SW uni meet (UK) update

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hip hip hoorayyyyyyyyyy for the best unicyclin mummaaaayyy lol cya soon

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I'm leaving work early for this for sure. Can't wait. Thanks so much
for everything to do with organizing 🙂

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I've never been to a SWUM before, hope it's gonna be worth the four and
a half hour drive there (and back). Being a non-hockey player and
having absolutely no intention of becoming one, it could be a bitter
disappointment for me...

I'm curious about this "novice muni workshop". And the five mile cycle
path by the river? I've gotta bring the Schlumpf for this one.

And will these 'pedal protectors' (http://tinyurl.com/lvget) be enough
to get round the metal pedal ban?

EDIT: and will Roger Davies be there? I'm unsure about the spoke
tension on my 29er and need someone to check it.

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gkmac said:

And will pedal protectors be enough to get round the metal pedal ban?

If they're not I've got two pairs of plastic pedals - I'll bring the
spare pair if you remind me 🙂

I'm not into hockey either... I was sort of hoping the muni ride would
be during the hockey. I'll bring my muni anyway just in case.

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I am seriously thinking of coming down, but no promises. :-)

It is a long way.

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gkmac said:

And will these 'pedal protectors' (http://tinyurl.com/lvget) be enough
to get round the metal pedal ban?

I really hope not. They'd probably protect the floor, so maybe.

THe problem is that hockey involves close proximity at high speed to
other people, generally with all involved parties paying attention to
the ball rather than each other. I don't care if you want to risk your
own shins, but it would seem a bit harsh for (semi) innocent passers by
to get an incomplete skin graft.

Plastic pedals are cheap. A pedal spanner is a handy thing to have
anyway.

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gkmac said:

I've never been to a SWUM before, hope it's gonna be worth the four and
a half hour drive there (and back). Being a non-hockey player and
having absolutely no intention of becoming one, it could be a bitter
disappointment for me...

Gavin,

If you want to practice/watch: freestyle - games - freestyle -
basketball - hockey 😄 - skills etc. you will enjoy SWUM.

However if you would rather go for a Muni ride and avoid hockey you
might prefer a short drive (from your location) to Swinley instead.

The ride along the river is pleasant, but probably not worth the drive
alone, there are similar rides available much closer to your location.

***

We can't wait to attend and practice freestyle - games - freestyle -
basketball - hockey 😄 - skills etc. and seeing how much the smallest
person has grown.

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keg said:

If you want to practice/watch: freestyle - games - freestyle -
basketball - hockey - skills etc. you will enjoy SWUM.

...and watching is what I intend to do! I'm really only going so I can
meet and talk to all the people who I don't see very often. From what I
hear the SWUMs are very popular, so I'm looking forward to meeting
rob.northcott again, as well as Amanda and swarbrim and Lucas and the
Himsworth brothers and...

Being such a rubbish rider incapable of anything I'll be doing more
watching that taking-part-in, I'll probably be standing on a chair in
the corner of the hall or standing in the viewing gallery filming
stuff. One 1Gb card is enough for a ten minute hockey match.

johnhimsworth said:

I don't care if you want to risk your own shins, but it would seem a bit
harsh for (semi) innocent passers by to get an incomplete skin graft.

Errr, John. Did you not see that I said that I won't be playing any
hockey? My freestyle has plastic pedals anyway...

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gkmac said:

Being such a rubbish rider incapable of anything I'll be doing more
watching that taking-part-in

:eek: ...and people call _me_ a pessimist. Lighten up mate - you
certainly won't be the worst freestyle rider there (from what I hear
you can ride backwards, one footed, hop up kerbs - all of which make
you better than me for a start). For me, the whole point of going to
an indoor unimeet is to practise things that I _can't_ do (everything's
easier in a gym), or at least things that I'm hopeless at. I don't like
hockey, so if there's a muni ride on offer at the same time I'll
probably go on it, but to be honest I get to do quite a bit of
cross-country riding anyway - it's nice to do something different and
give my 20" an outing.
See you there - we can be useless at freestyle together 😄

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yeah man its funn to watch people fall :-D

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abbabibble said:

Cody bent his koxx.

he was working it pretty hard.

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yeah man its funn to watch people fall :-D

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abbabibble said:

Cody bent his koxx.

he was working it pretty hard.

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gkmac said:

And will these 'pedal protectors' (http://tinyurl.com/lvget) be enough
to get round the metal pedal ban?

No, sorry- but ist a blanket NO METAL petals rule. As john pointed out
the pins in most metal pedals are enough to damage shins and even
without playing hockey during silly games or workshops there is plenty
of potential for shindentations.
People are welcome to bring a metal pedaled muni with them, they just
can;t ride it in the hall.

ROUGH timetable

1pm - into hall, set up goals, registration etc.
1.30 warm up and a few games
2-4 hockey in half hall practise space in the other half ( it's a big
hall)
4pm divider is taken out by hall staff
4.15 workshops and 4.30ish rides out
5pm Basketball
5.45- pack up
6pm home time. - pizza hut is accross the road for the ravenous.

As you can see rides out will probadly mean missing basketball.

"The muni ride" will be Chauseys offered muni workshop, AFAIK its
aimed at people who are starting muni so working on getting up and
down slopes and over obstacles. The riverside path itself is mainly
flat
but it leads to some open space with slopes atc so should be fine for
a workshop ride.
If any one wants to offer to lead a longer faster ride please say so
and I'll add you to the time table.
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sarah.miller said:

If any one wants to offer to lead a longer faster ride please say so
and I'll add you to the time table.
Sarah

If there's demand for it I could do it (although I don't know the area
at all), but I was sort of hoping I might learn something from
Chaucey's workshop - I'm pretty quick cross-country on the right
terrain but I'm not a technically brilliant rider by any means.

Rob

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gkmac

Being such a rubbish rider incapable of anything I'll be doing more watching that taking-part-in said:

Sorry Gavin but this made me laugh and laugh. If you're a rubbish
rider, what oh what does that make me??? Doesn't stop me getting in
everyone's way in the hockey though. And I even detected a slight
improvement since last time.

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gkmac said:

Errr, John. Did you not see that I said that I won't be playing any
hockey? My freestyle has plastic pedals anyway...

Fair enough. TO be honest it was mainly an excuse for a rant at all
those who use metal pedals for hockey. I'm safe either way - I'm not
going, it's a bit far. In fact, what am I doing in this thread?

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Hi everyone. Me and the indestructable Tom can't make it this time. We
will all be camping in Yorkshire for half-term (nice and toasty with
lots of sunshine - Not). Anyway, enjoy and catch you later.
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Looking forward to it as always, thankyou so much for organizing it they
are always absolutly briliant! 😉

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is any one from calstock club able to bring the SWUm hockey goals with
them? pretty please.....
sarah

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