cough stu.

i've seen the proof of postage with my own 4 eyes

mine should be here by the weekend hopefully as they're in transit as we speak, but i'll let you know asap.

smoke cloak is your friend.

i'll wish you happy birthday now as i'll be getting wet somewhere in the cotswolds.

cotswold bivy is on, if anybody fancies it.

second AlasdairMc, wild camp, even cheaper on a budget, leave your car somewhere and ride a mile down a fire road into a forest(even if you have too much stuff you can shuttle it on your bike) then camp up in said forest and have a peaceful time. it'll be so bloody dark in a forest that nobody'll find you and your bikes hidden behind a wall of trees.

just got in.

shakey can you take a photo of this and mail it to me, andrewataylor@gmail.com and i'll see if i can talk you through it once i can see what were dealing with.

Why do it then?

because i can. or at least i hope i can, mechanically wise that is.

technically i think i'll be penalising myself by changing to a bouncy ss only a matter of weeks before ssec10 rather than a tried and trusted hardtail ss which i've had for years

certainly is clubber

sorry toys, it's a large anyhow

if it's a straight top tube but flaired at one end could you not just get diameter measurements, at say seat tube end, middle and head tube end?

http://www.scottishmountainbikeguides.com/guided-holidays-scotland/highlands-skye

epic designs super twinkie

for very lightweight duty only, don't beleive the 7kg tag on it

woolly hat and a set of dry clothes if it's raining, some beverage and some really unhealthy food.
unless you bivvy in a town centre you WILL NOT need a lock.
that is all.

twice in about 8 years

couple of alpkit airlok XTra's one on the bars and one under the top tube if you've got space, but this one cant be too full as it'll rub your legs.

no worries sturat, i've been given one overnight pass for easter but it'll have to be local as zoe is filling my diary rapidly with family stuff. i reckon i could do a bivy trip in the cotswolds somewhere during the easter break and she could stay at her parents.

had an 8 litre bag on last weekend for the trans cambrian and worked well.
two straps round bag to bars then one from the two straps around to the back of the stem/spacers to stop it bouncing.

well i'm slumming it in bristle and my social secretary (read wife) says i can do an overnight from Taylor towers but i aint foxtroting oscar to WRT land for the whole weekend. so you'll maybe have to count me out unless you fancy a trip down this neck of the woods.

see john, they're all poofs down south. :wink:

are you in the real north west as in cumbria or the fake northwest as in lancashire?

singlecrack – Member
flatfish
whats the giant xtc like does it feel light, handle ok, does it stear like a barge ?

thinking of getting one instead of a xc 26er

not barge like in any way shape or form, i bloody loves it i do.
handles just like a 26er. would certainly recommend a test ride at the least.

where are you john?

can you tell me when and where i'm meant to be out?

got a giant xtc 29er 1 last month, full bike weighs 27 pounds as is, so plenty of scope to lighten it when monies are more available. rrp is £1400, i paid £1250

sounds good to me. keep us informed.

that spelling has hurt my head

i retro fit fire doors and upgrade existing one's too and lummox is correct. any door/barrier is better than none.

been out in it last weekend, temp was down below freezing and there was still snow on the ground.
http://welshridething.blogspot.com/

thats what i used to pack in my dropouts when flying with it

I'd be intrested if you start making them for the right price

Well impressed

got a talon 22 last week, ridden two, day long rides since and love it.
highly reccomended

i'm getting 38mpg at the moment unless the wife drives it and she get about 34/35mpg yet i'm the one who had points on my licence?????

love mine but i'm bloody sick of it going back to the dealer under warranty.
nothing major, just lots of small niggly stuff like central locking, sunroof, 4×4 switch, airbag reprogramming, AC fan, parking sensors etc.

back in on tuesday, again. it was only in two weeks ago.

If there's a blockage due to a slower rider, just wait your turn

terribly british.

it's a race for gods sake, do you think micheal schumacher won seven titles by waiting in line?

had that at bristol 12 a few years back, some tit got fairly near the front on the first stretch of singletrack and i was three riders back with the two in front of me making no attempt to pass so i dived the otherside of a tree and made those three places, boy, did he get stroppy, so i just told him to **** off and learn to ride faster. after that piece of singletrack is a long stretch of flat which i topped out on as i was on a singlespeed so he passed me grumbling something until the next open climb where i passed him with ease and smiled back at him a la lance to jan ullrich and i didn't see him again all lap.
it's a race, so long as you don't take somebody out or cheat any line is game and if everybody else wants to queue leave 'em to it.

how do you get pics bigger like everyone else??