Comments on: MTB Ride – Lower Gorple http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/mtb-ride-lower-gorple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mtb-ride-lower-gorple Slimming Down And Fittening Up! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:28:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ColinJ http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/mtb-ride-lower-gorple/comment-page-1/#comment-434 ColinJ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:20:44 +0000 http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/?p=1860#comment-434 At the weekend I bumped into a couple I know and used to do evening MTB rides with. Once the clocks go forward we are going to start doing those again. 'Goodspeed' (Martin) off CycleChat said that he might join us for some of them when he is working his early shifts and has the evenings free. Something that you might be interested in - round-the-world record-breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont's <a href="http://www.alberthalls-bolton.co.uk/mark-beaumont-man-who-cycled-world" rel="nofollow">talk in Bolton</a> in a fortnight's time. I might go to the one in Halifax. At the weekend I bumped into a couple I know and used to do evening MTB rides with. Once the clocks go forward we are going to start doing those again. ‘Goodspeed’ (Martin) off CycleChat said that he might join us for some of them when he is working his early shifts and has the evenings free.

Something that you might be interested in – round-the-world record-breaking cyclist Mark Beaumont’s talk in Bolton in a fortnight’s time. I might go to the one in Halifax.

]]> By: trio http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/mtb-ride-lower-gorple/comment-page-1/#comment-433 trio Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:10:24 +0000 http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/?p=1860#comment-433 Good on you getting out! I have a huge tyre on the front of my bike and it is so draggy on the road. Hopefully when I change tyres in the summer it will mean I am flying! Good on you getting out! I have a huge tyre on the front of my bike and it is so draggy on the road. Hopefully when I change tyres in the summer it will mean I am flying!

]]> By: ColinJ http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/mtb-ride-lower-gorple/comment-page-1/#comment-432 ColinJ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:37:18 +0000 http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/?p=1860#comment-432 Well, it's much milder than of late up here, though still chilly in the wind. All of the snow and ice had gone from the bridleways when I was out. There were just a few patches of snow left behind walls on high ground. That huge Specialized back tyre of mine is horribly slow on tarmac - I kept checking to make sure that I hadn't got a puncture or a brake rubbing. It rolls much better offroad but that seems counter-intuitive to me. It's nice having a big cushion of air when I hit bumps but I reckon I'll go back to a slimmer tyre which rolls better next time. Well, it’s much milder than of late up here, though still chilly in the wind. All of the snow and ice had gone from the bridleways when I was out. There were just a few patches of snow left behind walls on high ground.

That huge Specialized back tyre of mine is horribly slow on tarmac – I kept checking to make sure that I hadn’t got a puncture or a brake rubbing. It rolls much better offroad but that seems counter-intuitive to me. It’s nice having a big cushion of air when I hit bumps but I reckon I’ll go back to a slimmer tyre which rolls better next time.

]]> By: redbike http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/mtb-ride-lower-gorple/comment-page-1/#comment-431 redbike Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:23:56 +0000 http://www.slimmerandfitter.com/?p=1860#comment-431 I'm planning a trip up to your hills on the MTB soon. (If it ever warms up!) I’m planning a trip up to your hills on the MTB soon. (If it ever warms up!)

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