Hubba Hubba 😆

nice to hear you are back online with more stories from your journey, I'm looking forward to your next tale 🙂

I had to move your thread away from the Isle of Man one…..

have a look at the Devon Dirt [/url] a whole £8 to enter & a good day out on the bike in Devon/Dartmoor 🙂

Then there is the Dorset Dirt[/url] which is only £5 to enter 🙂

For a race there is always the Bontrager 24/12 but I think most of the solo entries have already gone.

Have a look on the Cornwall MTB Club[/url] website they post up rides in Cornwall including Bissoe. Although they aren't going to Bissoe again until 25th April 😕

You could always try posting up on their Facebook page to see if anyone can help you out or post up here again closer to Easter as I know one or two use STW.

Make sure you get off the front or you'll be held up by less-than-experienced riders blocking up perfectly rideable singletrack because it's a bit too steep/muddy/gnarly for them, so they walk or "foot-push" down it…

Oops, sorry about that 😉

have done the last 4 & I agree it's a great day out on Exmoor, they even mark the route now unlike previous years when it was very easy to get lost or go the wrong way 😕

Usually they open up the entries at the beginning of April – see sponging-machines link above, maybe see some of you on Sunday 1st August on Exmoor.

Wow – I thought it was genuine & was gonna thank Sharki for putting me on to it 😕

I'll have a crispy bacon roll with clotted cream please 😆

how do I post pictures?

Simon I think the route they were on about is this.

Start from the High Moorland visitors car park at Princetown. Go back to the mini roundabout & straight across between the two pubs. The trail takes you uphill through 2 x gates & onto the moor along a very nice & well defined bridleway. Go past South Hessary Tor on your left & just follow the trail which has a number of granite water bars to roll/crash/jump over.

I would suggest for a first time on the route that you stick to the trail & don't turn off. After a few miles you will eventually go down a long rocky section past the scout hut at Ditsworthy on your left & then onto a tarmac road. At the end of the road turn right cross the cattle grid & down the hill to Sheepstor village. Go through the village do not turn off, this will lead you to Burrator reservoir dam.

At the end of the dam turn right & go on for about 200m, take a left turn off the road which is a tight switchback & go up the hill. Follow the trail which has another 180 degree right hand switchback which takes you on to the old Yelverton to Princetown railway line. Keep on the trail through the woods & the various gates until you get to the end where there is a stile to get your bike over. Cross over the B3212 – be careful crossing the road the cars travel quite fast along there – anyway continue on the singletrack trail through another series of gates. This leads onto another part of the disused railway line & will eventually take you back to the car park at Princetown.

The total distance is about 14 miles but the ride back up the old disused railway line about 4 miles is a gradual gradient & nothing too steep. Can I recommend that you buy the OS map OL28 which covers Dartmoor, that way if you get lost you should be able to navigate your way to safety.

You can of course ride this route in the reverse direction but I'd suggest you go don't this time out.

Have a nice ride.

scrap that idea it's a US company – Doh 😕

not me personally but a guy turned up for an organised ride after travelling 60 miles to get to the start only to discover his front wheel was still at home in the garage 😕

We still had a good ride tho without him……. 😆

the top stack at Kit Hill Cornwall

the sun shine through some trees

I really need to take more B & W pics after seeing the high standard above

after fixing your brakes you might want to try to find the CAPS LOCK button 😉

first up you need to host your picture on the web i.e. Flickr, photopic, etc then copy the image location & put that inside the following

try again guys don't give up 🙂

I assume he means his VRM.

or even VRN 😉

Public toilets @ Minehead 😉

have you tried the Fox Tech Centre online?

I've had 3 pairs & never had any problems with them rubbing or blisters.

Yes, alcohol sponsorship is banned in France plus Liverpool are waving the white flag already 😀

try to keep up with Sharki on the Q's that should sort the 'challenge' bit out for you 😀

I'll be there 🙂

sounds like the ones you are taking are OK, afterall you're still here 😉

it's not coming from your knees? 😉

looks suspiciously like an X-factor audition video……….good luck Simon 😀

according to the Tyre Inflators website a 16grm cartridge :

Will fill:
1 x Road Bike 27" tyre to 130PSI/9BAR
2 x BMX 20" tyres to 30PSi/2.1BAR
1 x Mountain Bike 26" x 2.1" tyre to 40PSI/2.7BAR
4 x 16gm will fill Motorcycle 180/55/17 tyre to 32PSI/2.2BAR.

I would like to start by saying it's been an honour & a pleasure working with you all, but I'm not going to start lying just cos I'm off up the road 😀

I run a Bonti tubeless ready tyre with an inner tube with no problems – well other than it's a ba**ard to get on the rim 😕

You should be OK using tubes once you find out why it keeps going down.

Not wishing to teach C-G to suck eggs but have you run your fair hand round the tyre both ways? sometimes I find that I only locate the thorn etc running my hand both ways, could be worth a punt if you haven't already done so.

Very nice pics – thanks for sharing 😀

Had my 3/4's for a year now & they are still going strong keeping me nice & dry. Went out on Dartmoor on Saturday & they did a sterling job in the very wet conditions.

If yours are playing up can you not go back to Altura & see if they can sort something out ?

I hope I'm not too late to join in ………. a John Deere in it's shed out of the rain

that looks wheelie good 😕

A very high standard of photography everyone – well done 🙂

This is where I attempt to lower the bar somewhat…..

Some snowy ones from a ride in Cornwall

& a few from when the sun came out

it's at 9pm 🙂 in case anyone is looking a Beeb 2 now

The first thing you need to do is register self employed with HMRC , this will ensure you don't get a penalty for late registration & will also ensure that you get sent the details to pay the correct self employed Class 2 National Insurance.

You will also need to keep a record of all the income you earn & the business expenses that you incur so that you can complete your 2010/11 Tax Return which will get sent to you on/after 6th April 2011. Any Tax &/or Class 4 National Insurance due for 2010/11 will then be due to be paid by 31st January 2012. It maybe as well to make a contingency for this by putting sufficient money into an account & not spending it on shiny things for your bike 🙂

I hope this helps.

is it me you're looking for ?

she is looking online and likes the Mazda 2 good bad or rubbish ???

I scrapped my 11 year old Mazda 121 & got a Mazda 2 Tamura, fantastic car 45+ miles to the gal, very easy to drive, cheap to insure (but I'm an oldfart) & with the back seats down I can get my bike in the back 😆

Between me & Mrs CB over the last 14 years we have had 5 Mazda's, apart from one puncture & that was a demo car lent to us while ours was being serviced we have had trouble free motoring & we aren't going to change brands anytime soon.

What is Chemmy short for? Been wondering for ages.

Chimene – according to her website

Ordered a Chainring and got sent a Chain ……

perhaps the 'ring' part is still in the post ? 😉

how do you post pics 🙂