UK FATCOGs Meet

northerndave · March 25th, 2012, 12:45 PM

Anyone interested in a UK Fat ride/meet over this summer? I know a few of you are out there so let's see if we can get something organised as a meet.

Post up if you're in the UK and would be like to be part of something in the new few months.

Here's some more details guys:

UK FatCogs 30th Anniversary Ride

Location: Lakes, exact TBC but I think Grizedale or do a Langdale, Elterwater. I think Grizedale would be good as we can either do the Red route or the more sublime access roads. We need tight single track to make the fats sing like they should right?

Dates: Check the poll up there ^^^^ and vote!

theredchili · March 25th, 2012, 4:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by northerndave

Anyone interested in a UK Fat ride/meet over this summer? I know a few of you are out there so let's see if we can get something organised as a meet.

Post up if you're in the UK and would be like to be part of something in the new few months.

I have been planning a similar thing , have free camping , routes to hand ,have briefly mentioned to JV, but nothing concrete arranged.

northerndave · March 25th, 2012, 4:51 PM

Cool, that's a start. I think it would be a cool thing to do this year.

grd · March 26th, 2012, 5:39 PM

Yes, definately interested in this

ti-fat-man · March 29th, 2012, 3:44 AM

yeap i'm interested forsure...

give me a reason to wear my FatCogs tee-shirt...

grd · March 29th, 2012, 5:23 PM

To help with an idea on numbers, there would be 2 other riders with me on my Fats for the weekend.

webby · April 2nd, 2012, 12:52 PM

Yeah I could attend and drag along a 2 or 3 fats... and a banner, coffee mug, pint glass, all sorts of clothing... where and when are you thinking?

northerndave · April 2nd, 2012, 5:14 PM

Thanks for all the replies chaps.

I was thinking one day over the warmer summer months of june/July.

I think location will prob depend on what's central to us all.

Prob south based on who I know in the Fat community but let us all know your rough location.

Thinking around one of the trail areas like Bedgbury or Thetford simply because facilities will mean a neat round trip ride on made trails with a tea shop..

Mentioned it to Kingroon on RB too but spread the word if you are in comms with other Cogs. If There's 15 ish of us we could do T's to celebrate!!

webby · April 3rd, 2012, 7:36 AM

I'm in Cheshire

ti-fat-man · April 3rd, 2012, 5:19 PM

i've got a van, i can travel anywhere...

well if there's still diesel available...

yofella · April 5th, 2012, 11:08 AM

I'm in Cheshire too! Would be good!

grd · April 5th, 2012, 1:50 PM

I'm in the South, but I will travel. I just want some good, single track trails to take the Fat's on.

I've had good riding on the Surrey Hills which I would be happy to lead, Forest of Dean is good and Red Chiili knows this area, Thetford Forest is good single track, any other ideas???

yofella · April 6th, 2012, 12:03 PM

what about the lakes? meet at the legendary biketreks and go from there!?

theredchili · April 6th, 2012, 5:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grd

I'm in the South, but I will travel. I just want some good, single track trails to take the Fat's on.

I've had good riding on the Surrey Hills which I would be happy to lead, Forest of Dean is good and Red Chiili knows this area, Thetford Forest is good single track, any other ideas???

Sure, I have lots of great single track routes over this way and can offer free camping for anyone interested in heading over ,could make a weekend out of it with a couple of days riding.

northerndave · April 8th, 2012, 5:14 PM

All sounding good chaps, thanks for all getting back to the thread.

I'm relatively easy with location. In the south would be good, but equally got a lot of connections to the lakes so that would be good too.

Let's try to drum up a but more interest and make a call on dates and locations in the next couple of weeks.

Dr S · April 10th, 2012, 8:31 AM

Registering interest. Lakes would be cool. Some great riding over there.

northerndave · April 10th, 2012, 3:22 PM

Just realised guys we're looking at a 30 year anniversary for Fat City this year...

Dr S · April 11th, 2012, 2:45 AM

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Originally Posted by northerndave

Just realised guys we're looking at a 30 year anniversary for Fat City this year...

All the more reason to make this one special then. Mountain bikes for real mountains. How about choosing one of the highest mountains in the UK? Nevis, Snowdon or Helvellyn?

northerndave · April 11th, 2012, 2:38 PM

I was more thinking flatter... Norfolk??

John · April 16th, 2012, 3:23 AM

Nice idea Dave.

