….they like fish, ( my cat from years ago was caught many a time leaning over the fish tank dipping its paw into the water… (thats cats-fishing for ya…. :wink:

i acknowledge most mtb,ers wehn im out on my roadie bike, so (what they think in their heads is another thing = why is that woman roadie smiling at me (lol)…. they just dont know im an MTB,er too….im disguised on my roadie bike….. by the time ive whizzed past the MTB,ERS they,re thinking ::: “oh crikey thats elaine anne the green flash of the orange bike” (normally)…lol :wink: :mrgreen: :wink: :mrgreen: 8) :lol: :P :mrgreen:

yea u dont need fullface for dalby its more of an xc route with bits of black sections on the way, theres nothing big at dalby they have a nice 4x course and a bit of a play area etc but nothing special, just do the red run and ull love it, see if you can do it in 2 and a half hours like me ;p

id like to know why most people dont like the look of the orange five…ok their not everyones cup of tea in looks but i luv mine and it rides well..it works and thats all that matters . :roll:

dont like ::

hybrid
mondraker
saracen
santa cruz

cant let any air out cos they bottom out…. as i found out today.. my son twiddled the dampner buttton at the bottom of the forks too to slow the speed of the fork (it was coming back up too quickly (and put more air in cos i think the forks had lost alot more air too… hadnt ridden the bike in many months you see, been on the full sus and roadie bike alot… 8)
ok cheers guys for your input will get them up to 100mm at the service …sounds ok to me… :wink:

ok they need servicing soon anyway, so who ever services them i,ll get them to open the forks up to remove the spacers……. so a 120 fork would be a bad idea then ? would it be soo tragic to go to this lenght then… lol)
think ive been to spoilt over the last year and a half as i have 140mm travel on my full sus.. :wink: dam it… :wink: :mrgreen:

so the forks are currently 80mm sould there be any difference in opening them up to 100mm (would i see any difference in perfromance wise….
i was hoping to get away with 120 forks at some point,
its a 2008 specialized Myka Elite frame …

oh i dont know how many spacers are in the forks ???? i dont mess with forks …id only break them…lol everything i touch turns to dust these days..lol
anyway ive emailed leisurelakes bikes and asked them as thats where i got the bike and forks…so i shall wait and see the outcome.. :wink:

i have 4 spacers (2 medium and 2 thin spacers…
well blow me down i never thort to look at the website…. just thort someone on here mite have and answer thats all.. :wink: the forks didnt come with the bike originally, i didnt like the femanine forks that were on my bike so i went to leisure lakes to get some beefier forks for the bike ( i remember they had to put a different kind of mount on for the forks i chose…
anyway i will have alook at the website see if i can find anything…
just thort you were all clued up on ere :wink:….thats is all for now….lol :mrgreen:

so the m520,s are fine for road then… (excuse me for not knowing but whats the difference there then if they say they are for xc riding (the M520,s…..

or these i found at melin cycles…
http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/Bike+Shop/Road+Parts/Transmission/Pedals+-+Road/Shimano+105+5700+SPD-SL+Pedals_1675.htm

dont wana get this wrong buying online..lol…..
i have found some specialized road shoes on evans cycles in the sale ..they are last years model but a great price…so now for the pedals…its kinda complicated when your unsure and new to the ‘clip-in’ scenerio…lol

ive found these but are they only for xc ????
it says a host of other uses….?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shimano/m520-spd-pedals-ec005948?query=spd

so went to leisurelake had a quick look round, they only had the ‘look’ spd pedals in….nothing else…. was hoping to get some shimano clip- ins… they had just one kind of specialized road shoes ..think there’s more choice online so will check out their website …

oh crumbs (just read they are for MTB lol…anyway yes i shall have a good look round…

yep something like this looks ok to me
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-pd-m520-pedals

sorry im struggling here..lol as i’ve never paid attention to detail with spd,s b4…… so any size spd pedal will it fit any size shoe…. i dont have giant feet or anything :wink: told you im clueless to this roadie game lol….i shall have alook at leisurelakes bikes tomorrow whilst mt bike is getting fixed… :wink:

option A : no particular reason except it sounds more interesting.. :wink:

ok. what’s the difference in clipless and spd,s…..sorry if i sound thick i have much to learn in the ROADIE world…hahah
i used to have some specialized mtb shoes (you can unscrew that lip thing underneath the shoe but alas i have worn the specialized shoes out (i use five tens and flat pedals on the MTB …
is it relatively easy to learn to unclip safely….im worried about that…if i shud happen to skid off my bike..would my feet come unclip with loosing balance ot does the bike just tipply toptail with me…hahahhaha :wink:

