yep the more you spend on it… the more ruddy value seems to go down (thats asking a bike shop ! i bought a specialized hardtail few years back and upgraded to 'rockshox recon race' front forks, changed it from 8 speed to 9 speed by putting sram x7 gears on ,,,new cassette, chain..the lot, and went to bike shop to put it in part exchange to upgrade to full sus…. and they hardley offered me a meatball for it….lol….so i kept the hardtail ..

why have u posted 6 times ? lol… just keep checkin the sites lol

ive just changed my pads… i have Hope Tech x2 my son has the same ( he uses 'sintered' compound pads' cos they last longer, but i use organic as im a light weight rider and they work for me… but if ya heavier go for 'sintered' (i think simtered are the gold coloured ones)

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=36543

hmmm white wraps and white headscarves… you ought to be careful they could have taken you away to the 'funny farm' either that or they were advertising their new 'laundry dry cleaning door to door' servives….

actually : none of us shud have time for dusting the house …we shud all be out there training !!!!!! i used to be a compulsive duster, but since getting my full sus, i spend alot more time outdoors…. the soddin dustin can wait ….. im thinking of getting one of those Honda Robots off the tv advert…

my all time favourite : and Danny Macs too…lol
'The Funeral' by the 'Band of Horses'.

being middle age means the pounds 'go on' rapidly thats an unfortunate truth. abd as soon as you loose it, things like xmas get in the way…then ya back to square one agin trying to fit into a pair of size 6 jeans… ho hum… ive gone back to size 8, i was size 10 in jeans about a year ago but yeah my weight fluctuates alot and im 43….

i dont think the winner wud boast about it on ere ! but he/she /walien/omoeba will be the happiest person on the planet now….
just think of all the 'north shore' you could build with that kinda money ! lol

did you hear the commentator explaining things : from the floor to the green line was only 2ft then straight after that was those horrid railings ??? i mean c,mon its not rocket science , anyone can see thats dangerous …why build it like that….its outrageous and now the price has been paid for someone to loose there life…. just terrible…

these look gud ! they only start in size 6 tho ?

http://www.welovemountains.com/productview.php?pickcat=10004285&=pagetitle=Five%20Ten%20Sam%20Hill%202%20Green&ref=gs

hey thats a mint bike day-g !!!! is it a Doddy special ? lol he rides those bikes …

crushrider : my colour is apple green (paid extra for the paint job)…

….here is my Green Bike

hey 'TEeTOSUGARS' : notice you have one of those 'ksi 850 lever seatpost' is it …. i wanted one of those they look relly good but apparently theres alot of 'seal faults' with them ! how is yours ?

oh dont dismantle ? i was watching a video on hope vision 2 lights and they strongly advised not to dismantle lights… have u had it long ? you can always send it back and tell them theres a prob, (not that u dint drop it of course) lol

anygood for xc riding ?

are they comfy tho….. they seem look overly big abit clompy ???? just surfin the net and found some in the sale for 55 quid… darn it ive lost the website now (not a well known site ….

wow still alot of snow up yonder yorkshire then…
i love walking around that area,,,, love Penyghent and Ingleborough,, must get up there soon ..

i had that oR they thort it was that a few years ago… prob IBS in the end (irratabel bowel syndrome)… kept having flare ups…. had to watch my diet alot they said… gave me alsorts of tablets …nowt really worked… had a few of those horrid tests where you drink a horrid glucosey drink ( 2 bottles) then they look at your insides to see whats happeneing… fortunately i have got alot better over the last few years through diet, stay away from anything with cream in it and no spicey foods , cheese is another bad thing for me… taking lots of vitamins and acidopholus tablets ( to get the good stuff into your body..
over time you learn what to eat and what to stay away from…. listen to your body… itd fragile really…i blame the early 1980,s food that had too much processed stuff in it and other rubbish… 10 years later you pay the price…. 0h…

lol GavGas : i think everyone is a 10 when out riding…
a year ago i was prob a 2.1 but now things look considerably better… i have become a stronger person mentaly (i think /hope)…

my bike is insured with my home contents ( sunlife)…. paying a few quid extra on top each month and just told them the price of the bike and its insured for full price …..