Given it's April probably need to start trying to get a date and location sorted. Guessing given most of the UK FatCOGers are all over the country somewhere central would be best.

Kaiser · April 24th, 2012, 3:23 AM

Any more ideas on this?

theredchili · April 24th, 2012, 5:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Kaiser

Any more ideas on this?

My thoughts exactly !

Dr S · April 24th, 2012, 8:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theredchili

My thoughts exactly !

+1

Come on Dave, get the ball rolling.

northerndave · April 24th, 2012, 4:49 PM

Sorry chaps been slightly distracted of late. Holidays etc and fat purchasing... Ti on the way

Let's sort out locations and dates next couple of weeks...

So nominations for location:
Lakes (grizedale)?
Forest of dean
Bedgebury
....

Wicked301 · April 30th, 2012, 4:53 PM

My vote would be Grizedale or FoD, got contacts for an excellent, but basic camp site just down the road from Grizedale and loads of trail options

So guess I can help with the camping side of it if somebody needs a hand in that area

Wicked301 ~ (gil_m)

ti-fat-man · May 3rd, 2012, 4:55 AM

I'm easy on any venue...Grizedale sounds cool.

Chris I, mailed me to let me know my forks are built and have gone to paint.
Should have a 'rider' ready, for when this meeting comes together...

fessing up that some might be 'Garage Queens'...

theredchili · May 3rd, 2012, 5:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ti-fat-man

I'm easy on any venue...Grizedale sounds cool.

Chris I, mailed me to let me know my forks are built and have gone to paint.
Should have a 'rider' ready, for when this meeting comes together...

fessing up that some might be 'Garage Queens'...

Al, no such thing as Garage Queens, only poorly utilised bikes

Dr S · May 3rd, 2012, 7:34 AM

Grizedale would be great. Some brilliant trails around there- up past Tarn Hows, Iron Keld, Elterwater, Loughrigg fell, Little Langdale etc. stunning views and very oldskool friendly terrain too.

grd · May 3rd, 2012, 1:49 PM

This would actually be quite fitting as I have been in communication with Wendyll recently and she has said that when she was in the UK BITD with Chris they had great memories of riding in the Lakes.

northerndave · May 3rd, 2012, 7:14 PM

Gil. Welcome.

Didn't know you frequented these parts..

Lakes is looking like a good option. I grew up there so have a slight preference and know most of the trails.

Camping would be good. We can all hang out, drink beers, look at bikes and have a fire...

Kaiser · May 4th, 2012, 7:04 AM

If its the Lakes and the dates are good. I'd be there

shiprick · May 5th, 2012, 1:53 AM

Certainly be up for a Lakes meet

grd · May 6th, 2012, 1:01 PM

Dave

Have you had any thoughts on dates as things are starting to get booked up, and I will need to get the time off work for travelling there and back as well.

Regards

Matthew

northerndave · May 9th, 2012, 3:44 AM

Location and dates up chaps

theredchili · May 9th, 2012, 7:35 AM

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Originally Posted by northerndave

Location and dates up chaps

Weekend after Mountain Mayhem, think that may limit the numbers somewhat !

Dr S · May 9th, 2012, 7:57 AM

I'll be heading to France that weekend. All of July is also spoken for. Earlier in June or anytime in August works for me.

northerndave · May 9th, 2012, 10:51 AM

Ok that kills that date then. I'll put some more options up and we can see who can do when.

northerndave · May 9th, 2012, 11:08 AM

I've added a poll on dates here guys. If you can vote for the dates that work for you. I've tried to work around known events like Mayhem and Retrobike national series so vote away and we'll go from there.

theredchili · May 9th, 2012, 6:23 PM

For me :

June 16th/17th maybe- have plans but should be able to re-arrange
June 30th/July 1st not available
July 21st/22nd Retrobike,regional ride
August 4th/5th retrobike British Steel ride-Guiding this ,so not available
August 25th/26th maybe- have plans but maybe able to rearrange

Hope this helps !

as they say, fat chance !

northerndave · May 10th, 2012, 4:41 AM

@redchilli RB round 5 is 18th August isn't it?

