East Midlands Area chat and rides thread

wicked i will be there, what time are we going to meet?

think we're aiming for 7pm - have you got a decent set of lights?

Hmmmmmm Sherwood Pines.

Rode the Pines on Sunday and with a judicious application of trail knowledge came back pretty much mud free and had a great, fast ride...it was almost like spring (rode in short sleeves :shock: ).

Also re-discovered a new singletrack run through the trees which was most pleasant and will be great at night

Whoosh!

just had a thought - is there a pub near by? Is the Dog and Duck any good?

When are we riding the pines during the day and at a weekend again ?

Dog and Duck sounds good to me, nothing better in the 2008 Good Pub Guide

perry":1me9wxrt said:

When are we riding the pines during the day and at a weekend again ?

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not sure - we'll try and sort something soon though

perry":zz3jeovf said:

When are we riding the pines during the day and at a weekend again ?

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I'm there most weekends Perry...

True but most of the group stuff has been mid week lately .

I'm in no condition to ride at the moment , realized this morning that I've been feeling shite since christmas because of flu I put all the aches , dizziness , loss of concentration , swelling of parts of the body that shouldn't swell etc down to getting old

I'm also lacking a usable bike at the moment , trailstar has a leaky caliper and I stripped the rear wheel down on the cinder cone so I could correctly measure the hub only to then find that Edinburgh bike doesn't have the size spokes I need in sale so I'm looking at £60 for spokes now as the ones I ordered for other wheels turned up today and the revolutions are rather nice and I no longer want to use the achingly heavy double butted ones anymore , triple butted is the way forward .

And do I go the whole hog and spank a further £40 on some gsport tapered alloy nipples