Thanks very kind of you.

ok thanks

Andy

Never leave home without it. Navigated the JOGLE great got a uk road card for on the road bike to keep the screen clear not neading os maps and paying for europe.

Guilty here Airbourne ti for winter. Planet x team carbon summer. Not used MTB hardly due to pernament winter being in place.

SRAM RED Pro Carbon no frills, “RyanAir” style £999.99 bike – it’s back 45 bikes only.

planet x

If you dont want to tow a big plastic box look at folding campers.

ukcampsite is a good site for buying from to. Royal outwell all good makes. Find somewhere local with a broad range to have a good poke about. Like the family tent shop. where they are erected an free to look around and staff with knowledge and advice.

Brecon Beacons black route forget the long boring fore roads.

After i lost vision in one eye last week for a day started wearing on the Jogle like it carried on the rest of the week works a treat. My roadie friend hated it with his cap under lid look. threatened to throw it in the sea on our arrival at Lands End.

All good fun 🙂 honest recomend to any one that has thought of it but stay off the A roads makes it so much nicer.

Cheers guys

Sensible answer water softner has failed. The silicone balls are come from there.

I expect you will be in the top 10% with all that training you are putting in. Anyhthing after May should be a good result. Witha all those base miles in the legs.

Stop going onthat will never happen.

Stunning looking frame enjoy. 😀

Well as one of the other guys riding with foxy. I am the one looking at the accomadation. I have no desire to stay in hostels thankyou to old for that nonsence. Adventure spirit yes we like to know where we are going mapping it is part of the fun for us. planning is part of the adventure without a plan you have nothing. When you have a family responsabilities a wife etc. you have a short window of opertunity to do this. time is limited. planning makes the best use of the time available. Your life is not the guide for all and everyone else to live theres buy.
sorry about speeling and grammer not my strong point

Looking forward to it should be fun

bikemap.net

loads of routes on there if anyone still wants to what other peolple have done.

He can join a club west drayton is a good one with a good mix. The chilts high wycombe and Henley are full of trails.

crispedwheel
yep thats the one had troble there on and off for a couple of years worst one was half a tree balanced across the fence and a tree at head height as you round the tree at the top come down to a small drop before it opens up wide. took the gravel rash ripped shorts better than no head. night ride Tuesday starting there were you cant see before you are in it every 20 feet or so. pointless mindless idiots. all the root balls from the locals raiding the compost heap to build the blocks were a bit of a give away. I cleared it as I came down as I had friends following me so they could have a clear run. but be aware in case they have been building again proceed with caution. I have reported it to oxford council but what they can do I dont know.

tips are showing and the trails are drying out a bit as well. be careful anyone doing the stonor fence desent locals have been blocking the desent every twenty feet with all sorts mate broke a collar bone the other week. have reported to the council. silly old sods must have taken the most of the day to build them half a tree in one place even built a stone wall backed with soil for support. shame a nice quick desent.

christmas common balhams farm

I built a hardtail a couple of years ago low budget for low maintenance reason. I now ride the hardtail 99% of the time which has developed into a full carbon GT which is a lovely bike to ride. I take the full suss out when it's bone dry. or when I go to wales and weekend trips away. I am even thinking of selling it on and sticking with the hardtail as I enjoy it so much. You can feel the trail rather thn blindly bouncing over it not having to pick lines or think about the ride. But it all depends on where you ride and the conditions. if you ride the lakes more often than not you can justify it I ride the chilts so no reason to have a bouncy rear end.

Just got a Thule towbar mount for 4 bikes from towequipe through ebay cheapest I found great service. very fast delivery.

Leave it to them for now the sand destroys the bike when it's so wet. The chilterns If you know where to go are rideable netllebed russels water oxforshire way stonor all ok yes muddy but it is winter. but the mud does not make such a grinding paste. Runners on the labyrinth last year i nearly took them all out a militant group led by a crusty bike hater. yes I do ride both places.

Before they finishedthe m40 you used to drop onto sections of it then off again onto local roads. well i was travelling in the fast lane behind a couple of other cars when the all started pulling left rather fast into the middle lane. when the car in front did the same I was left facing why. An old couple in an escort was driving the wrong way down the motorway waving at everyone and thanking them for moving out of there way smiling.

Blue Collar here Mechanical Engineer.

riding wednesday eve nettlebed might be riding Sunday from reading

Andy

Well done on fighting this. It is an ispiration as always reading you post's with the example of pure grit in fighting it all the way. Dont worry about other people you are tired and also depressed masked by the fight. it is easy for us on here to post as we dont have the face to face relationship your collegues and friends have. those face to face relationships cause other emotions to come in to play. As what the hell do you say to someone you know work with friends with that is going through what you are. LOst for words. keep the fight up rest when you can and keep positive.

good luck

This is on a rough ride route yes to all the above farmer has even fenced bits off. map said bridleway sign said footpath.

this was a common sight yesterday so i guess yes they are. Not just the younger generation some old enough to know better.

mm absolute quality hilarious

gears are fine I am not a subscriber to the single speed myself. Had no probs tonight with shifting at all. Have a good ride tomorrow then cinnamon_girl

Been to the lookout tonight great fun in the white stuff.

thanks wheelz most usefull especially the load ideas.

chain reaction vouchers great for those bits and pieces required to keep on the trail over winter. but a new camelbak will be great love my wife

use the old pads to push apart sometimes all the fluid gets pushed through and the presure needs to be released if you undoe the top cap on the brake fluid reservoir push the pads back the put the top cap back on be careful not to push back to fast. and top if if required.

sorry about spelling errors for those that worry about that.

Glad you are ok. happened to me a year ago, my head went throught the screen. No damage to my head at all.

If you go for spin with him perhaps he will be able to climb like his wife with a little training. 😀

keep up the good work wish you both the best.

did you want to put the argument to my wife.

I have just spent the morning looking through wow totaly amazing from concept to product with consultation from the masses in a short time and by the looks of it a quality product to boot. If I had the cash I would order one now.