There's comments on other threads re Phil and Paul's exploits (would be good to hear more) along with some Spurn Head stuff. Thought I'd start a thread to get the weekend into one place.
It was Spurn Head for me also - what a day! A real feather in the cap for the club to get 14 (fourteen) riders round a 160+ mile route in April. All rode together in great formation and looked after each other. The big group made the riding a bit easier than it could have been and we made quite a stir as we rattled through the villages.
Well done to all, but particular mention in dispatches to:
Broomwagon for devising and navigating a technical route with aplomb
Nigel for doing the whole thing on 72" fixed
Philsud for rolling 35mm tyres and unfeasibly wide mudguards into that wind
Other highlight - riding across the roof of a derelict warehouse in Hull, I kid you not
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Meanwhile....the Mountain Bikers were off in the other direction for a club run around the moors around Masham/Scar House.
Exceptionally dry trails, great weather and an evenly matched group made for a memorable tour of the quarries, mines and reservoirs out there..and my personal favourite of the climb up from Lofthouse
although we also found a real adrenaline filled descent through an old quarry..fast and rocky.
Most was stuff that I'd never ridden before but, for a change, there were no missing bridges or steam trains to contend with, just a slightly invisible track through the heather.
Exceptionally dry trails, great weather and an evenly matched group made for a memorable tour of the quarries, mines and reservoirs out there..and my personal favourite of the climb up from Lofthouse
although we also found a real adrenaline filled descent through an old quarry..fast and rocky.Most was stuff that I'd never ridden before but, for a change, there were no missing bridges or steam trains to contend with, just a slightly invisible track through the heather.
Well. Pateley Bridge for the Saturday intermediate group which consisted of 8 to start with but 2 of the lads turmed off at Bishop Monkton and went back via Boroughbridge which left Myself, Ben Alistair, Jason, Chris and Shaun who came with us with no Howard to lead a group and the rest of the usual clan absent Dr Dave , Dave C, Ginny etc.
A decent pace to start with the tailwind which abated thankfully for me anyway. Was slightly overdressed anticipateing some showers later in the day which never materialised. A pleasant lunch stop next to the river followed by the inevitable climb out of Pateley up Yorke's Folly and thankfully the lunch stayed down followed by a an undulating route back via Pannal and Spofforth, Littel Ribston and Rufforth. 117 miles clocked this week for me.
Well done to those who completed the Spurn point ride may be next year for me. (Only if its part of the Challenge series
)
Jon
A decent pace to start with the tailwind which abated thankfully for me anyway. Was slightly overdressed anticipateing some showers later in the day which never materialised. A pleasant lunch stop next to the river followed by the inevitable climb out of Pateley up Yorke's Folly and thankfully the lunch stayed down followed by a an undulating route back via Pannal and Spofforth, Littel Ribston and Rufforth. 117 miles clocked this week for me.
Well done to those who completed the Spurn point ride may be next year for me. (Only if its part of the Challenge series
)Jon
I was up at Boroughbridge on a very fine and wonderful Sunday morning (along with Dave C) for the A1 Classic veteran's race. This is part of the national Percy Stallard old bloke's series and always gets a good sized field and good riders both from the region and elsewhere.
The numbers were such that the organisers set the C's (50-54) off separately from the D's (55-59), so Dave and I ended up in separate races. Our lot set off fast and it pretty much stayed that way. A break of five or six cleared off at an amazing speed on the second lap; a pair of riders went after them and while I got across to the pair, we got caught while the break vanished into the distance - apparently they caught and passed the younger groups who'd set off three minutes earlier. The bunch just about stayed together until the penultimate lap when a couple got away; I stayed near the front of the bunch also until the penultimate lap when cramp in my thigh caused a very sweary excursion off the back, which was rescued by a mad chase when I could once again bend my leg! Finished in the bunch. Excellent fun, even if nil points.
The numbers were such that the organisers set the C's (50-54) off separately from the D's (55-59), so Dave and I ended up in separate races. Our lot set off fast and it pretty much stayed that way. A break of five or six cleared off at an amazing speed on the second lap; a pair of riders went after them and while I got across to the pair, we got caught while the break vanished into the distance - apparently they caught and passed the younger groups who'd set off three minutes earlier. The bunch just about stayed together until the penultimate lap when a couple got away; I stayed near the front of the bunch also until the penultimate lap when cramp in my thigh caused a very sweary excursion off the back, which was rescued by a mad chase when I could once again bend my leg! Finished in the bunch. Excellent fun, even if nil points.
Thanks to Steve (Broomwagon) for sorting out the very interesting route to Spurn Point on Sunday and well done to all the others who completed the distance.
Below are my Garmin stats, the average speed is a bit less than we actually did due to me leaving it on each time we stopped and this sometimes screws the average times up.
http://connect.garmin.com/player/4337839
Ian H
Below are my Garmin stats, the average speed is a bit less than we actually did due to me leaving it on each time we stopped and this sometimes screws the average times up.
http://connect.garmin.com/player/4337839
Ian H
As I don't feel ready for 160 miles yet I set off, full of good intent, to hook up en route with the Spurn Point peloton, sponge a ride to Humber Bridge and follow the "3 bridges". Apparently I was 5 or 10 minutes behind, according to a guy in a garden, and I ended up instead on a tour of the power stations and ex-coalfields of South Yorkshire. Such was the fine weather and burgeoning colours it was a really scenic day out. Oh, and I saw my first swallow of the year!
Did the LVRC race (see Phil's words above) .
There was a field of around 150. In my group D there was around 30 so we had some good fun for the 1st 2 laps of 6. We were through and offing some of the time but these guys being more experienced than me left me at the front to do the work. I was in the middle of the pack boxed in when 5 or 6 riders broke away and nobody seemed to want to catch them except me so I tried to bridge the gap but failed. At the end of the 3rd lap I got crap and dropped off the back so I called it a day.
Very enjoyable though up to that point.
There was a field of around 150. In my group D there was around 30 so we had some good fun for the 1st 2 laps of 6. We were through and offing some of the time but these guys being more experienced than me left me at the front to do the work. I was in the middle of the pack boxed in when 5 or 6 riders broke away and nobody seemed to want to catch them except me so I tried to bridge the gap but failed. At the end of the 3rd lap I got crap and dropped off the back so I called it a day.
Very enjoyable though up to that point.