Have a look at the BBC website here-> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results

Cheers, Also do you reckon a 120 travel hardtail would be ok for the red descents or should i use full sus?

Either will be fine. It’s pretty smooth with a couple of small drop offs, give the full sus a try maybe and see how you go.

From the top of the free ride follow the road past the first red downhill and keep going up the climb past the first picnic bench and keep going up the hill, for maybe 1/2km, It’s a bit of steep fire road and then the road flattens out and you’ll see a picnic bench. Turn left off the fire road up the singletrack and follow the signs and you’ll end up at the top of Spooky Wood.

What’s with the white crunchy bits in these crappy cheeses these days. Nasty.

Did my Foundation and Practitioner with ILX. Their material was very good and they had an excellent online trial assessment program which really helped with exam prep.

There’s a new level after Practitioner now, Advanced Practitioner, which is a 2 1/2 day evaluation workshop if you want to go the extra step.

trying to decide between the devils I know and those I don’t

Pay it in to the highest interest account you have. Or get a better account elsewhere.

I just transferred my cash ISA to them from HBOS. Applied online, confirmation of account details by email within a day, filled out form for ISA transfer and it all happened without any further effort. Took about 10 days in total.

They are UK registered so protected under the financial composition scheme up to £85k as mentioned above.

Can’t fault them so far. May eat my words when I try to move my cash for better rate next year.

eventually a nice chap in complaints did give me a hundred quid to keep quiet.

Excellent customer service then. 😉

Go to bottom of page and click on ‘Premier Club’

Totally agree on the Tweedlove Festival organisation.

The King and Queen of the Mountain race was one of the most fun days riding I have had in a long time. The format and stages were perfect, timing system worked faultlessly and the atmosphere was great. Scorching weather was nice too.

Well done to all the organisers and volunteers for putting on a great week of riding and entertainment, roll on next year.

Bababing Daytripper Deluxe. Does the job nicely and it’s not pink.

Link

Are they discontinuing/revising the Blur XC? The only time you see discounts on Santa Cruz seems to be when they bin a model or redesign it. Hence The Butcher and Nickel prices at the moment.

Nickel is suspiciously cheap at Stif as well. Wonder if it’s getting binned?

Old inner tube? Cheap/free and works a treat.

The number for general inquiries from overseas is +44 (0)1244 879080. You could give that a go.

Why faff about with SD cards anyway?
I just copy/stream any videos I want directly from my media server over wifi.

I guess it’s for when you don’t have access to wifi. Like being on holiday or in the car with the kids.

What? When? Link?

£1300-£1500 I would say, depending where you sell it. More on eBay maybe.

A bit like hen’s teeth these. There was a post here a while back –>> Clicky

Use sell them for £7.14 but the postage is a hefty £5.50. –>> Clicky

It’s like buying a 1.4 Audi and peeling the engine size badge off it and pretending in your mind you bought a 3 litre quatro. You still didn’t buy a proper Audi…

Nah, I’m sure it’ll be good, but to be honest I’d be buying the better frame if it was me.

The better frame? Which one is that, I though it was just an SL with X-fusion shocks rather than Fox?

Nice one….. trails were fast today… 🙂

I was parked in the car park at Inners today next to a big guy with a blue on-one. He was heading for the cattle truck for an uplift.

Pretty sure it was you ton from the pictures on the other threads? Did you have fun, cracking day. 8)

Next race not till june so he may be ok

Out for the season I would think.

You cheeky boys. 😉

b45her, 10% of everything. Nice. 8)

Spooky wood is still a fair climb from top car park, but a slow walk would do it.

Then down spooky wood and next bit, blue motorway, then slight uphill, then downhill all the way through top car park right the way to the very bottom.

Try one of these for 12 quid including postage. They also do cheap bushings.

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Have a gander over here ->>> MTBR Forum Intense Carbine

Was it the red one in Alpine Bikes at Glentress?

Is it worth me practicing a few flat out 10 mile rides in advance to get an idea of my average time?

Yes

How much of a difference does it make to have someone a minute before / minute after you?

None really, concentrate on your own performance and don’t be put off by trying to catch or being caught.

Most importantly, any advice on finding the right pace?

As fast as you can without blowing up and then the last mile or so a little bit faster. 😯 I used a HR monitor back in the day when I used to do TTs and worked out where my anearobic threshold was (190bpm) and then rode with my heart rate just below that. It hurts if you’re doing it right.

I remember my first club 10. I went off like a rocket, sprinted away from the line and was doing 30+mph for the first mile or so then blew up big time. Don’t do that. 😉

Good luck.

I would add the Ibis Mojo HD 160 and Nomad Carbon to your list.

and honestly I don’t know what else I can spend £80 on that’ll give the same pleasure as the endurance dh

I could list quite a few. None of them legal. 😉

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“FACT” annoying. FACT. 😉

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Gives you £12 off £80 until Tuesday.

Or if you’re a Wiggle shopper, UK15 gets you £15 off £100 until Wednesday.

Have a look over on the refurb store. I have a refurbed macbook from 2008 which is still going strong. The only thing I have changed since buying is the HDD for something bigger.

There is a 13″ pro on there just now with £150 off. http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/macbook_pro/13

I misread the title and thought this thread was about keeping monkeys in a basket in your house. 😯

Are you Realman?

I’m fairly sure as a Sole Trader it all counts as earnings no matter if you leave it in a business account or move it into a personal account. So it will be business income minus outgoings, i.e. any purchases or expenses. So the simple answer is that you will pay tax on roughly the 80%.

However, it’s not really that simple. 😕

VAT on income can be cancelled out against business purchases which include VAT. Also you will pay NI which is deductible against the 80% figure above. Also any expenses incurred in the business will be deductible against the 80%, this can be anything used or purchased for the business.

So the ‘not so simple’ answer is non of your figures above but probably somewhere between 50 and 80.

Do you have an accountant? I would get one as they can give you advice and do your end of year tax return and they can save you more money than they cost. You don’t want to end up in a pickle with the HMRC. 😀

I was there today. No snow at all on red route, only off the sides at the top of Spooky Wood climb at the wall. (next to the sign for the secret trail 🙄 ).

There was a bit of frost on all the trails though which made things slippery, especially out of the tree cover. Just took it easy into the corners and it was fine. Lower down was no problem.

No pushing required. Enjoy. 😀

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