just done cannock today
more and better switchback climbing than llandegla
2 or 3 sections easily rival degla for flowing bermy jumpy track
but it is cutting up badly even after only 3 days and there are parts that IMO are too tight, trees to close or need some minor tweaking
there is alot more on offer at degla – skills and pump track etc

using travel agents on my commuter bike
They where a bit of a pig to set up originally (took about 15-20 mins front and back longer than usual) and after first couple of rides they needed the cable adjusting slightly but since then they have been spot on and Ive not had any problems
Teamed with XTR V brakes they have great stopping power, easily on a par with cable discs
I would recommend them personally

Is it Sram?
Sram bottom jockeys wear very quickly

i got two Im getting rid of if your interested?

bag of shite
loved the original
this is a decently scripted adaptation in places but it just doesnt come together, its too americanised and the acting is awful
dont reckon i will bother with the rest of the series

have you considered Hilton / Hatton Ticknall, Melbourne?

Im in Littleover, next door
Mickleover is the 'snobby' part of Derby (along with Darley Abbey, Quandon etc)
Its nice and the old 'village' part is okay
Some of the people that live there though are unbelievable – complaining about and trying to get the Air Ambulance banned from landing at the new hospital (on the edge of Mickleover) because 'it's noisy and disturbing' – FFS, its also saving peoples lives!

Generally its a nice place to live, decent local shops and a smallish Tesco, Mix of housing types from new estates to old cottages and terraced, couple of alright pubs although it is still a suberb and therefore part of the urban sprawl not a village as you describe. The main roads through get very busy at rushhour with people commuting in/out of Derby, esp Uttoxeter Road and Station Road
A&E Hospital just opened on the outskirts of Mickleover and there are plans to build between 800-2000 houses on various greenbelt and brownfield land all around the area, as well as mods to the nearby A38 roundabouts so traffic will likely get alot worse.
Personally I would go further out of Derby if I could afford it or Littleover over Mickleover as parts of it are similar but that bit cheaper
Schools wise it is served by a quite good secondary that alot of people move to the area to try and get kids into

Easy access to M1 via A38 and A50 etc as you are right on southern edge of town Route 6 of the National Cycle Network passes through giving easy access to rides around Ticknall and South Derbyshire etc

do it nearly every week
Midlands to Perth Scotland for 10am
Fly, leave house at 5am for a 6.30 flight to Edinburgh
or drive, leave house at same time, get on M6 stick cruise control on as soon as past Preston
meeting at 10am, work in office until prob 7pm then to hotel

band of horses next week ;)

http://www.chasetrails.co.uk
http://www.bikeadventuresuk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8767

(btw two sections of the new trail won't be open on Sat as they arnt complete, that includes the black monkey section)

Funny, that, Simon; because she told me she prefers you fully clothed.

And in another country. Or even better, continent.

She told me she prefers his dad….or mum. Not fussy

apologies for cutting and pasting my tripadvisor review but Hotel Splendid Tour Eiffel(get the right one – there are two hotel spendid's) is the Best hotel I have ever stayed in anywherei n the world
Nothing was too much trouble cost us about 90 euro on a cheap hotel website and a cheeky email direct to the hotel about it being our wedding anniversary sorted us an upgrade to a 400euro suite with eiffel tower view!
Just book it and try a cheeky email about your wifes 30th and all she ever wanted was to go to Paris and see the tower ;)
In the picture of the hotel frontage on the below link our room covered pretty much the entire floor with the balcony – the window in the picture was a french door that opened onto a view of the Eifel tower

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g187147-d233803-Reviews-Hotel_Splendid_Tour_Eiffel-Paris_Ile_de_France.html

