just watching 'JOhn and Edward' going though to next weeks x-factor show…grrrrr PUBLIC : GET THEM OUT !!!!! they shouldnt be there, …… nice people like Rachael Adedeji shud still be in the competition….i hope she gets a record deal from someone….great voice she has !

i cant believe Rachael has been knocked out ? what dont the public see in her…. oh and bless little Daniel…. he couldnt hardly sing tonite as he had lost his voice !

new zealand

erm….. ive had my bike around 5 months and seems ok ! do i need to be worried….. what is the problem with these hubs if any ???

lol GW… trips over kerbs….actually Danny Mac does that ! poor bugger

ok muddy dwarf, so on that 'black route' heading to the 'slab'… where does the 'black route' come out at ?…will it join to the red route agin ? cheers..

sooo as it was foggy on my first attempt at gisburn, and ive only been the 'once' to the forest, is the 'slab' anywhere near the berms ?
i did see a 'black only' route on my travels but didnt go down it as i didnt know where it lead out to…is the 'slab' in this area ?
cheers

hmmm, just had alook on chain reaction,,the 'seatposts' are in the SALE ..for 49 quid but only if you have a size 25 or 29mm seatpost so no goos to me then..i need a 27.2 size…. 67 quid i think they are going for now.

lol Juan ! i can be your mom too if you want… im a real guru in the biking world ! lol at least i think i am ! hahahaa

my son has a 'Thompson Elite' and it looks great ! i want one too for that extra bling look for my orange bike… Thompson dont scratch at all…
wouldnt pay full price me sen tho.. are there any other models out there that dont 'scratch'…. theres plenty of good looking ones about but i want one thats scratch proof ! 'thomson' or 'ritchey' ?

lol albino…that goey mud nearly threw me down the banking,…. my tire decided to to a dance in the gooey mud but i just managed to sort it out seconds to going down the drop !!! ive never been down a drop like that before and as i said it was my first time on the newly built tracks so i didnt know what was coming up next…. sooo did like the roller coaster tho… there were lots of yeehaa,s and whooo hoooo,s coming out of me- much to the embaressment of my son… (is that my mother behind me …lol
eye the trail was better than i thort….. and kept seeing extra bits that are still being built…. oh loved the boardwalk stuff too – hope it doesnt become too green like Dalby, otherwise chicken wire mite have to be an option on that part of the track.

yep well i do try different products and yep they are all different in sizes/model… im normally a size 5 but receently my mountain bike riding shoes are a size 6….ive never ever worn a size 6 !!! so it just goes to show that every model of shoe is different..

oh crickey no-wonder i cant find them online …i spelt it wrong..its actually 'carn' footwear
…
http://www.carn-uk.com/

get another bearing ! lbs shud give u one…my son lost a couple ! he got whole new bearings rather than a new headset.

my home insurance asked for a couple of quid extra a month to add bike insurance… 'Royal Sun Alliance'…
it covers the bike for full amount of its value…

i will second that…. 'ride with others" they will push you harder !
this is the way i learnt : each hill i came to, i always climbed a little 'further' the next time i did that same hill and so on …. make your own marker and tell yourself 'you got past that marker last time' so each time you climb , you instinctively know to get further ahead….
i ride with my son alot and his mates (they are all half my age yet i still keep plodding on and dont give up much anymore… if there is someone cycling infront of you most of the time uphill then you know you have to carry on as they dont ruddy wait for you ! lol hahahahha

talking of washing powder …yep switch to a non bio powder and also bear in mind that washing machines of today…the adverts are always telling us to switch to 'low degrees' when washing clothes …(erm that DOES NOT kill Bacteria !!!!!! iron your padded shorts…its hotter than the washer ! but dont let the iron stick them up…lol

hi welcome…..yep id say stay 'thick skinned' on 'ere' or the locals will have you ! ahhahahah ……nice to see you getting back into mtb ! most people start with hardtail and progress quickley from there, its very addictive ! i started late into MTB… live begins at oh no 40 – for me, and havent actually managed to get off my bike yet….since i got my first full sus i cant put it down ! im out riding 3 or more times a week..lol thats Orange bikes for you….!

link not work for me ?

why are your originals cream crackered now ? get them serviced ?

i run 'Fox 32 Float R 140mm 15QR' ..its what came with the bike…only had bike about 5 months tho and its my first full sus… happy with my forks …..at the mo…. they are light enuff for me as im only a small spring chicken you see…lol

theres loads of space in the octane….fit in a few jackets and all ya bike gear etc….. pocket to front of bag and also handy pockets to both sides lower down….. bags of room ! it fits me ok…and im only 5ft small…

im not very girlie, and this is what i have…. (mines is the black with lumeiness green (be seen) writing on it….

