dan_bo
How much does it cost to Oldham?
trio25 said:
There was a good amount of pushing involved mate!
It was a brilliant route though-cant wait to get back on gears for that one.......
Sunday, 11th April - The PaulB Recovery Ride, Hebden Bridge / Whalley / Ribble Valley
- Thread starter ColinJ
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There was a good amount of pushing involved mate!
It was a brilliant route though-cant wait to get back on gears for that one.......
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
Swines the lot of you 
Just had to pick this weekend to work didn't I.
Bet it's pissitively possing it down next weekend.....
Bah Humbug !!
Just had to pick this weekend to work didn't I.
Bet it's pissitively possing it down next weekend.....
Bah Humbug !!
aJohnson
Senior Member
- Location
- Bury, Manchester
Good riding, I headed to Bacup from Todmorden Colin making the trip 80miles, I'm tired now, I need food. The climb to Bacup was really killing me.
Pleasure to meet you all today and it was probably a play-off contender with yesterday to decide which one is the best day weather-wise of the year so far! It was good to ride with a large crew and good to do what was my longest ride of the year so far so I'd like to thank everyone for providing such good company and I hope to get more rides in this year with you all!
Great day and thanks once again Colin for organising.
Getting back to Hebden Bridge from Whalley wasa doddle bit of a guessing game. I've just checked the map and somehow we managed to go through Crawshawbooth and Rawtenstall and I left Dan at Bacup.
And the road over to Todmorden from there seemed endless.
I did just over 50 miles so I'm sure the rest of you did much more.
Nice to meet everyone.
Enjoy your day tomorrow Dan.
Snigger snigger
Getting back to Hebden Bridge from Whalley was
And the road over to Todmorden from there seemed endless.
I did just over 50 miles so I'm sure the rest of you did much more.
Nice to meet everyone.
Enjoy your day tomorrow Dan.
Snigger snigger
Great day out, cheers Colin and everyone else. AJ well done on getting over the hill from Tod to Bacup, it's a stinger; every time I do it I think the second to last right hand corner is the last one then groan when I see the final >10% pitch!
I paced home from Tod the flat way, the cycled the long way round Rochdale then added two small loops near my house to get up to 100.27 miles for the day. Right that's April's century done!
Now I feel broken despite having had two teas (meals) and two beers.
I paced home from Tod the flat way, the cycled the long way round Rochdale then added two small loops near my house to get up to 100.27 miles for the day. Right that's April's century done!
Now I feel broken despite having had two teas (meals) and two beers.
aJohnson
Senior Member
- Location
- Bury, Manchester
Grats on doing 100miles, I'm tempted by a beer as I'm now 18 =]
Found the climb into Bacup hard but managed it.
Found the climb into Bacup hard but managed it.
Sysagent
"The Most Annoying Man In The World."
- Location
- Great Harwood, Lancashire
Good to meet everyone!
Great ride Colin wish I could have stuck around for the rest of it but as you know needed to dash off.
Hope you all had an excellent time though, the weather was perfect for it wasn't it?
Great ride Colin wish I could have stuck around for the rest of it but as you know needed to dash off.
Hope you all had an excellent time though, the weather was perfect for it wasn't it?
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
What a perfect day out on the bikes!
Nice to meet The Usual Suspects again, and to meet those of you I didn't already know for the first time.
aJ - sorry for leaving you so abruptly in Todmorden - we were under time pressure to get Arch back to Hebden Bridge station to catch her train to York. We made it with a few minutes to spare.
I always find that climb over to Bacup a hard drag especially because the road surface is so awful. To do that when your legs were already suffering must have been difficult
Hi Iain. I'd spotted an extra person in our little peloton and wondered who you were. Somebody told me that you'd tagged along with us somewhere on the ride. It's good to see that you've ended up here on CC. We usually do at least a couple of rides a year out Ribble Valley way so stayed tuned and we could meet up with you for another one. I plan to do a ride taking in the Trough of Bowland and Waddington Fell in the summer. We could meet up with you in Whalley and do a 50 mile loop from there.
Yes dan_bo - tackling those hills on fixed was pretty impressive but I'm not surprised that your legs started to complain afterwards!
Paul - sorry for keeping you waiting at the start. We would have been a little late anyway, but dan_bo's exploding inner tube certainly didn't help! He was just damn lucky that it happened after the 25% descent and cattle grid at Thursden!
You looked really well and are obviously making a good recovery from your injuries. Enjoy Leap Into The Aire next weekend if you decide to do it.
colly - blimey, how did you manage that navigational error! You must have turned right at the Manchester Road traffic lights after the hill on the outskirts of Burnley. Either that or you went up the Bacup Road from the 'scissor' junction with the A646. You certainly made the run back harder than it needed to be. Have you got something against dan_bo?
Svendo - congratulations on the century! I clocked up 123 km or 76.5 miles. I'm definitely still lacking in fitness because I was really tired last night and am stiff and sore today. Still - what doesn't kill me makes me stronger!
