ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
***** ColinJ's forum rider tag list *****
Fellow forum riders, I am planning yet another ride!
@colly, @neil_merseyside, @Sea of vapours, @Domus, @Julia9054, @Spiderweb, @Slioch, @EasyPeez, @Kestevan, @Venod, @Soltydog, @NorthernDave, @Buck, @si_c, @videoman, @FrothNinja, @GuyBoden, @Vantage, @Dadam
If anybody wants their name to be added to the list, let me know.
(If anybody wants their name to be removed, let me know, but...
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NB Make sure that you have enabled tag alerts in your account preferences - HERE (tick 'mentions you in a message')
(Yes, I know some are already signed up for this ride, or can't make it, but I copy and paste the list from one ride to the next so I don't want to edit it.)
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Advance notice... I am busy with holidays most of the next month but should be free on Sat, 21st Sept to tackle the hilly forum ride from Mirfield that I planned with the help of @Buck earlier this year.
Unfortunately, Buck injured his back and spent a long time off the bike, hence the delay. He has pretty much recovered now though and thinks that he should be okay for Sept 21st. So...
Start/finish at Mirfield railway station. Start time of 09:45, assuming that my train actually turns up on time! (NB: These days trains are often cancelled or held up so I might get delayed by up to an hour. Hopefully not!)
Distance 82 km/51 miles. Very lumpy, so not for hill-dodgers or anyone who hasn't tackled this distance before. We will probably take around 6 hours including a cafe stop in Penistone so also not for anybody who gets frustrated at that kind of casual, chatty pace. We won't leave anyone behind so we could be even slower than that!
I have done my best to avoid busy roads but we will have to cross them in several places. We only have to do a few short stretches of busy A and B road.
Some of the tiny lanes might have iffy surfaces but that seems to apply to half the roads in the UK right now, so what's new?! Just watch where you are going and use your brakes sensibly. Definitely do NOT do an Enric Mas..!
I am attaching a detailed GPX file, and also a TCX file for riders who prefer those. The TCX includes elevation data and announces turns 30 m in advance.
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This isn't a ride that I would want to tackle in poor weather conditions so I would check the forecast a couple of days before to decide whether to go ahead. A bit of drizzle would be ok. Torrential rain and/or lightning and/or gale force winds would not be! If the ride is called off this time I will reschedule it to spring 2025.
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If you are interested in joining us, post below.
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Fellow forum riders, I am planning yet another ride!
@colly, @neil_merseyside, @Sea of vapours, @Domus, @Julia9054, @Spiderweb, @Slioch, @EasyPeez, @Kestevan, @Venod, @Soltydog, @NorthernDave, @Buck, @si_c, @videoman, @FrothNinja, @GuyBoden, @Vantage, @Dadam
If anybody wants their name to be added to the list, let me know.
(If anybody wants their name to be removed, let me know, but...
)NB Make sure that you have enabled tag alerts in your account preferences - HERE (tick 'mentions you in a message')
(Yes, I know some are already signed up for this ride, or can't make it, but I copy and paste the list from one ride to the next so I don't want to edit it.)
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Advance notice... I am busy with holidays most of the next month but should be free on Sat, 21st Sept to tackle the hilly forum ride from Mirfield that I planned with the help of @Buck earlier this year.
Unfortunately, Buck injured his back and spent a long time off the bike, hence the delay. He has pretty much recovered now though and thinks that he should be okay for Sept 21st. So...
Start/finish at Mirfield railway station. Start time of 09:45, assuming that my train actually turns up on time! (NB: These days trains are often cancelled or held up so I might get delayed by up to an hour. Hopefully not!)
Distance 82 km/51 miles. Very lumpy, so not for hill-dodgers or anyone who hasn't tackled this distance before. We will probably take around 6 hours including a cafe stop in Penistone so also not for anybody who gets frustrated at that kind of casual, chatty pace. We won't leave anyone behind so we could be even slower than that!
I have done my best to avoid busy roads but we will have to cross them in several places. We only have to do a few short stretches of busy A and B road.
Some of the tiny lanes might have iffy surfaces but that seems to apply to half the roads in the UK right now, so what's new?! Just watch where you are going and use your brakes sensibly. Definitely do NOT do an Enric Mas..!
I am attaching a detailed GPX file, and also a TCX file for riders who prefer those. The TCX includes elevation data and announces turns 30 m in advance.
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This isn't a ride that I would want to tackle in poor weather conditions so I would check the forecast a couple of days before to decide whether to go ahead. A bit of drizzle would be ok. Torrential rain and/or lightning and/or gale force winds would not be! If the ride is called off this time I will reschedule it to spring 2025.
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If you are interested in joining us, post below.
GPX viewer
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) I will probably organise another next year because I haven't ridden out there very often and would like to rectify that. Catch you next time!
