Rutland Water Trike Ride

[Fiona N]

I seem to recall the Rutland water circuit has rather inconvenient gates - slowed me down severely when I was trying to break my friend's record for the circumnavigation by mtb Also in wet weather, the compacted limestone chipping surface is very slippery/muddy in places - especially the steep uphill sections near the water. Not sure I'd want to bother with a trike around there.

 

[marc-triker]

New, Old, Young we dont go fast anyway well I dont anyway. all are welcome.
Spud

 

[n-ick]

Yep, welcome to the world of X-treme triking.

 

[n-ick]

Rutland Water; trike ride.

Yo, let's put it all here! it's all over the place at the mo. This looks fun;

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pltcP1AhYI

Looks like the venue, we need a date/time.otu, n-ick.

 

[trickletreat]

Nice one , is March looking good? I can make it on the weekends of 13th, 20th, 27th.
Hope this comes off, any one else with free dates in mind?
Nigel

 

[Chonker]

Hey, don't forget me!

 

[seanthesheep]

HI
Rutland can get busy when the sun shines, and bank hols etc, also worth checking no other events taking place at the same time, would DF bikes be welcome if they are ridden by a trike owners partner?

 

[markg0vbr]

Rutland Water

i certainly wouldn't mind a trundle on the perambulator.

 

[dataretriever]

I'll be there if i'm not working!

 

[3tyretrackterry]

i think the question to ask is will Rutland water be big enuff i have just re read the posts and count 14 trikers 1 DF interested so far.would be quite a sight to see

 

[3tyretrackterry]

found this if anyone has a garmin- http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tjuhphsooobttfki
theres plenty of maps on the route round rutland water with a few places to visit depending on how long the stay is. the track is a mixture of tarmac and hardcore and a bit of road

 

[trickletreat]

found this if anyone has a garmin- http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=tjuhphsooobttfki
theres plenty of maps on the route round rutland water with a few places to visit depending on how long the stay is. the track is a mixture of tarmac and hardcore and a bit of road

Looking good, has anyone triked the route before?

 

[squeaker]

Go for it!

Looking good, has anyone triked the route before?

Yes. I was glad to have borrowed my wife's 'T' (she was on her MTB), with its comfy mesh seat and chunky tyres (as opposed to my 'S'). Like most leisure trails, you can do it on a road bike if you're careful on the rough bits (a lot of it is tarmac, some on road). We helped a 'lost' lady on a flat barred 23mm tyred road bike who was not too impressed with the route (nor the signposting!). If you start at the sailing club and go clockwise then you get the rougher stuff out of the way first (the second half is smooth, IIRC).

 

[Redmountduo]

Both Dawn and myself are up for it.
I think it would be an idea to set aside say 3 weekends as possible dates and then do a final decision when we see the weather forecasts.
It will be quite a spectacle.

 

[trickletreat]

Thanks for the info squeaker. Carrying a motorised trike at 34kg+ isn't an option for me, so is the alternative much of a pain?