Strines ride (just outside Peaks) Sheffield

[Aperitif]

man and nature in harmony


Building on dellzeqq's post, I can only offer the following snippets of pleasure...

- (the guy said it was ok to show the numberpate) the website, for the hard of remembering!

the teatray

the wifemobile - the related history of which is below. I asked him, of all the bikes - four beasts in the garage + the 'teatray' AND 15, yes fifteen racebikes dotted around the premises - which one was the fastest. He replied "Oh, this one I reckon" pointing towards his wife's Britten 'replica'. 1000cc of monster!

http://www.britten.co.nz/
the Britten website - 'the wife' (her name is 'Shelli' - it's emblazoned on the fuel tank of her runabout) has got the documentation for bike No:19...she was so taken by the story of how the guy took on Ducati that she wanted one herself! The exhausts on the pictured bike were made by the guy we met, from two Mitsubishi Subaru tail pipes welded together and chromed, and the stainless steel exhausts were hydroformed (he casually mentioned) by himself, in the workshop in the back garden!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroforming hydroforming


It's people like this that make you sick!

Oh and another thing. To power the 'teatray', he might purchase a Hillman Imp for £50 notes, say. Dump the chassis, all the superfluous detail. Keep the engine; bastardise the lot - retain the piston rod...then machine half of that away. Et voila! - a tiny bit of the death machine that his missus lays on. The man is a wizard. Funnily enough, he said that there was a fellow 'oop North' who had a garage full of Hillman Imp engines. "Fancy that!" (No ferrets - just Hillman Imps)

 

[bonj2]

Sorry for being a bit unsociable!
It wasn't actually intentional, honestly. It was definitely not a case of "these guys are idiots, i'm buggering off", it was more "ooh - hang on, where *are* they all? I've not taken a turning here, have I..."

For me the day started off with the usual pre-ride energy-laden breakfast of fried bread, sausages and boiling beans. I then proceeded to fit a new shiny cassette and chain on my scott, which was to be my steed for the day, but which i had noticed was past the chain stretch limit earlier in the week. Ho hum. The cassette wobbles about. Have i been sold a dud? Have i accidentally bought a 10 speed and dropped one of the cogs? Oh well. Can't ride it like that! only one way to resolve this.... so down comes the planet x.

The downside of that is that (at least to me anyway) that bike just cries out to be ridden hard, so i was mentally prepared for pumping tarmac, rather than being the genial guide!

But from the little i did see of the southern delegation they all seemed to be an interesting bunch, and would have liked to see more of you so if there is going to be a return 'north meets south' ride as redjedi alludes to then i'd love to come, if i'd be welcome. When in all likeliness i'll be on SS.

Andy - sorry bout your mech! had no idea. my diagnosis is lack of use. Take it off, keep exercising it (use it as a stress toy in lectures) to get it fluid again, and don't go down south for more than 1 month at a time and you should avoid that problem in future

dellzeqq - sorry i didn't understand your poetry. I did however assume you'd made it up on the spot.

anyhow i must get back to my message body wrapping, soap headers, and message body member attributes.

 

[redjedi]

Good write-up Hulver.

Any chance you can put your Garmin data onto a map and link it for us. I'd like to admire some of the hills I rode walked up.

I actually only walked up one, into HIGH Bradfield, but only because I saw ILovewalkingbikes doing it, so had to make him feel better

 

[redjedi]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroforming hydroforming

" This technique is particularly popular with the high-end sports car industry and is also frequently employed in the shaping of aluminium tubes for bicycle frames."

We should have asked him to build us some new bikes while we were there

 

[hulver]

Good write-up Hulver.

Any chance you can put your Garmin data onto a map and link it for us. I'd like to admire some of the hills I rode walked up.

I actually only walked up one, into HIGH Bradfield, but only because I saw ILovewalkingbikes doing it, so had to make him feel better

High Bradfield is well named.

www.bikehike.co.uk/mapview.php?id=21516

Is my Garmin route. Ignore the start and end bit, that's just me getting to the Station and back.

 

[Aperitif]

Thanks for the mat info Mapphew - we'll know where to pop in for tea next time the funbus glides into Sheff!

OK - serious research has uncovered further evidence of CycleChat's answer to the Turin Shroud. (I suppose we should have gone straight to the police when he got lost - they could have done a small drawing..."it would have been of little Ben e-fit!" )

And, keeping with the religious theme, there was a moment in the pub where I found myself (and this is the gospel truth) between Matthew, Mark and Luke!

Testament a go-go: L to R
'Allah'stair, Paul, Andrew, Simeon, Matthew, Mary's ass, Mark, Luke, King David and, seated front, St Michael.
In the window - Benjamin.

 

[mike e]

Priceless photoshopping...

 

[mistral]

Very sad I missed this one, looks like you had a brilliant time.

I've been busy off the bike, helping my wife recover from a double knee op and then getting my daughter settled in to Liverpool University.

Looking forward to fnrttc

Mike E, remind me that I still owe you a fiver from last Sarfend run!

 

[mike e]

Very sad I missed this one, looks like you had a brilliant time.

I've been busy off the bike, helping my wife recover from a double knee op and then getting my daughter settled in to Liverpool University.

Looking forward to fnrttc

Mike E, remind me that I still owe you a fiver from last Sarfend run!

You still owe me a fiver from the last Sarfend run!

 

[hulver]

Thanks for the mat info Mapphew - we'll know where to pop in for tea next time the funbus glides into Sheff!

No worries. My address is very easy to find anyway, that's why I wasn't bothered about posting the route.

Nice 'shopping.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Wow, I missed a proper good treat and a great pub burger again!! Damn!!!

Really looked awesome! The backdrop scenery is quite amazing!!

Just two questions,

1, Who got the fastest speed down hill and what was it, as those downhills look mentalist!

2, Did I spot mudguards on redJedi's bike?? A Bianchi with mudguards??

 

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I got 62kph as a max on one descent but, generally, it was a bit of a brake grinder for the most part - the surfaces having a variety of textures...

 

[Davywalnuts]

I got 62kph as a max on one descent but, generally, it was a bit of a brake grinder for the most part - the surfaces having a variety of textures...

39mph?? I was doing that following a HGV this morning.. shame on you all!

Excuses excuses....

 

[4F]

2, Did I spot mudguards on redJedi's bike?? A Bianchi with mudguards??

Yeah I spotted that and they managed to get bonj in the same photo as well, 2 for the price of 1

 

[Aperitif]

39mph?? I was doing that because I got my thigh covers caught in the tailgate of a HGV this morning.. shame on you all!

Excuses excuses....

Fixed that for you Davy.

I know there's not much weight difference between us, (It's just a height thing...) but I assure you, it was fast enough - unless of course one wants one's wheel to explode on a lunar landscape replica piece of road!