What a cracking ride and day out, the house and etsate were very impressive, always good to meet new rb faces and machinery,
a big well done to marc for a smooth operation cheers mate and thanks for the karma chaps, better get building now.

I really enjoyed playing buckaroo with the dawes all day even got a few good drifts on the canal it did bite me though,, twice, as you can see from the pic above where im sat on my ass in the fountain garden, dont show off in front of friends as a multi tool to the kidney hurts and due to lack of grip I elbowed a gate post at speed doh, (tyres used were late eighties vredestein mont blanc's )
I thought the death defying descent off the bridge was fun hats off to those who managed to ride down it

anyway here's some pics

botr 1985 specialized rockhopper

the chief

very rare indeed

old brothers

CHIPS!

the bredrin

mr and mrs elpedro sampling the local swimmers

home at last

lots of awsome metals

homeward bound

happy times

the dawes

a very happy longun with his bike the ride prize

thanks again for a grand day out and I hope you can join the NW team over the pennines in the future on one of our bimbles too.
Lee.
"ringo there the heaviest bikes every made I had the same but a firemountain and took a loss also to move it on good to meet you" mate

ha ha ha nice one

some cracking pics chaps

true passion there Lee useing your arse to brake the Dawes's fall

^^ ^^ crash foto of the month all sorted there.

been having a chuckle at unclejacks' dad in the pre-ride waffle photo

just blends right in

top day out marc- well done. i was laughing when i saw my dad too... he'll be happy that he got a mention.

Thanks for a good ride everybody, I really enjoyed it. Some gorgeous bikes and a deserved win for Longun, I saw his Rockhopper and thought that it was a really well looked after/NoS mid-nineteen-nineties bike. I was even more impressed when I realized it was much older.
Going out from Leeds on the waterways is something I've thought about doing for ages but have never got round to [And probably would never get round to].
Big thanks to Marc for organising it and shephearding us, it must be a bit nerve wracking inviting people to ride your territory and wondering what they will think. But a great ride and I wonder, any chance of us doing it next year?

I was also pleasantly surprised at how decent the canals are in certain sections. to the west the TPT towards leeds gets more basic and even crude in areas but to the east it gets better with more locks backing onto other interesting things.
that particular route can be altered and tweaked easily to take in more features and increase the mileage. i will work on it as a possible for next year as well as other districts i'm looking at to add more variety to an already lively calendar.

Great photos there, for a great day out in the sunshine!

Big thanks to Marc for sorting it all out, top job mate, smooth and relaxed all the way, brilliant

Great choice of chippy too

I reckon it was one of the friendliest rides yet too - even by RB's exceptional standards. mrlee always helps bouy the spirits of course, with his now traditional embarrassingdickingaboutcrash

Following on from my first ride on a dream Klein (MrShip's on the snowy Heyfield ride), I have to say more thanks for another dream bike first ride on a gorgeous square-tuber Couldn't believe how it just flew forward - like the wind was pushing me along, I felt fit again! Awesome, thanks very much

It's all been said, great day, great people, great batter (on the cod) and I managed to get rid of seven tyres and a wheel, thank goodness! That 'Dome though - I dunno how it got past Kiran, I'm in so much trouble...

We have haddock in West Yorkshire, that's why our F+C are the best in the country.
Matthew

Hmm, East coast skate is my favourite, closely followed by a massive Midlands' plaice, but please do fel free to try and convince me...

Got to go now - hungry!

We have them all over here, luckily I don't much like fish so I never need to decide

So that's why the lavadome wasn't in the back of my car

I thought I'd got away from it but it was in my boot, bloody Leeds fly-tippers!

Just checked the otherwise perfect forks I had stashed and they've come up too short, must be off a 16" frame swap thread required...

I just wanted to add my thanks to Marc for a really scenic ride and after reading your comments would love to see an extended version on next years menu. All I ask is that the chippy is our lunch stop

I couldn't agree with elpedro more in that it was a fantastic social gathering with plenty of laughs and good banter

Dave

Told you you should have that Wheeler as well, you could have had that built by now