My aunt had a very long history of mental illness & finally she could take things no more & age 50 she killed herself.

About 10 years ago a work colleague & friend couldn't cope with the break up of a relationship on top of other issues he had from things he saw in the army in Northern Ireland. He had one attempt but stepping out in front of a motorbike was unsuccessful, sadly the second attempt using a car, hose pipe & bottle on Vodka was 🙁

Both left family & friends asking questions about why they did it & could they have done something to help/prevent it.

My best mate attempted it once but it was more like a cry for help & was a hard lesson learned. We have always kept in touch & even now he's 12,000 miles away we are there for each other if needed.

I thought they had this shop ………

Tempted to go for CO2 too but I like to use the old inner tube to check where the puncture position is within the tyre using a pump.

This can easily be achieved using the Innovations second wind mini pump – see my first post above for a link – I do use the hand pump function exactly as you state to look for the puncture area. However using CO2 to inflate the tyre is soooo easy…………..

was the puncture caused by running over a Topeak Rocket AL road pump ? 😉

but at that price with a recommendation can't really go wrong

To be honest once you try CO2 & see how easy it is to inflate tyres without any effort at all you won't want to go back to a manual pump in a hurray. I buy my CO2 cartridges from Tyre Inflators in bulk & it's the cheapest place I can find.

I've actually got 2 x second winds one for each bike bag 😀

I keep one of these in my Topeak saddle bag (large) – Innovations second wind mini pump .

It's a CO2 jobbie & a normal pump combined it will do both Presta & Schrader valves & is a smart small piece of kit – you wont be disappointed 🙂

I use the innovations second wind mini pump which uses both CO2 & can be a normal mini pump.

Fantastic piece of kit & I never leave home on my bike without it.

MTFU? go on whats that then??

Man
The
F*ck
Up

HTH 🙂

Hope
That
Helps

bump 🙂

a flock of twitchers 🙂

perhaps he's living up to his nickname & can can't remember that's he's now on STW 😉

I saw an iceberg in ASDA the other day in the veg isle 😉

Another vote here & you're now 69 ahead of ole Marg Perrin 😀

well bushwacked what's occurring mate ??

it certainly looked like a chick with a dick to me 😕

I spend many a winter hour walking the dog, tool in hand!

"snigger" 😆

the benefit of working flexi-time is you can take time off during the week especially if it's nice & sunny riding weather 😆 although you do have to make those hours up hopefully when it's wet 😕

Now I may not be a seasoned cyclist, but you ask Mark what happened at Kielder Water a year or so back and you will find that I can whoop his ass when it comes to hills!!

Lol – now now, I don't want you two having a barney on my account. Sounds like Mark needs to get some gears or Meg needs to slow down a bit 😆

Take care guys

The Pastyland Massiv

Muc-off to keep it clean 😉

Fantastic news Mark that you are back on your bike again so soon after your heart operation 🙂

Your determined spirit will stand you in good stead to beat this disease & getting exercise on your bike will improve your fitness & de-stress your mind.

If you are not going too far or too fast perhaps Meg can join you next time?

Take care & please keep posting the updates

The simple answer is 'Yes'.

You will need to complete a 'Self Employed' page for the business & there is a box you complete to claim the 'loss' against other income.

Did you miss me?

I didn't realise we had to aim at you …………… 😉

Johnathon Edwards him of the veeeery long hop,skip & jump fame is a mtb'er

has Ton been clearing out his wardrobe as well as his garage? 😉

En-suite – 1

Lockable cycle storage – 2

Bike washing facilities – 3

Kit washing and drying facilities – 4

Drying room – 5

Locally sourced food for evening meal and breakfast – 6

Easy Access to Pub/local amenities – 7

TV – 8

Food and energy drinks for the next days ride – 9

Basic bike spares (tubes etc) – 10

yet another vote for MW80s. Bought a pair last Winter & they are great in both the Wet & cold. I also bought a pair one size bigger than normal to accommodate Sealskinz socks. They are not cheap but out on the trail when you've got warm dry feet they are well worth the expense 🙂

twosheds, can I ask where you were selling boots?

'err no chain by chance ? 😆

Great pics but that water looks deep!

That pic is the shallow end 🙂 the crossing further upstream is at least twice as deep as that 😕

great pics Knottie – as always.

I managed to get out today for a local bimble after the storms & spent half my time moving trees & branches off the trail, plus the streams were raging river torrents. Here are a few of my pics…

not sure what the fettling terminology for whacking one in is but there are loads for whacking one out 😉

is it a cos or iceburg lettuce? as they need different treatment….

the chap has also got this on Bikeradar which would make him pretty silly trying to sell a 'hot bike' on popular MTB forums.

on promotion you get to lose the sandwich board & become the face of MacD's …..

mamadirt draws a crowd on the way to meet her mum……….. 😉

maybe give this chap a ring ? I only googled this & I have never been on a course with him.

hth

Miss Kelly Sotherton & spear

I've been rear ended before.

😥 😕

what do you call a bloke with a seagull on his head – Cliff

what do you call a bloke down a hole – Doug

what do you call a bloke with short hair – Shaun

what do you call a bloke with no lower legs – Neal

what do you call a bloke standing on a short carpet – Matt

what do you call a bloke covered in earth – Pete

what do you call a bloke with a long nose – Bill

are you Hora?