NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
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NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Planning on riding this hopefully all being well on said date/dates. Thought to put it out in case anyone localish (or whatever) wished to join (or whatever the moat appropriate 'guideline' friendly word is)...
Just saying
[Edit: its gonna be a straighthrough ride btw so no bivi as such but if you get tired you might need to sleep by the trailside obviously)
Just saying
[Edit: its gonna be a straighthrough ride btw so no bivi as such but if you get tired you might need to sleep by the trailside obviously)
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Re: Peaks125(ish) Staggered start ~26th July
Got a route in mind?
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Re: Peaks125(ish) Staggered start ~26th July
Yup. Basically the top half of Peaks200 with a dissection of the Peak near Kinder. Might be a fair bit of HAB around here but the views are abosulty stunning as is the path leading down from other side once you make it through. Anti clockwise direction and gonna ensure the route doesn't topple 125km (covid special route I suppose) as well as a super duper early start God Willing
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Re: Peaks125(ish) Staggered start ~26th July
Routes being prepared for this so just a little update if you're interested....
1. Locals to the loop please but obviously I'm not 'mum' so... (Peaks/North Peaks is where the loops are at).
2. Sub 100km (for normal folk) and sub 100 miles (for the idiotic type folk.
3. There's only really 1 shop (well its a CoOp so the the Yorkshire version of Spar maybe) and its a petrol station and one ice cream parlour nearby the route so good to plan how you'll carry own food.
4. No bivvying or any that nonsense ... just riding during daylightish hours (refer point one regards 'mum' )... the sub 99km should take me about 8 hours so most folk would've cleared it in about 7...
1. Locals to the loop please but obviously I'm not 'mum' so... (Peaks/North Peaks is where the loops are at).
2. Sub 100km (for normal folk) and sub 100 miles (for the idiotic type folk.
3. There's only really 1 shop (well its a CoOp so the the Yorkshire version of Spar maybe) and its a petrol station and one ice cream parlour nearby the route so good to plan how you'll carry own food.
4. No bivvying or any that nonsense ... just riding during daylightish hours (refer point one regards 'mum' )... the sub 99km should take me about 8 hours so most folk would've cleared it in about 7...
Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
100 km is fine currently hopefully the shoulder will cope with 100 miles - the legs probably can shoulder a lot less sure about - up to 60 ish currently [ or 40 ish on a non suspension bike off road]
Its getting better [ slowly]
Its getting better [ slowly]
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Routes kindof ready and here it is. Gonna do a test run tomorrow to ensure its all seamless and no farmers wanting to shoot anyone, nor any footpaths or stupid busy roads...
tp://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzA5NTk1Ng== Via @ViewRanger http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzA5NTk1Ng==
Hope SteveWaters finds this page
tp://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzA5NTk1Ng== Via @ViewRanger http://my.viewranger.com/route/details/MzA5NTk1Ng==
Hope SteveWaters finds this page
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Nice one! Thanks. Would like to ride this
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
FFS Shaf
The Coop is from Rochdale which is Lancashire NOT Yorkshire.
The Coop is from Rochdale which is Lancashire NOT Yorkshire.
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Oh shucks... I knew I had it wrong. Well I'm pretty certain we have more than them now.In Reverse wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:00 pm FFS Shaf
The Coop is from Rochdale which is Lancashire NOT Yorkshire.
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Just a little thumbs up on this since the longer events are seeming to be starting up again. Will be good training 1 day loop ride for anyone
Only pushing it cos I spent a while (in terms of years ) bringing it together so would be nice to see if its any good according to the 'hard' lot...
Only pushing it cos I spent a while (in terms of years ) bringing it together so would be nice to see if its any good according to the 'hard' lot...
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
I have reason to believe the first 2 official times will go up on the ITT thread for this today so excited. One of the riders is a celebrity (hope he doesn't get bored or change plans... you know how these celebs are!)...
Watch that space...
Watch that space...
Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Sorry to report I didn't see any celebs out there today. It was a nice ride Shaf, thanks for putting it together.
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Glad you liked it... will pop your time on its ITT thread shortly...
Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Hi Shaf,
Can a time be listed if a rider was to start from anywhere on the route?
Quite fancy a go round but obviously I'd rather start from the southern end of it
No probs either way of course.
Can a time be listed if a rider was to start from anywhere on the route?
Quite fancy a go round but obviously I'd rather start from the southern end of it
No probs either way of course.
Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Hi Dave, I started from Dunsford Bridge. Anywhere on route is fine.
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Hi Dave... yup. Its a 'carbon' and 'covid' friendly route/ITT. Took it from Ian Fitz book I guess. It'd make most sense for you to be starting from near where Karl joined the loop (I think he came via Glossop somewhere). Plus, this was it increases the liklihood we might see each other for a quick wave enroute
Duncan/PistonBroke... I briefly looked at your suggestion but yeah, you're right in saying that the 'the dies been cast'. Besides there's some sections of bridleway that I'm hoping will keep getting a footprint through em and thus keeping em somewhat clean (of overgrowth). Plus they're ideal for sapping away at the energy reserves and maybe even a bit of HAB (with amazing views if the HABr looks back)...
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Karl... Your garmin showed an elevation of only 5000ft of which I was a bit embarrassed for creating such a shallow route. I went and did a 'correct elevation' on my attempt (1 turn different but shouldn't have any impact on elevation) from last month. It originally had it down as 7005ft but corrected elevation is still 6800ft. Hence your garmin is out by at least 1500ft. Just thought you'd be curious to know
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Getting exciting now. SteveWaters is already enrolled too... it's interesting seeing the tyre tracks and wondering who's they are (vittoria mezcals of Karls I'm sure I saw yesterday... as I tried aswel but chucked in towel at mile 45ish due to worry that I might run out of light)...
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Just wanted to add, in case anyone wasn't sure: anyone's wlecome to this btw... regardless of age/gender/bearded/tall.... etc etc. Even those that noone normally likes to ride with (yes, even you, you ....).
Thought its good to clarify in case anyone from anywhere wanted to join in and wasn't sure. Although it was obvious I thought to clarify... see you on trails...
Thought its good to clarify in case anyone from anywhere wanted to join in and wasn't sure. Although it was obvious I thought to clarify... see you on trails...
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Shaf, did this today Full(ish) report in the Trips and Adventures section.
For anyone thinking of doing it, a rigid bike will be fine but if you are on a CX/gravel bike fit the widest or most voluminous tyres you can, there's some old pack trails with set stones that are quite bumpy at times.
My files show 2250m of elevation gain BTW.
For anyone thinking of doing it, a rigid bike will be fine but if you are on a CX/gravel bike fit the widest or most voluminous tyres you can, there's some old pack trails with set stones that are quite bumpy at times.
My files show 2250m of elevation gain BTW.
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Re: NorthPeaks100 Start from where you are when you want day ride~26th -31st July
Think I'll have a crack at this within the next fortnight.
Don''t think I'll be snapping at the heels of the times already posted though.
Don''t think I'll be snapping at the heels of the times already posted though.