So here we are at the beer festival live from the beer tent waiting for food, with sore legs and light hearts. The highlights of the ride were as follows:
Ed (ededwards) chose (after much deliberation about whether to go singlespeed, hardcore that he is) an 8 speed Vit T only for it to turn out to be single speed after all as the remaining gears skipped on a new casette.
Martin (Longendale) sends us the wrong way at the top of the first climb.
Deep slurry filled ditches did not hamper our progress as we made our way through the welsh countryside.
First mechanical goes to Ed (Orange71) as at the foot of a climb his awesome power shatters his granny ring but not his will.
Some slow steep technical downhills tested the mettle of our intrepid heroes but no major incidents.
Heathy will be disappointed as there were plenty of lithe sheep available, but next year mate, next year.
Long grinds up hill where was the beer??
Jon (GTSRTS+AVALANCHE) sported a worryingly persil white top for the majority of the ride. The rest of us were covered in welsh cack.
Beer at last after 3 hours toil. And boy it tasted good to those who *actually had some* and weren't talking about Peach Schnappes (you know who you are Speshmike... Sorry did that slip out).
So being the intrepid heroes we did the longest route (though more by accident than design) and descended towards town at a fair lick. One more beer stop, for the quaffers of ale, then on to the bike wash (the river). Highlight has to be Speshmike riding in at full tilt right up to his chest (forgetting he has his electronic car keys in his pocket). 'It's not as cold as I thought' he says. We suspect different.
So bikes cleaned, back to town for some more ale after returning first to our exclusive 5 star hotels (the boots of our respective cars/vans) to get ready for the night's entertainment.
This is currently underway and as the speeling gits wurse the ale gos downe nicely along with GTetc's wife's tiffin _ top notch and has 'some heft' as Ed (edawrds) put it succinctly.
Now we must way to drink more ... Photos later when a) sober b) somewhere we can upload.
Best ride of our lives.
Ed (ededwards) chose (after much deliberation about whether to go singlespeed, hardcore that he is) an 8 speed Vit T only for it to turn out to be single speed after all as the remaining gears skipped on a new casette.
Martin (Longendale) sends us the wrong way at the top of the first climb.
Deep slurry filled ditches did not hamper our progress as we made our way through the welsh countryside.
First mechanical goes to Ed (Orange71) as at the foot of a climb his awesome power shatters his granny ring but not his will.
Some slow steep technical downhills tested the mettle of our intrepid heroes but no major incidents.
Heathy will be disappointed as there were plenty of lithe sheep available, but next year mate, next year.
Long grinds up hill where was the beer??
Jon (GTSRTS+AVALANCHE) sported a worryingly persil white top for the majority of the ride. The rest of us were covered in welsh cack.
Beer at last after 3 hours toil. And boy it tasted good to those who *actually had some* and weren't talking about Peach Schnappes (you know who you are Speshmike... Sorry did that slip out).
So being the intrepid heroes we did the longest route (though more by accident than design) and descended towards town at a fair lick. One more beer stop, for the quaffers of ale, then on to the bike wash (the river). Highlight has to be Speshmike riding in at full tilt right up to his chest (forgetting he has his electronic car keys in his pocket). 'It's not as cold as I thought' he says. We suspect different.
So bikes cleaned, back to town for some more ale after returning first to our exclusive 5 star hotels (the boots of our respective cars/vans) to get ready for the night's entertainment.
This is currently underway and as the speeling gits wurse the ale gos downe nicely along with GTetc's wife's tiffin _ top notch and has 'some heft' as Ed (edawrds) put it succinctly.
Now we must way to drink more ... Photos later when a) sober b) somewhere we can upload.
Best ride of our lives.
