Jumped from first post to most recent, put your foot down get past all these slow idiots who think they are good drivers.

Teach yours taekwondo or some such similar marshal art

matt_outandabout – Member

British Columbia
Thats bit like confessing your from Belgium

Edit:- Has it stopped raining yet ?

Well flamed for not being brought up right
People not knowing that country is different to county
People wanting to live somewhere because its closer to another country
Worserist of all someone thinking Kerry is better than Cork

mildred – Member

Sorry but this grips my shit:

If you could of HAVE chosen, in which county would you have be born ?
Obviously not from Yorkshire, suvern at a guess

Summer cross starts here on 30th of March

straighten it, small adjustable spanner and push it onto disc, snug like, and tweak a bit at a time.

Your Miffed eh, just checked the premium bonds zilch this month I was hoping to win a bit to finance the upcoming trips to the Dutch/Belgium classics, the training camp in Majorca, France for Le Tour and Menorcan Sportive.
Oh woe is me :(

jon1973 – Member

Dignitas have an option

That would depend how much it costs, you wouldn’t want to get in to debt.

But he can afford it, minted apparently.

Yes rule #5 is apt at this point.

Easier to ride a bike too small than too big.

Dont buy shoddy Italian shite

Dignitas have an option

toxicsoks – Member

Shortly to be moving to the Keswick area for similar reasons to OP, apart from the surf stuff but the coast is only a short drive away.

At last thats you off my patch :P

molgrips – Member

Nonsense. Skiing is niche in outdoor people – it’s something rich people do. Walking and climbing is traditionally done by skint pepole.

I think you will find the opposite if you went to a ski resort, maybe if you said
“A once a year ski holiday is what most British skiers have and they pay through the nose for it”

Bristol has one crag, well it has a few more but cant remember the names and they didnt impress when there.
I just had a brainwave…….
Harrogate

Bristol is a nice city if I was looking for a city abode it would be on the list, but for walking climbing it would have to be north east or south west as those area are where the surf is.

Agent 007 its in North Yorkshire bottom end of the Dales national park, though for surfing Scarbourgh/Whitby its a bit of a drive

I’m find it really hard (retirement)
Lovely sunny day yesterday and as I have no free bus pass till 2021 or a state pension, I had to go to the cafe on my bike 50 miles later I was knackered. However I did manage a couple of sneaky Wharfedale Blondes last night as recovery drinks.
Today I’m having to do the garden, its sunny again and cant find the sun cream.
Tomorrow I’m having another pitiful day riding the route of Le Tour with a pro, hoping he is knackered after the 2 clssics he rode at the weekend.
Life is tough on a pension :-(

*Looks out of window*
3 crags, lots of hills and can nearly see the coast, can walk to the train station, with a direct train to London. Its quiet and yet has a very good MTB scene, can ride to my local trail centres.
Where ? well I’m not telling I want to keep it this way dont want any Townies here ;-)

Safely back from France, unlike some :-( Stopped by the Menen gate on the way back

Got the train :-)
Last time I was here you didnt have the hike out, mind that made the glacier flat and a lot of poling. Cant believe how much its shrunk

Stunning weather :-)

Better day today, spent skiing. The bike rack makes a good ski rack

Well spent the afternoon chilling, beers in MBC and now getting ready for a 7 course meal in a rather posh restaurant
wasnt too bothered about not skiing after driving to chsm in a day, after a bad nights sleep on the ferry, a fire on the car dek(Artic on fire) made for an exciting crossing,

Vis on the hill is about 50 metres, so its not good conditions forecast to be good inthe morning so will be making fresh tracks.
Dont really need to ski in bad weather, plenty of time to wait till its sunny :-)

Sat in Chamonix watching the snow come down very heavily.
may have to find a bar and watch the curling.

velocipede – Member

I’d love to have a go – but feels like not the place for an old git!

Any old gits out there tried it? (I reckon Veteran status (40) = old git)

I’m old enough to be your dad.

Me, me ………
A superb day I even got accreditation :D
Tips no just enjoy it.

Guess you live lived in Lancashire

I use Spesh Fast Trak

It does have lower amount of brake jack/ squat or what ever you want to call it . And they do track the ground betterer whe climbing over a single pivot.
Well thats my experience yours may be different.
Oh and most manufacturers try getting around the Horst link pivot in the chain stay by putting them in the seat stay or in the axle,so I guess there’s something in it.

Back on subject, HAPPY BUNNY, why I hear you all shout.

Well after a year of putting up with Windows 8, even upgrading to 8.1 I’ve had enough.
Now the proud owner of “Classic Shell”

I dislike it with intensity, cant understand why I have to go through an extra stage with just about every operation, need to buy a new scanner cos my old one wont work, and wheres my recent documents eh ?

Cut out the egg and use almond milk, I use that as an alternative ever 2 or 3 loaves

We havent bought any bread for 4 months. All is homemade with this my favourite recipe.

300 ml Buttermilk
1 egg
1 Tablespoon of honey
450 gms strong flour or 300 gms strong + 150 gms self raising [gives slightly different texture]
1 teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda.
1 Teaspoon Salt.
Make a good liquid mix of the milk egg and honey add to the dry ingredients and short knead on floured surface make a 18″ sausage like “Thing” bake on a baking tray dusted with flour to stop it sticking bake for 40 minutes in a 180 c oven.

If you dont have butter milk, make a substitute [which is what I use] 300ml milk add 2 tablespoons of either Lemon juice/white wine vinegar/cider vinegar to sour it.

Attempt to find your car, apart from on your drive.

crazy-legs – Member

The only ones I’ve found that come close are Endura Deluge gloves. Tried loads of gloves and these are now my default winter riding ones. So far so good.
Agree with that, I’ve tried Altura, Sealskinz Gore to nam a few and the Endura Deluge are by far the best.

Yuo have disposable income money to waste, go to another bike fitter with your bike set up the way the last lot said was ” perfect “
Be interesting to see what they say