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Old 7th June 2008   #51
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yeh thursday is good. no food or drink or anything for me though as i'm fully skint.

so where does everyone fancy meeting?
Me too actually. I can only just afford to get to Newcastle.
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Old 7th June 2008   #52
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Why not meet at monument?
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Old 7th June 2008   #53
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yeah monuments good. thenorth - lol nah im not rob but yes i do live in that house. im ali, rob lives downstairs, he's in ireland at the moment though,,,, do you know him like? I think monument is a good meeting place, 7ish? think i may just be riding singlespeed, i had a crash the other day and impaled a chainring into the back of my leg, ill see though.
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Old 7th June 2008   #54
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ah right well i have met you quickly i think. im jay used to live in robs room last year i am crap with names lol. i know most people in the house mostly paul and mark tho
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Old 9th June 2008   #55
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cool, monument at 7. maybe we should decide roughly what we are gonna do before the ride.
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Old 10th June 2008   #56
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monument @ 7 on the 12th June. How about riding out towards byker, down past that trendy bit where the cluny and stuff is, then back along the keyside, then up from the tyne bridge back to monument (nice stretch of hill), then from monument somewhere else? I don't think that loop would take more than half an hour, if that!

Maybe on from there to the skate park at exhibition park (if it's still there/not full), or on to this dirt bowl ricky mentioned (sounds fun!!)... any other suggestions?
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Old 10th June 2008   #57
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that sounds good but, out of interest, what are we gonna do at the skate park or dirt bowl?
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Old 10th June 2008   #58
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that sounds good but, out of interest, what are we gonna do at the skate park or dirt bowl?
Drink cider?
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Old 10th June 2008   #59
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what are we going to do at the skate park? fall off.

Which of you jokers were crossing the cowgate roundabout about half an hour ago? I spotted about 4 of you fellows on various forms of fixed wheel transport. Nearly crashed my car out of surprise! I was driving a black C2.
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Old 10th June 2008   #60
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what are we going to do at the skate park? fall off.

Which of you jokers were crossing the cowgate roundabout about half an hour ago? I spotted about 4 of you fellows on various forms of fixed wheel transport. Nearly crashed my car out of surprise! I was driving a black C2.
Not guilty though I was in the wilds of darras hall/ponteland last night !

As regards the skatepark/dirt bowl i was wanting to see alex bust out a curved wallride a la bootleg sessions and i was thinking a speedway style race around the dirt bowl would be fun. On second thoughts after closer inspecting the dirt bowl yesterday we'd all end up with square wheels if we did that ! Maybe just a longest skid comp on the copious amounts of grass around there though ?!
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Old 10th June 2008   #61
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yeah i went to check out the dirtbowl at the weekend, thats why i was asking, if it was decent surface it would be mint.

wonder who was brave enough to ride through cowgate?
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Old 10th June 2008   #62
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I'm not sure if they did - i only saw them at the roundabout. Looked like they were trying to head down towards the airport! For all i know they came from the bloody A1. They looked fairly lost, anyways!

If it wasn't a busy dual carriageway I would've stopped to find out what the crack was!
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Old 10th June 2008   #63
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Not guilty though I was in the wilds of darras hall/ponteland last night !
You should've said, I live in darras hall.
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Old 10th June 2008   #64
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so who is attending this now?
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Old 10th June 2008   #65
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arghhhh I'm going to the beer festival on thursday now instead of friday. Looks like i can't make this!! Shit.
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Old 10th June 2008   #66
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Maybe just a longest skid comp on the copious amounts of grass around there though ?!
Living on the coast I learnt skids on tarmac covered in a thin layer of sand so I've never done a skid on grass. Why not just a real skid comp on smooth tarmac? Maybe a trackstand comp too.

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so who is attending this now?
Let's get an official confirmed list going!

1. Rusty (no flatmate)
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Old 10th June 2008   #67
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1. Rusty (no flatmate)
2. Phil
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Old 10th June 2008   #68
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fuck all this organising, everyone just turn up on thursday and we'll smoke crack and have fun. if alex isn't there we'll go hunting and throw him in a river to see if he floats
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Old 11th June 2008   #69
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I'm still in newcastle till the 19th.. we could do it again? just for me? :(

No crack for me though thanks.
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Old 11th June 2008   #70
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ill be up for multiple rides, im free most of this weekend
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Old 11th June 2008   #71
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I'm stuck in China with work so will not be back on Thursday now :-(

I'll see if anyone is around when i finally get back.
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Old 11th June 2008   #72
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1. Rusty (no flatmate)
2. Phil
3. Ricky (possibly with flatmate and others)
4. Ali

I'm down for doing a few rides so we can always organise for another one next week !?
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Old 11th June 2008   #73
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You should've said, I live in darras hall.
Thats wy I sdaid, I knew you lived there ! haha
It was about 12.30 and I was dropping my girlfriends friend off after they'd been out in town !
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Old 11th June 2008   #74
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fair does, bit late for a ride in that case :)
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Old 11th June 2008   #75
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fair does, bit late for a ride in that case :)
just a tad ! though me and ali were playing at the skateark last week at 1.30am ! It was very peaceful !
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Old 11th June 2008   #76
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I also thought that if we're out and the weather turns against us we could lways have an impromptu screening of Mash at either mine or ali's house ?!
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Old 11th June 2008   #77
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I also thought that if we're out and the weather turns against us we could lways have an impromptu screening of Mash at either mine or ali's house ?!
I've been wanting to watch that actually. Just too cheapskate to buy it.
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Old 11th June 2008   #78
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Spotted -
today at about 4:30, A19 Tyne Tunnel North side. Super fly orange jersey, couldn't really check the bike as I was in the motorbrum.
Anyone?
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Old 12th June 2008   #79
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Everyone still up for this ? Looking forward to seing peeps tonight !
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Old 12th June 2008   #80
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yep, really hope the weather stays ok
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Old 12th June 2008   #81
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Yep. I'm still up for it. 7pm at monument.
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Old 12th June 2008   #82
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ill be there soon. a mate is going to join after he finished work at 8 as well
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Old 12th June 2008   #83
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http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en...73035&t=p&z=13

think that was the rough route. was good fun! that bit just before scotswood bridge isnt right but google maps is a pain in the scrot.
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Old 13th June 2008   #84
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good ride, ricky you fancy uploading those photos somewhere?
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