never been to mulberry cafe but: used to ride a lot around strelley lots of bridleways and paths to go at even the old nottingham canal towpath still has a few miles of good track on it, you can get over to the erewash canal as well which is a good few miles of towpath. Used to stop at the Broad Oak in strelley village which always had a good pint on and some pub snacks. lots of out door seating too. bit further north is bestwood country park, another old haunt and loads of miles of path to ride. Big best western hotel in the middle at bestwood lodge is good for a snack and pint too.

was in Lille for the Kraftwerk gig in november, cracking place to walk around. loads of cool bars, restaurants, cake / coffee shops, old churches, art galleries and a little rock pub that does karaoke, Le Black Night rock cafe! just outside town is a cool little zoo with rhinos and apes, and a massive park to walk / bike around. Stayed at the Grand Hotel bellevue which is as central as you can get and arrived by eurostar. Was there for two days/nights but couldve defo stayed longer!

Defo a week in http://bikeverbier.com/%5B/url%5D

you want the clk 350, and to hell with the mpg! 4cyl mercs are gutless, 6 cylinder minimum and get the 7g auto its a hoot….

there’s nowt wrong wi my 26er and i cant afford a brand new bike just yet! And looking at ebay theres some pretty tasty used 26r super bikes that would be near 4-5k new, going for buttons!

Keep the mazda. Put the 4k you were going to spend on the Aygo in a bank account and call it ‘mazda repair/maintenance fund). Should last you another 8 years before that runs out i reckon! all cars need maintenance, at least with yours its better the devil you know. if you want new and shint lease a brand new mazda 3 for £200 a month

I hit 40 last july and had a massive panic, bought two new full sussers and a big house in the countryside, then reality checked and slowly came to realise that I have all I need for a happy life, and that despite having everything i ever wanted in material possessions, good career etc. it was the people and places you go that really mean most in life so I am refocusing on that, being with friends and family and making more time to travel, rather than n+1 bikes, watches, guitars cars etc.
life is damn short, dont waste a second of it! the material objects dont matter as much as you think they do!

I second the barrel drop but i think it closes about 10pm keans head, the cock n hoop, the jam cafe all worth a pint or two
Rock city for a gig
Ice stadium for skating
Holme pierrepont for water ski and kayaking
Walks down the river path
Castle grounds to visit
Wollaton hall for taxidermy and to see batmans house and deer
Bestwood countrypark for biking and walking
Vale of belvoir for road biking
Can you tell i live here?

yep no 10 here, its ace for road biking, less so for MTB.

Id love one of these.
But make do with this for now

interest free credit is a bit of a myth in my eyes, yuo can always negotiate a harder deal with cash as the interest is not really ‘free’, its just absorbed into the list price and hence mark up on the bike you buy.

pay cash buying a model a few years old works for me, I know what to look for and go on condition, saves me thousands. Only thing I use credit for is my mortgage

Just hit 40 and feel no different at all to when i was 20. Fitness is good i can smash out 100 miles on the road bike without dieing, just bought a dh bike ready for a trip to fort william and still love doing new things. Career in a good place and can afford do pretty much whatever i want. No kids though and not been able to settle with one woman for too long bit i still think im 20 and theres plenty of time for all that!

will turn 40 in two weeks time but ride as much MTB and road as ever, smashed a 112 mile sportive on sunday, knees a bit sore but loved every minute. Will probably move more toward road cycling as the years fly by, as I cant be arsed driving miles to trail centres

Skoda superb estate. Incredible spec for the money, basically an audi a6 without the badge. Acres of space and 50mpg.

Just bought a 3.0l v6 merc ml, goes like a rocket and 27mpg!
Only do 5k a year but the low oil price certainly helps

When i was a stupid and impressionable teen it was 1.80 for a pack of twenty marlboro, never got through more than a a pack a week, got a little older and realised they do **** all good for you and swapped them 5 years later for mountainbiking as a more productive yet probably more expensive hobby! But i mean nearly a tenner a pack, honestly, why would you? Thats a new santa cruz a year if you smoke a pack a day!

Just ordered a 2015 whyte 629 from leisure lakes with my halfords voucher

Yup just saved me 4.5k, glad the solicitors have spent so long pluckin around with the purchase, i put the offer in back in august!

1998 got a 90 Vw polo. Great first car. WRitten off so bought
Fiat bravo. Rubbish got rid for:
Audi a2 company car and a
Mazda mx 5 weekend toy swapped both for
Audi a4 avant tdi had 7 years and land rover defender sadly stolen in August after 3 years together.
Latest purchase this month is mercedes w164 ml which is super lux
A4 now up for sale

Not many over the last 15 years

Still workin

Did the slx brakes sell, gone quiet on your t’other thread?

real men ride clipped*

* a wise MTB guide in Morzine once told me

ill look after it for you

cheers, ill check pinkbike too

27 was wild crazy and lacking in direction, still discovering myself and what the world was all about. Now I’m pushing 40 I’ve still the same zest for life but with much more confidence direction and financial stability!

Have a scout on ebay, I bought a 2007 Santa Cruz blur lt with fox forx new deore groupset and wheels for 950 last year, spent 80 on new bearings and got me a alps ready superbike for less than half the rrp

Riding to the pub with the missus on our new road bikes this eve
A Trip to Vietnam on Tuesday
A Springer Spaniel to walk in 20 minutes
Happy days

Fancy one of these at the mo Seiko diver

Had one about a month now, bloody toasty on the morning commute, and easy to regulate heat with zips n vents, bloomin marvellous

Butlins with trees! That’s tickled old ernie

£2k!!!!!! That’s serious overseas hols money! My experience of centre parcs in sherwood forest, it was fun for a weekend but the place was seriously rammed queues for everything and no real feeling of escapism i look for on a holiday, nice idea staying in a cabin in the woods and to be fair the waterpark was ace and the nieces loved it but prob wouldn’t go again.

Get an a3 the a1is tiny inside

Vietnam and verbier this summer for me n her indoors

Ok ill risk the Royal Mail they’re in a shoe box so shouldn’t cost zillions thanks for the replies

I’d’ve thought not but its a gamble like you say

Just back from Cannock totally rideable a bit sketchy in places and muddy puddles so you will get wet! Loved it.

I just dont get it and i fly a lot, I never switch my phone off and not crashed yet! Also some emirates flights now allow you to make calls and use Wifi. If it really was a danger surely they’d confiscate phones at security ‘just in case’.

I would of noticed if my grammar was incorrect

Damn did someone buy the tassel comedy loafers? Was hoping for them in my Xmas stocking 🙄