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You never left on my iPad. Glad you’re account got sorted.
Hey GF!
What have I missed?
I wouldn’t worry, it’ll all be back around in a short while.
Schwabe Marathons are now called Schwalbe Snickers
And you don't want to know what the London Marathon's now called.
Hora’s dog came out.
We don’t wee in people’s shoes anymore.
We don’t wee in people’s shoes anymore.
To add to this weeks issues, my cat has started to wee in my crocs lately with remarkable accuracy.
To add to this weeks issues, my cat has started to wee in my crocs lately with remarkable accuracy.
Don't leave any old Marzocchi forks lying around 😳
I bought some brakes off RealMan.
And some kid didn't get his pudding - or might not have got his pudding - because he was naughty.
Gingerflash is back? Yeah, right, next thing you'll be telling me is TJ got his ban lifted.
No recent pootles
What about Posie and Perkin?
"Are you (Both) back on MTB then? "
MrsF is riding only to the extent that the boys are.
I've been road riding a lot over the last 10 years. Mountain biking won't be frequent but fitness is ok and skills might come back, maybe?
I took my little bike round favourite old trails in the Lakes and it beat the sh&t out of me so I might not be ready for the Beast just yet.
Really good to see some of the old names, nice to see that STW really hasn't changed that much at all.
I’ve been road riding a lot over the last 10 years. Mountain biking won’t be frequent but fitness is ok and skills might come back, maybe?
I took my little bike round favourite old trails in the Lakes and it beat the sh&t out of me so I might not be ready for the Beast just yet.
Well, if you fancy it, we could try and get the old 'fit but shit' crew back together 🙂
bike prices have gone up a bit
Hey! Just noticed this after your reply on the glasses thread.
Older, slower, fatter, unfitter, the lesser known daft punk b-side
Was a bit of a lurker back in the day but recently realised I've still been paying an annual subs so have wandered back in a bit more often. Was going to ask if TJ ever started advocated helmet-wearing in any context but I see he was banned. Oh well.
His ban got rescinded. New user name is tjagain, he seems to steer away from argumentative threads but I doubt he wears a skid lid. 😁
People’s neighbours continue to do things that upset them. WWSTWD? The cost of everything is now £500 plus VAT.
Some folk still really struggle on big long blue descents.
Older, slower, fatter, unfitter, the lesser known daft punk b-side
😀
Too many wimmin have left.
Bring back mrsflash.
the old ‘fit but shit’ crew
There's a t-shirt/jersey in the making there.
Flashy’s gone 🙁
Not sure about Fred
Fred popped in to pass his condolences when we lost SFB.
As well as Flashy, Hora is not longer round these parts.
New user name is tjagain, he seems to steer away from argumentative threads
You missed the one about private healthcare then!
Too many wimmin have left
Absolutely this.
What have you missed? Long, low and slack.
Oh, and bike geometry has changed too....
We finally got the new forum, it looks the same as the old one. Everyone lost their minds
The new classifieds caused everyone to lose their minds
I've just leant of Simon Barnes' death. That has shaken me quite a bit. We shared a love of the Lakes, rode together a few times, and often argued about different approaches to photography.
Argumentative, always had to be right and have a last word, but a thoroughly decent guy. Very sad indeed.
Argumentative, always had to be right and have a last word
Which is hardly unique for this place but what was, was his completely honest admission that he loved arguing.
I remember being taken back by him responding with, "but I like arguing" when challenged about his incessant arguing.
Many people love arguing, but very few admit to it. He was a character in more ways than one.
Fred popped in to pass his condolences when we lost SFB.
Are you sure you don't mean Bullheart? Having misconstrued a post and set a hare running about SFB in the past, I am pretty sure I have never seen his death reported on here.
Having misconstrued a post and set a hare running about SFB in the past, I am pretty sure I have never seen his death reported on here.
Having suffered a stroke, recovered and started riding again, Simon then had another more debilitating stroke and spent a while (far too long) being cared for. He died early this year
https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/man-down-rip-simon-barnes/
Thanks I obviously completely missed that, my use of the forum is even more sporadic than I realized. In view of his health problems, I guess not completely unexpected but the finality always brings it home.
Fewer members appear to be triggered by the idea of Ebikes, but there's still that hardcore group.
Erm....
12 speed cassettes now costing what a whole group set cost 10 years ago.
If it's not on Strava then it never happened.
The boom and bust of fat bikes
The boom and bust of plus (half fat) bikes
The boom and bust of 27.5 wheels
26" wheels are dead, well apart from the thousands of 26" wheeled bikes that are still out there.
Threaded bottom brackets fell out of favour with bike manufacturers and press fit became all the rage. Right up until it was realised that press fit was sh$te and now threaded bottom brackets are now back but bigger/different.
The boom of Enduro
Rapha has now infiltrated mountain bike apparel
Gravel bikes become popular but then their wheels shrank to 27.5" for some reason.
Bags (more the better) on your bike are now cool.
Bum bags are back but they must be referred to as 'hip-packs'
More standards than you can shake a sh&tty stick at.
Dropper post's are pretty much essential even on xc race bikes.
Mountain bikes are better than ever.
Short travel bikes are now in.
Again.