"2people found this review helpful
It's taken me a while to post this review and it is testimant to the fact that over 18 months after my stay I still feel compelled to write about it!
I booked this hotel for one night only during a trip to France to celebrate our first wedding anniversary
Although staying in Northen France we decided on an overnight trip to Paris. (as you can imagine trying to see all of Paris in two days was hectic so we wanted a central hotel)
Booked through a cheap rooms website at a fraction of the rack rate I didnt expect to get the best rooms in the hotel however after booking I sent the hotel a cheeky email saying it was our anniversary and if at all possible could we have a room with a view of the Eiffel Tower. I didnt expect the request to be actioned
On arrival the man on reception was very friendly, congratulated us and with a huge grin and a wink handed us the key and told us not to expect to see much of Paris!
Opening the room to the upgraded (400 euro a night or something stupid – we paid £70) suite we were literally knocked speechless 3 french doors leading to balconies on three sides of the building the middle one having the Eifel tower perfectly framed in the middle. A huge bedroom, fantastic bathroom with the deepest most luxurious bath ever. Champagne waiting for us in the fridge It really was perfect
It was such a shame we only had one night and were too busy seeing the sites to fully appreciate the room but it really did make for a very special holiday that we will never forget.
Every time I return to Paris I will definately be staying at Hotel Splendid, we wouldnt even consider staying elsewhere now it really is a very special little hotel and I only hope I can return many times in years to come

Excellent location, nice coffee shops outside, convienient for all sightseeing, ideal for Eiffell Tower etc, well appointed small friendly hotel, very good staff, easy to get to by public transport (Metro stop 2 mins walk away – 15mins on train from Gare du Nord), clean safe area

We stayed in some very special places on our honeymoon the year before, but this little hotel in Paris that looked like nothing out of the ordinary on the internet just blew them all away!

Absolutely faultless
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tragically1969 – Member

iain1775

Have you ever stopped to think how many deliveries there are a day and the failure rate as a percentage, i will bet its small.

I can only speak for the number of deliveries made to myself and the number of deliveries I would class as a failure (by that I mean delivered to one of my neighbours instead, thrown over the gate, left on the doorstep, left without a signature and even on occasion left inside the wheely bin!) and that is unacceptably (IMO) high

Like they said above they just read the company name and dropped it off at the wrong building.

I have been delivered things just because they were from chain reaction when they were for somebody at the other end of the industrial estate.

Is it just me that thinks that is pretty appalling service that should not be accepted from our primary mail distribution company?
If Postie can't read a simple address on a parcel whatever next?
Royal Mail is a shambles and an embarassment

Andituk – Member

'e' or 'a' after 'h' especially before 't'
Can't you type – I think not!

Don't you mean after T? Or can't you type

Nope I don't see any capital letters in the original posters spelling mistakes! Can't you see?
(just thought we had done moaning and arguing over everything other than spelling) :twisted:

if tahts teh attitude **** teh

'e' or 'a' after 'h' especially before 't'
Can't you type – I think not! :roll:

Gower peninsula
Coasterring or biking at Afan and then Mumbles mile or Swansea pubcrawl in evening

so where did you drink it then?
Hopefully not whilst driving?
Im guessing you had to stop somewhere
Guarantee you that in stopping wherever it was (unless you took it home and parked on your own property)you will have in some equally trivial way upset or inconvieienced someone else
Because thats life. Our actions no matter what will always annoy others in some way, human nature
Regardless of Peak, peaks, cars parked on verges, glacier mints and all the rest of it – Your still an idiot for going up there just for a cup of tea on one of the busiest days of the year and then moaning about it

"not about being busy its about inconsiderate **** parking wherever the **** they want to "

Have you considered the hypocrasy of your post – I hope whilst you where stopped for 10 mins in your disabled spot just to have a cup of tea you didnt ruin some other disabled persons day who was out for the full day on a planned visit possibly at great difficulty, time and expense(rather than on a whim) because you where taking up the disabled bay

There are numerous peaks in the Peak (singular) District yet its the 'Peak' (singular)
There are numerous Lakes in the Lake (singular) district yet its the 'Lakes' (plural)?
Honestly who gives a f… other than some stuck up toffy countryfolk locals who are hear de-riding non local people for being stuck up toffs!
BTW Im from Derbyshire so have more claim to the PeakS than those of you with a Yorkshire postcode – f*ck off back to your own county why don't you ;)

Whilst again I say its not correct to park on a verge, if the National park staff thought it was such a big problem then Im sure they would have erected barriers, posts or strategically positioned boulders to stop it before now.

