Forest Of Dean, The one with hills... 28 September

[Mad Mark]

Everybody is welcome on the forum rideouts...
Dom is the local knowledgeable one. ?

 

[Doomanic]

Hi guys. Forum newbies welcome on this ride?
Ride FOD off piste quite a bit but would be cool to ride with a different group and maybe learn a few more hidden secrets..

I doubt you'll learn any new trails on this ride, but you are more than welcome to come along.

 

[Doomanic]

Dow, what time does the cafe open, you can get breakfast

I believe so, yes. 9AM

 

[Zimmerframe]

Shut up Frenchie.

He's right though, all are welcome.

I would come if you hadn't been so darn selfish and picked such an inaccessible location !

 

[Zimmerframe]

I believe so, yes. 9AM

Rub it in and make me more jealous ...

 

[Morton027]

I would come if you hadn't been so darn selfish and picked such an inaccessible location !

Last time I was out that way half the road had Washed away. Couple of years back maybe.

 

[Doomanic]

I would come if you hadn't been so darn selfish and picked such an inaccessible location !

What? England? We're still in the EU you know...

 

[Morton027]

What? England? We're still in the EU you know...

Ride out on a cross channel ferry? For inclusivity’s sake...

 

[Tom_199]

I doubt you'll learn any new trails on this ride, but you are more than welcome to come along.

Ok cool. Your plan to stick around trail centre or head off to some other trails?

 

[Doomanic]

We'll be heading out in the general direction of Parkend, starting on Elephant Man.

 

[Tom_199]

We'll be heading out in the general direction of Parkend, starting on Elephant Man.

Sounds good to me. See you there

 

[Sparks]

I'm in new motor fitted today so it will be peace and quiet at last. No more grinding away.

 

[Kiwi in Wales]

Hi all,
Apologies, I am not going to make it tomorrow.
Will do my best to make the next one.

 

[Kangr]

Sorry cant make it... one day....oneday

 

[billwarwick]

@billwarwick, @Morton027 I’m happy to do a tamer ride for you guys, either this Sunday or the following Sunday.

And for anyone else who’s interested too.

Thanks for the offer Dom. Can’t make next week cos going on holiday but would be up for that in the future. Im sure there would be interest in that kind of ride. Looks like the rain in Glos is never going to stop.

 

[Mad Mark]

“No more grinding away”. Sparks I don’t think it’s going to be that sort of riding ?

 

[Sparks]

“No more grinding away”. Sparks I don’t think it’s going to be that sort of riding ?

If it's not wet chain lube is good

 

[Mad Mark]

Great ride out Dom
Nice to ride out again with, JET SET DEMO, TUNNY, SPARKS, JONNY THE BOY, and one other - but I can’t remember his name sorry

And welcome to 2 new members, Tom199, & RYDER 77...who has only riding for 3 months....but looked like he has been MTBiking for years

this next picture is TUNNY going across a gap jump at high speed...he’s the blur passing by

cheers everybody a great day ?

 

[Mad Mark]

Hey Bill ....you were right not to come, Dom tried to kill us all
If he tells you, you will be ok .....he’s lying ?

 

[Morton027]

Is that branch as close as it looks to his head?

Got to think of something noob friendly next then for us mere mortals...

 

[Zimmerframe]

Is that branch as close as it looks to his head?

Hi nick name is Turtle because of his fortunate ability to suck his head inside his Torso ..

 

[Doomanic]

Got to think of something noob friendly next then for us mere mortals...

Happy to do a noob friendly ride sometime.

 

[Doomanic]

Hey Bill ....you were right not to come, Dom tried to kill us all
If he tells you, you will be ok .....he’s lying ?

Stop yer whinging, you survived didn't ya?

 

[Tunny]

Awsome ride today boys and well done to everyone for surviving especially Ryder77, with only three months of riding under his belt he took on everything that was thrown at him (including ME! Sorry about the mudguard mate ?).

I didn't get much footage today but i still managed to get some good action shots and caught a couple of you taking a sit down ?

Bring on the next one ??

 

[Mad Mark]

This is a picture of Damo doing an impression of how my decent was going to turn out, and Dom showing me the best way to achieve it

 

[Mad Mark]

And this was Jonny the boy just trying to have a piss in private.....

 

[Doomanic]

I thought he was just having a little lie down after it all got a bit too much to him.

 

[billwarwick]

Hey Bill ....you were right not to come, Dom tried to kill us all
If he tells you, you will be ok .....he’s lying ?

Thought as much. Bit of a sadistic streak there, I reckon. I would have been laying on the floor more than Demo, if that’s possible ?.
Anyone measure the distance covered and battery usage?
Would a 400 battery have made it?

 

[Doomanic]

I would have altered the route to suit all riders, so if you had come we wouldn't have done the more extreme trails. @Ryder77 coped with all the trails we threw him down and he's only been riding 3 months!

Demo only fell over once and he wasn't even on his bike!

I did 21.5 miles and 3500 feet of climbing and finished the day with 0 miles range predicted, but that was two runs more than some of the guys did.

It would be touch and go on a 400Wh but all the trails were an situated on an easy fire-road ride back to the cycle centre which I've done on a flat battery several times.

 

[Tom_199]

Nice to meet you guys and thanks for showing me a few new tracks. Frying pan, hairy snitch and dans were awesome trails!
I’ll keep an eye out for the next one.