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From Leeds up Wharfedale to Addingham over to Keighley via
Silsden. Up to Haworth, Oxenhope and over Oxenhope Moor to
Hebden Bridge (43 miles, 21 directly home from here).

I'll have to give the route a try. I can always stop off at
a pals at Haworth for tea and cake. I know the route quite
well as i used to have to visit a robotic telescope on the
moors between Haworth and Hebden Bridge. I'm not sure that
I'm up for all the climbing though or are the hills not as
severe as I imagine them? My memory tells me that the climbs
are only marginally less prolonged than Kettlewell to
Coverdale and have no 'killer sections'

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This is where I picked up the second route and turned right
to Todmorden and on to Littleborough. Over a great climb on

the

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A58 and a superb descent to Ripponden. Home via Elland,
Brighouse, Cooper Bridge.

This bit of Yorkshire is a complete mystery to me.

82 miles in total giving me 101 for the weekend.

Double my mileage but there again I'm nearly double your
weight so I'm claiming parity :-)

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I saw lots of cyclists today, lots more than usual and
many more motorcyclists than usual. It was a good day for
it, sunny with the wind

from

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the West giving a me a tailwind for the journey home.

None of my miles benfited from tailwinds :-( Soon I'll
have the luxury of choosing pedal cycle or motor cycle
for journeys...I've been hankering after a motor cycle
since I trashed my last one seven years ago only just
plucked up courage to negotiate an acquisition from my
personal Ayatollah-ess

I did 25 miles on the Raleight R100 yesterday evening (Leeds
- Selby and a train back) and 25 miles on the Galaxy today;
a 12 mile loop round Meanwood, Alwoodly, Eccup and Wike and
a 13 mile loop taking in the city centre, canal basin, Leeds
Liverpool canal towpath to Kirkstall and back to Meanwood.
The last ride was a utilitarian one -to pay some cheques
into my account and I surprised myself by choosing to cycle
instead of driving into town.

I'm dithering about cycling into work in Bradford a couple
of times per week. It's a 30 mile return journey but
heavily polluted round the ring road - it would do wonders
for upping my weekly mileage but perhaps not so good for
my lungs :-(

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From Leeds up Wharfedale to Addingham over to Keighley
via Silsden. Up

to

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Haworth, Oxenhope and over Oxenhope Moor to Hebden
Bridge (43 miles, 21 directly home from here).

I'll have to give the route a try. I can always stop off
at a pals at Haworth for tea and cake. I know the route
quite well as i used to have

to

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visit a robotic telescope on the moors between Haworth and
Hebden Bridge. I'm not sure that I'm up for all the
climbing though or are the hills not

as

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severe as I imagine them? My memory tells me that the
climbs are only marginally less prolonged than Kettlewell
to Coverdale and have no 'killer sections'

I used to do these loops on a 39x24 until last year and had
to save them for when I was at my fittest. With a triple
chainset (30x25) they are easily do able, none of the uphill
parts in the anti clockwise direction have gradient
warnings, the descent into Hebden Bridge is 17% though its
actually closed at them moment to have the walls rebuilt so
I crusied up & down with very little traffic around. I don't
think I was in my lowest gear much on this
climb. This route is long and tough but not as tough as
Coverdale as it doesn't have the 25% section. The
hills are not that steep just pretty lengthy, there
is a steep section in Oxenhope for about three
quarters of a mile and it is tempting to give it ones
all in this section and leave nothing for the rest !
From Keighley to Hebden Bridge is 10 miles, I reckon
about half is climbing half descending.

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This is where I picked up the second route and turned
right to Todmorden and on to Littleborough. Over a great
climb on

the

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A58 and a superb descent to Ripponden. Home via Elland,
Brighouse,

Cooper

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Bridge.

This bit of Yorkshire is a complete mystery to me.

I checked out a new road on Saturday which was about two
miles all downhill, speed camera in a 30 mph section ;-) I
have several routes due West of Morley, each side of the M62
which cross it several times. All are hilly with splendid
views and little traffic. Through the towns, Huddersfield,
Cleckheaton, Heck., Brighouse, Elland there is usually a
fair amount of traffic

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82 miles in total giving me 101 for the weekend.

Double my mileage but there again I'm nearly double your
weight so I'm claiming parity :-)

I have lost one stone since losing my job. Not related but
coincidental with a mega healthy eating campaign and more
time to ride - well kind of related.