Whilst you have a point about people (not bikers but all sorts of people) parking on verges and I agree its crap but its mainly the weekend warriors not the sorts taht are likely to frequent this forum so your anger really is directed in the wrong place
Anyway I can think of easier, quieter, more peaceful and nicer places around there to go for a 'takeaway brew' than 3 miles up a dead end no through road to the honeypot that is bank holiday Fairholmes
Appreciate its nice to take you gran out but come on what did you expect?
Maybe next time try McDonalds. They have a drive through, which last time I checked Ladybower did not. So where exactly did you park when you just nipped out the car to join the hordes of people and their kids in the probably not very fast moving queue?
Or if you had no intention of stopping did you kick Granny out to stand there and make your order whilst you drove round the carpark endlessly churning out diesel fumes and muttering under your breath?
I suspect thats the reasoning behind your rant
You had to take Nan out and that ruined your plans. You got there late and couldnt park up so settled for a quick cuppa in the car and drove home feeling frustrated and upset. So your easing your pain by letting off steam online
Bless you son, we have all been there ;)

oh and Trailhead?
WTF!?!?!
Never heard of a "trailhead" in the Peaks. please tell me where this mythical beast is so I may alter my parking habits and avoid wearing out my expensive Rubber Queens by riding on dirty, smooth, rubber eroding tarmac

I find WMM more than adequate
some vids so show some titles and fades etc here – http://vimeo.com/user2099725
all done with WMM in about 20-45 mins

got the old VHoldr non HD one (vids on my Vimeo page – link in profile)
Its okay
Mounting on anything other than a helmet is an issue. The handlebar mount is crap, they do a mount now that lets you attach to a standard camera triopod mount but anything you can get with that screw on is bulky for frame mounting
Oh and be very careful not to get grit inside the sliding record switch ;(
they dont like that!
Personally the Go Pro would get my vote now purely for the excellent chest mount they do

staff of life at Ticknall
Quite a few others as well but forget names, just know them by the locations
Depends what occasiona as well?

MY friend 'Coco' has an 18" frame for tw*tting about on as well but his is a nice shade of red-

used them a few times, (but not for custom wheelbuilds etc – only Stans bit and pices, rim tape etc) always recieved within 2 days, and sometimes with a nice free sticker (even if its just a very small order!)

now Im worried as my car doesnt have a picture for carrying a stick dog in the boot

are they tubeless RQ's or normal?

2nd for a Thule clip on high – ideal, no number plate or light board needed and bikes not that far above top of car so wind resistance not increased that much
Like TI says wont fit all cars but I managed to fit mine to a BMW 1 series fine (Thule said it wouldnt) did 1000's of miles at motorway speeds and was solid as a rock
No longer have the car and it won't fit my Hyundai i30 without alot of faff (panels are too snug a fit believe it or not – better build quality than a Beemer!) so I could part with it for the right price

I was looking for a courier to send some wheels yesterday and HDNL where cheapest
No experience personally but after reading these reviews…..
http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews150787.html

think for the extra £2 it will cost me I will stick with Royal Mail (which is saying something – I hate them with a passion, but at least I have tried and tested their compensation procedures in the past…several times!)

also run a 26.6mm carbon post on commuter x bike with no issues – that does go offroad

had a 27.2mm carbon Kore IBeam post on both my HT and Full suss for 18 months with no issues. On the HT its almost ran at full height (and its a 400mm post)

Just use a few wraps of insulation tape instead

is there anything in Colwick Woods these days?
I used to live in Snienton as a student about 12 years ago and that place had serious potential even back then

forgot to mention I have two UST Ralphs for sale at the mo
Check my previous posts in my profile to find the thred

check STW Trail guide – two routes in East Midlands on there worth bothering with
One just South of Notts (plenty of other bridleways round there – Clifton and south area) and Ticknall south of Derby – again a good fast XC ride

ran nobby nics all year round last 2 years – no problems in most types of riding, peaks, trailcentres, dry, loose, grass
Got some tubeless Ralphs on some 2nd hand wheels and used them until I could be arsed to mess around with gunk and swap them
Where fine through the summer, first damp trails, mossy & wet leaves or grass and I was on my arse 4 times in 5 minutes
I would say Nics all the way
However if your confused and uncertain take Nic up front, and stick Ralph at the rear! I wouldnt run a ralph on the front, when they do go in wet – they just go, very little warning

http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/news/Cathedral-peregrines-produce-2010-egg/article-1940579-detail/article.html

they are officially (says me) the only awesome thing in all of Derby – 5 years running!