cool…. i bet you were buzzing crazy !!!! thats how i was last summer wen i got my first full sus… i was nearly in tears wen i had to take the demo bike back.lol then that did it for me i just went ahead and ordered my orange five… still ride my hardtail 'occasionaly' but somehow it just not the same…..

ha id love to have another blast on the chopper bike (equiped with compulsory coloured 'Tassles' !!!! they were great…that clunk clunk clunk gear changer in the middle …FANTASTIC…. i believe there was a 'chipper' too… they were the best bikes ever when i were a kid… i dont think ive ever grown up since…lol then when that broke me dad bought me a donkey from Blackpool pleasure beach which gave birth some weeks later…. another toy to play with…ney !!

purple…. just to be different i guess….

yeah i was thinking around may/june time actually..thanks for info..

jet wash is bad for bikes….too powerfull they can knacker ya hubs too.
spray muc off on cassette leave for a few mins then i scrub cassette and chain with old toothbrush….. swill down with low pressure of garden hose and all clean agin. good stuff that muc off…

i have trouble remembering where i leave my car half the time… then remember i walked to work that day ! oh dear…lol…..

..a mice all weather trail…. hmmm intersting … i shall look out for many mice then ! lol….. i mite wait till summer for that ride then… i dont wanna get a case of black foot rot ! lol

yep found it Ton ! just wondering how long the route is… and where it comes out at..

ok yep i had a drive up there as i was in Hebden otherday and found the sign post which actualy says 'Limers gate' on it ! so ive never gone up that track before now ( do walkers complain of bikes being up there at all ? .. looks like a ride for summer… its very boggy at the mo..
sooo, does it come out at 'midgley' then.. cheeers

eye yep i wud like to see what that looks like mah05 !

muc off is great ! (i wont tell you what the lbs calls that stuff.. but it rymes with muc .lol

well its only a 14 inch frame cos im a tiny person that rides it… im 4ft 11 inches small so no point in sticking me on a 15 or 16 inch frame… my legs wud never touch the floor or the pedals come to that ! lol… nope my bike has to be tiny just for me ! my hardtail bike is only 13 inch frame ! very dificult to get bikes for small people…but 'orange' came up trumps and so i fell in love with it….
it was either 'orange five' or Titus motolite ( the titus wud have been prob twice the money.. but apparently is supposed to be even lighter than the orange bike in weight…. but im happy with my bike and thats the main thing..

..who said on this thread quote : "depends on how short you are" :
does being SHORT have an effect on age too ? lol
crickey hope i dont shrink anymore cos i just measured me sen t'other day and im 4ft 11 inches…. but i am quite strong too for alittle un'…. you have to be strong with the 'hills' in this area !-you have no choice ! lol

well im 44 this summer….. i got into mtb just 2 years ago… and im getting lots of muscle building going on… i ride my local fells alot here in singletrack area and the hills are killers !…. i think in a few years time i prob get a road bike and keep on going….as long as mu body will let me…

here's another suggestion then ..if you dont think kids have a 6th sense…. then pay attention to your pets ! your dogs 'see' 'things' too..
they are always right ! when they start looking around the room in the dark and growling short grrrrr…. they know ! trust me…
i have many interesting things at my house…white mists, faces, clowns, and i dont have 'young' kids to tell me… had a mist a while back i thort i was seeing things at first then i mentioned it to my hubby and he said he had seen a mist too but didnt want to frighten me so he kept quiet for a while…. ive actually been woke up by a spirit whilst having a bad dream… someone was patting me on the back to say wake up (no it wasnt hubby he was snoring his head off…. then you know that feeling of a presence (i darnet look in the dark… i trembled under the duvet ..im not looking ..ARRRRGGGGG…lol… after a while it went away..ooohhhh

when my son was about 6 year old he mentioned he used to keep seeing a man with dark glasses on in his bedroom… ( must have been his 'passed away' grandad ! kids see alot more than adults you know…there 6th sense is much greater when younger

and at the highest beach in Todmorden…!

glad i chose this colour, it does stand out….

here is my bike in apple green

im not sure how to post pics on ere… cos i too have the apple green …
you get alot more people looking at your bike when out and about !
the only thing i dislike alittle is the front forks…how come they dont have 'lock out'… a little annoying sometimes.