OP
OP
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Was it something I said?
- Thread starter I like Skol
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Enjoy the trip Skolly. Hope the lads love it too. Think you have the best decision to go up tonight. Going to be chaos tomorrow seeing today's coverage.
I got dragged round Cheshire Oaks, but did watch it bits of it on my phone. Tomorrow I shall be watching to Tour at the caravan. If the wifi is pants, I'll go to the pub....
I got dragged round Cheshire Oaks, but did watch it bits of it on my phone. Tomorrow I shall be watching to Tour at the caravan. If the wifi is pants, I'll go to the pub....
Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
- Location
- Craggy Island
He took fashion advice from Jeremy Clarkson. Oh, and he has no idea what a bike is other than its what poor people use to get about on.
w00hoo_kent
One of the 64K
- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
And they cost around £6000 but that's OK because that's poor person money.
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Spoilt for choice, Le Tour, Grand Prix and the Tennis Final, and I'm still getting the bike out this morning to go for a ride.
Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
- Location
- Craggy Island
Well, everything will be taken to extremes, but we all know that the average cyclist is too poor to afford a car!!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
@I like Skol Are you back yet 
Hope you had a fab time. Looked mental on the telly. How was the 'party' last night.
Hope you had a fab time. Looked mental on the telly. How was the 'party' last night.
OP
OP
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
@I like Skol Are you back yet
Hope you had a fab time. Looked mental on the telly. How was the 'party' last night.
Our mate @YahudaMoon arrived on his fixed gear
No camping? Yeah right!
OP
OP
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
It was mad busy by the time the caravan arrived....
Big screen entertainment in the car park
Prime spot
All a bit too much for some...
Big screen entertainment in the car park
Prime spot
All a bit too much for some...
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Mental... Awesome.... Whoooo.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Yahudda got up on his fixed.. flip..... I wouldn't try it, but its my load carrying bike.
Mad Doug Biker
I prefer animals to most people.
- Location
- Craggy Island
You mean to tell me that that that ISN'T Yahudda in his avatar??!!
OP
OP
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
On our way home after a sudden downpour 
A couple of small souvenir's we managed to 'acquire'
A couple of small souvenir's we managed to 'acquire'
OP
OP
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Just got back from a Holme Moss revisit 
Rode from Ashton over the Isle-o-sky to Digley Reservoir before climbing the Moss from the Holmefirth side. Enjoyed the ride and the climb wasn't too bad but a stiff headwind prevented me getting a good speed when dropping down towards Crowden, nearly hit 48mph, was hoping for 50+. About halfway up the Moss climb someone has painted RULE 5 across the road which made me chuckle.... I'm trying!
Also got a bit of a buzz when riding across my own name on the road near the summit (even though I painted it there myself).
Lots of other cyclists in the area, I think the TdF legacy will live on for quite a while. It was fortunate for two ageing MAMiLs that I was passing through because just as they started to climb away from Digley Res one was crunching his gears and then promptly laid his chain down in the road. I pulled up and offered assistance which was just as well because he had "one of those chain link thingies" but no chain splitter to remove the damaged side plates and no clue about what to do. I had him patched up and on his way in just a few minutes and declined the offer of a cuppa at the café in Holme village.
Rode from Ashton over the Isle-o-sky to Digley Reservoir before climbing the Moss from the Holmefirth side. Enjoyed the ride and the climb wasn't too bad but a stiff headwind prevented me getting a good speed when dropping down towards Crowden, nearly hit 48mph, was hoping for 50+. About halfway up the Moss climb someone has painted RULE 5 across the road which made me chuckle.... I'm trying!Also got a bit of a buzz when riding across my own name on the road near the summit (even though I painted it there myself
).Lots of other cyclists in the area, I think the TdF legacy will live on for quite a while. It was fortunate for two ageing MAMiLs that I was passing through because just as they started to climb away from Digley Res one was crunching his gears and then promptly laid his chain down in the road
. I pulled up and offered assistance which was just as well because he had "one of those chain link thingies" but no chain splitter to remove the damaged side plates and no clue about what to do. I had him patched up and on his way in just a few minutes and declined the offer of a cuppa at the café in Holme village.
