Aracer. I read it up to about 8pm yesterday. Got home today and skipped to last page. Sorry if I missed it. Lets face it, nothing startlingly new will have been added.
I still think it is a valid point regardless. The fact is, you are more likely to hurt your head if you aren’t wearing a helmet but nobody in their right mind will go out to prove it.

Let’s look at it another way. A lot of this thread has actually been about the integrity of the helmet following an impact. I will put another spin on it.
I fall off, helmetless, and hit my head. I need a quick check up at A&E and a few stitches – how much has that just cost the NHS?
I fall off, with a helmet on and again, hit my head. I go home and take a couple of paracetamols. Cost 25p and possibly a new helmet?
I know the option I would prefer.

I say this to those that question the usefulness of a helmet…..

If you don’t think you need a helmet, do a test for us.
Run into the corner of a concrete pillar head first. First with a helmet on and then do it again without a helmet.
I am pretty sure that you won’t have the guts to try it without a helmet.

Nuff said.

Check out youtube as well. There is loads of stuff on there….

Just one of many….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiIunH47qew

He’s on a full sus although I think a HT would be better initially as the FS soaks up a lot of the motion you need to lift the back end.

Another….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAem3L7Rlpk&feature=related

A good idea also is to lower your saddle because effectively what you are doing when lifting the back end is a tuck so there isn’t much space before your saddle hits your arse.
Obviously you are not going to do this on the trails but it should help with your practice.
Try borrow a smaller bike too – maybe a BMX. They are much easier to get the basics on.

A guy I work with was running a book along with his football mates on the date she would pop off.

I just don’t get this celebrity worship thing. Yes, awareness about cervical cancer has been highlighted and that’s no bad thing at all, but to me she was just some loudmouth in the right place at the right time when it came to achieving fame.

Stumpy, there is another line off that planking – drop off the left hand side part way down it. It’s much more fun than the rocky exit.

I use Fox Radius neoprene pads for local XC stuff and 661 Race for Stainburn and trail centre duties.
The first day that I declined to wear them was the day that I came off and ended up with debriment surgery on my left knee. That was enough of a message to me to wear them all the time.
I also use 661 2×4 on my arms. They have been quite handy and have definitely prevented injury glancing off the odd tree trunk here and there.
I agree with the “where do you draw the line” as to how much armour to use though. A nasty blow with my shoulder on a tree trunk hasn’t made me protect my shoulders too. I am happy with gloves, helmet, knee and forearm – to me these are the regular impact zones and anything else is just unfortunate.

43 – 45 degree slope, manipulated by the camera man to appear almost sheer. Bless.

Yeah, a bit like those shots in MBUK where all the stuff that looks steep has trees with a strange lean on them in the background. :lol:

She Sells Sanctuary – The Cult.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQXS-AP_to&feature=related

Half a day is probably enough. Remember there are no facilities. In time you should be able to spend a good day there once the naturals trails on the other side of the road are reinstated.

Going off on a tangent a bit here, but another music subculture that I really got into is Krautrock. Bands like Ash Ra Temple, The Cosmic Jokers, Amon Duul II, Klaus Schulze, Faust……and many others.

Tontos Expanding Head Band / Zero Time – got this on vinyl. Very trip out album…… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJCa7dIWwvk

Cheeky – you might like this then…..

I’ll do you a copy if you want.

Knock knock.

Whos there?

I’mup.

…….

What do you do if you see a spaceman?

Park ya car man.

those bars really are gopping aren’t they.

They could be worse :lol:

To be fair then, either will do. Maybe let the colour or price sway your decision instead as there really is very little in it otherwise.
PS. Mine is a trail bike really with the fun thrown in when it’s needed – I’m 5’11” and went for the 16″ frame for those saddle down moments.

I would imagine most of the old threads on here got lost when the forum died so have a look here…..
http://singletraction.frankencrank.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2444

The initial idea on the summer was to run a shorter fork however most people seem to run 130/140mm on them. I have 140mm Pikes on mine. It wanders a bit on climbs but really comes into its own going back down.

If you want a play bike then go for the Summer. If you want a regular trail bike that’s not as slack up front go for the regular 456 (4,5 or 6″ fork – hence the name).

The Summer is a bit heavier as the tubes are plain gauge.

The steam from any microwave meal just as you peel the lid back – remember, let stand for one minute.

That is gross – it should come with a warning :lol:

3 nights in hospital (including my birthday nil by mouth). Debriment surgery to clean it out. A hot summer evening when I neglected to put the knee pads on – typical. Sadly I never got a pre surgery picture.

6 weeks off my post round.

Avoid anything that will make you cough or sneeze in the first week or so – it hurts.

I really like the new album.

I ignore all the politics and preaching surrounding U2 – I find it much easier that way.

Saying that, I was looking into buying tickets for the new tour. To be in with a chance of getting presale tickets you have to subscribe to U2.com at $50 (USD) a year. What a chuffing swizz.

Still, I really like the new album.

Anybody has a spare ticket to their gig at O2?

