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[Gaffers]

Me and my bro go up there cycling whenever I am up for an interesting training session 

[Andy B]

We were there today. Stupidly low 50mph speed limit. Those who were likely to exceed - by a lot - the 60/NSL would exceed a 50mph until you have average speed cameras to contend with. We passed a biker who'd been pulled by a plain black Mondeo with blue flashing lights in the grille ..... stupid place to stop him on a bend, but hey ho! :-? Another camera-in-a-van towards the Manchester end with a car further up pulling in vehicles.
 I wonder if the marked cop 5 series was on a duty call as he blasted passed the opposite way (not the Cat 'n Fiddle but near by), no lights or sirens though
I wonder how far they can lower the speed limit .... we'll have a man in front waving a red flag again soon.

[CaptainZok]

We were there today. Stupidly low 50mph speed limit. Those who were likely to exceed - by a lot - the 60/NSL would exceed a 50mph until you have average speed cameras to contend with. We passed a biker who'd been pulled by a plain black Mondeo with blue flashing lights in the grille ..... stupid place to stop him on a bend, but hey ho! :-? Another camera-in-a-van towards the Manchester end with a car further up pulling in vehicles.
 I wonder if the marked cop 5 series was on a duty call as he blasted passed the opposite way (not the Cat 'n Fiddle but near by), no lights or sirens though
I wonder how far they can lower the speed limit .... we'll have a man in front waving a red flag again soon.

That's probably the lentil munchers plan.

[Andy B]

Me and my bro go up there cycling whenever I am up for an interesting training session 

We saw a bloke sat at the side of the road that had come off his (pedal) bike, from the quick glimpse we got he looked pretty shook up, badly grazed knees & hands. Others had stopped & we saw the ambulance a few minutes later. Don't know if he was knocked off or just fell off.  :-/
As one bloke at work said, when he rides his motor bike he wears thick gloves, leathers, full face crash helmet, however when out cycling - he does loads - all he wears for protection from falling off is a cycling helmet.

[2woody]

that sort of thing's a major factor behind my moving to the other end of the country

[Gaffers]

Me and my bro go up there cycling whenever I am up for an interesting training session 

We saw a bloke sat at the side of the road that had come off his (pedal) bike, from the quick glimpse we got he looked pretty shook up, badly grazed knees & hands. Others had stopped & we saw the ambulance a few minutes later. Don't know if he was knocked off or just fell off.  :-/
As one bloke at work said, when he rides his motor bike he wears thick gloves, leathers, full face crash helmet, however when out cycling - he does loads - all he wears for protection from falling off is a cycling helmet.

I used to volunteer for a triathlon event company and one of the races was the Buxton Beast Duathlon.  Most competitors had hydraulic brakes (this was 12 years ago) on their racing bikes.  Several people came off their bikes on the 40mph+ descents....ouch!