July ERFD - Alwinton, Northumberland

It's been a while, so it's about time we had another dummies ride.

Not sure where yet - open to suggestions, but get the date in your diary in the meanwhile.

**Route confirmed as Alwinton, Northumberland**

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Comment by Upforit on July 25, 2009 at 12:08pm

Oh well, suit yourselves, I'll still be there with my son if anyone wants to join me. Will be at the car park (from the north go over the river and bear left & it's on the right). Will set off at 09:30 hrs. Route is about 15 miles- 3 hours with stopss to admire the view :)

Comment by Crispy on July 25, 2009 at 11:05am

Change of plan - as it's just Mark & I who are definites we are heading down to Gisburn to check out the new trails there, then dropping in at Stainburn on the way back for a play.

Comment by Chris on July 21, 2009 at 9:57pm

I was speaking to richard tonight and he mentioned he was probably going to join you boys on sun. We did most of this route in march so he knows his way around.

Comment by MARK on July 21, 2009 at 9:45pm

And then there were two lol.

Comment by Chris on July 20, 2009 at 10:33pm

Sorry lads it looks like i may not make this now, I was supposed to be away camping in the lakes this weekend but due to the bad weather we postponed it, now it looks like i'll be going over with the family this weekend instead ruling me out.
enjoy it and if anything changes i'll be along

Comment by MARK on July 18, 2009 at 10:07am

Ill have you know Im very responsible Mick,lol. Ill take ryan under my wing if he shows me how to jump,lol.

Comment by psycho on July 17, 2009 at 4:45pm

Aaron an epic by definition is a challenging ,long ,hard slog intended to test a riders skill and stamina to the utmost.

usually starting with a long uphill haul followed by a rewarding fast technical decent,
a good amount of technical offroad singletrack trail often through unmarked rough ground.
midway through there will invariable be another long climb and often a few shorter climbs .
All in all you have to have a good standard of basic ride ready fitness and a bike that is suitable for the task.

as you are a lot younger than most of the guys/girls who usually attend the erfd's you would have to bring along and parent or adult to take responsibility for you as the other riders would be unwilling to take responsibility for you .

my advice for you is to get along to a couple of the chopwell ride evenings to see if you can manage the terrain and pace then work up from there.

Comment by arron mcgregor on July 16, 2009 at 11:10pm

what sort of riding are these epic rides is there much uphill as my bike is terable for up hill as it only has one medium size chain ring

Comment by earthworm jim on July 16, 2009 at 8:46pm

Sadly i cant make it either, as the previous evening is a friends 30th, and cheap beer. So i doubt i'll be fit to drive sunday am. :-(

Comment by Crispy on July 16, 2009 at 6:52pm

Shall we go for the Alwinton route then as it's Chris' suggestion, I'd like to ride it and I know Mark will ride wherever I drive him to!

Anthony, you are welcome to join us, it's about 22 miles and 4000ft of climbing. Pace will be relaxed as I'll be acting as the brake at the back of the group and I'm as slow as you like uphill!

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