One chuffing gig in the UK. My Mrs is not happy.

Lift To Experience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX2Xzl6bylc

New Model Army
Julian Cope

Both been churning stuff out for years just under the radar.

Vokera Compact combi boiler here. Three heat exchangers, one circuit board and numerous other bits in six years. Not a good track record. Fortunately it’s covered by the British Gas Homecare scheme otherwise it would have been very costly.

Forget fashion – it’s another surface to put stickers on!! Right kids? 8)

Where was the dig work going on then? Is there a lot more shore stuff on top of the hill behind the mast?

Dig work discussed here….. http://singletraction.frankencrank.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2691

The shore on the hill by the mast is very minimal. It was only put in to cover some boggy ground. I’m not sure how it will feature in the overall scheme of things once the new trails are agreed.

Teetosugars – you can’ go wrong from the car park on the black and red routes. Just keep an eye for the proper lines on the boulder trail though as some sections are getting bypassed which is begining to make them look like the correct line to take.
If you are riding on mud on the boulder trail then you are on the wrong line. It should either be hardpack, rock or timber, nothing else.

Pook – the yellow plastic will be a new line, but at the moment all it is is yellow tape and nothing on the ground. The trails over there did follow yellow paint markers on the trees but as felling work continues the markers are getting the chop.

Fun vid too. Well done for not giving up on that log ride. That is exactly the mentality you need to succeed at Stainburn.

OK, so i’m a long time fan. Just watched the rooftop thing. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
The last couple of albums haven’t clicked with me but what I have heard of the new one really excites me. It sounds like a very different U2 again (remember what Achtung Baby sounded like after the Joshua Tree?).
One of my lifelong memories is seeing U2 at Elland Road in Leeds in 1987. I was 15 and my parents had to get permission for me to leave the school for the afternoon. I went on my own as none of my mates cared for U2 at the time. Saw them next in Glasgow and then twice at Roundhay Park.

You either love ’em or hate ’em. Each to their own I guess.

PS. The 3D Imax show is worth a visit if you ever get the chance.

Name and shame them?

More info here…

http://www.singletraction.org.uk/index.php

It is hard. It’s the sort of place you session. Don’t go expecting miles of trails though or usual trail centre facilities. The boulder trail is best ridden when it’s dry especially if it’s your first time. The rocks look very daunting when it’s wet. Persevere with it and you’ll love it and don’t go home disheartened if you can’t ride it all. Go back and do it again.
The locals may join you if you want a chaperone. Try posting on here or on the SingletrAction forums when you are going and some of us may join you.

Put ‘Stainburn’ into youtube to see a bit more.

There are natural trails over the road from the car park too but recent felling work has destroyed a lot of it. The SingletrAction volunteers are hoping to get back in there soon to start reclaiming trails and adding new stuff.

Royal Mail Standard Parcels is a good service with good cover if you pay a couple of pounds extra. Anything I send of high value now is always covered. Any self respecting buyer should be happy to stump up the extra money just for their own peace of mind.
Just make sure you ask for the extra cover. The lady in my local post office said ‘you can’t get insurance on Standard Parcels’. I’m stood there in my Royal mail uniform and reply ‘you can’. It turns out she never even knew.

I’ll try that.

This guy isn’t him but what he does on a mini ramp….WOW

Mark Webb…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_bZCv79VDI&feature=related

At home, seat down lid down always – I always have and always will. Strangely enough it’s the wife (and kids) who can’t put the lid down in our house. The kids sometimes seem to have trouble flushing the damn thing too.

At work I find it best not to touch anything except the flush handle.

Trying front wheel skids on the ice in the car park at Stainburn. Not really a real crash but fun nevertheless.

It’s wishfull thinking but the reality is that a postman could not carry ones weeks worth of mail in a day. As a postie myself, my daily workload is anywhere between 50 and 100 kilos a day. The delivery frames we use in the sorting office can only just handle ones days worth and would be overflowing with two days mail.
I would like to see an end to saturday deliveries though, but that is a different issue altogether.

The nail clippers I found in a guesthouse there 18 years ago are still sharp.
There is a tattooists called ‘Painless Keiths’ :lol:

The first bike I had was a really old solid tyred effort but I did do jumps on it as some of the older kids built jumps. Next I had a ‘Stambecco?’ or something like that, again with solid tyres and a rack at the back which formed part of the frame. I cut the tyres off that and rode the rims which was like riding on ice.
The bike I learnt to ‘trick’ on was a Raleigh Striker, the silver one (most green ones had pedal back brakes IIRC). Followed by a Grifter which I mastered wheelies on. The next was Puch BMX and then a Mongoose ‘wire wheel’ BMX. Fond memories of all those bikes.
I was in my mid twenties before I got my first Raleigh Chopper. For a time I had a mk1 and mkII – great bikes for riding around town p*ssed up after a few beers.

Triple S powder coated my old Lambretta. They are very good and have a good reputation amongst bikers. They are only a 2 minute walk from my house and last time I called in the candy colours sure did look tempting, but they are more expensive.