Wasn't me either, but was advised to leave there a looooong time ago for maybe not being 18 :-) happy days!

nice pub though, and every time I see it on 'the lakes' TV series it makes me chuckle and ring the guys i was on holiday with at the time

Better late than never… here's my selection of pics.

as usual if anyone want's a full resolution copy, just mail me (in profile).

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+1 for event horizon :twisted:

It's on the calendar :-)

See you there!

I've got a Trek Top Fuel and have been well impressed by it. the 2010 ones look amazing too.

Just got back from there, did the loop 1 & 2, trail conditions good but puddles everywhere, ace weather, great fun as always…. Enjoy!

Excellent ride, great turn out, good laugh all round.

I've got some piccies to post up, I'll do that this evening…. Penmachno beckons today… will my legs carry me!?!

Cheers Graham for organising, and volunteering me for a 'saddleworth moor' one! :wink:

I was up there a week or two ago and it looked like some of the narrower bits had been clipped back, no real vegetation problems that I can remember. There were some sections that were suffering under the amount of rain we've had recently, but nothing boggy, just wet.

Went to see 'Funny People' last night, more like 'Mildly Amusing People', wait for the DVD to rent…

I'm in :-)

See you there…. now what cake can i make this time. hmm

Cheers

In terms of the helmet debate, I think most people would agree that as a learner it's a good idea to wear one, then as you get more proficient you'll want to be stepping up your skills so will probably prefer to wear one again incase you come unstuck in a bigger and more spectacular way. Then when you're happy with that level, you'll move on again (off piste, steeper, bigger drops, etc) meaning you'll probably opt for a helmet again…

It's the same with biking, most people on here would class themselves as more than proficient, and can manage from month to month without any serious off, but would you ever go without your helmet 'just incase'.

that's my 2p anyway

Excellent Peachos, I am indeed NW based, infact I work in Manchester city centre, I feel a lunchtime wander coming on!

Cheers

Yeah, it was a group thing, taster lesson, to see if I fancied coughing up a bit more money, and I do… Didn't expect to learn much to be fair, we were all 1st timers.

I'm sure the learing curve will get a lot steeper, just like the slopes!

720's in two weeks, don't want to rush it :wink:

GrahamS and the rest:

Firstly, cheers for all the help, and horror stories… :lol:

I'm here, in one piece, and surprisingly unbruised… to be fair I don't think I got up enough speed to do any damage!!! Just the basics last night, bindings, moving along the flat, using edges to climb, using a stomp pad rather than both bindings, small slope for practicing balance, posture, etc.

Really enjoyed it though, so I think I can add yet another expensive hobby to the ever increasing list.

Now where's my card for these lessons, pants, protection, boots, board, bindings etc!

Oh and cheers for the link to snowboardclubuk too further up the thread. Will be very handy I'm sure.

Keith

It's 'real' snow – chill factore in Manchester.

plenty practice falling from riding :-)

cheers

I've got a Decathlon/b'twin road bike (was approx £500), had it about 12 months, done loads of miles on it, no trouble at all. Very good value in my opinion.

I'll put another thumbs up for a VX220 Turbo, one of my friends had one, it was amazing fun, got plenty heads turned, and I wouldn't worry about badge snobbery, you won't be hanging around long enough to here the end of the sentence "why didn't you get a lotu….." :lol:

Seriously though, you've got a massive Vauxhall dealer network, an engine that's in plenty of other cars, plenty of tuning parts if you want 'em. What's not to like.

Whinlatter on Sunday for me, 1st time I've been up there, looking forward to it

I bought a bottle of one of these from morrisons the other day….

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Think it's the 'trailblazer – low carb' not had it yet though but it's beer, so it must be good :-)

-long days out on the bike
-comfort food (yorkshire puds, filled with sausage, mash and gravy for me)
-a good real ale
-friends
-impromptu naughty 'school nights' in the pub.
-that weird coincidence of thinking of a tune and the radio station playing it.
-bedroom naughtiness (sadly lacking at the moment :cry:)

What the hell has happened to Deep Purple

They're still going, infact they've got 5 UK tour dates in November, so don't worry :wink:

Seriously though, powdercoating is always an option for that 'perfect' colour choice.

