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Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
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Author:  Jon [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 11:31 am ]
Post subject:  Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Late call on this one, but after monitoring the weather I will be jamming up to Cannock Chase tomorrow with Northern. Will be aiming to get round at a fairly quick pace. Open invite if you fancy smashing out some singletrack.
Author:  chris144 [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Interesting... What are your timings?
Author:  Jon [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Aiming to get there for 9.30 and out on the trails for 10. Picking up Northern @ 7 journey an be done in 2hr15
Author:  chris144 [ Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
As much as I'm up for it, I've a feeling i'll struggle to blend this mission into the weekend spent with the Mrs. Enjoy
Author:  Sarpullido [ Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
That would've been a good one! Never been there. Which trails would you recommend?
Author:  northern [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Sarpullido wrote:
That would've been a good one! Never been there. Which trails would you recommend?


There are 2 way marked trails - Follow the Dog and the Monkey Trail - that form a big figure of 8 i.e. you start on follow the dog then about half way round have the option to join onto the Monkey trail loop and do that or stick on Follow the Dog back to the trail centre.

We did 2 x loop of the Monkey trail- definitely the more fun of the 2 but overall was a great to do some trail riding on hard and fast surfaces and only 2-2.5 hours from Loughton - so not too much of a pain to get to.

Be warned though it was v. busy with bikers - which is either a good or bad thing depending on your p.o.v.!!


All the details are here:

http://chasetrails.co.uk/
Author:  Laser [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Karve wrote:
Will be aiming to get round at a fairly quick


How long did take you get round?


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Author:  beardee [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Sarpullido wrote:
Which trails would you recommend?


carry on north to the peak ;)
Author:  VW-surfbum [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
I'm up there thursday if anyones around?
Author:  northern [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
We did c. 34km of riding in total with ride time of 2hrs 45 - 12.4kph average and max speed of 44kph (not sure where that was recorded)

- the pace noticeably dropped on the return leg of follow the dog -but guess that's what comes of having mainly ridden Woburn on big bikes and rarely over 16km distance of trail riding in Epping over the past few months!!!
Author:  Laser [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Yep after a trip there thinks to self no more dicking about should get out attest four times a week.

Must put that in practice :roll:


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Author:  Jon [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:03 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
The last 10k absolutely buggered me! :crazy: I need to do some longer days out to get some saddle time in.

Good dryish fun though and a nice option when you get tired of the southern mud fest. :thumbup:
Author:  Sarpullido [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 4:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Cannock Chase - 29th Jan
Thanks for the info, northern.
I've got some long rides to do in my agenda before Easter. The Chilterns classic, South Downs...
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