I’ll be up anyway for the usual Witches XC & that and never thought my abilities coming along nicely. It would be a shame not to do.

Feeling fit & strong & used to having the marrow rattled out my bones, being on short travel steel for years.

Not looking to be a hero, couple bits off “get off n push” for sure, but LOOK HOW MUCH FUN IT IS!

Bet there is plenty full on DH rigs on it though…

Thanks julian, dropped ol’ Charlie a line but he had nowt in the cave.

Did a post the other day shouting out for parts, STW came forth will whole Singleators but i have 3 main bodies and just need the roll cage.

P. I. T. A

Do you have a spare cage & jockey wheel :-)?

Sound barrier.

Brake fade.

My waters.

In that order.

Muddy Mary
Hans Dampf
Minion

If in Scotland. At some point on every “dry” ride, it’ll pish down or you’ll find the middle of any given wood to be perpetually sodden.

Ahhh, the “tag” ol’ days.

I thought the only “The Ben” was “The Ben” as in Nevis?

Up on the 15th. For a week.

A week after BDS, a month before the World Cup.

BLAST!

Damn excited about getting back on the World Champs XC… no DH for me, nosir.

Well, if you can find one, Ibis Tranny.

Easy to do at 20lb.

Problem solved.

Yeah, BB7’s are faultless and you can strip, clean and rebuild in about 10 mins. Get a workshop box of inners & some Speed dial levers and you’re laughing.

Aside from that, no.

Woahla,

Northwind hating?

Burn the bitch.

Edit. No edit.

I don’t mind that he’s a noisy neighbour twice a month, i’m a noisy neighbour twice a month, every one deserves to get pished a couple times a month and listen to – insert music here- i like him, we get on well, we’ll be swapping mint for thyme come the season…

Anyway, point is, now I have to be diplomatic!

Can’t be all “uh, women, eh sorry about the missus!”

Well, I might be.

Well it’s all gone ‘Ollyoaks ’cause it’s deathly quiet upstairs now & she can’t sleep for feeling guilty, thus my quiet time’s no more.

It’s all gone quite quickly downhill, I was watching Movies For Your Monday, not any more.

Sigh.

There is a site, kind of like Rate My Ride…

Y’Ken?

Don’t.

Gonna do tha man ‘ting on the “8.15 open door-to-car” chat next time I can.

It will NOT be a version of “Sorry ’bout the missus”.

It WILL be a version of “Sorry ’bout the missus”.

It MIGHT be a version of “Your Spotify radio’s shitter than mine”.

kinda buzz.

If there’s ever damage, let matron have a look and hope she doesn’t say a combination of the following:

Urethra
Cartilage
Muscle
Camera
Tear
Razors
Stitch

Discharge. The only ambiguous word there.

Dales, is it an egg shaped outside groin one or an inside groin one?

Show you mine if… :?:

Rock garden chain removal over crank knee to bar disaster

Luckily, SS so no shifter to carve into cartilage but i roared the sheep off the hillside.

Turns out, R.I.C.E and P.E.A.S works.

And Tigerbalm.

It’ll be yellow soon.

Back on it tomorrow.

I think the Mrs will leave me if I don’t lay off the pasta.

*THUNK*

gnnnn

*Thunk*

Done.

*Edit- First one to “POIDH”. :lol:

Is there a better chainring than the Renthal? For when the current one dies around about August I reckon.

All the Gusset stuff i’ve had i’ve broke pronto.

All suggestions considered,might just take one of each and see what makes it to winter.

5 Days in Fort Bill for the first contender
:-).

Edit: That Gusset one looks safe though.

Cocodomol on prescription, the big dry ones.

Failing that attempt, codeine. The big ones that the pharmacist has to reel of many, many arbitrary questions before you take them home and ignore everything they said before melting into the sofa in a fuzz of “there’s the pain sort of there somewhere”.

Don’t drive, don’t operate pallet trucks, ladders, social interaction.

Edit- Ketamine.Other solutions are available.

Well, my forks are fubarred anyway, bad winter, new ones bought but this answers that question.

Googles “emulsified”.

Every days a school day.

Doooo it! It’s summer Yunki, get yerself down the municipalities and dick around until you see things, then ride them.

Like a normal Friday night.

Edit: Danny Macaskil videos don’t help.

Throw your jeans out now, save embarrassing “they used to fit” conversations.
Buy chinos.
Grow beard.

Hello again. What price for your wares Rat & Chris?

Luke-email sent.

FWIW I love the things, rocks hate them and so did that bus. I have two “main body” parts.I’d build a Ss wheel but, yknow, skint.

Will respond properly tonight to all generous peeps above.

No skiving here….. :-)

Cheers all.

Is there an

“Until…”

Coming carl? :-)

Pro 2 Evo, yah.

Thinkso Northwind,I remember, back when I bought the frame in the first place, there was definite “100mm NO MORE” chat around.

Maybe they got fed up of people phoning to ask “urrr can i do this..”

Like me :-). Except i’m asking you lot instead.

This is also a good opportunity to learn about fork maintenence. You should see the 100mm RL’s i’m taking off :oops:

Edit-Such an old fart, had to google ymmv.

Just ’cause On-One say 120 MAX!!!

I’m not gentle. At all. Hence the need for new forks. These are the ones.

Ta Captain.

I like that whatever she wishes to be called, on here, she’s Mrs.C.

Except now i think she really would quite like to be Mrs.C.

I regret that turn of phrase…

Hola Northwind, Enduro stuff preferred, but to be fair, if the XC is comparale to the World Champs XC at Fort Bill then happy with that!

Just want to get stuck in!

Edit: I have no option than the SS Inbred so it is absolutely not about the bike :lol:

I’m a big fan of bike movies, I always come back to Life Cycles at the low times when the bike’s a pain and riding a hassle.

The scene soundtracked by Explosions In The Sky (the song’s “The Birth And Death Of The Sky”) goosebumps me right up and it’s back on the bike for a refresher.

Treestump handplant, backflip crescendo. Happy days.

Only almost bettered by Adam Billinghurst’s section in 3 Minute Gap.

Oakenfold – Southern Sun

The more transcendental the better, like this>

The sound of the long forgotten summer days of yout’ pickled in the woods wired to the moon.

Goosebumps me every time.

Edit: OR THIS!

Which is never played anywhere now.

Hans Dampf Rear
Nobby Nic Front

Order subject to change depending on saturation of trail.

All about the customer service.
Which must be of the highest standard all of the time, nothing’s too much, ever.

The customer is sacred. Worship them.

But that’s just me . . .

See you soon everybody… :wink:

853 frame. On that there’s plenty superlight bits to add, ti/mag forks plus careful wheel & tyre choice you’ll be surprised.

Edit: http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/pipedream-sirius-r853-a-couple-of-months-in%5D

bradley, this has been an organic development.

Until I was 23, unless it had a party, girls & spirits in, I had no interest in a shed.

Caned myself into middle-quarter-age-life-crisis and bought a singlespeed,.

Now I have a beard that doesn’t match the ‘tache, baldness from the front disguised by flat-caps, Toms on my feet, a SS Inbred in the stand and a CAMRA pocket in my liver.

It just happens.

Also, take what you can from the opportunities.

One opinion is that at least we’re creating “a diverse portfolio” with “adaptable skill-sets” and initiative by fluctuating between employment and unemployment.

Never mind the weeds, the glory of the shed will radiate pestillence to perennials.

What brown? :-)

I’m really rather excited.