I know of a 2012 status 2 going for 1400 or so. It’s only been used a handful of times and like new. The guy who owns it is a custom painter and has just been given a 2013 status from specialized as he does work for them so wants rid of the 2012 one. He has it in eBay but just contact him through there.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specialized-status-2-Medium-2012-Dh-Mountain-Bike-Downhill-/221168508362?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item337eab9dca

Many thanks! Just hope the size calculator is right and I manage to build something which resembles a wheel 😆

E90 will be my next car, it’s a good choice.

I currently have an E46 with 182k on it! Still drives tight like a near new car and has never let me down.

If you are worried about sliding, get winter tyres for the winter months (I keep a set in garage and change over) they make a massive difference and can be had cheaply part worn. I’ve drove in -32 degree winter with snow and ice in estonia with no out of control moments when visiting the in-laws.

I’m not any use with the tech questions, but would love to hear what route you are planning to take.

Proper impressed with on-one delivery time. Ordered a bash for my girlfriends bike yesterday afternoon. Turned up first thing this morning.

Im 1700 miles away from my bike so I have a good reason not to be out on mine, I wish I had it with me though.

What chainring were you running to hit 88mph?

on-one inbred – 2012

I’m over in Tartu, Estonia at the moment visiting the girlfriends family. Plenty of snow here and bloody cold too! Last night was the Christmas dinner and present opening.

E – Premier Inn Chicken Burger & Premier Inn Apple Crumble and custard
D – my own stash of Yorkshire Tea gold
L – To the extraction fan whizzing in the bathroom/bog

Not too bad, my business is getting busier which means its a struggle to get out on two wheels, something I aim to get the balance right in 2013.

Efteling in holland, not to far from Eindhoven airport (Ryanair), catch train to Tilburg. Not been there in a few years though but it is a bit like Alton towers but Dutch but it is a bit different scenery etc etc

Amazing thread and impressive shed. I would live in that if it were mine (bed on mezzanine level).

Not the best quality pics, but here is me firing a few rounds.

I did a bit of target shooting while out in Estonia visiting the girlfriends parents. using a variety of Glock 17, mp5, m4 carbine, walther silenced pistols, saiga 12 (bad boy ak 47 that fires shot gun cartridges) and a bit of sniping using a tikka tactical sniper rifle.

Always good for a giggle!

http://www.tacticalshooting.ee if you are ever in Tallinn!

Adam & the ants – stand and deliver

Ive just started learning Estonian (and by christ its confusing!)

I would recommend Spanish or Russian.

Ive learned a few languages, mainly when chasing skirt abroad.

Holy crap.. Thats mental !

Drink the bottle of whisky!

I have the same problem.. My other half also wears earplugs due to my snoring. I went to doctors and hospital and had mine checked out with sleep tests etc. Consultant offered cutting tonsils and cutting my palette in my throat or something. But I gave that a body-swerve and Im a bit of a porker, but just finished my new bike build after a bit of a cycling sabbatical, so hopefully a bit of weight loss from me will help her get a better nights sleep 😆

I use 1and1 for my business. The webmail is pretty good on it I find. Pretty easy to link up your iPhone/smart phone to it too with the IMAP settings.

Off to Estonia sunday.. forecast is -20 for my arrival! A bit cold!

Monitor, Keyboard & Mouse
iPad & Stand
Avid Juicy 5 caliper that is split in half
Avid Juicy 5 Piston and Seal Kit from CRC

I drank 24 cans over a bank holiday weekend once.. not recommended. I cant drink, smell or be near it these days.

First thing in the morning, usually still dark outside. Although this year I am off to the future in-laws for christmas in Estonia where they are winning the game as they open presents on Christmas eve.

God knows yet. Flying out to the future in-laws in Estonia for Christmas, I have no idea what to expect. All I know is its going to be effing cold.

Finding public toilets mid ride with heater hand driers.

Flat out here. Work for myself as a Patent Illustrator and its always mental leading up until Christmas

Bramley.. In an apple crumble or pie.

I bought a few the other day from ikea at £6 a pop

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20220039/

Hungary Hill Chippy, Stourbridge same as lunge or Balds Lane Fish Bar in Lye if i am feeling the need for battered orange chips

Build a new log house in Estonia (where my other half originally comes from). Pretty good MTB marathon series over there so that would give me something to do.

Diamondback topanga for me. White frame with black splatter, and the odd bit of fluorescent pink. rode that until 96 when I got myself a kona koa.

Any idea what they are doing with the place? I will pop by tomorrow on my usual Saturday morning ride out and have a look.

Damn! Bache Brothers, my local bike shop (2 mins from my house).. As already said this place has always looked retro and I even have the same surname as the shop name. 😆 Not been in since the 90s when I was in my youth and was mesmerised by a voodoo bike in the window.. Ended up buying a Kona though from a shop in Wall Heath

A bit muddy on the old towpaths tonight, and I got left for dust by some Stourbridge Cycling Club Roadies, bad times.

Bromsgrove to worcester i have done before.. Just hope its not too muddy as that towpath gets a little boggy after a good downpour, and as said by z1ppy some of the tunnels need to benavigated by going over the hill on a track rather than through the tunnel. I quite regularly rip down the towpaths from Stourbridge to Kinver. In fact i am off down there now heading towards Kingswinford.

+1 on sky scanner to find out which airline/cost combo.. but then i go direct to the chosen airline website to book the flight

1988 Renault 5 GT Turbo (First Car – fun to drive!)
1982 VW Golf GTI MK1 1.6
1989 Renault 5 GT Turbo
1989 Peugeot 205 GTI 1.6
1990 Mazda RX7
1988 BMW 325i
1998 VW GOlf GTI

I had a thing for cars from the 80s

Christ a few from Stourbridge on here aswell as gherkin.. Piccy house was a laugh back in the day! Never went to Reef bar when it was that, never been since its “Heaven” Gentlemens club for that matter either! The words Heaven and Stourbridge you rarely hear in the same sentence.

I have a particular liking for ladies from the continent Ex was Dutch and met her while working in Motorsport and ended up spending lots of time in the NL, and the current is Estonian who i met through mutual friends.