Friday ride "Corrsetts" et al? Options

[Rod]

Is anyone doing Penmachno or Llandegla on Friday?

[Tony F]

Is anyone doing Penmachno or Llandegla on Friday?

See the reply in "Beginners' Questions" Rod.

Looks like me and Chris (Corsetts), 10.00am, Penmachno car park.

Tony

[Rod]

Okey dokey, this is still not quite set in concrete for me yet BUT I do have the sand and the water... just need to add the cement I'll confirm later tonight or tomorrow afternoon... works gone a bit wonkey at the moment but after what they have done to me I might well tell 'em to stuff it! Then again I'm not that type then again Leopards can change thier spots ... Can't they?

If I'm there I'll be driving a White Peugeot 806 people carrier thingy.

Looking forward to this! Just don't mention the rehtaew!!!

Rod

[Tony F]

Okey dokey, this is still not quite set in concrete for me yet BUT I do have the sand and the water... just need to add the cement I'll confirm later tonight or tomorrow afternoon... works gone a bit wonkey at the moment but after what they have done to me I might well tell 'em to stuff it! Then again I'm not that type then again Leopards can change thier spots ... Can't they?

If I'm there I'll be driving a White Peugeot 806 people carrier thingy.

Looking forward to this! Just don't mention the rehtaew!!!

Rod

I'll be driving a silver Meriva with a MTBB sticker in the driver's window and Stumpy FSR on the back. Oh - I'll also have a rather snazzy orange and grey jersey too.

Chris has confirmed his attendance, and rehtaew is gonna be ertga.

Any more for any more???

Tony

[Rod]

I'll be driving a silver Meriva with a MTBB sticker in the driver's window and Stumpy FSR on the back. Oh - I'll also have a rather snazzy orange and grey jersey too.

Chris has confirmed his attendance, and rehtaew is gonna be ertga.

Any more for any more???

Tony

I'm coming! (stop iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit ! )

Work can manage without my input for a couple of days I'm sure

Anyone else want to join the intrepid band in to deepest, Suniest, warmest Wales?

If you've not done 'Machy before remember there are no facilities within a mile or two so bring what you need including water.

Any ideas whether to do the full route or the original?
I've not done the new link and I've heard mixed reports from WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEee it's GREAT! to hmmm, not sure if it is worth the effort or not. Which you will agree, are poles apart?

Rod

[Rod]

cheers fellas, enjoyed that

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[Tony F]

cheers fellas, enjoyed that

Yep, me too Rod - and I reckon Chris had a good time too, even if it was a little outside his usual riding experience . I'd forgotten just how much fun some of the Penmachno singletrack can be (and what hard work that traverse can be too!). Either I'm a poorer rider than I used to be or I'm pushing myself a bit harder, but I had more "oh sh1t" moments yesterday than on any other ride I can recall, and all at speed rather than misjudging technical stuff.

It was good that the rain stayed away, even if the wind did make it feel like winter in some of the exposed spots

Its always nice to fit faces to names from the forum, and we should try to meet at Llandegla some time soon.

Cheers for the pics.

Tony

[Chris M]

Thanks for your time guys, great company and a very scenic ride

I reckon Chris had a good time too, even if it was a little outside his usual riding experience

Yup, it was a tad different to nicely grassed parks and tarmac I have to admit and I must admit I did feel blind terror a slight apprehension crashing over some of the rocky bits.
Once I'd got used to the idea that the bike was simply going to break up and I'd be maimed or killed and resigned myself to it, it wasn't as bad as I feared.

Although, my heart rate on the climb of 156bpm and 177bpm on the descent was a bit of a giveaway



Actually, the day completely rekindled my enthusiasm for MTBing, I was drifting away from it and doing lots of road miles but I'll be out on the MTB now as much as possible.
I spent most of the day looking at full sussers on-line though TBH

Here's a couple of snaps I took on the route.








Llandegla sounds good to me

Cheers

Chris