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Hokum
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PostPosted: 18:35 - 23 Jun 2014    Post subject: High peak bimble about Reply with quote
Hope this is the right place to put this, hardly Touring, but I think it covers exploring.

My first ever proper bike ride in 4 years of biking for the sake of going for a ride and not just commuting

https://youtu.be/5d6_Kkhlp2Q

My local loop. Tintwistle to Langsett then Mortimer road to Snake pass and back home (Last bit missing as the battery ran out).

https://cdn.bikechatforums.com/files/route.jpg

Warts and all video, Note I took out the 5 mins I was helping some fellow bikers who had a seized brake.

The A628, A616 and part of the Mortimer road are being used for the Grand Depart tour de France and it was busy with cyclists.
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PostPosted: 09:01 - 26 Jun 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well this weekend I'm going on another Bimble.

This time to I'm going to do another 1 hr route Glossop to Chapel-en-le-Frith then Hope Valley and back up to Derwent and back up the Snake Pass to Glossop.

https://cdn.bikechatforums.com/files/route2.jpg

I'll post another video of the route if people want to view.

Another bimble video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7HqTjA01To
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PostPosted: 22:11 - 02 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
No bimble this week. The Tour de France has my local area on lock down...
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 02 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
We used to do the Holmfirth/saddleworth triangle every couple of weeks.

Strines was always bumpy as hell, it was where most of the Manchester Norf group cut their teeth and I used the snake to train new riders to corner.
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PostPosted: 05:44 - 03 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:

Strines was always bumpy as hell, it was where most of the Manchester Norf group cut their teeth and I used the snake to train new riders to corner.


They have put some new tarmac on a big stretch which is freakishly smooth vs the bits not on the tdf route. The undulations on some of the straights make you have to grip your bike well but it is kind of fun.

I'm planning on doing a route with the A635 next probaby from the A628.

I'm a bit of a newbie out of town on a bike so any hints for better riding would be appreciated.
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PostPosted: 17:10 - 03 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
The best thing about my job is having to go up and down snake pass to get to Glossop Smile
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PostPosted: 19:10 - 03 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
martyn107 wrote:
The best thing about my job is having to go up and down snake pass to get to Glossop Smile


The snake is nice... until you are stuck behind a car doing 40... Sad
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PostPosted: 20:04 - 03 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hokum wrote:


The snake is nice... until you are stuck behind a car doing 40... Sad



The snake is nice until a sporty car sits behind you at 80..
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PostPosted: 22:15 - 03 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hokum wrote:
martyn107 wrote:
The best thing about my job is having to go up and down snake pass to get to Glossop Smile


The snake is nice... until you are stuck behind a car doing 40... Sad




Yes, very true. Was test riding a street triple r the other day and this happened.
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PostPosted: 10:38 - 04 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
martyn107 wrote:

Yes, very true. Was test riding a street triple r the other day and this happened.


I''m on a 125 so regaining speed isn't very nice when you get slowed by a slower vehicle.
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PostPosted: 09:47 - 07 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Itchy wrote:
Hokum wrote:


The snake is nice... until you are stuck behind a car doing 40... Sad



The snake is nice until a sporty car sits behind you at 80..

The last time I was on snake, there was a 50 mph limit, and average speed cameras along the way!!! Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 13:45 - 07 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Was planning on tackling Snake Pass for the first time this Saturday on my way to the West Coast.

Should be an interesting learning experience...
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PostPosted: 13:52 - 07 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
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The snake is nice until a sporty car sits behind you at 80..

The last time I was on snake, there was a 50 mph limit, and average speed cameras along the way!!! Thumbs Down[/quote]

I know, last ride with Trev it had cameras on it in 2008. It wasn't this way in 2006-7 when Fran and John did it and well over 100.
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PostPosted: 18:32 - 07 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is a 50mph limit now but there are only a couple of places that they can position the camera vans luckily Razz
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PostPosted: 19:23 - 07 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hmm if it's all at 50 maybe I'll shove the baffles in and just enjoy the views
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PostPosted: 15:19 - 18 Jul 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Unexpected Bimble.
https://cdn.bikechatforums.com/files/route3.jpg
This last weekend I had a bimble towards Holme and down the 635.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsW3VXBI1mc
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