{"id":28,"date":"2009-10-01T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=27"},"modified":"2013-08-19T09:07:10","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T09:07:10","slug":"mr-ks-day-in-the-peaks-retrobike-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatsurfer.com\/retromtb\/?p=28","title":{"rendered":"Mr K&#8217;s Day in the Peaks &#8211; RetroBike Meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"postdetails\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mr K&#8217;s Day in the Peaks came around again for another year and despite initial scepticism about numbers, around 23 vintage MTB&#8217;s turned out for the 22 mile ride in Derbyshire&#8217;s Peak District. A good day was had by all and no serious injuries were incurred. I took my Pace RC200 as it seemed the perfect choice for the terrain, plus my EWR wasn&#8217;t quite ready <\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/retromtb.goatsurfer.com\/_images\/emoticons\/em.icon.sad.gif?w=620\" \/><br style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" \/><br style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Pace has Gore RideOn cables to keep all the mud and shit out, excellent brakes and 22-32-42\/11-32 gearing for all them big hills <\/span><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/retromtb.goatsurfer.com\/_images\/emoticons\/em.icon.wink.gif?w=620\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nIt got ridden hard all day, getting airborne more times that I would have liked and ridden over large rocks, tree roots, loose gravel, streams and anything else that got in the way.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" \/><br style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Lots of comments and pix can be found <\/span><a style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.retrobike.co.uk\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=73511\">HERE<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> and some great photo&#8217;s can be found <\/span><a style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/66452821@N00\/sets\/72157622354690605\/\">HERE<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">.<\/span><br style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" \/><br style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\" \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Below are a few pix of my Pace in action&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;\">Nearing the end of the climb to the Radio Mast near Brough (Gus, me, Mark and Ned)<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Peaks_Meet_09_01.jpg?w=620\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amphibious Pace&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Peaks_Meet_09_05.jpg?w=620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meet the local wildlife<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Peaks_Meet_09_03.jpg?w=620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mam Tor heading for Hollins Cross<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Peaks_Meet_09_02.jpg?w=620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jaggers Clough<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goatsurfer.com\/images\/Peaks_Meet_09_04.jpg?w=620\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr K&#8217;s Day in the Peaks came around again for another year and despite initial scepticism about numbers, around 23 vintage MTB&#8217;s turned out for the 22 mile ride in Derbyshire&#8217;s Peak District. 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