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June 16th/17th	1	14.29%
June 30th/July 1st	1	14.29%
July 21st/22nd	4	57.14%
August 4th/5th	4	57.14%
August 25th/26th	3	42.86%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

March 25th, 2012, 12:45 PM	#1
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	UK FATCOGs Meet Anyone interested in a UK Fat ride/meet over this summer? I know a few of you are out there so let's see if we can get something organised as a meet. Post up if you're in the UK and would be like to be part of something in the new few months. Here's some more details guys: UK FatCogs 30th Anniversary Ride Location: Lakes, exact TBC but I think Grizedale or do a Langdale, Elterwater. I think Grizedale would be good as we can either do the Red route or the more sublime access roads. We need tight single track to make the fats sing like they should right? Dates: Check the poll up there ^^^^ and vote! Last edited by northerndave; May 11th, 2012 at 12:45 PM.

April 16th, 2012, 3:23 AM	#20
John Administrator Join Date: September 10th, 2004 Location: Warwick, UK Posts: 153	Nice idea Dave. Given it's April probably need to start trying to get a date and location sorted. Guessing given most of the UK FatCOGers are all over the country somewhere central would be best. __________________ 93 Yo Eddy \| 96 Yo Eddy \| 06 IF Deluxe

April 24th, 2012, 4:49 PM	#24
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Sorry chaps been slightly distracted of late. Holidays etc and fat purchasing... Ti on the way Let's sort out locations and dates next couple of weeks... So nominations for location: Lakes (grizedale)? Forest of dean Bedgebury .... Last edited by northerndave; April 25th, 2012 at 4:57 AM.

May 3rd, 2012, 4:55 AM	#26
ti-fat-man Member Join Date: August 4th, 2005 Location: bedford, uk Posts: 73	I'm easy on any venue...Grizedale sounds cool. Chris I, mailed me to let me know my forks are built and have gone to paint. Should have a 'rider' ready, for when this meeting comes together... fessing up that some might be 'Garage Queens'... Last edited by ti-fat-man; May 3rd, 2012 at 4:58 AM. Reason: typo

March 25th, 2012, 4:51 PM	#3
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Cool, that's a start. I think it would be a cool thing to do this year.

March 26th, 2012, 5:39 PM	#4
grd Member Join Date: October 7th, 2010 Location: uk Posts: 29	Yes, definately interested in this

March 29th, 2012, 3:44 AM	#5
ti-fat-man Member Join Date: August 4th, 2005 Location: bedford, uk Posts: 73	yeap i'm interested forsure... give me a reason to wear my FatCogs tee-shirt...

March 29th, 2012, 5:23 PM	#6
grd Member Join Date: October 7th, 2010 Location: uk Posts: 29	To help with an idea on numbers, there would be 2 other riders with me on my Fats for the weekend.

April 2nd, 2012, 12:52 PM	#7
webby Member Join Date: July 16th, 2004 Location: Stoke, GB Posts: 37	Yeah I could attend and drag along a 2 or 3 fats... and a banner, coffee mug, pint glass, all sorts of clothing... where and when are you thinking?

April 2nd, 2012, 5:14 PM	#8
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Thanks for all the replies chaps. I was thinking one day over the warmer summer months of june/July. I think location will prob depend on what's central to us all. Prob south based on who I know in the Fat community but let us all know your rough location. Thinking around one of the trail areas like Bedgbury or Thetford simply because facilities will mean a neat round trip ride on made trails with a tea shop.. Mentioned it to Kingroon on RB too but spread the word if you are in comms with other Cogs. If There's 15 ish of us we could do T's to celebrate!!

April 3rd, 2012, 7:36 AM	#9
webby Member Join Date: July 16th, 2004 Location: Stoke, GB Posts: 37	I'm in Cheshire

April 3rd, 2012, 5:19 PM	#10
ti-fat-man Member Join Date: August 4th, 2005 Location: bedford, uk Posts: 73	i've got a van, i can travel anywhere... well if there's still diesel available...

April 5th, 2012, 11:08 AM	#11
yofella Member Join Date: February 13th, 2012 Location: earth Posts: 84	I'm in Cheshire too! Would be good!

April 5th, 2012, 1:50 PM	#12
grd Member Join Date: October 7th, 2010 Location: uk Posts: 29	I'm in the South, but I will travel. I just want some good, single track trails to take the Fat's on. I've had good riding on the Surrey Hills which I would be happy to lead, Forest of Dean is good and Red Chiili knows this area, Thetford Forest is good single track, any other ideas???

April 6th, 2012, 12:03 PM	#13
yofella Member Join Date: February 13th, 2012 Location: earth Posts: 84	what about the lakes? meet at the legendary biketreks and go from there!?

