That happens a lot….!

Though the local crews got wise to it ! and 'they' developed a great way of stamping that little trick out.

…..

What a total gimmick that stuff is….I ride my bike every day for work and get in at least 3 big rides a week.

Seeing as though I've ridden my 1996 Kona Kilauea since new….and just use a squirt of washing up liquid in warm water…..

I feel authorised to say that you just do not need it!

38 – Paramedic Practitioner

Cheers…blimey its win win win for paypal isn't it!?

According to the bumff it says unlimited internet access….

No phone is free. Just the 3g 8GB

Solenoid

The paramedics love all this safety kit as it just makes their job easier…scooping you off the floor!!

And a darn site less messy!!

Like motorcyclists – I advocate full leathers for all cyclists…. there couldn't be a better body bag than that!

Thought so….blokey selling it is adamant its alu.

I really need to get a grip on buying these old konas…..they are soooo irresistable though!

Twix wrapper

Ok as an Emergency care practitioner ( ex Paramedic) who has spent the last 15 yrs covering the mountain bike popular routes around the South Downs…I cannot pin point any particular incident where I have been called to a biker who's life has been saved by wearing a helmet – but have been to countless accidents where the cyclist is back at work after a few days…as opposed to a longer recovery time.

It really is a personal preference – and one that I certainly wouldn't harrang someone for not adhering to.I am way too busy in my job and have seen too much innocent trauma to start taking the moral high ground about anything!

I think that the points emphasising the merits of riding to the safety clothing that you are wearing are extremely valid…but we all know that it is not always the obvious that catches us out.

Good luck!..because that is what our faint existence often amounts to in my experience!

Well as all of my family live in New Zealand …there must be something keeping me here…somewhere that I keep returning to time and time again after long spells overseas.

Chichester!

Windsurfed this morning, came home had a shower….cycled up to a country pub just north of the Downs for an afternoon meal.

I regulary cycle and windsurf/surf/kite on the same day!!

Great place…though the chavs are a coming, and we are a tad too close to the Larndaners but hey ho can't have everything!

Glass raised,,,,

Fantastic!!!!

Wow good on ya hardcore or what!?

Errm there is no youth hostel in the capital but there are loads of hotels, just make sure that the gate is guarded and that you have a bug out bag packed…..just in case!

Ive heard the Nuristan valley is awesome!

Have fun!

Riddiculous idea!!

Why do we always have to follow the aussies?

I personally am advocating Dicember

Infact its already growing at the thought….

20 mile round trip…..farm tracks every day.

White spirit!! Marks have almost disappeared.

Thanks again!!

Cheers guys that's been more than helpful…..will phone the stone specialists first….and will definitely try it out on a spare tile first.

Cheers STW again!!

Hi there,

A tad confused mate….so you had exertional compartment syndrome….had the fasciotomy and now have similar symptoms or different?

STM if only !…at work till 7 It's picking up too !!

My hack to work was fantastic though…hardly turned the cranks 😯

Hey watch out for that green chalk!….be greasy as heck up ther today!

Well I'm in work again…

Just had a fantastic early morning hack in, and sat here reading your replies ( before the madness starts again for another shift).

Can I just say a big thanks guys! Im struggling with tears again…. But you have all been so honest and reading your posts just makes me realise that I am not the only one to have had a strained father/ son relationship – and that I really do need to get this sorted!

And ton – you didn't hijack this thread mate…you added another dimension to it!

Thanks again

23 yrs of not crying….it's flooding out tonight!

[/i]Wow, how many guys on here are veteran windsurfers? I guess it must be an age thing?

Easy matey there are still a bloody lot of people who STILL do it….

🙄

Still alive and kicking down here in Chichester…..

Its still my fav sport (sorry). Cannot beat the thrill of big waves on a windy day.

And its nowhere near any more of a faff than mountain biking – I can rig my kit within 10 mins of being at the beach and regulary do as the night are drawing in and I finish work at 7…its kind of imperative!

I think its all down to how much you sail and the lifestyle that you have chosen – I don't drive a flash car and my van has all my kit ready to go!

Kitesurfing has made its mark but loads of my mates do the cross over with both sports Kite for light, surf for real wind.

Two shitehawks in the wild it is then…

Go for it then……

Im sure there are other opportunities

Or are you all talk?

I think it was Hemingway that famously quoted that the most important thing that you learn of travelling is that what you left behind.

I felt emotionally really sorry for the bloke – to have your childhood dream ripped apart like that is something that can take you two ways.

You either treat the whole thing as a turning point in your life and take the positives from it, or you become depressed at some how failing.

Personally I feel he should treat it as a blessing that he has been released from a childhood fantasy – one that will make him praise what he has, and the person he can now become rather than the dream that so many of us follow.

A very moving if somewhat shortlived experience that has lessons for us all – if we only dare to look!

Yip….worked it as well.

Best festival of tne year bar none!

Yeah over Chichester this weekend weve had the lot….Had a messrs schmidt up there as well.

Fantatsic

Cheers!! Will try them

Large screen of mobile phone heating nicley in bright sunshine whilst stopped at a village cafe in south of France. Phone rang….

3 hrs later – discharged red faced and ear very sore from local clinic.

Had it happen to me a while back…whilst at work.

Bloke in a pub went to smash his pint glass on the table – his anger appeared directed at my female colleague. I put the guy on the floor before he knew what was happening….we then restrained the guy until the police arrrived.

In the meantime we got no end of abuse from the pub dwellers who had missed his threatening behaviour and saw us restraining one of their mates.

What Im trying to say is that…I didn't go out that night looking for trouble and acted in a manner that my 'instinct' dictated was right at that time.

Much the same way as 'ton' did I am sure. It is very difficult to comment on the rights or wrongs of a violent act without actually being there in person.

The guy involved was not seriously hurt ( thank god) and probably learnt a valuable lesson from it. I am sure that 'ton' has done the same.

Eh? 🙄 🙄

Chichester – West Sussex

Best – Fantastic trails,close to a great kite/windsurf beach, beaut pubs.

Worst – Too close to Larndon, starting to sink under the weight of East End gold chains.

Chichester – West Sussex

Best – Fantastic trails,close to a great kite/windsurf beach, beaut pubs.

Worst – Too close to Larndon, starting to sink under the weight of East End gold chains.

We spoke to him on the phone last night and he's bruised but fine.

The other lad who was in the front with him ended up 10 metres away from the truck after being blown sideways out of the cab as did my blaw.

Topside squaddie was blown high into sky and landed back down on top of the truck – was totally unco for a while but is going to be fine despite breaking his leg in 3 places.

They all came round expecting gunfire but luckily none came…

Im waking up with a sore head – last night was a time for a raised glass indeed.

Why??

WA is hardly a mtb mecca?

Id be out on the water too (kitesurfing, windsurfing and fishing )much to be pottering about in the heat amidst boring dusty scrub on a mtb.

I'm sure that the fire services well oiled PR machine will turn it round to make the firefighter a hero! 🙄

Wonder how many fire tenders they sent to that one??

Rudyard Kipling at his best!!