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None of my miles benfited from tailwinds :-( Soon I'll
have the luxury of choosing pedal cycle or motor cycle for
journeys...I've been hankering

after

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a motor cycle since I trashed my last one seven years ago
only just

plucked

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up courage to negotiate an acquisition from my personal
Ayatollah-ess

In June I am going to the World Superbikes at Silverstone.
Been to Brands for it before and seen several rounds of the
British Superbikes. Don't have a licence to ride such a
machine, Mrs MSeries will never agree to that. I doubt I'd
do much cycling if I had a motorbike to be honest.

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I'm dithering about cycling into work in Bradford a couple
of times per week. It's a 30 mile return journey but
heavily polluted round the ring road - it would do wonders
for upping my weekly mileage but perhaps not so good for
my lungs :-(

I wouldn't fancy commuting by bike to Bradford to be honest,
I rarely ride through Bradford

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I wouldn't fancy commuting by bike to Bradford to be
honest, I rarely ride through Bradford

I used to commute to bradford. From Burley in Wharfedale. 5
miles up hill through Guisley to the top of Hollins hill, 1
mile down to the bottom o0f HH the a gentle 4 mile trundle
into bradford (with a little hill through Shiply) Going home
was a pig though, HH is a nasty hill that gets steeper as
you get to the top. I used to ride it befor the traffic
lights, the idea of stoping half way up HH makes me feel
quite ill from 13 years away. Mind you the run down from
guisley to burley could be quite pleasent.
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.paul

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the sport for you.

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I'm dithering about cycling into work in Bradford a
couple of times per week. It's a 30 mile return journey
but heavily polluted round the ring road - it would do
wonders for upping my weekly mileage but perhaps not so
good for my lungs :-(

I wouldn't fancy commuting by bike to Bradford to be
honest, I rarely ride through Bradford

Your a fit [censored], you'd have no trouble. Coming in from
the south its a pull up to the ring road, then a blast down
into town. On the way back its a bit of a drag up to the
ring road but then only a mile or 2 till countryside.

Do you think the Kash would let you take a bike inside?
Perhaps a curry run from Dewsbury/Morley/Spen etc would be
fun. First one to change gear pays.

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Your a fit [censored], you'd have no trouble. Coming in from
the south its a pull up to the ring road, then a blast
down into town. On the way back its a bit of a drag up to
the ring road but then only a mile or 2 till countryside.

S'not t'hills t'is the [censored] drivers.

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Do you think the Kash would let you take a bike inside?
Perhaps a curry run from Dewsbury/Morley/Spen etc would be
fun. First one to change gear pays.

Kash ?

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Your a fit [censored], you'd have no trouble.

and another thing, we are due another few laps in the
velodrome. Anyone else care to join us in June (2 weekends
are out for me) or July ?

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S'not t'hills t'is the [censored] drivers.

It's scary enough dealing with them when in or on motorised
transport but to be fair there's a chap I see every day who
cycles from Horsforth to at least Thornbury. My route would
be Moortown, Weetwood, Horsforth, Rodly, Pudsey (all round
the ring road), Thornbury, Dudley Hill, Odsal then
Buttershaw. Much slower going there than coming back. I used
to cycle to work when i worked in West Bowling.

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Do you think the Kash would let you take a bike inside?
Perhaps a curry run from Dewsbury/Morley/Spen etc would
be fun. First one to change gear pays.

Kash ?

The Kashmir, *the* curry house to eat in, in Bradford.
Unbeatable for value. Been a customer of theirs for 25
years.

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Your a fit [censored], you'd have no trouble.

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and another thing, we are due another few laps in the
velodrome. Anyone

else

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care to join us in June (2 weekends are out for me)
or July ?

What does it cost and how fit do you have to be?

Do they allow fat bas*#rds on their bikes?

vernon levy said:

What does it cost and how fit do you have to be?

You'd be up to it.

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Do they allow fat bas*#rds on their bikes?

They do at Calshot.

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Your a fit [censored], you'd have no trouble.

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and another thing, we are due another few laps in the
velodrome. Anyone else care to join us in June (2
weekends are out for me) or July ?

What does it cost and how fit do you have to be?

Its 6 or 7 quid for the use of the track and hire of a bike.
I'm not fit for a cyclist and I managed.

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Do they allow fat bas*#rds on their bikes?

They let me. (16 stone)

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Your a fit [censored], you'd have no trouble.

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and another thing, we are due another few laps in the
velodrome. Anyone else care to join us in June (2
weekends are out for me) or July ?

What does it cost and how fit do you have to be?

Do they allow fat bas*#rds on their bikes?

It is £7-20 for waged people, this includes use of the bike
but not shoes. Rental of shoes with Look cleats was £2 I
think. The bikes have Look pedals and they also have clip on
toeclips and straps if you want to use trainers. The taster
sessions are free format, take as many breaks as you want,
go as fast as you want. I am sure they'd let anyone have a
go who can ride.