April 8th, 2012, 5:14 PM	#15
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	All sounding good chaps, thanks for all getting back to the thread. I'm relatively easy with location. In the south would be good, but equally got a lot of connections to the lakes so that would be good too. Let's try to drum up a but more interest and make a call on dates and locations in the next couple of weeks.

April 10th, 2012, 8:31 AM	#16
Dr S Member Join Date: May 23rd, 2008 Location: northumberland, uk Posts: 97	Registering interest. Lakes would be cool. Some great riding over there.

April 10th, 2012, 3:22 PM	#17
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Just realised guys we're looking at a 30 year anniversary for Fat City this year...

April 11th, 2012, 2:38 PM	#19
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	I was more thinking flatter... Norfolk??

April 24th, 2012, 3:23 AM	#21
Kaiser Member Join Date: May 26th, 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 43	Any more ideas on this?

April 30th, 2012, 4:53 PM	#25
Wicked301 New Member Join Date: August 12th, 2006 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 7	My vote would be Grizedale or FoD, got contacts for an excellent, but basic camp site just down the road from Grizedale and loads of trail options So guess I can help with the camping side of it if somebody needs a hand in that area Wicked301 ~ (gil_m)

May 3rd, 2012, 7:34 AM	#28
Dr S Member Join Date: May 23rd, 2008 Location: northumberland, uk Posts: 97	Grizedale would be great. Some brilliant trails around there- up past Tarn Hows, Iron Keld, Elterwater, Loughrigg fell, Little Langdale etc. stunning views and very oldskool friendly terrain too.

May 3rd, 2012, 1:49 PM	#29
grd Member Join Date: October 7th, 2010 Location: uk Posts: 29	This would actually be quite fitting as I have been in communication with Wendyll recently and she has said that when she was in the UK BITD with Chris they had great memories of riding in the Lakes.

May 3rd, 2012, 7:14 PM	#30
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Gil. Welcome. Didn't know you frequented these parts.. Lakes is looking like a good option. I grew up there so have a slight preference and know most of the trails. Camping would be good. We can all hang out, drink beers, look at bikes and have a fire...

May 4th, 2012, 7:04 AM	#31
Kaiser Member Join Date: May 26th, 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 43	If its the Lakes and the dates are good. I'd be there

May 5th, 2012, 1:53 AM	#32
shiprick Member Join Date: March 16th, 2009 Location: A Fat Planet Posts: 16	Certainly be up for a Lakes meet

May 6th, 2012, 1:01 PM	#33
grd Member Join Date: October 7th, 2010 Location: uk Posts: 29	Dave Have you had any thoughts on dates as things are starting to get booked up, and I will need to get the time off work for travelling there and back as well. Regards Matthew

May 9th, 2012, 3:44 AM	#34
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Location and dates up chaps

May 9th, 2012, 7:57 AM	#36
Dr S Member Join Date: May 23rd, 2008 Location: northumberland, uk Posts: 97	I'll be heading to France that weekend. All of July is also spoken for. Earlier in June or anytime in August works for me.

May 9th, 2012, 10:51 AM	#37
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	Ok that kills that date then. I'll put some more options up and we can see who can do when.

May 9th, 2012, 11:08 AM	#38
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	I've added a poll on dates here guys. If you can vote for the dates that work for you. I've tried to work around known events like Mayhem and Retrobike national series so vote away and we'll go from there.

May 9th, 2012, 6:23 PM	#39
theredchili Senior Member Join Date: May 18th, 2011 Location: FoD UK Posts: 215	For me : June 16th/17th maybe- have plans but should be able to re-arrange June 30th/July 1st not available July 21st/22nd Retrobike,regional ride August 4th/5th retrobike British Steel ride-Guiding this ,so not available August 25th/26th maybe- have plans but maybe able to rearrange Hope this helps ! as they say, fat chance ! __________________ www.fodmtbguides.com: Current Rides : 1991 Yo Eddy, Team Fat Chance :1991 Yo Eddy,Team Fat Chance SS :1989 Fat Chance:1991 Monster Fat Chance :1988 Wicked Fat Chance Last edited by theredchili; May 15th, 2012 at 4:21 AM.

May 10th, 2012, 4:41 AM	#40
northerndave Senior Member Join Date: February 16th, 2009 Location: London Posts: 110	@redchilli RB round 5 is 18th August isn't it?

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