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Camelbak_Octane_8_Plus_-_2_Litre_Hydration_System/5360028103/

how about road biking !lol…boring i know, but its still cycling… :-)

no-one got one yet then ?

ive a stack of climbing magazines too ! in excellent contition..lol

cliviger valley ? we start off from Todmorden up to portsmouth, and head up the main road and vear off up a dirt track across the moors and ride above and over the cliviger gorge …..andway you end up coming out near the Ram Inn…then back on main rd to home only been twice (this is a new route for me, so dont fully know directions or on route names yet ? lol

worst place gotta be London ! its all flat there !
wots Brum riding btw ?
from that pic it looks like Danny Makaskill king of riding… you know its abit like the new sport 'Parkour' but on bikes..

i had to take a detor on my bike ride yesterday and head to the bike shop where some guy wanted to see the APPLE GREEN in the flesh….so to speak.. yep he liked the colour…. hes buying an ornage five ..
saw a nice orange 'Alpine' being built in the back room too…brilliant these orange bikes…. one word…AWSOME :D

lol sorry bout this but i just read out the question to my other half…

he said go ask NASA…
lol
i have an orange five pro' and i think its great…. the only downside is the front fork doesnt have 'lock out' …but im a light weight so this isnt too much of a problem..
its a great fast bike and i get a buzz out of it everytime i ride..
i started on a hardtail..specialized myka elite and put some beefier forks on it….. a year later i wanted a more beefier bike… and had a demo on the orange 5, and that was it…no going back to anything else….trouble was a couldnt find another bike that fit my size being only 5ft small….. so the womens five pro in the 14 inch frame(short)…just fit me perfect….. still whizzing round the 'home of 'singletrack' fells with a smile on my face…lol

i had a demo on the luminous pink…not bad colour but i opted for 'apple green' in the end…

go with apple green ! mine looks well cool… …. or, there is another green… is that the neon..

CHATSWORTH :That wouldn't have been much use today, I was off over Top Withins and back on the new stretch of Pennine Bridleway. Sorry, no I wasn't. Top Withins is a footpath, so didn't go!

lol so where did you go ? ive been over to Top Withins a few times now and its a bridle way….(packhorse route) new stretch of Bridleway ???? is there ?

yep i was just about to say park near the winfarm….
failing that if you dont want to pay for the car park…why dont you just cycle up there and cycle home like i do ! lol.. yep that ride for me is about 3 and a half hours long. …from sunny 'Tod' to 'Widdop' up the switchback to Gorple Gate, down to the limestone Hushings at Sheddon…and further on you come out at the windmills, then its the tarmac haul over near the Bridestones and back to 'Home' of 'SingleTrack' land… :wink:

i got the orange 5 pro in May, i was looking at the five s and doing upgrade but in the end it was going to work out not much cheaper than the pro…..
i love my five pro so much that i ride it 3 times a week….its a total addiction, its a wonder it doesnt fit in my bed ! lol
its a buzz for me and at as its the small 14 inch frame it just about fits my 5ft small height….

love it to bits and thats coming from a woman !!!!! who cant keep off the local fells….

yep its the new Nano ipod….. bigger screen too….. hmmm mite get one of those ! cool colours too.. i have an original ipod (20 GB) …. but they dont allow downloaded videos to watch etc…

Capacity:

* 8GB or 16GB flash drive2
* Holds up to 2,000 or 4,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format3
* Holds up to 7,000 or 14,000 iPod-viewable photos4
* Holds up to 8 hours or 16 hours of video5
* Stores data via USB flash drive

'beveled edge ' it must be the new nano then that records just video…i,ll have a search on tinternet …. just wondered if they were any good thats all… and how long you can record video. my mobile samsung D900i only records for approx 3 or 4 mins…duh

yep my thoughts are : if the brain fails…then what…. (wen guarantee runs out,,,could be expensive bit of kit …

no this is brand new…. it actually records stuff ! maybe its not out yet ?

duno i guess you can snap short films with it wen your out and about….sounds good..

i demod an almost luminous pink 'orange five' once but opted for a nice shiney green colour instead.lol

well i dunno yet cos ive only had me full suss for 4 months… must get back on the hardtail soon ( i keep saying that, but im still buzzing on my orange bike) at the mo.. lol