I take it you were all brought up by parents who watched you every second and were never more than 120 meters away from you at any time? Well done. Not every parent is so perfect,

the world has changed, its not as safe as it was when I was a child
there is a big difference between being 120m away, and being pissed in a hotel bar with your children in an unlocked hotel room the other side of a busy hotel complex

Personally whilst I will openly admit I am far from the perfect parent that is one thing I can not contemplate ever doing
Whilst I wouldnt buy or read the book, I would like to see the chapter where they try to justify their actions on that day

(and just for note Im in no way saying they deserved it, just that personally I dont get what goes through some peoples minds when they think they can do something like that)

its probably a better idea and less tasteless than leaving their kids unattended in a hotel room in the first place

Sorry but I have little sympathy for the McCanns, whilst it is a terrible thing to have happened to anyone, had they been better parents in the first instance there would be no need for a fund or a book

I heard a rumor Mansell was thinking of a comeback 😉

backwards through a hedge

Im working hard on blagging myself one in Scotland next summer 8)

just got some Altura Attack 3/4’s seem pretty good
Merlin is cheapest at mo at £49.99 and buy 2 get 3rd free
Sizing is bigger than my other Altura stuff though
Shorts I am a large, these I really need a medium I thin (34″ waist)

I experimented with bar width by replacing my handlebar with a 1.2m length of copper piping from B&Q, I then gradually cut it down until I got to the optimum width*

*not really

spend as little time in your house as possible
Take advantage of the free heating on offer at yout local drinking establishment (pub)

might cost more in the long run though

rules are rules and he isnt allowed to play it
I dont want to be getting beaten online by some 11 year old kid, this is man stuff 😉

TC = Trail centre
pines is a shit muddy flat horrible place unless you know the unmarked trails and even then its not great
from what yoy say it has to be Peaks, plenty of good routes to choose from – http://www.monkeyspoon.co.uk

In Debenhams in Derby listening to Blinda Carlisle’s ‘Heaven is a place on earth’
actually I wasnt I was at work but how inappropriate!

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Store-music-played-11am-tribute/article-2881520-detail/article.html

from Nottingham the options are almost endless
Peaks
Cannock
Sherwood Pines (I guess not)
Long Myndd
Llandegla
Yorks Moors
Dalby
Gisburn / Lee Quarry

Really depends totally on what you want, natural or TC, and how long you want to be riding over driving (esp this time of year with limited daylight)

halifax priviledge one pays £5 each month and free to withdraw cash and use overseas

my subs copy is late, but when it does arrive it’ll be a bit thin

It ‘Peak’ not ‘Peaks’ but call it what you want and yes this time of year it is very probably quite wet

Nobody wants to buy a ‘.’ so stop listing it in the classifieds

Yes/no you should/shouldnt do that with your baby, yes/no it is/isn’t usual for the baby to do that

No its not an ebay scam, just an illiterate non cycling chav

Talbot Ericson
sounds like a late ’90’s mobile phone model
does it have good talktime?

millionaire russian pimp

something for weekend

think its the specialneeds bike that is poo not photobucket 😉

whilst she licked

Friend built it up. I’m assuming he’s replaced all the bits correctly…there, perhaps, is the crux of the problem.

I love the smell of back pedalling in the afternoon..

so does it still ghost shift when back pedalling?

Maybe thats the answer – ride everywhere backwards (and if I was you I would be backing out of here at high speed!)

no worries they cancelled my order staraight after I emailed them about it anyway
Great customer service, shame the 3/4’s are £7 cheaper at Merlin

(that 20% voucher BTW runs until Friday)

rockthreegozy – Member
£48..

Code “clothing20” still taking 20% off..

They are the shorts NOT the 3/4 length ones
I really should have checked that before ordering! 🙄
Damn you gozy!! 🙁

get Hora round
He’ll soon fill your shop with hot air 😉

my 2.2 is okay all year round

thread title incorrect – should be ParcelFARCE

at least if you have the bike you can pedal your escape from Eastbourne a bit earlier

using the wikepedia method
band name – “Elaphoglossaceae”
debut album – “Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.”

but I much prefer “The Minge Hitters”

“Music to murder the wife by”
“play loudly to pi$$ the neighbours off”
“Now thats what I call playlist 86”
“Remember not to sing along when on the bus”
“Kicking the cat around the house”
“The Collective Films Soundtracks”

and the one we set up to play as background music whilst we had our wedding breakfast –
“You will never, ever want to hear these songs again”

I dont care who wins so long as its not the safety car again

ton – Member
over a distance less than 10m it makes no differance……trust me.
i sell this stuff for a living

an honest salesman!

yup Browns leak when shaken or overfilled after little-un had colic with all other bottles we tried though its worth the extra faffing to not have that constant uncontolable screaming after every feed
we have some cheapo Asda bottles for mixing, then pour the mixed milk into the Browns ones
microwave steriliser as well

50 pence piece

wheres TJ to tell us the world is overcrowded anyway and she was selfish for wanting kids in the first place?!

as catflees says ^^
Feel gutted for anyone that looses a baby at any age. We lost our first at a relatively early stage, I was still coming to terms with being a dad at the time and if truth be told, I wasnt really fussed by the whole idea. Until it wasnt there anymore, then I was crushed mentally.
Now have a very happy 7 month old daughter and she is the best thing to ever happen to me.

DezB
Agreed its maybe distasteful but do you think thats by her choice?
A sad consequence of being a celebrity in celebrity obsessed Britian with its gutter press media

gunners – Member
errr wrong year chaps- it was the 2008 metas that cracked, 2009 onward were made with different tubes in different factory

errr no your wrong actually
2009 was the bad year, I know alot of people that had cracked ’09’s and just as many people (including me) with perfectly fine ’08’s
For 2010 they changed factory, not heard of a single 2010 Meta 5breaking yet (think 2 Super 4’s and thats all)

tame
the trail centre of climbing
featureless and boring
diluted for the masses
should be a blue grade not a black
its not bouldering or proper climbing is it

only joking, its a good laugh you will have fun garanteed

simple
if you don’t like it, don’t ride it
if you find it too easy, ride it faster

Personally I thought the new Paralel Universe black section was loads of fun, the rock section was immense on a racey hardtail and the whole trail begged to be riden flat out

I dont like jumps so i find it a challenge to do Llandegla every now and then, its a quick adreniline fix
If I want some ‘proper’ mountain biking I’ll save my £3whatever car parking and not head to a forest but ride my local Peak District instead (although that is getting sterile too, as they repair paths and cater for walkers. Damn inconvienience!)
Trail centres serve a particular purpose – an all weather, cater for all convienient loop. To this end they need maintenance and filling in occasionally. They are not all meant to be a full on gnar fest If you want that the clue is in the title of the sport its not called “forest” biking is it?

Formula FX saddle (the one with the more flexy ibeam) and Kore carbon ibeam post
Wouldnt use anything else now
Did me fine for 3 days solid riding at 7 staines last weekend dont honestly notice any difference from a conventional set up comfortwise

bled my hope brakes last week with baby monitor in tow
Was very aware that I had to make sure I was not going to transfer any DOT fluid on my hands/clothes etc to baby should she wake up