Leisure Lakes MTB Demo Weekend Cannock
Discussion
http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/demo-weekend-2016
Is there potential for a midlands PH MTB meet here? It is the 19th and 20th March. I went last year and it was a good day out.
Is there potential for a midlands PH MTB meet here? It is the 19th and 20th March. I went last year and it was a good day out.
WestyCarl said:
How many "rides" did you get last year. Is it worth bring my bike to use whilst waiting?
I rode 5 bikes last year, could have probably done more if I'd really tried, but certainly it was a good day out and there was plenty of time to get a good feel for the bikes.Unless you want to ride a Santa Cruz, as everyone and their dog wants to ride one so I gather the waits were quite long.
Ride is a nice little section from the Camp Site to the end as well, of course you could just take one bike out and do the whole of the Cannock trails like one unpopular individual did from the Whyte stand. I wouldn't recommend this though, the staff were pretty pissed off with him (understandably!).
Andy JB said:
Note there is a charge this year as many ticketholders from previous years failed to attend - I believe its charitable but you can understand this move.
Just had a look at this and might see if I can grab a ticket.£5 donation to Air ambulance and £5 to Chase Trails seems fair enough to me - both need the money.
So does the demo loop start at Chain Slapper and run down to the Rollers at the end by Birches Valley?
I take it they set a time limit then for when you need to return the bike.
Woody said:
So does the demo loop start at Chain Slapper and run down to the Rollers at the end by Birches Valley?
I take it they set a time limit then for when you need to return the bike.
Yep, exactly that. Then instead of crossing the road to go back to the visitors centre you go left and fireroad/forest it back to the camp site.I take it they set a time limit then for when you need to return the bike.
30 minutes was generally accepted but no one was particularly keeping time unless you took the piss.
When it was free it was wonderful but I still think £15 is perfectly reasonable and I'll be going if I can.
WestyCarl said:
Craikeybaby said:
Looking orward to this tomorrow.
Woody/WestyCarl - are you still going?
Yup, planning to be at the coffee / cake van @09:30 Woody/WestyCarl - are you still going?
The PH meet didn't really happen, I arrived late and Carl left early, but I had a good day despite not being able to test any of the bikes on my list.
My late arrival was partly caused by a peloton of blind cyclists, complete with lead and tail vans, on a twisty B road with no chance to overtake. When I eventually got to Cannock I went straight to the Orange stand, hoping to try a Four, along with everyone else. When I got the front of the queue all they had in my size was a Crush, keen to get out I took it for a spin. I enjoyed the bike and seemed to get a lot of PRs on Strava, although looking at the trace when I got home it seemed a bit fishy, skipping a few sections out. Dropping the Crush back I clocked a nice looking P7, which I didn't realise Orange had brought back.
The next bike I wanted to try was a fat bike, I'd noticed Cube had some, but the person in front of me took the last one out. Gutted. I settled for a Stereo 140 Race, which is a potential next bike. The spec was good, full XT 2 x11 and a dropper post - my next bike will have one of those! This being only the second time I've ridden a full suss bike, it was a lot smoother than the hardtails, especially on braking bumps. There was one section, into and out of a dip where the Cube was the only bike I didn't lose traction on and made it up the other side. The bad point was all the pedal strikes, I was on slightly chunky DMR V8 pedals, but the pedals were striking way too often. I didn't notice strikes with the other bikes.
Before my third ride I picked up some MucOff freebies and some Five Ten Freerider Contacts to test, which were noticeably lighter than my Impacts, it almost felt like I was wearing slippers. I headed back to Orange to try my luck getting a Four, but settled on the P7 I'd spied earlier. Not having ridden a steel framed bike before, it was interesting to test one with almost the same geometry as the Crush I'd ridden earlier. The spec on the P7 was better though, SRAM 1x11 with Pikes and a dropper post. The SRAM shifter took some getting used to, but not enough that I'd rule out a bike because it had SRAM. The P7 felt more fun than the Crush and even had me thinking that an expensive hardtail would be a better bet than a cheap full suss for my next bike. It was also the only bike I took a picture of:
Orange P7 by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
The event seemed better organised than last year, especially signing on. The route was better too, with less fire road, although the long rooty section was particularly energy sapping.
I'm not any clearer on what my next bike should be an I didn't intend on writing that much, but it was a fun day out. We should organise a PH ride at Cannock for later in the year too.
My late arrival was partly caused by a peloton of blind cyclists, complete with lead and tail vans, on a twisty B road with no chance to overtake. When I eventually got to Cannock I went straight to the Orange stand, hoping to try a Four, along with everyone else. When I got the front of the queue all they had in my size was a Crush, keen to get out I took it for a spin. I enjoyed the bike and seemed to get a lot of PRs on Strava, although looking at the trace when I got home it seemed a bit fishy, skipping a few sections out. Dropping the Crush back I clocked a nice looking P7, which I didn't realise Orange had brought back.
The next bike I wanted to try was a fat bike, I'd noticed Cube had some, but the person in front of me took the last one out. Gutted. I settled for a Stereo 140 Race, which is a potential next bike. The spec was good, full XT 2 x11 and a dropper post - my next bike will have one of those! This being only the second time I've ridden a full suss bike, it was a lot smoother than the hardtails, especially on braking bumps. There was one section, into and out of a dip where the Cube was the only bike I didn't lose traction on and made it up the other side. The bad point was all the pedal strikes, I was on slightly chunky DMR V8 pedals, but the pedals were striking way too often. I didn't notice strikes with the other bikes.
Before my third ride I picked up some MucOff freebies and some Five Ten Freerider Contacts to test, which were noticeably lighter than my Impacts, it almost felt like I was wearing slippers. I headed back to Orange to try my luck getting a Four, but settled on the P7 I'd spied earlier. Not having ridden a steel framed bike before, it was interesting to test one with almost the same geometry as the Crush I'd ridden earlier. The spec on the P7 was better though, SRAM 1x11 with Pikes and a dropper post. The SRAM shifter took some getting used to, but not enough that I'd rule out a bike because it had SRAM. The P7 felt more fun than the Crush and even had me thinking that an expensive hardtail would be a better bet than a cheap full suss for my next bike. It was also the only bike I took a picture of:
Orange P7 by Lewis Craik, on Flickr
The event seemed better organised than last year, especially signing on. The route was better too, with less fire road, although the long rooty section was particularly energy sapping.
I'm not any clearer on what my next bike should be an I didn't intend on writing that much, but it was a fun day out. We should organise a PH ride at Cannock for later in the year too.
) and a Focus carbon hardatil.Craikeybaby said:
http://www.leisurelakesbikes.com/demo-weekend-2016
Is there potential for a midlands PH MTB meet here? It is the 19th and 20th March. I went last year and it was a good day out.
I totally missed this - however my bike was off the road this weekend anyway - but I'm about 25 miles down the road and ride Cannock occasionally - would certainly be up for a PH MTB meet in future Is there potential for a midlands PH MTB meet here? It is the 19th and 20th March. I went last year and it was a good day out.
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