Could it be Leftfield- rhythm and stealth?

Not just the adults that can be tools.

Was at GT the the wee man on his islabike cnoc riding the blue these obnoxious kids thought that shouting rider meant we should stop immediately and get out their way. Their parents were with them so not sure who was worse them or the parents.

I’m all for kids riding trails but they need to learn some manners or skills so they could pass at the numerous passing points.

Did mine a few years back in biking accident.

12 weeks in a cass, left a weak wrist, needed some support for a while after that until wrist built up again but since then been fine

Has to be honda nr750

Only honda could have built such a technological marvel and sell it to the general public.

6.5 for me then 3 others in the garage

Orange 5
On-one scandal
on-on inbred 29er
on-one single speed
giant road bike
sprog bike – hardail to take child seat/tag along
Orange sub zero – currently on bits

The wifes bike and two bikes for jnr inbred in the gargae to

HI all

I do a bit of coaching young kids and so here are afew points to consider

1. Weight – less is better they dont have the same power in their legs that we do so lighter bike allows them to go further / faster

2. Gear – to many bikes come with a huge number of gears – firstly can be very confusing secondly often gears can go to big and we see kids trying to grind along in a huge gear not good for their bodies. We often recommend that parents wind in gear stops to limit gears

3. Suspension. yet to find a suspension fork that moves on a kids bike when ridden by kids. so ends up being heavy lump

4. Loads of our kids have Isla bikes, we dont recommend them specificaly, but seem well put together and have good residual.

What a fantastic ride by Bradley. the sign of a true champion

Looking forward to road race and TT at the olympics

Here we go, out of my fleet got a couple of STW esq bikes

First bike

On-one inbred – 29er, custom powdercoat, metal headtube badge – keeping it real in steel
Rock shock Reba
Fleegle bar – funny bar shape
avid juicy seven brakes with contraversial superstar brake pads and formula rotors for that brand mixing.
charge spoon saddle
drivetrain mixture of SRAM, simano x9/XT level kit
bontrager wheels with halo choirboy tyres – letting the side down here
surly chain tensioner – just because I can
smattering of hope bits – sqewers, seatpost etc
lock-on grips

Second bike

Orange 5 in orange with pushed RP23
rock shox pikes (pushed)
hope proII wheels with maxxis high roller tyres
SRAM x9 drivetrain set up as 1×9 with chain device with xt cranks
thomson stem and seatpost
avid elixir brakes
easton monkeylite bars
lock-on grips
sdg bel-air saddle

I am currenlty also building a shed however it will be finished soon

sorry no pic as at work so cant access link.

cheers for the help.

Im going and taking Mrs inbred and jnr inbred as well.

Will be Jnr’s second proper time you might see him on his trike, not quite big enough for his bike yet but hopefully next year we will be there on his bike

My current favoutites

How about

Colorado or something native american related

then you can have the cheesy tag line

Youve met the cowboys now meet the indians

Membership to “the Scotch Malt Whisky Society”.

http://www.smws.co.uk

Do a gift box membership fo rnew members contains some whisky.

Okay my turn for my ramblings, sorry they are so long

I am a big fan of what E&T have done down there in developing a facility for us bikers from the pressure suit brigade all the way through to family day trippers. They have worked hard on the café the shop and clubs and events and they have been responsible of making what we see today as GT.

The FC want to encourage more walkers etc I can understand this the forest is for more than us bikers however they have invested all this money in the building but I haven’t seen anything being spent on the walking trails. Go the Whinlatter and look at the variety of walking trails for all abilities, where is that at GT. Whinlatter works as a multi discipline centre as its on the Lake District and has lots of holiday makers on its door step to attract it also has a Go APE to attract people as well. GT is in the borders not a major holiday destination and who from Edinburgh and Glasgow is going to drive past Dobbies to get to GT to walk a couple of trails and eat cake, theres not even a garden centre there.

For me we are lucky in Scotland we all have a vast variety of places to ride from trail centres to back country trails. When I choose to go to GT its for several reasons the trails being one the café another, however I’m not fussed if its in some portacabin I have my coffee or in some glitzy building. This I think is one of the problems for the FC most of us bikers the, Audi drivers excluded, don’t care where we stop, we care more about the people and the food. This is what E&T recognised and provided all those years ago.

I think the FC have a grand plan for GT to make it into the borders premier tourist attraction which is great but there numbers are way to optimistic 300,00 and growing that’s 821 people per day. Given that is not open everyday due to snow that’s a huge number of people to go through every day that its open. FC have split their numbers 200,000 bikers 100,00 walkers. I cant see them getting 100,00 walkers (273 per day) I hope whoever wins the tender hasn’t based there business plan on those numbers otherwise it might not go to well for them.

As for what we can do, I don’t think picketing the new peel centre is not the right thing to do, I think we do two things firstly we vote with out feet and support the Hub park in the old car park and use their facilities, buy the coffee and cake. This is the best way of showing the FC what we want. Then secondly we can write to our local MPS/ MSPS and the FC complaining about the decision. Who knows if the new business cant survive the summer things might change for the better.

Been to Grizdale now there is a way to make money sorry “provide the outdoor experience”. Facilities all very nice and shiny but very sterile felt a bit out of place in my sweaty bike kit. More designed for the garden centre brigade to exerince the outdooor.

Sadly it looks like the FC want to give the “experience” to people at the peel hence all the shiny glass and timber, id rather have some proper grub and a cosey atmosphere and wonky seats.

All I can say to E+T is make the most of the next year as im sure there are plenty of supporters out there that will help make it there best year yet.

6 of 8

Orange Subzero – frame still broke after alps (in 2008) I will do something about it eventually
Orange 5- running fine after recent rear shock rebuild
On-one single speed running fine after recent new cranks
On-one 29er running fine after recent new mechs
On-one scandal – need to get around to fitting new cranks and bottom bracket I have had sitting on the work bench for nearly a year
giant road bike running fine
Rock Lobster 853 – new build nearly finished just in time as jnr Inbred is now big enough to go on the back in his seat :-)

Wifes bike is working as well

Excellent Haribo, nice to see you managed on your own this time :mrgreen:

Put some pics up of this frankenstein machine then, or is your grass to long!!

23-33-36 simples

You never see a bike outside a psychiatrist’s office

I’m not a target for your car

Mincer on board

Singlespeed – because I’m to lazy to pick a gear

Singlespeed – because your worth it

Ride – Drink – Sleep – Repeat

Because you need 10 inches of trqel to ride spooky wood

Brake bumps – because I cant ride for S%^t

Did trail addiction on 2008 had a fantastic holiday

Trails were amazing so much variation could spend week there and not ride same trail twice. Saying that some of the trails have to be riden more than once

Food was great, accomidation top notch. hospitality great.

want to go back this year but new arrival to family, hopefully next year.

Pop into/phone the hub in the forest at Glentress they often sell of demo bikes at good prices

When at estate agents biker states:- Main must haves are a garage and a utility room the rest is just to keep the wife happy

Spare bedroom wardrobe full of body armour, jackets etc and chest of drawers in spare bedroom isnt for guests but is full of biking gear

Smell of GT85 eminates from garage

Mine was a bit obvious

had a chuckle at this

I’m going as a pair, missed the last two years so looking forward to doing the race again.

typical fleebay

stick a hope “factory” sticker on it and it will go for silly money no matter what it is really worth

you could put a hope sticker on a halfrods part and it would go for stupid money on fleebay