The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

I passed 3 bike crashes today in the Peak District, 2 were serious enough for the air ambulance. Took me 4 hours to do a 1hr 30 minute journey to Manchester!!

I am by no means an angel but some of the riding I saw today in my car was barely believable. The scariest being some of the overtaking on the snake pass, corners I know very well, where I know there is no view around them on a bike no matter how high the riding position, yet small groups, all on sports bikes, were still passing on the wrong side of the road on the outside of bends over double whites.

Instant death gautanteed if some thing comes the other way :rolleyes: crazy stuff.

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Must admit I have seen some dodgy riding recently but I was over by banbury today and done about 150 miles, seen loads of bikes and not one done anything naughty, suprisingly.

Must attract the knobbers up there ?

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Keeps me in a job I suppose!

Pete ;)

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

yep weekend warriors, and fair weather power rangers are on the prowl again, it weird but i do prefer riding in autum / winter

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Graeme - do you ride in winter?

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By definition I'm a weekend rider, I drive my van full of my tools in the week.

Doesn't mean we all ride like knobs ;)

I do ride in the winter though when possible so not just a fair weather rider :)

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I found snow and a frozen lake on my rideout today...that rules me out of the fair-weather rider comments!
We didn't see many other bikes out at all up here, just cracking roads and scenery...

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

seen a fair few out today myself, had to drop the bike off at the dealers to get the heated grips fixed, rhs don't work. typical best day so far and only a 15 mile ride.

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It's warming up now Andy, what you need heated grips for ;)?
Didn't have mine on at all today :)

2 years time and I'll be a fair weather rider gain :) cannot wait!

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

want them fixed though befor the wuarrenty runs out, and i only have summer gloves, and my ickle handies get cold in the nasty northern weather ;)

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

I dont even HAVE heated grips!

Southern softies!

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Nope, was still to cold for me today to be honest.

Bonus points for spelling my name right though 8)

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I ride in summer leather supamoto gloves with liners.

Yeah but be honest, if YOUR bike came with them when you bought it, wouldnt YOU use them???

Oh G, today was too cold for you :confused:
12 degrees, unbroken sunshine, you are a fair weather biker lol.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

If it had them I probably would use them, but it doesnt, so I dont, ergo I still have the higher ground.. lol

:)

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Maybe thats why its so cold? :rolleyes:

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Probably! Snow and frozen lochs up here still!

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must resist
must resist

](*,)

must resist

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Wheres the fun in that Dave?
I bet all the weekend riders still crash less than you though eh :smt016?

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Apparently not according to the OP... at least three crashes and DP was nowhere near any of them....

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I was only joking, if it's not below 0 and the roads are dry I generally ride all year round.

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You also dont wanna get the carbon showpiece dirty either eh?;)

Must admit, i went over to uppingham a couple of weekends ago, it was bloody cold that day, about my limit tbh .

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

I saw my first shorts-wearing rider yestersday. Scootah in Dale Street, Liverpool.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

I was out today, using bike for work.

And someone was determined to overtake me on double whites, I just gave them space cause I didn't want to keep checking where they were every second.

I am all up for the progression thing on a bike but safety does come into it aswell, is it really worth it??

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

Driving round LLandod, Rhayader and Builth today i can re assure you the Weekend warriors were out in Major force today

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Sounds promising - might be able to pick up a bargain if I head over to SMC, as they had their Duke test fleet down at Owler Bar. A couple of pre-loved rides, perhaps... ;)

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I did a nice 50ml circuit today down the Fosse and up Edge Hill, saw a few bikes, all behaving well. I reckon the fuel price is keeping the day-trippers off the road, very little traffic for a shiny Saturday.

The biggest threat from the natural selection candidates is that more restrictions/rules/costs will be dreamt up to reduce casualties.

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I saw the Ducati truck parked up in The Moorlands pub on the way home, that was at 18:30 and there was no sign of them packing up! They had a great selection too and so many nice routes from there.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

aye they're out with a vengeance. One dropped it at the top of Westgate Road doing a U turn.

He did get help to pick it up (it was a GSX1200) but me and the guy that did burst out laughing as we walked back.

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I did 150 miles today and there were power rangers everywhere, but I have to hold my hands up and admit I did do the one knobbish overtake. :confused:

However the rest of the day was sweet and the only problem I have is that fuel really is ****ing expensive....

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I overtake on double whites all the time. On a bike you can see further and have more acceleration to overtake than most cars, so the need for the double whites is obviated by virtue of the fact we are superior road users.

In most cases I treat double whites as discretionary for bikes as I believe they are there for idiot car drivers who need to be told where it's dangerous to overtake.

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Sorry, but I have a real problem with these "summer riders are out in force" posts. Most of the org only rides when the roads are dry and the sun is shining - doesn't make them all bad riders, just mean they don't like getting cold and wet. Obviously you'll get a few who couldn't ride a rocking horse, but in my experience there are a fair few of those who've been riding all year round since god was a teenager and still can't get it right.

We're none of us that good, if we were we'd all be earning millions riding MotoGP bikes and banging supermodels, so reel your necks in and just appreciate the fact that we've still got people who want to share our pastime with us before it gets legislated off the roads.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

being a pure leisure rider myself, I find I need all the practice I can get, consequently that's just what I do....:smt102

Cheers Mark.

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Well said Lozzo, my thoughts exactly! I am classed as a weekend warrior fair weather rider, I have done my time commuting Used to arrive at work some mornings with a layer of ice down the front of my jacket etc. I don't enjoy getting cold and/or wet so why the hell should I get grief about it?

I'm just waiting for the next "White van man is a w***er" thread so people can make some more generalising comments about how I ride/drive :rolleyes:

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

No worries there mate, White van drivers statistically are the best drivers, you get a few who are a-holes but on the whole pretty decent.
I consider myself a good van driver, I use my mirrors, let people out, look out for bikes etc as it happens in my car I become too impatient.

Re: The summer riders were out in force today in the Peak District!
 

That's the thing though you will always get the minority of nobs in any groups whether that's van drivers, car drivers or bikers but people seem to forget that.

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Yep, but in my driving, riding time I see more numpties driving cars than any other form, mainly Asian taxi drivers or women driving big 4x4's.
Not generalising, just stating my opinion from my own experience.

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Taxi drivers, next to old people they are the worst, from a white van driver, well actually red and white, with a bit of black thrown in ;)

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I think the problem with the stereotype is the riders that come out of hibernation about this time of year and try and go as fast as they did back in September, without taking into account what the lack of practice in the meantime has done to their edge - the result is that quite a few end up testing the absorbent qualities of the hedges instead...

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Meh, I used to see it all the time when I was commuting to uni, you'd make progress perfectly safely for 6 months and then all of a sudden there would be 20 inconsiderate wazzocks sat in your way doing 3mph every day!
Check your f*cking mirrors, it's not hard.

Also when going down to Aberystwyth, you'd be fine for 6 months. Then there would appear a load of hedge seeking w*nkers who can't observe properly or corner and whose falling-off antics bring with them scameras and random harassment from old bill. All the while making less progress in July than it was perfectly safe to make in December :smt082

Derbyshire is overpoliced and the roads aren't that great. Far better to go somewhere else for the stupidity and leave places like that to the sensible sightseeing types.