OK, I'm in…. Moorland VAFC (Very amateur FC). I'll prop up the bottom of the league as usual :roll:

If you cant find out of office, try this

1. Open a new Outlook message formatted as plain text.
NOTE: Do not use Microsoft Word as your e-mail editor.
2. Type the information that you want to have in your reply message.
3. On the File menu, click Save As.
4. In the Save As dialog box, click to select the Outlook Template check box in the Save As Type list.
5. Type a name for your reply template in the File Name box, and then click Save.

How to define a rule to send an automatic reply in Outlook 2003
1. On the Tools menu, click Rules and Alerts.
2. In the Rules and Alerts dialog box, click the New Rule button on the E-mail Rules tab.
3. In the Rules Wizard, click the Start from a blank rule button, click Check messages when they arrive, and then click Next.
4. Under Which condition(s) do you want to check?, click to select the Sent Only To Me check box or any other check box that you want, and then click Next.
5. Under What do you want to do with the message?, click to select the reply using a specific template check box.
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Pinched from MS support :lol:

how does bamboo compare to merino? i know its antibac/antismell like merino… might be worth a try for £9.75
Spokeshirts

Trek Top Fuel? I've got an Alu frame one, and it's very smooth and relatively light.

BadlyWiredDog – Member

Maybe look at stuff around the Diggle, Delph, Saddleworth end of things? Where are you working?

I'll second that, although I may be a little biased, :-) Nice area, good pubs/countryside/riding. And if your new job is in manchester it's an easy 20-25mins on the train or 40mins by car commute.

take your pick, I live in Mossley, it lays claims to 5 administrative boundaries:

peak district
cheshire
lancashire
west yorkshire
greater manchester

personally i'd say it's Lancs, but you can't say that too loudly around here :-)

As the above posts for getting on the router, the list of attached machines could also be listed under a section called 'DHCP leases' or similar.

If you really don't want it to be secure then you could always turn off the router when you're not surfing.. obviously when you're on someone else could be too, but it should cut down freeloaders if it's not regularly available to them.

Stevland Hardaway Judkins – not exactly a superstar's name however…

Stevie Wonder is a bit more catchy :-)

Ross Noble? – edit – too late

Yeah, I'll be there, positively local for me compared to last sundays :-)

Has anybody booked the weather yet? Sunshine with patchy cloud seemed to work ok on the last couple of rides, so we'll have the same again whoever's in charge.

Cheers

Another excellent ride yesterday, cheers to Deejay for organising that route, even that last hill!!!

The photo's are great, doesn't quite get across how gloopy the first but was :lol:

Cheers to everyone that turned up, it was a good laugh. I bet that landlord at Hawnby loved us lot dropping mud all over his bar too.

Keith

is it just me, or are the brake pads on the rear V-brakes vertical on the tyre? rather than over the rim….

Junkyard: Cheers, It is a 180mm rotor! woohoo, thanks, I've got a spoke key too, so I think we might have success one way or another. Excellent.

On the cake front, Rocky Road, now chilling in the fridge :P

ok, strange ask, does anyone that's coming along have any spare nipples :lol: preferably of the spoke/wheel type, 15 gauge… I appear to have found the source of my wheel wobble!!

If not then I'll be calling on the spare wheel offers!

Cheers
Keith

I'll be there, if I can get my front wheel straight.

I'll attempt some baking/caking too (can't promise it'll be any good though)

Richer sounds have some Sennheiser for £89,

Richer Sounds

+1 for the no problems so far gang… running the free RC version on a HP laptop at work, seems very stable, drivers-wise so far anthing that says vista has worked.

I enjoyed it, not as 'techy' as some bits of CyB, but not bad by a long way.

If you're heading that way how about Penmachno?… bit more interesting

I've got a decathlon road bike, cost me £469, carbon forks, carbon seat stays, campag kit etc… rides very nicely. Can't fault Decathlon for value, even got a pair of road shoes thrown in to go with the snazzy look keo pedals.

this looks great value too: Rockrider 8.2[/url]

REBA's etc can't be grumbled at for £619, and I guess there's less risk of a bad ride on a 'budget' H/T over F/S frame