MTB

My bike has I have a speed limit of 30mph !! Don't do 50 in the car let alone a bike

Oh choices,choices !! I must admit that the hybrid is looking a better option seeing as i've not been out properly for a few weeks....thats my excuse and i'm sticking by it

 

[400bhp]

Chaps


If I come then if it's OK I will meet you at the junction of Moor End Road and Mellor Road which is at mile 7 and probably leave you around mile 34.? That'll be around a 65 mile round trip for me.

Coincidentally the club I am a member of are heading over the Cat & Fiddle the same day, which would mean a 75-90 mile ride for me. I don't know which one to do yet.

 

[dellzeqq]

I'm working tomorrow peeps, sorry!

 

[potsy]

I'm working tomorrow peeps, sorry!

Might be on the wrong thread there Dell

 

[dan_bo]

Or the wrong end of the M6.

 

[RedBike]

I thought the ride was next week?
Drat, I won't be there tomorrow

 

[Hacienda71]

I thought the ride was next week?
Drat, I won't be there tomorrow

Next week the 7th November is the day.

 

[potsy]

Hope nobody is in a rush next Sunday,if my commute this morning is anything to go by it could take me some considerable time to get up those hills

That's what I get for having 10 days off the bike,is it too early to start checking the weather and praying for a new ice age

 

[skudupnorth]

I had a "test" ride up to Glossop and beyond on Sunday after three weeks being off two wheels...bad idea but at least i have a slight insight in what to expect ! I think i cooked my brakes coming down from Charlesworth,had a massive muscle cramp attack at Marple Locks and then got absolutley covered from head to toe in mud on the Trans Pennine from Stockport to Sale water park ( got some strange looks as i passed the Trafford Centre ! )
Good ride but my poor old knee is telling me i should not have done that sort of climbing !

 

[longers]

I'm glad I checked the original cafe stop out, it's closed on sundays!

New recommendation is the Fiveways Cafe here. The other half of it is a launderette so if needed a quick tumbledry could be had.

Unless anyone knows of a better suggestion?

 

[skudupnorth]

I'm glad I checked the original cafe stop out, it's closed on sundays!

New recommendation is the Fiveways Cafe here. The other half of it is a launderette so if needed a quick tumbledry could be had.

Unless anyone knows of a better suggestion?

Sounds good ! Just hope the pain in the old legs goes away !

 

[fossyant]

I doubt we'll have any problem with a cafe in Buxton, there are tonnes of them. Somewhere to shove the bikes might be an issue. Long term forecast...weather looking better than is expected this week - wet and windy, but clearing up by weekend - we'll see.

 

[potsy]

I doubt we'll have any problem with a cafe in Buxton, there are tonnes of them. Somewhere to shove the bikes might be an issue. Long term forecast...weather looking better than is expected this week - wet and windy, but clearing up by weekend - we'll see.

Think it's worth bringing a lock in case we have to leave the bikes out of sight?
My bike might have disintegrated if this bloody rain keeps up

Good job I don't bother cleaning it every time it gets a bit wet

What time would you like me to meet you Fossy?

 

[longers]

Hopefully using my new found google maps fu, this is a view of the outside of the Fiveways cafe.

If it works then hopefully it'll show where bikes can be locked and watched. One reason for finding a cafe in advance is trying to avoid any Fairtrade Organic establishments charging £6 for beans on toast that Buxton, being culture capital of the Peaks, might have. I rang Tourist Information and asked for greasy spoon recommendations.

I'll have a lock that'll do two bikes, it's not upto much but is good enough for a cafe lock, so if anyone needs locking up then it'll be a start.

 

[Hacienda71]

I will bring a cheapo cable lock. Again not up to much but a deterrent and will lock a couple of bikes together.