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Calling all mountian bikers and cyclists!

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 09:39

I love moutain bikin and want to chat about it anyone for joining me?????

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mszebra · 04/02/2006 09:59

There are some terrific cycling forums, but must admit relatively few people there have families.
More a roadie, m'self.

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 10:23

Can talk to roadies to, just love cycling, the more the merrier,

cycle forums are not for people who's lycra could cover provide shelter for a small country!!

How do you find biking with the family??

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hub2dee · 04/02/2006 11:17

roadie too.

hub2dee · 04/02/2006 11:18

lands end JOG later this year I hope with my dad !

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 11:26

great hub2dee, that sounds brill, what sort of time scale are you doing it in???
would love to do london to paris for charity, my friend did it said she couldn't sit down for a month!!

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hub2dee · 04/02/2006 11:46

as slowly as he'll let me LOL !

Dunno 20 - 30 days ? Something a bit chilled. I have serious weight to lose / cycle with ya see !

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 13:38

have you ever done spin fit at the gym???
serious weight lose seriously quickly, did a class last night,am feeling a bit sore now!

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mszebra · 04/02/2006 14:30

real cyclists don't do gyms
heeheheee
seriously, the fun is having a hobby which is great fun and gets you lots of fresh air, usually with friends, -- oh, and it happens to get you fit, too.
Never understood anybody who went to gyms. Stale air, canned music, artificial lighting, boring views, dull dull dull
Did put my bike on a turbo trainer (in my bedroom) when DS1 was a baby, though, to get some fitness, before we figured out how to attach a baby to a bike.
Cycling with family: bought a £400+ trailer last year, so guess we're pretty committed.

nickiey · 04/02/2006 15:04

I'm a roadie-where are you based?
Im in Southend and belong to the Southend Wheelers if you are this way then try the ERRL for help chat and advice

www.errl.org.uk/
www.southendwheelers.org/

nickiey · 04/02/2006 15:08

Should mention here too that we have just got a good ladies team together for this season with views to doing the club 10 TT league and some road races too.
As for cycling with kiddies, ds is just 4 and has been off stabilizers for 6 months-we have a tag-a-long bike that attatches to my mtb for group rides-atm he can cope with that for about 20 miles before he gets cold or bored.
If you really are interested then look into the go ride scheme run by the british cycling fed www.go-ride.org.uk/

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 15:21

Nickie, sound great. Am in glasgow and unfortunatly the biking clubs here are a bit like the tour de france every time they go out.....never did suit yellow! Sooo impressed about your son being free from stabelisers. Me and dp are so bike crazy we're kind of hoping ds will cycle befor he walks (he's 6 months)
Ms zebra, how you finding the trailor, we ar undecided have seen a bike seat called the limoseen(appologies for outrageous spelling)
It looks v cool and is detachable. I just dont know if i'd trust the wee chap in a trailer on his own.

Anyway about this road biking, come on convince me....

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nickiey · 04/02/2006 18:14

Ahhh road racin' well thers an art to it-you have to enjoy suffering i think, im not that good at pushing mysel that hard hence why i do the club 10's - also helps if you are a bit competative.
I love mtb too but road racing seems to have more thrill about it and also alot of race tactics involved as well.
Last seanson I supported my dh as he toured round south east england racing - i took loads of piccies, go take a look in some you really can see what it is that makes it exciting and if you cant well you can see lots of fit men in lycra, some good arse shots too!

nickiey · 04/02/2006 18:15

Sorry in my excitment (all this talk of men in lycra) i forgot to put the link in - www.surlaplage.net/cycling/

one of my faves! www.surlaplage.net/cycling/2005/errl/APIRR/APIRR-Pages/Image3.html

ScummyMummy · 04/02/2006 18:25

What's a roadie? I have a girly bike with a basket and a cool, cool, cool chopper. Go to work on the girly bike and cycle round the park on the chopper. Would never, ever, ever, wear lycra. Am I a roadie?

nickiey · 04/02/2006 18:29

you are a leisure cyclist i think - a roadie is a type of bike (or owner of said bike), the ones with the drop handle bars and very skinny tyres.

ScummyMummy · 04/02/2006 18:31

Oh good. Don't want to be a roadie. No offence to all you roadies of course. enjoy yourselves.

nickiey · 04/02/2006 18:37

IMO too people who ride road bikes tend to have quite a passion for cycling as a lifestyle/hobby rather than as a leisure activity on sunday mornings.
like anything lots and lots of people can ride a bike but only a few will join a club and do 70 miles each sunday on the club run

TinyGang · 04/02/2006 18:55

OMG you have just described my dh to a tee. I am a cycling widow, and he does the huge club rides and time trials on a Sunday. He'd do one everyday if he could!

nickiey · 04/02/2006 19:04

where are you tinygang? I wonder if ive ever snapped him out racing!

mszebra · 04/02/2006 19:10

DH used to do timetrials (come on everyone, let's play one-upmanship comparing our own or our DH's PB's!?).
DH's passion for DIY & family obligations sort of pushed it out. He's hoping one of the DS's will take an interest in the future.
I used to go touring in foreign countries, before my knees blew up (in Ireland).
We're in Norfolk, btw.

hub2dee · 04/02/2006 19:48

msz - can I ask which trailer you went for ? It will be fun to get dd on the bike at some point (she's only 7 months now). If you had to buy again would you stick to the one you bought ?

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 20:02

Nickie your obviously not biking inthe right places, I got quite a thrill from riding my bike down ben nevis (the highest mountain in scotland)

Can you believe I rode the whole way down without hurting my self got to the botton, took my helmet off and fell of the bike in the bloody carpark and fractured my skull, am a nightmare, dont know if i would be safe for road biking. Hub2dee interrested in the trailor thing too or though at the minute we are swaying toward the bbike seat for our ds who is 7 months too!!

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mszebra · 04/02/2006 21:36

If I had to buy again I would get a solid floor one from Germany (brand name=Littleman) which folds down very small and converts to pushchair. And you can buy it for about £50 including delivery on Ebay -- which is what my friend did.

I would like to try some cheap trailer like that for a while (Lidl also do them occasionally, Argos one may be similar). If I didn't like it, I would look seriously at the Burleigh Delite OR the Chariot Captain (see www.kinetics.org.uk). These cost around £400. The Captain is a solid floor very good quality trailer for 1 or 2 kids, with lots of cargo space. I saw one in Norwich 4 months ago & was very impressed. There is also the Wike trailer , which is probably as good as the Chariot or Burleigh but about £100 cheaper.

What we have is the Chariot Cougar 2. It's main defect is the hard-to-get-into & limited cargo space.. but it is good quality overall.

We have also had a Koolstop Caboose, and were pretty happy with it, really. But the fabric and hitch both wore out after 2 years use (pretty frequent use, admittedly).

If you import from outside UK make sure Customs identify it as a baby carriage, not sporting equipment (big diff. in import duty or VAT).

You can see more trailer thoughts on my webpage .

mszebra · 04/02/2006 21:38

Bike seats are less cumbersome than trailers in some respects.
Best MTB ride I ever had, btw, was at Betws Coed (spelling?) in North Wales. Awesome.

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chapsmum · 04/02/2006 22:30

Am sure thats part of the mbr/red bull runn..cant remeber which one. Did an adventure race there, was some great riding.
Scotland is definately superior in terms of trails thugh.

Thanks for the trailor advice

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