rideout to wantage sunday 17th jan

hi all anyone up for a ride out to wantage on sunday? Leaving windsor area for bout 12. Cheers ian.

We will be hung over in Banbury mate, and I have the Mrs her this weekend so I think i'll pass on this one. I only have the Dullville on the road at the minute anyway so you'd leave me behind.

I have no working bike to ride and even if I did they are not insured, so that'll be a no for me too. Make sure you do the Wantage to Newbury road though.

which one is that stig?

Originally Posted by sv650nutter149

which one is that stig?

It's the B4494. The road between Wantage and Newbury.

It's quite a technical road and you have to be very much awake if you are going to ride it hard. Thinking about it, with the weather we have had recently probably not a good road to 'test' at the moment. The road changes almost on an hourly basis and is always worth a slowish ride through before tackling with vigour. It is not uncommon to come out of a corner to find a tractor in the road or even a car driving at speed cutting the corner. There are a few area's that can catch you out.

An alternative is the A338 from Wantage to Hungerford. Fast sweeping corners with a couple of surprises. There is also the roundabout under the motorway that begs to be taken a couple of times on the knee.

ah kl cheers for that si. i know the a338 like the back of my hand lol is a nice lil ride. will have to see what ppl wanna do tomoz. and how thirsty my bike/i am lol

[ogden]

I might be up for it but it's entirely dependent on the weather. Forecast for the Reading area for most of the week is snow and rain so I won't be holding my breath.

I think you missed it chap!

[ogden]

Doh!