Cheshire Celt
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- Alsager
Really nice to meet you to gods know what ou would be like on your good bike lol maybe a few beers next time
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Bit of a swings n roundabouts thing with the bikes. Today's had wider and lower, but slightly odd, gearing, but it's heavier and equipped with irritations like mudguards, plus there's something about its geometry that just doesn't seem to like uphills. But I'd have been complaining about the hills whatever I was riding - Pubbers deserves some stick, I reckon.
Cheshire Celt
Legend
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- Alsager
Hi crackle just out of interest what was the hike I've only been bloody riding a few weeks he said it was flatish lol
Cheshire Celt
Legend
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- Alsager
I've noticed he's not Been online think he's in hiding
If there'd been a big taxi outside Knighton station, I would have been in it without hesitation. But what I have learnt this week is that Mid Wales is mostly closed, so you just sigh and back on the bike...
It was something like 5500ft of climbing but a few bits looked slightly dodgy, so probably less.
Cheshire Celt
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- Alsager
So fairly flat that Pmsl
Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Only just got home. Went to Saisbury's on the way and grandparenst said they would take the family out to a new restaurant (service was terrible).
Thanks for the ride anyway. I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next one. I will be posting the video tomorrow as I have only just started to copy the files off my camera and I still have 12 minutes remaining, and then I need to copy them into the editting software.
Once again, thanks for the ride and the cake (I am high on sugar now). Coconut cake, coffee cake, and two doses of chocolate cake at the restaurant. I am certainly full. Going to have to do some calorie burning tomorrow!
Thanks for the ride anyway. I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next one. I will be posting the video tomorrow as I have only just started to copy the files off my camera and I still have 12 minutes remaining, and then I need to copy them into the editting software.
Once again, thanks for the ride and the cake (I am high on sugar now). Coconut cake, coffee cake, and two doses of chocolate cake at the restaurant. I am certainly full. Going to have to do some calorie burning tomorrow!
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pubrunner
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Left to Right
TC, Matthew, Cheshire Celt (Shaun), Rob, Dennis, Mick the Quick
The first photo stop - Oswestry
TC & Rob
TC at the Pub
I'm not sure about that - surely, it wasn't as hilly as the Llandovery ride ? I really don't think it was that bad - Al-Fresco reckoned it was barely 3,000ft of climb ! Perhaps it didn't seem too bad, 'cos I'm used to it.
I'm sure that you all loved the final (that's final as in final, final, final
) climb out of Oswestry; Shaun showed his appreciation, with a few choice words . . . 
Indeed !
. . . . . . . (Wimps )Mick the Quick has not long left my house; we ate more cake & some bacon butties - that were intended for the entire group
( Di had bought masses of bacon) - Banjo & LD would have been proud of our efforts , but I'm rather thirsty now .I have to mention, TC; afterwards, Mick remarked that you are a 'proper cyclist' . . . . there can be no finer tribute - from a man who is almost certainly, the most accomplished cyclist ever to appear on any Cyclechat ride, at any time or indeed, to have posted on this forum.
In fact, he told me that he's really looking forward to the next one . . .
Oh yes, I was rather surprised at the cafe stop; there was another group of riders - they thought that we might be CTC & we thought the same about them; but they were members of some other Internet Cycling forum, of which I've never heard mention. Just who were they ???
I thought that Shaun & Matthew had cracking rides, given it was first time out for both of them. Matthew is a flyer; but then he should be, 'cos he's light & very young
. Considering that Shaun has only been riding a few weeks, he had a great ride - he need fear nothing, on any other CC ride. Shaun did demonstrate his wide vocabulary once or twice . . . Rob & Dennis did well, considering neither of them is 'doing much training' and Mick showed that class, really is permanent.
I felt particularly sorry for Al-Fresco - the (partial) architect of the ride; to come down with an injury before a local ride must have been most infuriating.
A big 'thank you' to all who did the ride; I had a cracking day & I hope that you did too !
More details, please ! No hills, thanks
If it's a Saturday, I'll be there.
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pubrunner
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Yes. And cut out some of those f**king hills while you're at it...Mind that you cut out Shaun's 'language'.
Not quite sure what this means, but I'm flattered anyway. I thought those other-forum guys were called i-cyclist, or somesuch, but I couldn't find them on the interweb.
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pubrunner
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Matthew_T
"Young and Ex-whippet"
- Location
- Prestatyn, North Wales
Yes, I have some good (sorry Shaun) footage of him falling over. A few choice words were said then which I hope the camera didnt pick up.Mind that you cut out Shaun's 'language'.