Arch - well done on a good effort. I know that those early hills took you way out of your comfort zone but you remained cheerful at all times.
See some of you at Spring into the Dales next Sunday!
Nice to meet The Usual Suspects again, and to meet those of you I didn't already know for the first time.
aJ - sorry for leaving you so abruptly in Todmorden - we were under time pressure to get Arch back to Hebden Bridge station to catch her train to York. We made it with a few minutes to spare.
I always find that climb over to Bacup a hard drag especially because the road surface is so awful. To do that when your legs were already suffering must have been difficult
Hi Iain. I'd spotted an extra person in our little peloton and wondered who you were. Somebody told me that you'd tagged along with us somewhere on the ride. It's good to see that you've ended up here on CC. We usually do at least a couple of rides a year out Ribble Valley way so stayed tuned and we could meet up with you for another one. I plan to do a ride taking in the Trough of Bowland and Waddington Fell in the summer. We could meet up with you in Whalley and do a 50 mile loop from there.
Yes dan_bo - tackling those hills on fixed was pretty impressive but I'm not surprised that your legs started to complain afterwards!
Paul - sorry for keeping you waiting at the start. We would have been a little late anyway, but dan_bo's exploding inner tube certainly didn't help! He was just damn lucky that it happened after the 25% descent and cattle grid at Thursden!
You looked really well and are obviously making a good recovery from your injuries. Enjoy Leap Into The Aire next weekend if you decide to do it.
colly - blimey, how did you manage that navigational error! You must have turned right at the Manchester Road traffic lights after the hill on the outskirts of Burnley. Either that or you went up the Bacup Road from the 'scissor' junction with the A646. You certainly made the run back harder than it needed to be. Have you got something against dan_bo?
Svendo - congratulations on the century! I clocked up 123 km or 76.5 miles. I'm definitely still lacking in fitness because I was really tired last night and am stiff and sore today. Still - what doesn't kill me makes me stronger!
Arch - well done on a good effort. I know that those early hills took you way out of your comfort zone but you remained cheerful at all times.
See some of you at Spring into the Dales next Sunday!
Glad the weekends over and your ride is now behind and out of my mind, I nearly cracked on Friday and all day Saturday whilst at work and was going to come over for it after a lot of thought about what I will miss if I don't come over, but I managed to talk myself out of it as I would regret it financially later in the month when I have to go up to Newcastle. I settled for a very fast club ride on Sunday, 41 miles in 2 1/4 hours, but it was virtually all on the flat where I seldom ride.
Anyway sounds like a good ride you had, but its still early in the year for plenty of rides later on and I'll see you next Sunday for SITD.
Anyway sounds like a good ride you had, but its still early in the year for plenty of rides later on and I'll see you next Sunday for SITD.
Christopher
Über Member
hi Colin and all again
Thanks for the ride - it was super!
I noodled home from Whalley, one or two close passes from cars (the usual), got home on 79 miles, went around the houses to get to 80 miles. As you do.
A bit tired but not too bad, considering I fall to bits after 30-40 miles on fixed.
Nice to meet everyone as well. Any sign of the pics you took, Colin?
FWIW going over Widdop from Brierfield isn't too bad, there is a lot of climbing but it's never steep for very long. Main problems are it has bad tarmac and is extremely narrow. As we all found out!
Thanks for the ride - it was super!
I noodled home from Whalley, one or two close passes from cars (the usual), got home on 79 miles, went around the houses to get to 80 miles. As you do.
A bit tired but not too bad, considering I fall to bits after 30-40 miles on fixed.
Nice to meet everyone as well. Any sign of the pics you took, Colin?
FWIW going over Widdop from Brierfield isn't too bad, there is a lot of climbing but it's never steep for very long. Main problems are it has bad tarmac and is extremely narrow. As we all found out!
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Here you go...Frustruck said:
While we were waiting at Thursden for dan_bo to replace his tube. (L-R: Frustruck, colly, svendo, Alun, Sysagent, Arch, aJohnson)
At Spring Wood picnic centre car park, Whalley (L-R: aJohnson, svendo, Rammylad, Arch, Robert (PaulB's b-i-law), PaulB, Alun, trio25, Ali, Frustruck, colly (background fiddling with phone), dan_bo)
View of Pendle Hill from Sawley village.
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
"Where's Whalley?"
Only joking - nice photos and scenes Colin - once again it's the face to a name exercise that makes it fun!
Well done PaulB. Happy recovery...
Only joking - nice photos and scenes Colin - once again it's the face to a name exercise that makes it fun!
Well done PaulB. Happy recovery...
Sysagent
"The Most Annoying Man In The World."
- Location
- Great Harwood, Lancashire
Do I really look that fat in real life!
;-(
Better get some more miles in and cut down on the cakes...
;-(
Better get some more miles in and cut down on the cakes...
