Strines ride (just outside Peaks) Sheffield

[ColinJ]

I've had a think about it and I really can't afford to spend half of my weekly food/drink/travel/everything-else budget on a half-day ride, very nice though I'm sure it will be!

Have a great ride folks. I'll come along on another one when I'm either not so skint, or when I can cadge a lift to get there.

 

[marinyork]

That's fair enough Colin. I may be able to offer you a life another time. Having said that if other West Riding people want to do a bit of Strines and area further north we could always have a meeting point much further north e.g. Penistone or Huddersfield. I was pondering whether Longers would want to do Holme Moss again at some point, I think we just need to do it a bit earlier before it ices up.

 

[Aperitif]

OK - the van is 2.000 metres high. Does the Station car park have a height restriction barrier. We can all duck as we pass through but just checking...
Arrival time would be around 10.00 I guess, barring problems en route.

Alastair
Dave
Luke - on the return trip..
Self

Two* places available for this 'Sortie to the Strines' [London to the North and return] I was mentioning only last week that I took a look at all the lovely reservoirs, surrounded by muddy streams - until I realised that the brown was the elevation lines on the map!

I'm looking forward to seeing fields of mushy peas and the brass band instrument factory me.


* Did anyone express an interest - apart from Matt? - after last weeks ride? By Saturday afternoon I could have asked for volunteers to unicycle up Everest and got takers but just to be serious for a momento...

 

[Origamist]

I'm dense and lazy - which Saturday is this?

 

[marinyork]

26th of September

 

[marinyork]

Erm, the Turner Street car park officially lists the height restriction as 1.8 metres. I could check that and the other ones I suppose.

 

[Davywalnuts]

Two* places available for this 'Sortie to the Strines'
* Did anyone express an interest - apart from Matt? - after last weeks ride? By Saturday afternoon I could have asked for volunteers to unicycle up Everest and got takers but just to be serious for a momento...

I think we had a chat about it on the way to Whitstable, so, yeh, I am kinda interested if thats okay? As in, I need to check my diary, which seems fine, and as in my lowest gear ratio is 39x25, will this be enough?

And, also as in will you lot put up with me again? Am not drinking! LOL!

 

[Aperitif]

I think we had a chat about it on the way to Whitstable, so, yeh, I am kinda interested if thats okay? As in, I need to check my diary, which seems fine, and as in my lowest gear ratio is 39x25, will this be enough?

And, also as in will you lot put up with me again? Am not drinking! LOL!

What's that Davy? Waist size v trouser length?

 

[Davywalnuts]

What's that Davy? Waist size v trouser length?

 

[marinyork]

I think we had a chat about it on the way to Whitstable, so, yeh, I am kinda interested if thats okay? As in, I need to check my diary, which seems fine, and as in my lowest gear ratio is 39x25, will this be enough?

And, also as in will you lot put up with me again? Am not drinking! LOL!

I don't ride a double, you'd have to ask Longers. The first bit of the ride is flat and the climb out of loxley is a low gradient and steady. You don't meet any hills till quite a few miles in when warmed up. The issue would really be how well you can handle the gradient kicking up to 10% for a small climb of 200ft as it does a number of times on the ride or spiking above 10% as part of a medium climb of 400ft or more as it does less often. There aren't any super climbs on there, there are lots of little climbs, although they are close together and some of them quite sharp.

 

[Origamist]

Martin, if there's still a space going in the van, I should be able to make this. I've got 6 days in North Wales next week to practice hauling my 14 stone over hills...

 

[Origamist]

I think we had a chat about it on the way to Whitstable, so, yeh, I am kinda interested if thats okay? As in, I need to check my diary, which seems fine, and as in my lowest gear ratio is 39x25, will this be enough?

And, also as in will you lot put up with me again? Am not drinking! LOL!

You'll be fine on 39/25. I'd try to lose 20lbs though

 

[MacB]

Davy, that gives you a low of 41 inches, my triple only has a couple of gears lower than that. You could maybe get yourself a broader range cassette, 10 speed 11-32 would do it, assuming all other bits would work with it. Alternatively a compact double chainring would give you a similar two lower gears on existing cassette, if the inner ring was a 34.

Final option is just to try harder

 

[Aperitif]

You're in.

I'm not taking a bike by the way - just driving up for a look around in the rain...

 

[MacB]

You're in.

I'm not taking a bike by the way - just driving up for a look around in the rain...

is the wagon big enough for the Walnuts thighs, even relaxed?