15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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It may be the angle that particular picture was taken from but your upper body looks fairly upright and your upper arms look to be parallel to your upper body, to me that that makes the bike too short for you because you've got no room to manoeuvre on the bike.
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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We were going up a very steep little climb and the front gets a bit lifty. Other other pics show just as much.

I don't think it's too small in honesty. But I've never liked big bikes
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:14 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:12 pm Mark ( acid yellow Specialized) just sent me a message to say thanks to everyone for the fun day out on Saturday- he said it was great to ride with kids who where happy to ride and talk with people old enough to be their grandparents
I had to laugh when him and my lad were talking about family holiday in Burgundy... how on earth they got onto Burgundy as a subject was beyond me.

He was impressive... for an old boy :D
And he said " nice kid, very cultured. Amazing to think his dad's a scouser" ;)

BTW what happened to the YT demo bikes?
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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Count Steer wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:40 pm
Beancounter wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:53 pm
Count Steer wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 5:21 pm

Hi mon ami, will you be doing the post-ride coffee thing at The Hurtwood on Sat? If so, what sort of time?

Cheers.
I would assume so, if not at the Hurtwood then definitely at Peaslake Village Stores given they sell cake.

Time wise is a bit difficult to say. Let me have a think and I'll drop you a message. :thumbup:
Righty ho. You could drop me a text at some point when about to head back to Peaslake, no worries if it's all a bit too uncertain though. If the weather's like today you should have a great day on the hill although there's a fog warning until 11am locally so it could be a bit murky in the dips early on.
Very conscious that we didn’t get a chance to meet up at the weekend. The day ran away with us and we didn’t get back into Peaslake until near 3pm and I was running to get home. :(
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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MingtheMerciless wrote: Sat Jan 15, 2022 10:15 pm
There was a lot of moaning about the mild descent preparation…..
We should have buried you on Holmbury.
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 7:51 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:14 pm
Mr Moofo wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:12 pm Mark ( acid yellow Specialized) just sent me a message to say thanks to everyone for the fun day out on Saturday- he said it was great to ride with kids who where happy to ride and talk with people old enough to be their grandparents
I had to laugh when him and my lad were talking about family holiday in Burgundy... how on earth they got onto Burgundy as a subject was beyond me.

He was impressive... for an old boy :D
And he said " nice kid, very cultured. Amazing to think his dad's a scouser" ;)

BTW what happened to the YT demo bikes?
I decided they were pointless at the moment as I'm not changing either bike until at least the end of the year. So no point even trying them.

P.s. lol it baffles me at times too
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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Beancounter wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:04 pm
Count Steer wrote: Thu Jan 13, 2022 8:40 pm
Righty ho. You could drop me a text at some point when about to head back to Peaslake, no worries if it's all a bit too uncertain though. If the weather's like today you should have a great day on the hill although there's a fog warning until 11am locally so it could be a bit murky in the dips early on.
Very conscious that we didn’t get a chance to meet up at the weekend. The day ran away with us and we didn’t get back into Peaslake until near 3pm and I was running to get home. :(
No worries. :D I guessed that you'd probably finish late once your posse was beguiled by the wonders of the Surrey Hills. :thumbup:
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Re: 15th Jan, Surrey hills?

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We're going again this Sat.