yes your landlord is dead, I just contacted him from beyond the grave and he confirmed so himself
He asks if you could fix the handle before the new owners kick you out it would be appreciated

Beetham tower is ugly as – looks like two Jenga kits stacked ontop of each other
Still I guess its an improvement on the rest of Manchester :P

while we talking about tunnels then mention to Liverpool for a number of firsts / bests / oldests –

1. Crown Street Station, Liverpool, 1829. Built by George Stephenson, a single track tunnel 291 yards long was bored from Edge Hill to Crown Street to serve the world's first passenger railway station. The station was abandoned in 1836 being too far from Liverpool city centre, with the area converted for freight use. Closed down in 1972, the tunnel is disused. However it is the oldest rail tunnel running under streets in the world

2. The 1.26 mile (2.03 km) 1829 Wapping Tunnel in Liverpool, England, was the first rail tunnel bored under a metropolis. Currently disused since 1972. Having two tracks, the tunnel runs from Edge Hill in the east of the city to the south end Liverpool docks being used only for freight. The tunnel is still in excellent condition and is being considered for reuse by Merseyrail rapid transit rail system, with maybe an underground station cut into the tunnel. The river portal is opposite the new Liverpool Arena being ideal for a serving station. If reused it will be the oldest used underground rail tunnel in the world and oldest part of any underground metro system.

3. 1836, Lime St Station tunnel, Liverpool. A two track rail tunnel, 1.13 miles (1,811 m) long was bored under a metropolis from Edge Hill in the east of the city to Lime Street. In the 1880s the tunnel was converted to a deep cutting four tracks wide. The only occurrence of a tunnel being removed. A very short section of the original tunnel still exists at Edge Hill station making this the oldest rail tunnel in the world still in use, and the oldest in use under a street, albeit only one street and one building

4. The 2.07 miles (3.34 km) Victoria Tunnel in Liverpool, opened in 1848, was bored under a metropolis. Initially used only for rail freight and later freight and passengers serving the Liverpool ship liner terminal, the tunnel runs from Edge Hill in the east of the city to the north end Liverpool docks. Used until 1972 it is still in excellent condition, being considered for reuse by the Merseyrail rapid transit rail system. Stations being cut into the tunnel are being considered. Also, reuse by a monorail system from the proposed Liverpool Waters redevelopment of Liverpool's Central Docks has been proposed.

5. The Mersey Railway tunnel opened in 1886 running from Liverpool to Birkenhead under the River Mersey. The Mersey Railway was the world's first deep-level underground railway. By 1892 the extensions on land from Birkenhead Park station to Liverpool Central Low level station gave a tunnel 3.12 miles (5029 m) in length. The under river section is 0.75 miles in length, being the longest underwater tunnel in world in January 1886. In 1903, the railway was electrified, becoming the first railway in the world to change over completely from steam to electric power. It was originally electrified with a fourth rail system, which was later replaced by a third rail system.

6. Williamson's tunnels in Liverpool, built by a wealthy eccentric are probably the largest underground folly in the world.

7. Queensway Road tunnel under the Mersey 'Birkenhead Tunnel'
The tunnel is 3240m (2 miles) long
In the nine years that it took to build the Queensway Tunnel, 1,700 men worked on the project, of whom 17 were killed.
At the time of its construction it was the longest sub-aqueous tunnel in the world, and held that title for 24 years.

8. The Kingsway (or Wallasey) tunnel entrance is used as the basis of a tunnel entrance in the video game Grand Theft Auto III — during the 1990s, several members of the game's development team had worked for the Merseyside-based development company Psygnosis.