I`ve still got the front and rear reflectors on my bike to give me that little extra visibility along with lights and reflective stuff. There should be a law that bikes have reflectors 😉

Id done the rear with no problem at all but the front just wasnt playing. I took the core out of the valve and with my now deceased footpump being a twin cylinder you can get air in quickly. Ive done them before with no problem but today just wasnt a patient day for me 😀

I might just get some old plates from the car boot sale every now and again and chuck them instead 😀

I did feel much better afterwards actually 😀 It wont be the first thing Ive flung and won`t be the last 😉

No, it was bounced off the garage wall!!
My friend will be the bike shop tomorrow I think!

I was there at the bike show when they were running the H2R on the rollers and sadly the youtube clip just doesn`t do it any justice 😯 😀

And if you do get one and need to transport it between fields get a trailer instead of riding the bloody dangerous thing on public roads 😀
I came round a corner in wales last year on a 60mph fairly fast road and some clown was riding his horse along it, I suppose it was wales tho 🙁

If the speedo under reads its illegal

I lost mine earlier this year for a few months for medical reasons too. A PITA I agree, I work shifts as well but got into a car school with colleagues 😀
Id also consider an electric bike for those days where the commute is a pain, I was weighing one up if my licence wasnt making an appearance for much longer 😀
Did wonders for my fitness mind 😀

Good luck and I feel your frustrations 🙂

My Dad has a tendancy to repeat the last word I say when we`re having a chat “chat, aye” 😀 so if its a long one “one, aye” it can get quite irritating! “irritating aye” lol! “lol, aye” 😀 😀

Thanks for the suggestions 😀 I think I’ll have a look at my local screwfix 😀

and do what with it? 😀

My first mortgage was paid off and I did the same as timba, owed them a pound and they keep hold of them, I`ll do that when I pay the current mortgage off as well in a short time 😀

Then once youve got used to paying that extra when youve paid your fire off continue to drip feed that off your mortgage and you`l have it paid earlier and with less interest 😀
Mine will be paid off in 7 months 😆 mortgage not fire 😆

No, the goretex doesn`t fray but you could hem them if you wanted

£15! TBH theyll only get mud up so why spend more? Chop the legs to your desired length and away you go! Pack down small and Ive been using them for years

http://www.anchorsupplies.com/ex-british-army-gore-tex-trousers.html

“I rather enjoyed it!” didn`t go down too well with my gf either 😆 Do they think you just sit and pine like a lapdog??

I do like the bitter end, try the shipyard lager as well, really nice 😀
As was mentioned before, if you don`t manage to find a good beer in the home town of Jennings you need evicted!!

Ive got a Triumph Tiger Explorer and its service intervals are 10k miles. And the tyres last about 8k 😉 Gone are the days when I needed new tyres at 3k miles and a service at 6k!

If you`ve size 6.5, 11 or 12 feet bargain freeriders http://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/Footwear/Approach-Shoes/Freerider

surface dressing is shit, it ruins roads for weeks afterwards and theres a stretch that was done near me that within a week had 2 ruts down each lane where it had worn away back down to the original and quite good, road surface.
The road quality in the UK is piss poor and should have some time and money spent on it rather than trying to save cash at every turn but employing highly paid managers to do bugger all.

As a local, a 20 min drive from Whinlatter, I hate the borrowdale bash. Granted there is loads of good trails and whinlatter is great for a good blast out with no navigation issues and if you park along the old main road theres some good climbing to be had thru the forest and a fast blast back down along a cycleway. If I were here I`d do the Altura trail and bollocks to what other people think 😀