Look You Lot, STOP IT, STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!

Buying road bikes is gay, and you know it……… 😉

Problems with XTR cranks – 50quid removal tool/tiny plastic lock ring/stupid spaces for granny ring.

Haha yeah ok – but with the trails in the state they are in now I’m sticking to the road. Riding the trails now just wrecks them. Was round Peaslake/Leith today and thy are in a very sorry state. The roads were bad enough – covered in rocks, rivers and massive holes.

GB

Well, I won’t be buying another mountain bike – I’ve already got an Orange 5…

No excuse 😉 sold the road bike this year, even the rowing machine in the shed is more fun..

best…. NP scalp frame
worst… the 3 pairs of gloves ive bought this year that have all fallen to pieces within weeks.

Best roubaix expert Di2

Worst brand new range rover Westminster. 2 months after I had a seizure which means a 12 month rest fom driving. Hence the acquisition above

even the rowing machine in the shed is more fun..

Like to see you get to work on it. 😆

Best is the jekyll. V happy to get back on a FS.

The spesh purgatory TLR on the back of that bike was also a great purchase, most impressive tyre I’ve used for a while.

Nowt sticks out as really bad. Done a few MBOs in the Peak where the riding’s being a bit meh. Like if you went to a MBO starting from Hope you’d expect some great trails at your disposal – available map area, control locations etc meant this hasn’t been the case. Still enjoyed them in any case – I’m used to the Scottish ones which must benefit from the better land access.

Best: Mazz 55’s. Too early to tell on c456.

Worst: Mazz 55’s

Best: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 – not opened my laptop in a week

Not sure of worst

even the rowing machine in the shed is more fun..
Like to see you get to work on it.

Judging by this weather, it’ll be good practice

Best, my Yeti ASR5-C. Absolutely brilliant

To The Pub And Hills by ritcheyp20, on Flickr

Worst, well nothing springs to mind so that can only be a good thing!

Best is either Olympus TG 1 or Karrimor eVent jacket.

Worst is my 29er. Tried to like it, really believed the hype, but the stopwatch and the lack of grin on every ride couldn’t be ignored so it’s gone.

Best: Formula brakes brand new including all the hard wear for just over £100 and they work excellent.

Worst: Fox forks. Completely over rated and poor longevity.

Best: Hans Dampfs.

Worst: Reverb Remote lever 😉

best : rohloff

worst : another bent rotor from wiggle

Best:

Wurst:

FSR HSS TBX Strat

Best: Suunto Core all black, worn it everyday since I bought it. Closely followed by Schwalbe Marathons, highly puncture resistant tyres.

Worst: tough one, petrol maybe, it’s all gone up in smoke!

That strat is lovely!!!

Best was a standard squire.

worst was a really naff skirt.

Best:

New C456 frame, Reverb, Thomson Elite X4 stem and On One Oversized Rise Bars

So much nicer and more confidence inspiring than my original frame/set up. Saved a massive £350 by buying all the bits in the sales.

Worst:

Nothing really

Best: Tough call between TRc and XX1

Worst: Five frame.

Best would be pick one from – BFe frame, Forca Vario seatpost, Flow wheelset (and subsequent tubelessness), Nexus 7.

Worst? Not sure. Biking-wise possibly some Fox gloves that were oddly sized and fell apart within days.

Best – my Canfield Nimble 9 frame from the classifieds. (Oh and BBB tickets)
Worst – led lenser H4 head torch, lots of good reviews but I only used it 4 times and every time I used it something broke on it 😈

Best: The week with Riviera Bike
Worst: Giant Contact Switch Seatpost

Best: Sealife Centre ticket for my two year old. Never seen a child laugh so much!

Worst: Bayfield Energy shares. Sixty grand down (pukes)

Caspian. Noted- will book. 🙂 You reward another 2yr old. Double win

Best: Zesty 314
Got back into mountain biking last year and this was the treat to myself for sticking at it. All of my other hobbies are now previous hobbies.

Worst: Drinking kilt & belt
Used once and will probably stay that way like the dinner suit I bought two years previous. Great night though.

That kinesis 29er looks lovely. No i do not need one but why do i want it so.

Worst: Bayfield Energy shares. Sixty grand down (pukes)

Oh dear, so you you must have spent around £90k on those shares! Shiiiiiit.

Still it’s a risk you must have been able to afford to take.

Best purchise for me this year was this.

2012_0825talgarth0037 by singlespeedstu, on Flickr

Big wheels and VPP in an off the shelf package that i didn’t have to wait 12 months for.

Worst was a holiday with AQR.
Never met such a boring guide in my life. Rode past loads of great looking trails only to be told “we don’t ride those trails as they’re a bit dangerous”.

Asshat.

What if it was part of a inheritance? A guess but does it make it funny?

I lost 6 figures in 2010. No one consoled me then.

Still, thats life.

I wouldn’t console anyone who lost money in shares really. You have to be able to afford to take the risk.

Best – because it works so much better than my phone/endomondo and helps with motivation for running.

Worse – because they’re not as good as my Aldi £5 gloves and are frankly a bit crap

Best – My Yamaha Keytar off ebay. Worth every penny it’s so much fun.

This is me…

Worst – Continental tyres. Not had a single one that wasn’t bad in some way.

Best: Kona Ute. A life changer bike, school runs & nipping to town have never been so much fun. Second car now languishes unused.

IMAG0774 by pten2106, on Flickr

Worst: wasn’t so much a purchase, but for a few bits, but I built up a 26″ FS bike that I rode twice & missed my Niner as soon as I set off.

Best: carbon Eddy Merckx EMX3 Centaur, £800 off list price

Worst: a haircut in the market square

Thegiantbiker great shot. Got anything we can hear you playing it??