well now the race will be over, cn't see anymore overtaking for the second half of the race. the only thing interesting lft is alonsos tires

Sweet bike, can not wait untill mine is built up and ready to ride.

Considering another cc or rc but cant decide if I want a third nicolai or something different.

I was in bath…. I bought all my bikes from bristol

Grum a lucky few? Admittedly it is one of the exceptions…..

Christ's Hospital is unique for a British independent school in that it educates a large proportion of its students free, and most at a reduced rate. This stems from its founding charter as a charitable school. School fees are paid on a means-tested basis (in 2006/7 families with a net assessed income of £7,499 pa or less pay nothing in contributions), with substantial subsidies paid by the school so that students from all walks of life are able to have a high quality, independent school education that would otherwise be beyond the means of their parents. In 2005/6 average parental income assessed was £14,275; over 50% of pupils are from families with a household income of less than £13,000; half are from single parent families; a third would qualify for free school dinners in the state system (compared to the national average of 14.3%).
In 2005/6 18% of parents paid nothing at all and about a third paid less than £250 per year per child. The entrance process uses exams and interviews and prefers to award school places to those who show academic potential, that would benefit from the high quality environment that the school offers, and who would otherwise not be able to afford it. The number of pupils who pay the full fee (£18,400) is limited to 6% of the School population; in 2005/6 the average annual parental contribution was £2,785 and 98% of parents received some form of support.

In 2005/6 82% of children attending CH came from state or grant-maintained schools. In 2006 19% of children accepting places were assessed as being in "very high" need, 64% in "medium to high" need and 17% in "low" need.[1]

not all private schools entrench the rich/poor divide.

some bring them togeather and ensure every one gets the same chance.

I had two excellent lbs in bristol, I never booked my bike in for anything except for a full strip down, always had work done while i waiteven if it was on one of my 'other' bikes which i had not bought there. However, I didn't realise quite how lucky i was until I moved to maidstone, and i'm still looking for a nice bike shop

grum don't paint every school with the same brush.

MIddleburn

This is my school, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%27s_Hospital not posh at all.

Ti29er – Member
Ian.
Did you not select your school based on other criteria other than what was best for you in the long run?
Maybe your pals were going to school A, so you naturally chose school A perhaps?

I'd like to believe that aged 13 I was in no way mature enough to select which school was best for my own education else I'd have selected one with girls in the dorm and beer on tap!

I was 10 at the time, my friends went to the local school, I chose the boarding school 250miles away from home.

I understood several reasons why I wanted to go. In my eyes the school was better (not educationally) but it hads its own professional theater, marching band, sports centre, its buildings were massive etc, in my eyes theses things were cool, plus it was different.

However I also understood the importence of learning and thought that i would get a good education here, but I didn't compare it to the education I would get here.

The biggest reason I went there was because my mum was I'll and constantly in and out of hospital and I wanted stability rather then in and out of foster care.

In the end, I failed the English entrance exam and had to choose between going to school home, or having an hours private tutoring after school in english everyday for 4 months which I hated and redoing the exam.

In the end I got in and I've turned out ok.

Ti29er

I chose to go to my school, my reasons may of been wrong but my mother still left it up to me.

Druidh

I would not of applied myself at my local school. I probably wouldn't have got the support, plus with my mother being ill I wouldn't of concentrated on my studies.

Obviously non of this can be proved without going and living the other path, but I look at some of the righter kids I was with a primary school and look at where they are today and I'm pleased with my decision to go.

I will struggle to justify it,

I think I wil end up with
Nicolai Helius ST – DH Duties
Shorter travel Nicolai Helius AM – Knarfest day rides
Some Short travel XC FS, prehaps a Orange ST4
Evil Sov – Knarfest day ride HT
Evil DOC – Might sell this when I get the Sov
Boardman Roadbike.

I went to a fee paying school, but only 8% of the pupils paid the full fees, and a third of them, including me paid 0. They gave me pocket money and paid for my travel home in the holidays. Without my school, i would't of achieved he grades I did, and I wouldn't of gone to University.

Saying that my sister went to the same school, and she is a lazy, ugly, controlling, self centred, bitchy theif.

So I guess it's not only the school.

No I went for the prince alber because it was half the price, an excellent bike, but I'm going to buy an all day xc fs so there is to much overlap. I'll sell the pa and buy the sov instead…….. take my tally of bikes upto 6 eek.

TBH depending on where you live i'm not sure if it is quicker. We did it in 9 hours from the tunnel exit. It takes me 1.5hr now to get across the channel on the train.

It would tke me 1.5 hours to gatwick, 1.5 hours wait, 2hour flight, 1hour baggage wait, 1 hour further wait at airport for transfers, then 2-3 hours transfer to the alps. so almost the same amount of time.

Roughly the same time, plus with 4 of us it would be cheaper then flying

The seatpost is so hgh, you bent the seat tube 😯

Right Guys,

I sent out a new email, timc did you get this weeks email.

Again send your weight and your forum name in the subject line to stwfatclub2010 hotmail.co.uk

I'll be buying one just after the summer for my hooligan bike.

I'm going to buy a hv air can for it for the time being, it's cheap and it will do for the summer. Then when BOS ever bring out their air can ill upgrade to that, depending on the weight of it compaird to a ti ccdb.

I have your email. I'm uber poor for the next month so sometime in july would be good. Perhaps a couple fo uplift days.

My Iphone was free on contract. Not exactly expensive.

Is this a wind up?

I'm getting one with a Ti spring for my nicolai after the summer, before though I think I'm going to have to run a float r rear shock and revs up front untill I can find some more cash.

Though BOS are bringing out a new air shock which I might get instead.

Well that's what I figured,(the filtered through press)

I wonder what's going to break first BA or Unite.

Tires, you want super tacky on the front and 60a on the rear, I got through a rear tire in 2 days because I left the super tacky on the back.

If your only riding dwnhill then you want dh tubes and tires, if your riding around then you want dh tires and xc tubes.

Take pads and def a full face, I wear gloves knee shin pads and a full face. this year I might take a suit.

Swap your front rotor for a bigger rotor, your rear one is fine bleed yur brakes before you go to.

Take spare tires with you, they are about 25 quid from crc and about 50 euro there.

Make sure your wheels are true and well tensioned

I do loads of small harmless bits which don't really affect any other people. I think my housemate though, has never broken a law in her life.

I don't like chelsea however it is entertaining. Hope rooney scores 2

Damn punctures

Boring, rain forcast after the rain 🙁

the flatboy,

hasn't the shop agreed to that price by accepting the payment and collecting it from his bank.

232, we were playing best of two rounds though and the first was 97

I'd go for 19.5 i'm 6ft3 with 33inch inside leg and the 19.5 was almost to small. I've sold it now because i thought it was too small otherwise I would of let you ride it.

When I did my DoE Gold we stayed in hostels, however we did do it in the Alps, and as payment for staying in Hostels we had to do a peak each day. It was one of the hardest things I have done, but ultimatly worth it

Every bike will be able to do everything, but it will be compramised in doing anything which it was not designed for.

Sweet

Formuala The Ones – sh!te brakes!
Over heat

I never trust myself with spelling and grammer, well, anything to do with english what so ever, I always get it checked.

tim, email the adress in my post 5 above yours. just send your weight in the subject line and i'll add you.

It's not engineers without boarders, it's for water for life. EWB is good, however you need to do longer placements. The good thing about water for life you do two 2week trips a year, once for design perpouses, surveys and stuff like that, then you come back to england design and fund it, then you go back for the second 2 week trip to build it. So I can carry on working whilst I do it.

Any ideas guys