i take my camera(fuji SL1500)with me most times i go out and when i first started thinking about how i would take my camera with me just happen to come across a thread on here showing sfb with the camera strapped to his cheast and to me it seamed to be the logically way and in a year ive never had a problem and think ive taken more pictures than i would have had it been in my pack plus iam pretty sure that chipps carrys his camera in the same way.

hello 8)

strangley have exactly the same feeling was going to go out for a ride and couldn’t be arsed and should do really as on call all next week so won’t be able to even if i want to :( so might try to motivate myself to go for short blast tonite(first night ride of the season) 8O

iam quite lucky not only do i see them all the time flying around,RAF whattisham where they are based is just up the road in suffolk but also my company fix the forklifts in the maintanece hanger up there so get to see them up close and in bits and trust me they look EVIL up close that gun is FU*K O*F big up close

way back in the mists of time(early 60’s)my dad was in the army and was in the artillery and in a regiment called 50th missile there job if the sh*t hit the fan was to drive out into the woods in Germany and lunch there truck mount missile called an honest john into East Germany with a small nuke warhead onboard.
And there advise to dealing the the retailation was below a certain level of contamination they were to head for prelocated decontamination area,above this level they were given a gun and as many bullets as they could carry and pointed in the direction of the oncoming russian and told to kill as many as possible before dying of radaition poisioning and the last level the advise was to stick your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye !! 8O

converted my kona about three months ago with the on-one kit been spot on so far so i would go for that one

it's coming through Colchester in essex on the 17th trying to get the day of work to go and watch should be ok :D

yep i to have to say thanks MoD as there is a big trainning ground in Colchester and it's my local loop and have no probs with the Army only the odd heavly armed bush to contend with(para's stationed in Colchester) consists of one range which can't use when red flags are flying and three interlinked woods and best of all bylaws don't apply so if i like the look of a trail i can use it yippee :D

cos iam fat and my name is simon and the mk2 comes from the hacking incident

Hello and welcome to the mad house!!if you want something a little closer to home come up to ne essex in Colchester there is a miltary training ground which the public are aloud onto called firday woods it my local loop(15-20 miles) not very hilly but lots of wooded singletrack and by laws don't apply(miltary land)so you can ride any path that takes your fancy,if you want a guided tour e mail is in the profile,e mail and i can try to arrange something 8)

ian-r mortgage not a prob already been offered a mortgage with the halifax up to and in excess of what the house is being offered at the moment

Thanks for the advice everyone so seam like a good deal if you push hard on the price and yes we have been on the market awhile and with a new baby(6mnths old) we need to move cause this place just isn't big enough

why???because i can and wanted to and i live in essex(all be it the hilly part)and in the end i'll be really fit and have legs of iron(i wish) :D

a pic of mine now singlespeeded

had mine about 7 months now started off with 130psi top and bottom and all ive done is reset the top to 120psi and they have been fine but then think when i got mine the concensus was that they take a few rides to bed in

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yep customer realation not a strong point had some trouble with some brake pads contacted them and was told i hadn't put them in right this point of view was reached without even seeing the pads and it was surggested that i didn't know how to do the job in hand which is funny cause iam a mech engineer and have a shed load of qualifications and 20years experience of fixing thing far more complex than a bike so no customer realation not good :evil:

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went there a few years ago it was utter overpriced sh*thole well past it over inflated glory went to cyprus last year and that was just as bad NEVER EVER GOING BACK TO ANYWHERE GREEK EVER AGAIN!!!!.

p.s iam even glad the whole place is going to the dogs maybe next time they won't take the holiday maker for granted and take the pi*s out of them :evil:

There is a lamp post on one of the tracks on my local loop comes on at night and everything only trouble it's in the middle of nowhere not a house for miles god knows why its there.

have a saying at work fitters fit things engineers make things and techies talk sh*t me iam an old school engineer 4 years apprenticship city and guilds btec and 15 years in trade

p.s also got a degree in engineering never been any help work wise

Read the op and spoke to my wife shes a housing officer she says that your unpaid council tax has been passed on to the bailiff as an unpaid debt this is only done after severall letters asking for payment have been sent and all of this information is passed on to the debt company baliffs don't have any legal right to enter your property unless you leave a door or window open but and it's a big bad but they do have the legal right to recover cost from you so the advice is get on the phone to the debt company and sort out some kind of arrangment.
no good going to the council they have passed on this debt and as far as they are concerned its old news and dealt with sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings but thats the way it is from the info surpplied.

kaesea-surf-mat seperated at birth me thinks :D

iam afraid iam going to have to join the crc bashing fest ordered first thing tuesday morning and it say order still processing only ordered jockey wheels,chain link and small bottle of oil would have thought that these thing would be in stock.
as for delivery has allways been next working day on all my orders so far and because of volcano was allowing extra day but postie been and gone and still no bits bugger knew i should have used lbs even if they are a bit over priced and full of smug sh*ts.

cheers for that clowner ill order the lx ones :D

congrats went through the same thing 10 weeks ago seams like a life time ago enjoy the quite time before they come home cause your feet won't touch the ground when they do but it's great fun :D

Going out for the first time in 10 weeks for a all day meander going to be taking it well easy :|

my boy is five and a bit weeks old and have had a mixed bag of nights so far some have gone really well some have been really bad but he's beginning to get a bit of a routine going so last 3 nights have been ok(mind you ive been back to work thee weeks now so iam only doing weekends)

two are of the bike and one is outside mum in laws house new years eve this/last year

my new son jack born mon 15/2 and my last bike ride at the end of jan :D 8)

My vote would go for the 3/4 humvees ive got them,don't have any problems with them when wet but the liner is cr*p and not had(touch wood)any problems with the stiching.

my wife thinks iam a cross between him and him 8)

quite often see same thing's on local ride as it pass thro Friday Woods training ground and the paras are based in Colchester and the Apache's are based just up the road at RAF Wattisham

mandatory bike on wood pile shoot with new camera on today ride very muddy but good ride :D

Bit of a no brainer for me fat and don't give a sh*t can still ride a bike as fast as i like and as fast as my skinny mates and come the drought iam not dying first ha ha :twisted:

oh well what do i know(apprently) only spend all day working on engine's,transmissions,forklift mast's etc you can lead a horse to water and all that!!!! :roll:

Oh dear don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings but Punto's have ally heads on them and if you have all of the above sysmptoms then you will have a cracked head this is not a maybe you will.
You can get these welded and skimmed but it is fu*king expensive and doesn't always work so then you need a new head and head bolts and gasket kit and this all adds up.

p.s i know this to be FACT as my wife did to our Punto and boy was it a pain in the arse and iam a mech engineer good luck

edit :- no longer have this car as it was a right peice of sh*t(friday afternoon job)

twice since crimbo both of them were in the holiday period after that snow and ice and work have kept me off the bike and iam on call all week(24/7 Mon to Sun)so none this week mind you have a cunning plan to get a road/cx bike to use local when iam on call.

At work all week (Mon to Fri) and on call all week (Mon to Sun 24/7) and the wife is now only 4 weeks away from giving birth so starting to be on high alert for the call to hospital!!,so no off road rides for me might try and get out for small road/cycle path ride at weekend :|