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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Fri May 30, 2008 1:51 pm

[quote="CaroleH"]Are you all for real? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Sounds like a lovely ride, but all those hills :shock: :shock: :shock:

Enjoy - I will not partake in such madness!!!!

Carole H


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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby PBelvir » Sat May 31, 2008 2:47 pm

Love to join this ride Andrew if numbers permit.

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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Dombo » Sat May 31, 2008 7:29 pm

I'll be there.
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Antloony » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:21 pm

Well I wont be joining you all now, Im off up to Staffs to see my parents for a long weekend of dossing on their boat while getting in a bit of fishing and hopefully some cycling around and about the sunny lanes of Staffs, Shropshire and Cheshire and up the killer mile to Mow Cop, knee permitting that is.

Hope you all have a really hard day and suffer on those climbs. :D

Enjoy one and all.
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Andrew G » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:05 pm

[quote="Antloony"]Hope you...suffer on those climbs. :D .

Taken as red for me :D . Fear not Ant, Mr. Avery is filling your slo.....shoes. You're hardly going to dodge hills heading out to Cheshire though.
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Scott » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:11 pm

Book me in to come if there is a place free please.

See you on sat, gels and bars at the ready.

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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Andrew G » Tue Jun 03, 2008 2:47 pm

Me
Robh
Mlocke
Nick W
Carl F
Dombo
PBelvir
Jon Avery
Scott
Ivor?
Maria?

Maybe a couple more spaces free depending on who's fit and well to ride on Saturday, or if anyone just decides they don't fancy it. I'll try and get us away asap as first group so please try to be at CSS so we can be on our way by 9:15 latest.

Weather: I'll just be keeping my fingers crossed. If it is chucking it down then I'll have to call it off. If it is only light rain or showery then I'll still be doing it, but may have to drop a hill or two depending on the road conditions - Chalpit instantly springs to mind as the descent to it wouldn't be overly safe if it's too wet.

Cheers,

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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Brian Nolan » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:50 pm

count me in please Andrew,

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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Andrew G » Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:48 pm

Me
Robh
Mlocke
Nick W
Carl F
Dombo
PBelvir
Jon Avery
Scott
Brian
Ivor?
Maria?

Well if all the above are still a yay on Saturday that's 12 so that'll be it, sorry Carole and Paul. Worry not if some of the above don't make it you can join us :D .
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Maria David » Wed Jun 04, 2008 8:59 am

Hi Andrew,

I won't be in London this weekend, so will have to enjoy those hills another time.

Have a good ride !

Oh, and beware that some of the lanes around the Beddlestead area have recently been "resurfaced" and have a fair amount of loose gravel. You may have to save abit for those tricky climbs that you'll have to do in the saddle just to keep traction - as I found on Hessiers Hill and Yorks Hill. My quads are still burning !

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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Andrew G » Wed Jun 04, 2008 10:46 am

[quote="Maria David"]Oh, and beware that some of the lanes around the Beddlestead area have recently been "resurfaced" and have a fair amount of loose gravel.

Thanks for that, they've been "resurfacing", or to be more accurate chucking gravel all over the road, in a number of places in Surrey lately :roll: . I always warn people about the Beddlestead-Hessiers bit as it often has a bit of gravel on the bend pulled up from the roadside. I find it's part of what make Hessiers difficult is that you can't carry any speed in to it due to the narrow bend making you have to ease up.

Last time they were doing something in that area I'd climbed halfway up to meet some kind of road laying vehicle that filled the entire road. I had to go back down to the bottom and wait before doing it again from a standing start :( .
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Ivor » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:36 am

yeah noticed that this week too.
they have thoughtfully "gravelled" the corners up towards biggin hill. :(
just the corners too. was pretty nasty going when the road was wet on monday.

not sure what I'm doing this weekend yet.
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Toks » Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:54 pm

Clmbing inspiration for saturday :twisted: :D
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Scott » Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:16 pm

Hottie 4 does it for me!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

Oh, I 've got that Helmet (same as the winner that is!)
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Re: GRIMPEURS CHALLENGE - Sat 7th June

Postby Robh » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:02 pm

See you all tomorrow @ 9am!
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