Forum ride - Hebden Bridge to Waddington, Sun 29th January

[colly]

Colin. What's planned route for Sunday? I can't use the gpx file do-dah.

 

[aJohnson]

Ah yeah, I forgot to check the full length of the route, mind telling me so I don't have to search through the pages? :P

Currently trying to find my cycling shoes and other things, all my cycling gear been thrown in some of the most unpredictable places and finding them isn't easy.

 

[Edge705]

Hi Edge, I've met Colin and the group on the road by Longridge Fell on a ride last year which worked out well.
I fancy giving this one a go, meeting at Whalley, then back to Lancaster after Waddington via Chipping or the Trough (if I'm feeling brave).
If you fancy meeting up on the road to Whalley that'd be cool - let me know when/where you'll be crossing the A6.

Colin, add me as a "meet en route"

Hi Ajay yes I would like that I can meet anywhere on the A6 I can come down as far as cockerham or closer nateby way However I have a dilemma - I really want to get out with the group but I have to be back on the Fylde coast for 1.30 so the options are meet with you ride to the picnic area ride part way to waddy with group spin off towards chipping and home - Plan 2 my dad said he would drop me at hebden bridge I could then ride with the group to longridge fell and spin off towards chipping so need to weigh up what’s the best option. Anyway I normally do a loop and pass your way we could always meet some day the one I do normally is up to caton and back round to scorton or if I’m feeling brave/stupid over quermmore top

 

[oldfatfool]

18% I'm bringing some bungee cords and latching onto the back of Potsy

 

[coffeejo]

18% I'm bringing some bungee cords and latching onto the back of Potsy

That won't get you very far

 

[totallyfixed]

That won't get you very far

Think you are wrong there jo, doubt anyone else will descend as quick

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Think you are wrong there jo, doubt anyone else will descend as quick

I can vouch for that potsy is like a bullet from a gun .......... downhill only whenever there is a steep hill all you see is this blur shoot past

 

[coffeejo]

I can vouch for that potsy is like a bullet from a gun .......... downhill only whenever there is a steep hill all you see is this blur shoot past

I thought that was just on the approach to coffee shops?

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I thought that was just on the approach to coffee shops?

No its just the effects of gravity on an object of a certain mass its inevitable .......... I on the other hand decend very slowly

 

[Banjo]

It takes a braver man to say postpone than to say lets go and wish later you hadnt.

 

[ColinJ]

Colin. What's planned route for Sunday? I can't use the gpx file do-dah.

I've put the route on Bikely - *link*.

Note that we take the excellent Padiham Greenway cycle path (see below) to avoid a stretch road (and because it makes an interesting change).

Also note - I have only plotted the route as far as I needed to. It stops where we rejoin the outward leg - just reverse that to get back to Hebden Bridge.

Ah yeah, I forgot to check the full length of the route, mind telling me so I don't have to search through the pages? :P

If we stick precisely to the planned route, it will be 106 km or 66 miles.

There is a very narrow lane between Cow Ark and Waddington which we should avoid if there is any threat of ice. That would imply a diversion through Bashall Eaves and Bashall Town which would add a mile or so but hardly any extra time because it is a faster route that way. We'll take the lane if conditions are okay because it is a scenic, quiet little road.

 

[aJohnson]

Ok, it's 99% likely I'll be there then. Just had a quick 30min spin on the turbo, never realised how unfit I actually was as that was painful, hopefully I'll manage the full route.

 

[ColinJ]

Ok, it's 99% likely I'll be there then. Just had a quick 30min spin on the turbo, never realised how unfit I actually was as that was painful, hopefully I'll manage the full route.

Well, to show solidarity with slow, unfit riders on my forum rides, I have voluntarily given up as much of my remaining fitness as possible over the winter ...

(I can't guarantee that this degree of unfitness will be maintained throughout 2012, so make the most of it while you can!)

 

[Globalti]

Hi Colin, just back from a week skiing and I've cleared my desk enough to have a look at this thread. I'd be interested in joining the ride; I would meet you at Rosegrove Station so as to get a chance to ride the cycleway, which has been built since we lived on Padiham Road. Round the circuit with you then I would leave you in Whalley to go up the A666 or head across towards the Ribchester road then head home (much earlier in the thread there was somebody thinking about joining you from The Fylde so I could accompany them for the start of their return home).

I see you're predicting 14.5 miles to Rosegrove; what time do you think that would be? We're talking about next Sunday, right?

Weather looks OK for Sunday with anticyclonic conditions.

 

[ColinJ]

I'd be interested in joining the ride; I would meet you at Rosegrove Station so as to get a chance to ride the cycleway, which has been built since we lived on Padiham Road. Round the circuit with you then I would leave you in Whalley to go up the A666 or head across towards the Ribchester road then head home (much earlier in the thread there was somebody thinking about joining you from The Fylde so I could accompany them for the start of their return home).

Sounds good!

I see you're predicting 14.5 miles to Rosegrove; what time do you think that would be? We're talking about next Sunday, right?

Weather looks OK for Sunday with anticyclonic conditions.

The Sunday coming - the 29th. (I know it sounds strange, but I would call that this Sunday and the one after that next Sunday!)

My best ever time to get to work on one of the Rossendale Road estates was 49 minutes and it would have been about the same time to Rose Grove. That was putting a big effort in and I was much fitter then, so I reckon a more realistic guesstimate for our leisurely ride out would be about 1 hr 20 mins, so about 10:20. I think we could be later but I don't think we'd be much earlier. Why don't you aim to get there a bit earlier and ride towards us on the A646, rather than standing around getting cold? Admittedly, you'd have to ride up the hill to the Manchester Road lights, but that shouldn't bother you much.