Thetford meet 13th Feb aftermath

[REKIBorter]

What a brilliant turn out, 22 riders in all. We had some special guests at our ride. Andy Waterman and Geoff Waugh from MBR magazine. They were interviewing RB members and taking photos of our bikes for a future article.

There was much fannying around taking photos before the bikes and riders got dirty. Rider were interviewed by Andy while Geoff took the pictures. Some riders went proper retro with flouro clothing.

Eventually we set off into the forest. We set out on the Brandon side of the forest, taking in the some of the sweet swoopy singletrack. The trails were dry with plenty of grip for railing the berms. Heading back to the cafe for lunch to refuel and catch up with Andy & Geoff who would then join us for the afternoon ride.

Over cake, coffee, tea and conversation the votes for the BOTR were taken. It was a close call but the winner was a very deserving jonnyboy666 with his, yet to be revealed, Orange Elite SE. Second place went to Jango with his Nuke Proof Reactor.

After lunch we headed over to the road to High Lodge side of the forest. The weather by now was a mixture of snow, sleet, hail and rain. We took the excellent trail down to the bottom of The Beast then picked up the Black Route and followed it round to the D2d route. Several runs of The Beast, Double Shocker and MX Trail with all combinations in the mix brought big smiles to our faces. The weather by now was turning to rain so we started to make our way back to the cafe. Geoff finished off taking some photos of dirty bikes after the ride..

A brilliant day. Big thank you to John for coming and a special mention to jonnyboy666 for making the long journey to see us. Also thanks to Andy & Geoff for making our meet so special. Last but not least a big thankyou to all the RB members who turned up.

Riders and bikes:

Breezerfatty - Breezer
Neil__j - KHS
John - Yo Eddy
Wobbly John - Orange X1
Jango - Nuke Proof Reactor
Fingers - Orange P7
Curly68 - Intense
boy"O"boy - Orange Alu O
letmetalktomark - Hei Hei
Average Mark - Uma Thurman
Cannondale king - Phil Collins
clem_r - David Soul
Pingu - GT
Chris - Cannondale
jonnyboy666 - Orange Elite SE
lou74 - Orange Elite
Neilll - Eastern Woods Research
Buster? - Marin Eldridge Grade
Buster? Junior - Rocky Balboa
Rekiborter - Parkpre Pro Image
Andy Waterman - Genisis IO
Geoff Waugh - Cove Hummer

I know I have missed a couple off, please pm me so I can add you to the list.

[fingers]

I loved it, first proper MTB ride in years... Great to meet you all, and follow you all round the trails

[jango]

Really enjoyed it, great turnout......sorry I didn't get to speak to everyone, maybe next time.

No pics I'm afraid.......forgot my camera

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[sinnett177]

Looks like you all had a good day and a great turnout out too. I'm looking forward to reading the mbr article already!

[lou74]

great day out, some more new faces, plenty of banter & loads of good riding.
think that will be the last outing for the tights of brightness....
take it we'll be doing it again next month?

p.s. anyone got some rc30 legs going spare?

[jango]

[slug]

Looks a good day, shame my bike wasn't rideable for this trip

[breezerfatty]

What can I say, second time out with you lot and both really great rides, loved every minute. I feel such aq boost to me ego now I have riden the wobly. The big question is when can we all do it again. Thanks to every one

[boy"O"boy]

Another really enjoyable retrobike meet - great to meet some new faces as well as catching up with the usual suspects of the East Anglian retrobike Massive.

Regreting scoffing that pizza now after seeing Rekiborter pics.... and least the ballast keep those tyres dug in!!

Didn't take many pics this time .... the one's I did must have been taken at the same time.

Cheers,
boy"O"boy

[cannondale king]

i got home just after 8.00pm bloody 4hrs for a 1.15hr train journey arrrhhhhhh got to bury and the train broke down as it got there when we finally got to norwich i had to get a coach home arrhhhhhhh



that aside today has been the best every thetford retrobike meet and im glad we seem to be getting more people turn out a big thank you to everyone that came and a special thanks to curly for saving me 2hrs traveling to get there thank you mate your a star

[lou74]

[jonnyboy666]

dragged my bum out of bed at 6am this morning to get to the ride for 1030am, crappy nights sleep as i'd just come off nights previousley, jumped in the preloaded car from the night before, couldn't decide which bike to bring so i took the E3 and the newly finished Elite, 2 bikes for good measure!!

got into the carpark and immediatley started spotting fellow retrobikers, awsome

was told that pics and interview was overthere by those trees etc, i freely admit i love all that silliness so was over there poncing my Elite, everybody seemed to like it so i chose to ride that first after having my pic taken, this time next month i could be celeb!

great ride as expected, just the right amount of speed/stopping/socialising etc

then there was cake for lunch :Dthen i won the "bike of the ride" quite unexpected, i like the Elite but was suprised it got 6 votes as the winner

then a bike swap for me, brought 2 so might aswel get them both dirty!!

then came the drive home, redbull, jake and elwood got me home!!

thanks to chris, dan and mark, quality ride, turn out and effort that we have come to expect

here's some pics from the day

[jonnyboy666]

couple more pics!!