he will be staying for longer in Uganda obviously…. give it another month…he,ll be back… :wink:

so i manged to send my necklace back to the shop today and pointed out that the chain was dis-coloured…firstly in the shop they tried to clean the necklace that i hadnt even worn…. anyway then the manager was called over and looked at it and agreed straight away there was a problem with the chain and it didnt look right… there was another set like mine in the cabinet so she was going to take the chain off that give it to me there and then…. but that chin also was discoloured….
its supposed to be white gold….. i guess they will have to have the chains inspected at some point….anyone they are going to get another re-placement chain for me so we shall await and see the outcome and hope the next chain will be ok (fingers crossed :wink:
in the meantime-i spoke to the mother in-law who purchased them for me on her own…..and i get the impression she,s not happy (i think she thinks im being awkward…but i did stress to her that the manager agreed something was wrong with the chain…lol :wink:

cheers Lowey… yep thats it windy hill i was on…lol heres another one for you then…. whats winter hill (or is windy hill the same thing thing as winter hill…lol

lol yup i guess i was miles away from rivi…hahah would love to go there some time tho… :wink:

hmmm i still dont know Rivington…everyone raves on about it… i was over there a few weeks ago with my son…went over the m62 footbridge and on the other side was the tv mast with all the satalite dishes on it… is that the same area or is it alot further on…. is there another hill with a mast on it…

dont listen to sweepy-if you do you will be bauld :wink:
start at bigggest and work down….my hubby and son usually go for number 2….but thats quite bonehead too lol…. yeah start with number 4 or 3 if you have never used clippers b4… that way you will still have some hair left rather than no hair at all as ‘sweepy’ is suggesting… :wink: :mrgreen:

not much down hill at cragg quarry. but the link path from cragg down to Lee quarry is all down hill with boulders that jump you up in the air as you whizz down. :wink:…. Lee Quarry has alot of new lines you,ll like it there !….

the Mary Towneley loop has loads and loads of gates….luckily me n my son went with the Pennine Bridleway Rangers (just very recently) and they kindly opened most of the gates on route …..brill :wink: great day cos it was an organised event…so we didnt get lost which was a bonus for 47 miles of riding… :wink:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=abersoch&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=635&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gGgTTqreDIe5hAfQtP3pDQ&sqi=2&ved=0CHgQsAQ

cheshire set ????? eh….
yeah get yerself to hells mouth-surfers paradise :
here is Abersoch..webcams….
http://www.abersoch.co.uk/village1-archive.php

i bought a Ragley seatpost which i quite like but months down the line is looking abit scratched now… i try not to lower my seatpost too much these days, only if its very very steep…. :wink:

actualy heres one in this lot (45 quid) ….i can b helpful sometimes..
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/fs-new-and-used-bike-bits-fulcrum-funn-thompson-shimano

c if there are any Thompson posts on classifieds .
my son swears by the Thomson seatpost :wink:

terrahawk….what forks have you got there…

:mrgreen: thats funny….thats shallot…. :wink:
well i will leave them a tad longer cos there’s still some green foliage left, i put ‘netting’ in my ‘veg box’ so nothing can be lifted by pigeons etc cos our area suffers bad with those nuisance dam flying rats… :wink:
in a separate veg box i have some watercress growing in abundance and celery which is coming on a treat ! :-)

oops …forgot about orange (lol)

try here :wink:
http://www.discountbicycles.co.uk/biz/section.php/4382/1/26_inch_tyres_slick_semi_slick

get back on the five…problem solved :wink:

definately green !!!!!! :mrgreen:

i have nevegals in the winter and for summer mountain kings…i do like the nevegals… :wink:

ah good luck with getting married (ya gona need it) ..LOL :mrgreen:
Hope you find somewhere to live tho when you come back….tell you what go to garden centre and buy one of those sheds that have everything in it for kids (complete with curtains (some have an upstairs too…so if you start arguing you can throw mrs… upstairs ! hahhahaha
lol best of luck seriously.. :wink:

yep its very hot….especially if you’re at a quarry with no trees (its all open space…boiling hot…. i was sweating hot yesterday….. i prefur it cooler tbh…
some guy i bumped into yesterday said he didnt like to wear gloves for riding (kinda bad on the hands when ya riding quarrys (lot of vibration…anyway he said “if i wear gloves i,ll end up with a tan line…he didnt want that lol. :wink:

was up at lee quarry today then over to cragg quarry…. :wink: very dusty today…