I wouldnt mind a pugsley right now. Only problem would be having to look at it through the rest of the year…
off out to walk the course again, looking forward to the view rock decent, might do it a few times….

lucky Epicyclo? how would this weather be better than mud? im presuming you managed a sub-2hour ride on your el pompino or something….
sets of pads- check.
spare brakes- nah!
spare bike- nah!
working bike heading into event- nah!
sense- nah!

AndyP – Member
old/buspass comments – surely depends where you come from. For instance the average age of a grandfather in Sheffield is 29.
Congrats all the same

sheep dont normally live that long though, do they??? 8)

if the snow clears, and you want folks to show you around the track, e-mail me (e-mail in profile) if its a weekday or sunday we'll be able to come…

i have a plan B ready aswell TJ

seriously, we've had another dump of snow in the last few hours, another few inches of snow all the way round the puffer. looks set to be bad conditions, no matter what happens now. if this doesnt melt, then we have the challenge of around 15inches of snow (by now). if it does thaw, and the ground thaws in the next two weeks, then we have MUD. =) its gonna be epic though…

woohoo! 4-5 degrees on the run up to the puffer? looks like were in for a lot of mud…. NOOO!

and another update: in the last two days another 4 or 5 inches has fallen up on the course… this is bad, peoples.

they dont run for as long in the cold…

that'll be nice and light to lift over all the snow…. 🙂 im not even joking, its rediculous, takes around 2 1/2 hours – 4 hours for a lap at the moment……

I can't remember when something broke or fell apart on my normal civvy clothing so am I expecting too much for the cycling stuff to last more that a year?

my cycling clothing IS my civvy clothing… 😀

good and bad, parents split up, but i started racing…

adrenaline rush that you get by going fast…

the achievement that you feel when you've trained hard and the previously long and tiring firetrack is a piece of cake.

RACING! best thing about XC is racing it.

use the 19, its better to spin at a high cadence for 24 hours than lose the spring in your legs on the first climb.

if the snow hasn't melted before the puffer then were taking shovels, Quads and a JCB up to clear it. As Goan said, the only worry is car parking…

agreed, i cant train properly in the snow… and its snowing as i type…

*hem hem* i do believe it had already been ridden on ….

I was the person who left the tracks you followed, see?

AVATAR 3d is immense.

todays walk….

I have to admit, winning that race made us feel soo good it was unreal, and we got another piece of furniture for the shop 🙂

driving conditions right now are fine, no midges-its winter, doubt it will be called off, and chipbutty- are you the guy we raced at Ten more at moray? or was that a different Mike? did you come out on a shop ride in the summer? i think it was you….

anyway, looks set to be just as exciting this year. has to be said im hoping for sheet ice, sorry guys =)

wheres that? lucky sod.

Fair enough, best to be prepared for any conditions… looking like it will be cold the week before the puffer with not much rain/snow, so summer tyres may get taken out…
EDIT: i dont know why im even fretting, i live 5 minutes away from the event…. its not like i cant just nip back for spares…

TJ, i hate to say it, but those would be just as pants as my schwalbe ice spikers (same type of tyre) in our present conditions..

If the course is Sheet ice up the firetracks, the schwalbe ice spiker type things are best, if it is deep snow like it is right now, trailrakers, or medusas or any proper mud tyre.

ubuntu is ok, but there arent as many good programmes or things that run with it that you get with mac and windows… im using ubuntu not from choice….

C902 camera is pretty good.

if your thinking about coming up to scotland, dont. it good up here as it is, and you'll wreck it. 🙂

how much travel are you after?

if conditions are like it is right now, trail rat, they dont work at all. the best tyres right now are Trailrakery type things, all out full mud tyres

im going up today so il scrape the snow off of the rock slabs and pour some water down them, how does that sound? any other requests on how we should Piste the course?
this year could be the mega-avapuffer…..

roads should be fine, we had a little more snow this morning.

hah. Bert and dougie in the last pics chip butty?

SLX have them also, but tbh, black insulation tape works fine…. doesnt affect shifting, but they are wrecked fairly quickly from grit and water ingress.

what time, could meet up? i got the firetrack ones, but i didnt realise it was the river walk,
il be doing 2-3 laps tomorrow, i havent been out on the bike for a couple of days so im going to try and make up for lost training…

P.s those tyre tracks were made by the logging trucks that are currently running up and down the firetracks, for people that werent aware….

EDIT: chipbutty, i probably know you if you are a regular in squarewheels. (im the saturday boy) Bert and dougie's mate?

my m8 owns a B&B in strath, could check if its free? they are bike friendly (their son races)

the social side comes from camping, and talking to people during the event… and this planned STW Pasta party…..

i have an xtc carbon, it was built with all black bits, just bought a set of white SID forks to go on it… uh oh… also have white brake body and callipers, not built the bike up yet (waiting until a month before the start of the season…)

but we all know the weather forecast will be wrong. so pack suncream.

yea, conditions will be completely different by then though, early forecasts are for a hot spell soon (4 degrees!!!) and then the week of the puffer VERY COLD!

ICE ICE BABY!!!

tough, he has to tell us, he doesnt want to be a bad OP does he? DOES HE???

2.1 medusas for me, used to like nevegals, but from now on its medusa town….

och we'll be fine, maybe have a STW get together at 3 in the morning?