England : Lancashire ColinJ's 103 km or 107 mile 'Back from the Dead' forum ride Sat 29/03/14

[phil_hg_uk]

I think people were starting to believe you until you posted such obvious lies

Well to be fair it was only colinj and alun behind us .................... oh and that guy who just arrived at the cafe as we left .............. he didnt look at all well.

 

[Smurfy]

It was cold then as we left bolton abbey it rained then me & potsy went on ahead as we came out of Keighley and as we came down into HB it was rain/hail/snow probably more hail than snow but not what you want at that time of year.

Here is a picture taken in April 2013 under the snow is the road I was trying to cycle on.

A fat bike might work on that.
http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/mountain/fat-bike/caribou

 

[phil_hg_uk]

A fat bike might work on that.
http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/mountain/fat-bike/caribou

Well a road bike wont I know that and it is a steep downhill as well so I think I will give that a miss.

 

[gavgav]

I was reading some long range forecasts just yesterday, and while I know they can't always predict what it'll be doing tomorrow, I'm seriously hoping that they're way wrong on THIS one

[EDIT] I should add that the link above was just the first one I found, but this is being reported by many sources ATM.

The Daily Distress strikes again!! It WILL be wrong. They had a very similar article this time last year, suggesting we would have snow from November until March........we had none in Shropshire!!

 

[nickyboy]

Us North Englanders got away very lightly last winter regarding rainfall. It was normalish

 

[coffeejo]

The Daily Distress strikes again!! It WILL be wrong. They had a very similar article this time last year, suggesting we would have snow from November until March........we had none in Shropshire!!

Ahem!

IIRC, the Express made a similar prediction about last winter...

 

[MartinQ]

Without wanting to ruin a good discussion about the weather , I've put the date in my diary. However, being a professional malingerer these days, I'll see how things go,

 

[gavgav]

Ahem!

Ditto every year for goodness knows how long!!

 

[Svendo]

Do

IIRC, the Express made a similar prediction about last winter...

Don't fret, acc. To Guardian these company's seem to be rent-a-quote weather panic factories with no real forecasting going on.

 

[ColinJ]

In case anybody stumbling across this thread doesn't notice the 2015 rerun - we will be doing a repeat of this ride on Sat, 28th March 2015 - new ride thread HERE - If you fancy having a go, remember - ALL WELCOME!

 

[coffeejo]

Just been re-reading this. Excellent memories. Ride reports start on page 40.

 

[Biscuit]

Just been re-reading this. Excellent memories. Ride reports start on page 40.

Ah good times!

 

[ColinJ]

I intend to do the ride again in 2016 at about the same time of year so I hope you will both consider coming along again!

In fact, I am going to start repeating some of my other rides too, such as the Dales ride from Settle and the 200 km ride in Cheshire. It takes quite a lot of time to plan these rides and it is difficult to keep coming up with different routes in the same area so doing the best ones annually seems like a good idea.

 

[coffeejo]

I intend to do the ride again in 2016 at about the same time of year so I hope you will both consider coming along again!

In fact, I am going to start repeating some of my other rides too, such as the Dales ride from Settle and the 200 km ride in Cheshire. It takes quite a lot of time to plan these rides and it is difficult to keep coming up with different routes in the same area so doing the best ones annually seems like a good idea.

I'd love to see the Trough in autumn...

 

[ColinJ]

I'd love to see the Trough in autumn...

Ah, now that would be possible ... I don't necessarily have to repeat them on the same dates every year.

I would keep the very long rides and the very hard ones for the summer, but there is no reason why others can't be moved around a bit.

Ok, we'll keep that Trough ride for autumn 2016, and I'll pick another route for the end of March!