cheers King!

glad you liked em Tazzy-just emailed thecyclejersey about prices for another run of shirts, c*ntinental should be on there 😉

(if anyone has any more sponsors to add to: Gary Fister and Bumrager then let me know)

excellent event, well done to KoD, everyone has been asking me if im alright today i look so gubbed

um Sheldon your mum said to let you know if we were interested in a tee and you might get some more? im interested (i completely forgot to order one)

and also if anyone has more pics of the **** in the kilt let me know, ive tagged the ones ive found so far 😀

speak to sam or lord on-one they both have niner carbon forks on their singulars i think

ta!

sorry sir, ill get my coat :'(

ah! yeah you're right, OTs and physios are far better

Scottish crew-kilts
yorkshire crew-flat caps and bitter drinking bitter?

EDIT: organisisers can we have Europe-the final countdown as the race starting song?

GP's I have found are useless with backs.

to be fair though there isnt a lot they can do other than tell you to take painkillers and walk about, i know its pants but given the evidence base and that osteopaths etc aren't on the NHS then there aren't many options other in instances of long term back pain or medical emergencies.

EDIT: i should perhaps clarify what i mean re. osteopaths-as they are private then it can be difficult for a GP to recommend them on the basis that their advice would then lead to a patient paying money for treatment which in itself isn't always appropriate and also because the evidence base isnt there and furthermore because it may not work for everyone.

bonesetter im with TJ on this, its admittedly NHS driven because osteopaths et al aren't on the NHS and don't have cochrane report evidence as far as Im aware.

Different people have different experiences so if you find something that works for you then go for it

EDIT: for what its worth (zilch) im going to go to pilates class in a pre-emptive strike

i use a mix of potato, bread and garden gnomes to carbo load, cheese is a bit fatty for a real race diet

if you're that keen enter wilderness 101?

are you asking whether a ss bullit is overkill? certainly not, im pretty sure a full sus big bike came third at the ss worlds last year-the rider is insignificant.

painkillers and moving about, vast majority of back pain resolves after 6 weeks

have a look at GPnotebook if want more info.

if feel numbness in the saddle area and/or have issues with peeing and pooing, see a doctor/go to hospital immediately

EDIT: masssage, osteopath etc help some people but a GP might not recommend it until you suggest it

alecangus is at ours tonight (he wanders if left to his own devices)

not a macleod, ive got a beer drinking/race kilt 😉

its not a skirt-we dont wear pants*

*we might wear shorts though, been a while since my gooch saw that much abrasion

i used to unclip on dh bits, confidence mostly, was a revelation being clipped in and descending, couldnt go back

im bringing these bell ends

you'll be able to identify us because we'll be wearing these

and possibly these

maybe if i read stuff a little more i wouldn't post rubbish.

doesnt stop anyone else

woah! freaky

and im guessing it wasn't akira then 🙁

akira?

(i just searched lyriks on here to see who came up as having chatted about them, longshot i know)

i had a similar life from my deore, gone with another because too skint to afford a king but im saving up for one..

As at SSUK2009 "drink it or wear it my son"

awesome!

marshalls could perhaps have a drink shortcut? and/or a shortcut for those at the back to steam through on the skinsuit* brigade completely unjustifiable?

*im still contemplating the kilt if my gooch can handle it, this is not, repeat not the same as a skinsuit. Its far worse.

road and mtb are different widths but as to bearings ive no idea

get the deore or get something actually posh-king with the tool or a phil wood

coooool!

spaz=matt carr, rode with shaggy, small annoying mouthy man, you can't miss him. Even when you try really hard

ss cross bike?! I didnt see another ss bike the whole time i was in madrid

I know, shaggy, spaz and xcracer lot might head over again though?

it is xc race heaven, plus not a lot of night riding in spain so expect to make up places during the darkness. Id love to come over, annoy eck and get some proper bravas from el barrio. got exams though 🙁

Perhaps I should clarify:

I am on the Nottingham med course and I live in Derby

This thread was resurrected by someone else but I appreciate the replies, ta muchly 🙂

And doing the Nottingham course isn't anymore of a ballache than other places really, def not as much as say London. We're in Derby for first 18 months then based in Nottingham for clinical work but as you mention Dunc placements means it doesn't always matter where you live.

If anyone Derby/Nottingham/around here based fancies a pedal let me know, end of my 'holidays' now but finish 1st year at end of June.

cheers squin, i moved here about 6 months ago 🙂

i know eck, it's bloody madness-you'd never get this in madriz

there seems to be a fair amount of confusion/bs about what was allowed/actually there….

well thats indeed where i ended up 🙂

And if she doesn't want to be stalked she should stop that wicked 'come hither' look, the saucy minx!

she's starkers from the t shirt down.

Except the socks, you're never allowed to touch the socks.

i went with m and s recently, fingers crossed i don;t need to claim but my worry would be that i have a mainstream brand but a pretty unique frame, hopefully i wouldnt get fobbed off 🙁

im also hopeful it'll cover my bike should it crack

hijack: doctor do you still have those sidis? if so can you drop me an email, ta

(if you know what i mean)

i dont, may we have some extracts? photos if you have em

on the whisky note, ive finished my macallan 10* and was going to get highland park or talisker next-recommendations? been a while since i tasted either and dont want to stump up the cash in a pub to try em again

*in less than 4 months :O

2 of my bestest riding buddies that i havent seen in aggggeeeesss

yeah ive always been a big fan of trek fx bikes for those reasons, stable efficient and fun. Ill let this one pass i think, shame would have been great.

not using downtube shifters

im more thinking of the toe everlap and whether people think it'll be a big issue

caliper ie road ones