Hello Chaps,

Just thought I'd drop you a quick note to let you know that I haven't joined the French Foreign Legion or decided to become a roadie (even worse!). Having some drivetrain issues, it's broke and so am I! Have a new chainset and BB but still saving up for a new chain and rear mech. Should be back on the bike in a couple of weeks.

Cheers, Scott

Jay,
Tweseldown was a mud bath on Saturday, but still good fun, we did Tunnel Hill/Fenceline last Thursday. Maybe this Wednesday we should ride a different trail. Perhaps if the ranges are quite we could do the Three Peaks Challenge, Fenceline to Ash and come back through the ranges to Tunnel Hill, that should be enough..;-)

Andy

sounds good to me Andy!! No prob scott just keep a eye on here when you sort drop us a line!!

jay

Hi Guys,

Sounds like you are having a good time in deepest north hants!

I ride locally and know Mytchett/Ash ranges well and also occasionally head over to Church Crookham/twesaldown for occasional bit of tank dodging

The rides you are talking about Fenceline and tunnel hill sound interesting! but where abouts are they?

Cheers

Barney,
Tunnel Hill is here:
www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.2901&lon=-0.6998&scale=25000&icon=x

Fenceline (or seven sisters) starts from Colony Gate and follows the Pribright range perimeter fence (complete with razor wire) to the Basingstoke canal at Curzon bridge. A second section goes into Ash, but I guess you know it already. You can extend it with the 'Nine Bogs Ride' via Brookwood and Bisley.

Come along, why not? Always good to meet up with local riders. We ride Swinley, Tweseldown, Tunnel Hill, Ash, Yateley and more, the whole area is one big MTB play ground.., but you knew that already...;-)

Andy

Jay, can you give me a ring sometime before the Wednesday nightie this week.

Andy

Barney you more than welcome to join us on any of the rides we do. We got a good group of rides some of us are not as fit as Andy. We aways wait or slow down for people.

Drop me a email and well tell you we meet & times.

Andy I well call you tonight

jay

The more people who can come along and laugh at my lactic acid allergy the better!

Thanks for the link and the explainations guys it has all become clearer.

I'm out of area for the next week but be good to catch up for a ride in the soon and put some places to the names (nine bogs ride)

Have a good one tonight looks like its snowing again!

I went for a quick blast last night, There were plenty of Army camped out on mytchett ranges if your lucky you might get a cup of tea to warm up!!

ps the first aid tent is by the potters restaurant entrance!!!!! but sure you wont need it ;-)

Andy had a good ride and sum new tracks too!!

Was a fast pace and new tracks did not no were I was on a lot of it!! Plus that snow and wind!!!! on ash ranges just keep pedaling!!!

Phil have you got sum turbos on your legs!!!!

See you next wednesday night!! going to have a easy weekend and take Gayle out on her bike still I hope to do 14-18 miles

Have a good ride Andy and Phil on saturday

jay

Barney just drop us a line when you ready to come out there is some top tracks out there...

jay

Jay, it was a tough one, really wet with driving snow/sleet in a strong wind, not nice. Now you know the 'Three Peaks Challenge', it certainly was tonight. That trail into Ash is well slippery at night. Come the summer we'll spend more time at the Ash end. Phil is super fit and just comes out to do a bit of cross training, he's doing a 62 mile non stop run in a few weeks. After that he doing a 100 miler, he's not right...in the head.

See ya next week.

Barney, It would be good to meet up sometime, mail Jay and he'll sort out a meet point. 'Nine Bogs' is more of a tour rather than singletrack blasting, a summer ride only unless you're mad for mud, this weather has got to warm up and dry out soon.

Andy

62miles and 100miles!!!!!!!!!!!! bloody hell and you right there Andy mad mad

see you next week

jay

thanks andy,
it was good last night and to phil and jay.
i was pleased with my performance even if i was last all the time.that last downhill single track was cool. phil is a robot when i saw him climb in the distance i thought there was a chair lift oh how i was disapointed when i got there good fun though. see you all next week

Just putting this back to the top to see who is coming out this wednesday night..

If we say meet at my place for 7pm

jay

I'm definitely up for it!

My mate Neil is up for the Wednesday rides in principle, but 7 is too early for him due to kiddy arrangements. 8pm would be ideal, 7:30 would be possible.

Would anyone else have problems if the time was changed to 8?

Mark

count me in see you at yous 7p.m jay.

Jay,
I can't make this weeks nightie.

Mark, hope you had a good holiday. I've no problem making 19:30 if the group decide they want to, but no later as its always work the next day.

I should be okay for a weekend ride, Saturday or Sunday, no problem.

Andy

Just ordered the new wheels and cassette, will be fitting the rest of the drivetrain next week so should be back out soon.

Unfortunately have to go to the States with work for April so I'll be out of action again!

Andy, 19:30 is good- will that cause problems for anyone?

The holiday was great! No new snow, and sunny during the day, but cold enough that the stuff there didn't melt; the "vin chaud" ran rather well at lunchtime! Soooo depressing going back to work today!

Mark