Curly68 – Member
John, could do with going for a ride tbh. The D2D course has all been strimmed etc and people have been riding it so should be easy to find. Let me know when you are free and I'll see what I am up to.

I'll be free Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with the SS as long as I've nothing to study in the evenings. I'll give you a call.
I could pick you up or you pick me up and we could park on the main road through the woods to save time

That's a sod Curly.

What sort of work are you looking for?

There are some good recruitment companies out there in different industries?

Are you riding early next week as I'm down your way again until Thursday

From Sundays IoM End2End

Skinny

Fat

I used Maxxis Ascents this last Sunday for the event.

It's a bit early to plan for next years event isn't it?

Lard – "Is it Naterly Ambruglia, Naterly Umbruglia, Naterly Embruglia…..Is it Billy Mark?"

I beat last years time (3hrs 44mins) and position(76th), finishing this year in 41st in a time of 3hrs 38mins.
Quite chuffed, but now we are just killing time in the rain waiting for this afternoons ferry back to the land of the living

29ers are better than 26ers…………

I've 3 of them and another on order I wouldn't go back.

The only 26er I've kept is my local shops and dog running bike

Taken today on the Great Orme

View On Black

My Ay UP's failed just over 2 seasons old.

Toutie has turbo'ed them 3 times better than they were

http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/ayup-fubared-and-then-bodged-back-together?replies=9#post-1720404

I wouldn't buy another set of AY UPS and I wouldn't recommend them now either.

Any evening viewers out there have motorised (missed from 1st post) one spare?

Well done, when they ask you about it tell them that you feel that in a calm situation you would have done better but you are more than happy with your performance under the pressure you were under at the time.

I did one a month ago and got the job. I was scored as "below the average graduate candidate" not bad for a self taught thicky like me….

I wouldn't contemplate SS'ing it.

Bonzo off here does it every year on his SS in 4 hours.

I HAVE to take a geared bike to make sure I get a good head start on him as I couldn't bear for him to pass me…..

I think Terrahawk miss typed as it's 13.5 miles to the start of the first climb.
But then again it feeels like 23ish miles so may be he was right 😉

Nice mix of ride pasts and on bike action.

What camera are you using? and how do you fix it to your chest?

As long as it's dry for several days before hand you'll be ok on anything.

I'm riding on semi slicks but if there's a lot of rain I'll possibly go up to Racing Ralphs. That should give you some sort of idea.

When are you heading up there?

Mid Oct?

36ers win though.

Take a look at the Samsung Galaxy. Mine's great

Not quite a pugsley but I've a complete Mukluk landing in November…

greasyrider – It's on it's way over

Edit your post to delete your email address if you get time.

JC

rOcKeTdOg – Member
Thinking of moving on all my 26" stuff and sticking with bigger wheels, will I regret it in "X" months time?

No, I won't be going back to Micky Mouse small wheels.
All mine have tiny wheeled bikes have gone apart from my local shop won't be knicked On*One ss.

If you need something for big hills what about this?

Intense Cycles: 29er Downhill Bike-the 2951

Post up your email address (with spaces) and I'll drop it over to you

I'm normally a little quicker on my second lap

The On*One Ti long travel hardtail sounds interesting.

Niner's Jet9 should re issused soon and the Carbon niner looks great.

Picture 5 of Talisker black sands beach is a fantastic place on a sunny day.

A great place to chill out and just paddle.

See you on the Isle of Man Clare

2 of my LBS's today didn't carry any replacement jockey wheels, another LBS was closed and the 4th didn't pick up the phone as I didn't want to get there to be told he didn't have them as well.

Internet for consumables for me.

Craggyjim – Member
Honda Accord Tourer. I have the older 7th generation and its huge. Can easily fit (ie no fiddling them in the right way) 2 large bikes with wheels off in the boot, seats up and all hidden below the load cover.

Craggyjim – Job swap means my Mondeo hatchback is been replaced by the new Accord estate.

Can you get a MTB in complete with wheels on in the back of the Accord estate with the back seats down?
Only one of my bikes will go in like that in the Mondeo.

I'm sure there's something I'll be selling that you'll need 😕

mogrim – Member
Nice one, what did you ask in the end?

All the sensible ones 😉

Thanks for your help guys I got the job…………

trout – Member
So as a user what is the burn time for your ayup from full to empty

The Ay Up battery I send to Smudge first off which we now know there was nothing wrong with it claimed to be 6 hours. It did run out once on a long night ride after I forgot to recharge it between rides so 6 hours is about right for me.

Smudge – will your new battery you did for me be the same or better?

Back garden all new Ay Up trout style test

This the full power of Trouties Lunem Liberator

My new and massively improved Ay Ups

And here's the now blinded Archie who's now looking for compensation off Troutie 😉

To sum up Troutie http://troutie.com/ has made my Ay Ups at least 3 times brighter.

Another bonus is that Trouties still not sent me his address to send my money to.

Cheers Curly

I hope so, but I doubt you'd be availabe every evening after work.

Thanks for all the help.

I joined up with Curly before my job interview and had a good scoot around the forest.

I was offered the job today and I'll be back and stopping over in Bury for the next 2 weeks mid week (mid week).

So, if anyone is up for some Bury St Edmunds quiet lanes fast training rides after work then please let me know.

Troutie the light turned up today but I'm not riding so I'll do a couple of test shots across the road for you.

Please email me your address as I owe you a few pennies don't I?

Now sold in favour of something with proper sized wheels (29ers for ever)

Trout – Did you make it to the post box today?