Wednesday 7pm Ride?

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Hi,

Weather forecast looks awful for tomorrow night, anyone up for a wednesday 7pm ride instead, with some sunshine?

Sam

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15 Comments

  1. Barry
    September 12, 2011 at 1:43 pm

    Hello Sam,

    I second that, so I’ll be there for 7pm. I did a wet ride last Wednesday and I’m getting fed up with drying my shoes & saddle out. I was out yesterday and was disappointed that nobody turned up for the 9am, so I spent a few hours round the park myself and was surprised that it didn’t rain & the trails weren’t too bad.

  2. iain
    September 12, 2011 at 2:59 pm

    Could always do the scheduled regular club run at 745 ?

    • Barry
      September 12, 2011 at 4:08 pm

      I did it last Wed’s ride Iain and felt it was a bit short, although I held the ride up at the start, it was raining from the heavens and a few folk had to catch trains, so it probably finished earlier than usual.

      I personally prefer the earlier start of 7pm, as usually with larger numbers on a Tues night can mean at least a 30min wait for the jetwash (being a key holder, I usually wait till the end). I have no problems with meeting up with fellow riders on the trail, or normally if I’ve been out riding earlier than the planned time, I tend to head back to the carpark for the start time…….generally on a Tuesday though.

      You’ll probably find that it suits Sam too, as I’m sure she’ll be coming straight from work (as I occasionally do), so the later start sometimes doesn’t suit.

  3. iain
    September 12, 2011 at 4:37 pm

    No probs. hopefully see you out on the trails somewhere

  4. samgroves2
    September 13, 2011 at 8:46 am

    Yes, Barry is right. I have to hang around as it is when I do any 7pm ride!!

  5. kevt72
    September 13, 2011 at 11:38 am

    Hi

    can I join you on this ride? 7 suits me better than 7.45 as well

    cheers

    kev

  7. neilmaca
    September 13, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    I’ll probably come along to the 7pm too.

  8. iain
    September 14, 2011 at 9:06 am

    Sounds like 7 is the new 745 🙂

  9. Ryszard
    September 14, 2011 at 10:05 am

    It wasn’t so bad last night. Four out, rain light or non-existent once we were off. However, all the rivers and streams were torrential, the Allander almost over its banks in places, and the amount of surface water was incredible; the singletrack from the girders was the most flooded I’ve seen it. Bearing that in mind, we decided on a blast around the Dumgoyne loop. Was shocked to see the resurfacing (it’s better than most of the roads I ride to work!). We got a bit of a tailwind on the way back down the high pipe track :~) As usual, turned out fun despite the conditions.

  10. iain
    September 14, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    Guys and gals – calander ride tonight is Whangie, which I would suggest will be horrible in the soggy conditions noted. Dumgoyne sounds a sensible route !!

    • Ryszard
      September 14, 2011 at 3:23 pm

      A short section of the pipe track has had a tracked vehicle doing some logging work, so is a bit of a slog. Rest of it was fine, other than a slight diversion in Blanefield where paramedics where attending to a youth that had drunk too much and passed out on the track opposite the war memorial ;~)

  11. iain
    September 14, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    Nice wee spin around Dumgoyne for about 9 of us. Very wet from below but a lovely night. Lights on from just about the start and a definite chill in the air by 9 pm – Autumn is definately with us. A busy night on the trails, Barry and Neil had a similar sized group out for the ‘Tuesday does Wednesday’ ride, and we were all at the club around 10 for the jetwash etc

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