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gooner wrote:Count me in, give's me a chance to meet some of you guys. Anyone travelling down from Bath/Bristol area?

yup, pm me closer to the time yeah?

Smiler

do you think 150 miles is too long for a friendly ride?

It'll be a long day for some, I think ........

billinom8s wrote:do you think 150 miles is too long for a friendly ride?

I guess it depends on where you are starting out from really!

No probs for us, and as I said if anyone wants to hook up along the way, the more the merrier

gooner wrote:Count me in, give's me a chance to meet some of you guys. Anyone travelling down from Bath/Bristol area?

Ill be coming down from bath, so ill send you a PM the week before !

Whereditgo

The joys of being an admin ...... you can cover your mistakes, if not your tracks

Whilst what you intended didn't work, by clicking on it your route directions were visible so it was possible to see what you wanted to show

I would think some of its quite a fiddly route for "novices" Si, especially in situations where if some do go a bit quicker, others trying to keep up could get into a world of trouble on some of those roads ...... Bickleigh - Crediton, Roller coaster road, Atlantic highway to name three

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&sourc ... F8&t=h&z=9


your opinions on this route would be appreciated

I think that route looks pretty good - but some of the roads may be a little hard. Having said that though, if its at posted speed limits i think itll be alright !

route looks good with lots of roads i haven't done before, good op for a recce of the area

Those are some of my favourite roads and perfect for fast KD antics,howeeeever there are a lot of tight corners and elevation changes that,as others have mentioned,may catch out some riders.

May i also recommend the road from hatherleigh to 'J' on the map(either direction),its bloomin great!

Im up for it

Looks great! Where are we stopping for lunch..? well, you gotta ask these things!!!!

Smiler wrote:Looks great! Where are we stopping for lunch..? well, you gotta ask these things!!!!

Guessing a 10.30ish start, Bude or the burger van at Torrington I'd guess, depending on the rate of progress

Do a lot of the route in the truck so know the roads and will deffo catch people out on something a bit quicker even at posted speed limits, but will quite happily be tail end charlie for the day ( might slow me down )

Colin wrote:Do a lot of the route in the truck so know the roads and will deffo catch people out on something a bit quicker even at posted speed limits, but will quite happily be tail end charlie for the day ( might slow me down )

well if you reckon the quicker ones will get caught out its an ideal route for the day then as everyone will be riding at a slower/safer pace.

plus, it could be a 'sighting lap' for an early ride one day maybe

looks good si could be my first rideout,