peaks ride,sun dec 2nd

mickstoy · Post by **mickstoy** » 01 Dec 2007, 10:25

iv got an ac10 on the front at the moment and there ok not as good as the grittys but they do the job

slider · Post by **slider** » 01 Dec 2007, 12:28

gwyn if ed gets a puncture its my turn to take pics

Post by **Eddie Evans** » 01 Dec 2007, 13:51

[b]slider :[/b]
> gwyn if ed gets a puncture its my turn to take pics

Post by **Eddie Evans** » 02 Dec 2007, 22:45

Thanks for a great day.
Looking back I think it pretty well had it all.
Deep river crossings, torrential rain, washed out bridges with blocked exits and of course, roads with rocks in

. My Crm did not blow up

but I did try to climb a verticle bank with it and ended up I a heap on the floor. Thank flook it was too wet for the head cam

We even managed a couple of lanes by candle light to finish it off.
Thanks Mickstoy for the company and Slider for leading, I think I owe you a full day next time.
It just goes to show the old advert was right “ you meet the nicest people on a Honda” 8)

PS Now look out for all the questions in the Tech section

slider · Post by **slider** » 03 Dec 2007, 11:05

glad you enjoyed it ed,even though it p**sed it down all day

.i think mick had the right idea,goin home early i was still freezing when i took the mrs out for a meal last night,brrrrr

i still cant believe how swolen the rivers and streams were,never seen em as high as that and some of the lanes were like rivers aswell

lucky for me,that you tried riding up that vertical hill cause i was lying on my side 100ft up the lane with the bike on top of me after trying to hop up a 18" step and no fecker noticed

,sweet!

only got 3 pics and didn't bother with the head cam so here they are
eddie
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x44/ ... aks001.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x44/ ... aks002.jpg

mick
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x44/ ... aks003.jpg

cheers to eddie and mick for making a thoroughly miserable day(weather wise) enjoyable and cheers for the mapping stuff ed

Post by **Gwyn** » 03 Dec 2007, 12:48

[b]slider :[/b]
> glad you enjoyed it ed,even though it p**sed it down all day

.i think
> mick had the right idea,goin home early i was still freezing when i took the
> mrs out for a meal last night,brrrrr

> i still cant believe how swolen the rivers and streams were,never seen em as
> high as that and some of the lanes were like rivers aswell

> lucky for me,that you tried riding up that vertical hill cause i was lying
> on my side 100ft up the lane with the bike on top of me after trying to hop
> up a 18" step and no fecker noticed

,sweet!

> only got 3 pics and didn't bother with the head cam so here they are
> eddie
> http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x44/ ... aks001.jpg
> http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x44/ ... aks002.jpg
>
> mick
> http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x44/ ... aks003.jpg
>
> cheers to eddie and mick for making a thoroughly miserable day(weather wise)
> enjoyable and cheers for the mapping stuff ed

Well done guy's for bravin the elements 8) I washed my sealskinz socks so couldnt get out

Nice pics Slider 8)

andypugh · Post by **andypugh** » 03 Dec 2007, 13:22

[b]slider :[/b]
> glad you enjoyed it ed,even though it p**sed it down all day

.i

You should have been in Wales, then. We didn't get rained on on the bikes all day on Sunday.

Not so on Saturday, where we got rain and heavy hail. I clearly remember thinking "I am really glad I bought an off-road lid with a visor option. I do wish I had brought it"

Christened both the EC200 and the CRM. I had a lot more trouble with the EC on sunday than the CRM on saturday, but the trails we were doing were a lot harder. And I am still pretty much an off-road novice.

Eventually my mates might stop ribbing me for missing a stone-slab bridge and landing in the river, being hauled out, then falling straight back off the bridge again.

