My day started great, my boss agreed with my suggestion regarding a very awkward customer, then got my head down & got a shed load of work done on another project – a good day so far.

Then after lunch it started to rain, this then started to turn to sleet. Wife rings me up to say it's snowing where she works which is 20 miles away but only 10 miles from where we live. Sleet then turns to snow & then wife rings up to say due to the bad conditions she has been sent home. I tell my boss who promptly sends me home too.

Drive to within 3 miles of home & the snow is now giving it large, manage to mince home OK & thankfully find my wife has made it home too, & the day started so well to 😕

Uplink +1

although I also use a mudguard to stop the worst of the wet mud going up my back 🙂

I use a dirtmonkey I bought from Halfrauds (Oh the shame 😕 ) for about £10 it is set about 4 inches from the tyre to avoid it hitting the wheel hence the need for the waterproof shorts.

i won't bite……… 😉

go for it mate & let us all know how you get on with them 😉

The Nutt's Christmas tree disappearance mystery is finally solved…

fotheringtonthomas – Member

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here you go mate

Superstar components ?……………. runs away & hides 🙂

no ride today but I did go for a local walk with the missus

3 giant snowballs blocking the gate – WTF

later afternoon sun peaking round the corner

probably not, the forecast is not looking good for Sunday with more snow.

Is Newnham park rideable at the moment?

There is a good 4 to 6 inches of snow here in pastyland where I live & it's now turning to sheet ice 😕

Hmmmm you need to have a url ending in .jpg like this

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4251431068_fafb1b3733_b.jpg

rather than the one you posted.

I've had a look on your flickr page & when I click on your pics I don't get the same layout as mine – copy the pic link above & look at my flickr page to see what I mean.

PS good luck with the doing the dishes

just post up the flickr pic link without using 'IMG' & I'll have a look for you.

'err Steve I don't think you can link to pics on FB or Yahoo mate 😉

I bought a pair of these tyres to fit on Mavic rims. One went on OK with a little resistance the other one I couldn't get the last 5 inches of bead on no matter what I did (even tried metal tyre levers) & gave up. It then took me another 45mins to get the bloody thing off the rim – Grrrr.

I gave the second one to a mate & he had the same fun & games trying to get it on & even he gave up.

Anyone want a brand new Bonti ACX TR tyre??

Okay,it works if i choose option 2 which im not supposed to do so why doesnt it work with option 1?

who cares it works & you can post pics 🙂

nice bike btw

I give you Mr & Mrs Gritter …………..

Yer tiz

quintoncumbes AT tiscali dot co dot uk

OK I hope this works.

First you need to click on your picture in Flickr & then click on 'All sizes', when the picture open up right click on it & click on 'Copy Image location'.

On STW post click on 'IMG', then paste your picture location in the box overwriting the stuff in blue. Your picture should now be visible in 'preview post' – hopefully 🙂

esselgruntfuttocks' picture above has the 'picture location' of this

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2681/4197533646_7c3d626898.jpg

using 'IMG' you get this

Come on guys lets see your pride & joy then

he was going far too fast for it to have been me today 😕

Got sent home from work so I got the bike out for a winter snowy ride

battled into work this morning through the snow & then got sent home after 5 mins 😥

On the plus side when I got home again I changed into my biking clobber & got the bike out – Woo Hoo 😆

the start of the climb up to Kit Hill Cornwall

hmmmm just me at the top stack then

it's getting a bit deep here on the way to the lower stack

the bike pose at the lower stack (today)

the same place two weeks ago

the east exit gate with the top & lower stacks in the background

a fantastic way to spend a day off work 😆 😛

just got back home after battling the 15 miles into work only to be told that they were shutting the office – bastids

still gonna get out on the bike soon for a snow-fest winter bimble – woo hoo !!!

😉

my humble offerings from a Sony Ericsson K610i – Avon Dam Dartmoor 12 Oct 2008

Big Alex is disappointed that the ref didn't play on with enough extra time for Man U to equalise…..

Alan Wiley shows Alex where all the mince pies went

😀 😆 😉

I thought you were out looking for 'moonage' tonight 😉

Sharki dressed for a patrol on the Q's………

'Ger orf my land!!!!'

Lol – is he still making MTB'ers eat outside at the Plough Inn?

Innerleithen in Scotland

Quantocks?

I went for a walk with Mrs C B today on my local trails which was nice in the light dusting of snow we had. I even found a few cheeky trails which I didn't know about so all was good. 😀

I would if I kneqw how to do it.

Have a look at the Forum help[/u] [/url] which will tell you what you need to do to post pics 🙂

Here is my Stumpy HT complete with bars ends on a riser 😕

In commuter mode

In off-road mode

I'm a similar size to you & I've got a Medium pair which fit great

On my head son!!!

sick as a parrot

do I NOT like that

theflatboy – thanks for your kind comments, I'm no great shakes when it comes to taking pics but these somehow turned out OK – I won't bother to put up the other 494 crap ones 😕

In the last pic I just turned the camera on it's side & took the shot, I think the camera was in portrait mode actually & I was surprised it turned out so good 🙂

Here is the smaller shot of 'No Bikes'

And the really small version

as always some stonkin shots from the STW snappers 🙂

Here are a few of the better ones I managed to take in 2009.

from my back garden

water running between two stepping stones at Meavy ford Dartmoor

a single log in a log pile on Exmoor

the 'No bike' sign on the Devon coastal path Croyde bay

The Sun shining through a bare tree on Kit Hill Cornwall

my bike in the snow against the Lower stack at Kit Hill Cornwall

Hi Dan

I just got paid today so I've made a donation to your Justgiving page. I hope you win your battle in court & succeed in your fund raising ventures.

Good luck with both mate.

marrying wife No. 1 was probably one of the worse things I've done – not big or clever (that's me btw not wife No.1) 🙂

been on the wagon for nearly 2 years. The reason why I gave up was due to getting older & it taking a lot longer to recover the next day. Biking is my passion (after Mrs C B) & loosing a day off the bike with a raging hangover was not my idea of fun.

I have found that once people realise that I don't drink they respect this & don't try to pressure me into taking part, they even get in non-alcoholic drinks just for me – sweet. Conversely I respect their wish to drink & I don't try to push my teetotal status on them.

One thing that I always find hugely amusing is watching what drunk people, especially those who are normally quite straightlaced, get up to & what they say or try to say – absolutely hillarious – even better when you tell them about it the next day & they can't remember a thing – Lol.

a Cornish pasty – go on you know you want one!!! 😉