well seeing as you cant buy a bottle of wine for less than 10 pound here (Norway) and a can of guinness from the shops costs 2.50 then errrrr…..a lot more than i would in the UK. Although i probably go to the pub twice a year here.
do not let them in without a court order. Demand to see id and if they start hassling you call the police and say someone is trying to force their way into your property.
you get 2 weeks at full pay right after the sprog is born and then anytime in the first 1-2 years you get 10 weeks leave at full pay. oh sorry, thats in Norway not the UK
Well i live in Norway. I moved here from Switzerland. Yes the taxes are high here and the cost of living (food, booze and cars) is high. But my salary is excellent and the standard of living here is brilliant and i think i agree with the report – Norway is a great place to live – as long as you dont wanna go out and get pissed in the pub every night. BTW Norway´s oil money is placed into a pension scheme to enable the wealth to benefit future generations of little viking pillagers.
re-nicked i would suspect. a lot of bikes there are "free" souls. You "borrow" one, go to the pub, leave it outside the pub, come out and "borrow" another one
not the best mag they have done but still a good read and loads better than some of the other rags (wmb, mbuk etc). and its way better than the local option here in Norway (terrengsykkel).
i enjoying reading the thoughts and ramblings of other bike people.
I really enjoyed hunting for trails around østmarka in Oslo. Skullarud is a good starting point.
I now live in Hommersåk (Sandnes). Very rocky, very technical local trails. I have never seen another biker on the trails in the 2 years or so i've been here. Next summer i'll start exploring a little further afield
Here's my small BFe. been riding it for 8 months now and its bl00dy marvellous. As you can see it's built up for more of a xc/am feel rather than dh. I'm running 140mm vanillas up front and am very happy.
There are no trail centres round here in this part of Norway and it gets ragged on very difficult and technical natural trails. By far the best hardtail i've had.
If you get into it you will love it. I had the luck to live in switzerland for 5 years (and now Norway) and i got hooked. Even breaking my wrist (not wearing guards) and breaking my collarbone (doing a rather fabulous jump) hasnt put me off….