Post by **Gwyn** » 03 Dec 2007, 13:43

Where did you get to in Wales Andy

Cause where i live, it pi**** down all day Sunday with gale force winds

(i stayed in waiting for my socks to dry

)

slider · Post by **slider** » 03 Dec 2007, 14:21

[b]andypugh :[/b]
> [b]slider :[/b]
>> glad you enjoyed it ed,even though it p**sed it down all day

.i
>
> You should have been in Wales, then. We didn't get rained on on the bikes all
> day on Sunday.
>
> Not so on Saturday, where we got rain and heavy hail. I clearly remember thinking
> "I am really glad I bought an off-road lid with a visor option. I do wish
> I had brought it"
>
> Christened both the EC200 and the CRM. I had a lot more trouble with the EC
> on sunday than the CRM on saturday, but the trails we were doing were a lot
> harder. And I am still pretty much an off-road novice.
>
> Eventually my mates might stop ribbing me for missing a stone-slab bridge and
> landing in the river, being hauled out, then falling straight back off the
> bridge again.

fallin offs the best bit andy!!.i gotta dual sport lid (visored) for that exact reason,no more steamy goggles and stinging face from the rain

andypugh · Post by **andypugh** » 03 Dec 2007, 15:10

[b]Gwyn :[/b]
> Where did you get to in Wales Andy

Cause where i live, it pi**** down all
> day Sunday with gale force winds

Saturday was in the area around Ponterwyd (we parked the vans at the Bwlch Nant Yr Arian forestry commision site.) We had the Trailrides-Wales.co.uk chaps as guides in the morning and a couple of total novices on hired bikes. One bike broke its chain and another was comprehensively drowned when somebody missed a bridge over a swolen river (described by a spectator as ""crash" is such an undescriptive term though - wasn't it more of a
cross between a cliffhanger and a nac nac? (and a bit of tombstoning
to finish

"). This combined with the driving hailstones thinned the herd a bit, and we did some more challenging and fun stuff in the same area, at higher speeds.

On sunday we started from the car park next to the bridge at Penmaenpool, crossed the bridge and did a loop in Snowdonia, we then crossed the estuary using the railway viaduct from Barmouth (we were told that trail bikes had a special dispensation to use the footpath across the estuary) and did some trails to the south, before returning to base in the dark.

I can get the tracklogs as .kmz if that is any good to you? All trails guaranteed legal.

Post by **Gwyn** » 03 Dec 2007, 15:30

Sounds as though you had a good weekend Andy 8) I havent ridden around the Barmouth area for quite a few years now, fantastic area to ride with some stunning scenery 8) I must try and get up that way next year

Post by **Eddie Evans** » 03 Dec 2007, 23:03

[b]Gwyn :[/b]
> Sounds as though you had a good weekend Andy 8) I havent ridden around the
> Barmouth area for quite a few years now, fantastic area to ride with some stunning
> scenery 8) I must try and get up that way next year

Sounds like a CRM day out to me 8)

slider · Post by **slider** » 04 Dec 2007, 14:06

[b]Eddie Evans :[/b]
> [b]Gwyn :[/b]
>> Sounds as though you had a good weekend Andy 8) I havent ridden around the
>> Barmouth area for quite a few years now, fantastic area to ride with some stunning
>> scenery 8) I must try and get up that way next year

>
> Sounds like a CRM day out to me 8)

now that sounds like a plan ed!!

mickstoy · Post by **mickstoy** » 04 Dec 2007, 18:59

top day out lads despite freezing me b++++++s off felt like i was frozen stiff on the way home, didnt help gettin lost either

good to meet up ed hope you wernt bruised up after your off i just wish i had a helmet cam on

fookin funny

cheers lads

Post by **Eddie Evans** » 04 Dec 2007, 23:02

[b]mickstoy :[/b]
> top day out lads despite freezing me b++++++s off felt like i was frozen stiff
> on the way home, didnt help gettin lost either

good to meet
> up ed hope you wernt bruised up after your off i just wish i had a helmet cam
> on

fookin funny

cheers lads

It was funny and not too painful at the time. I thought I had got away with it but the handlebars struck my ribs. It wasn't too painfull on the day but my chest was really sore on Monday morning and will be for a week or two.

Twice I have been to the Peaks now and twice I have had bruised ribs

The lesson I am learning is to get some chest protection.
PS
I sent an e mail to pro circuit today for advise on jetting.
I'll also have to sort out the rear light as the one on the bike has gone missing.