Frodo – don’t want to rent a room but if your ever up fancy meeting up for a nightride let me know – there is a small group of New Millians who ride usually on a Wed/Thurs eve.

Bloody love my GED, its looking a bit worse for wear now but an excellent frame, would replace with another.

The bloke with the big beard who rides round with the singletrack lot has one remember seeing a photo on here….

Just had a hot bath – gave my toe a squeeze and bit by bit a 5mm splinter emerged! It was very satisfying, ahhhhhhh thats better.

thanks guys v. helpful!
🙄

Obviously meant ‘had a good look at…’ think I may have a splinter lodged on my brain too.

New Mills is where its at ! Great riding from your door, a 25 mins train ride into MCR and 35mins ish into Sheffield lots of friendly people I’d recommend it!

I’m entering a 4xteam, I’ve never done a 24 solo (plenty of team efforts though) but I’m considering it for SITS (see how Enduro6 goes first).

I may even do extra laps to see how I fare at MM and give other less keen team members more time to drink beer

Agree defo v cheesy names! I’m entering the ‘Weekend warrior’ (renamed to ‘not all that slow’) category. I’d rather at the top half of the field than at the back as I’m assuming I would be if I entered the racer category.

I think that short laps may be a good change from the usual, should really be able to learn the course, time passing places, etc.

Spongebob, without ‘hippies’ you wouldn’t be posting on this forum. So go stand in the corner and think about that for a while.

what brand/model was the winners bike?

I’m really impressed with my Halo Choir Masters 2.3 (light-ish, big volume and a good price – roll well too!)

I cleared Cavedale dab free a couple of years ago – it was the most glorious mountain biking moment of my life so far !

Yeah I they are a different fitting to the 07 I’m replacing 08 for 08 so should be OK

No where I’m ill my Lymph nodes have swollen up like golf balls !

🙁

grotto what does your Genesis weigh?

There’s another good write up over here

http://shoestring-racing.blogspot.com/%5B/url%5D

I was the 27th placed SS – the guy who rode for Genesis Bikes was first placed SS in 7th place.

lots more photos over here as well

http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_j_obrien/sets/72157613471859048/%5B/url%5D

loose the salad (not higher enough in carbs) replace with beer.

I will be sporting a SS hardtail with a much too ‘spinney’ ratio to be competitive accessorized with a pair of nice and skinny spikey tyres.

You’re going to change your tyres even though it’s just a “quick ride/play this evening “…?

No I’m not going to change tyres, I have two bikes one with Big Earls fitted and the other sporting Mud Shark 1.5s so eat yellow snow, carrot nose!

Agree about Moyles but George Lamb is very funny on occasion.

George Lamb show reminds of the Mark and Lard occasionally. Its like Mark and Lard’s slightly annoying younger cousin from London village.

No rain forecast for the week preceding event though…
(although that forecast comes from my desktop widget ‘AccuwWeather’ not to be trusted!)

The course might be all dry and dusty with a rain free week 🙄

Cheers TH

Course ain’t flat, 32:16 recommended

Singlespeed hardtail – can anyone tell me how much of the course is flat? Will 32:18 be too spinney?

EDIT:

Answer for the interested was:

Not many flat bits 32:16 would be better though

Stabbed to death

At a race ?!?

lizard skins do some nice brown lock on grips (moab’s)

It wouldn’t surprise me if the tread patten on the Conti’s was crap. As the I’ve not been impressed with the other Conti tyres I’ve had in the past – Vapour, Gravity and Speed Kings.

Might give the Mud Sharks a whirl then (pun intended!) 🙄

Bet it wasn’t as clogged as mine 2.0 tire at SITS last year though…
I was envious of your clogging

“I brake for hills”

“its harder than it looks!”

‘of course you are!’
‘faster than you’
‘life is life’ (ner ner na na naa)

Ray Mears ate my gears

cheers for that – I may just get a pair then. They are quite expensive for such a retro tyre oh hum

cheers, nothings happened yet just preempting

Bottle of Tyskie
Chicken Rogan Josh later
Radio 4
(Buxton loop tomorrow hopefully)

will do cheers for that.

I have Oak and oil every three months or so had them for approx 2 years the only issue being darkening around the taps/edges of the sink (from to much splish-splashing).

Postierich,

What did you seal your slate floor with? As I’m just in the process of cleaning and sealing my slate floor.