are people friendly and helpful

Considering how macho mtb I am sure they all will be helpful to a nice girl like you.
If you want an ex of mine is working for ewdards organising his MTB events. I can drop her a line if you want so you can see with her directly. She spend 3 years in London and 2 in OZ so you can speak english with her.

mail me the stuff you don’t understand I’ll translate it to you the best I can
Mucho love
X

cooroo thanks I think I am even willing to mortgage my proper bike to by the mattress as I have no time to ride anyway.

Do you want me to come up for cheering ;)
Big DH tires and big DH tubes seems to be the norm. You need to have a bike that is tough enough to go down, and light enough to go up.

I can try to find one of last year VTT mag when they present on of the pilot/journalist’s bike and make a brief translation if you want

Mucho love

maybe we should swap life jo
You come down south and I go to scotland

I have to be in the orifice [:(]

ahem

Weather here is too hot, hence not helping with my manflu, give me english rain anyday

as they only serve to prop up snobbery

Ok imagine you are on holidays in a country you don’t speak the official language.
Now imagine you want to buy some cigarette. Which one is going to be understood?
“Excuse me can you tell me where I can find cigarettes?”
“Oi matey ya’know where I can dodge some fags innit?”

which no one can control

You mean like parents not being able to teach their kids?

Coffeeking have once again an very valid point. If it wasn’t for rules of english I wouldn’t have been able to learn it (ok not very well) and to be able to broadcast my work to the scientific community.
Everyone is going to understand oxford English. Not sure about brant or SFB one.

ROFL yes remember now ;) but that is what I meant she was very pretty ;)

citroen picasso
Peugeot partner
Opel Zafira

yes surely when was that BTW?

I know I am going to annoy SFB with that but hey I don’t really care.
As foreigner I have bee in situations where my poor english and very bad knowledge of the grammar have made me look daft, or even worth, made me buy stuff I didn’t really wanted or get a service I wasn’t looking for.
I am most annoyed by people (french or english lets face it) that butcher the language under the so wrong excuse to sound cool, or to be an anarchist (a bit like you SFB). Grammar and other language rules exists for a purpose, make the communication between being easier. The same way traffic rules exist to make the journey easier.

You all could ask people who have meet me, and I am sure they all would be able to tell you a very shameful story where I said something and they understood something else.

So I am sorry SFB and others but grammar is useful, and do serve a purpose.

Check the train to the mountains. Bike are free to carry in all the TER connexions
Best

In France, near Perpignan only since late last year.

[mode pedantic]
In France, near Perpignan only since late last year Cong’.

;)

I am in Nice in the south east of France and the only thing I am looking forward to is moving back the the UK.
Preferably around Scotland or York.

Life here sucks.

Let’s make it clear I am NOT frenchie…

As said cap you really never let us down don’t you…

Ceno in highfield would get my vote.
Avoid Oxford street but the olive tree, the restaurant in above bar street (ZEN) is rather nice.

The pub in front of the red funnel terminal is very good for music, and the menu looks very nice.

If I was in soton still I would have come indeed ;)

Mucho love

Juan

It’s a k550i from orange. And funnily enough orange France doesn’t want to unlock it from me :(

Az what does an “unlocking cell phone shop” does?
Do you know?
Cheers

booo

And if it’s not working again
http://flickr.com/photos/24754492@N03/3201771658/

sorry I have been very late
Mine after 10 days.

Can we please make it a regular friday thread?
So I can keep in touch with the correct use of the English language.
I am fearing that one year in France with no or very little practice, will not do any good to my rather poor grammar.

Tintin chez les soviets.
As merchandising I find the "dictionnaire des insultes du Cpt Haddock" amazing.

I don’t really know how Asterix could be good in English (or any other than french to be honest) as a lot is probably lost during the translation.

Two minutes walk from work so I can always pop in for lunch (when they are not closed) to share some cakes ;)
XX

Yum yum zed as usual…

Hi nasher there is indeed plenty of snow. Le col de vence, caussol and probably even saint vallier are still white.

I am going to try to get to l’aire saint michel with my SS during my lunch.
I will drop you a line to ride down in Nice as soon as I got back to an acceptable level (I am really crap at the moment DH wise probably the level of you average customer), but if you are still here in a couple of weeks I will show you some interesting thing rideable from the train station in Nice ;)

I will drop you a line anyway

Best

Juan

The one you will enjoy riding the most…
Might not even be the most expensive
Best

ok cheers all going to my LBS for lunch to see if they can get some

Oh – and would this be a good time to play back all that stuff you’ve written about roadbikes in the past?

Probably but then I won’t be wearing lycra and I don’t ride it for the pleasure…

But feel free to banter… As far as you give me a solution ;)

I have asked the same question to my LBS. Apparently a spanish company (probably casamasefer) do a square taper one with cartridge bearing and allow cups.

The big ring has been replaced by a bashring.

Yoohooo

Christ as said be glad,
He could have bought a road bike…
Or moved to France…

Well if it’s just to meet friend and have a good time I strongly suggest you get yourself a cheap accomodation in one of the valley in the 06 and get the very nice topo books (I can post them to you if you want).
Then I could point you towards routes that are not packed up with snow.
Best
Juan

Hey
I strongly suggest not to enter, race is crap and there is much nicer places to ride in the vicinity… It’s just a waste of money and time.

But then each time I have told that to people insults have been made.
Let me know if you want advice on where to ride in the 06/83.

A-hem ? ;-D

D’ooooh

Yes and clarey too she has a sexy accent on the top of it :D

(Hope I don’t forget anyone)

mr & mrs poddy etc are lovely WCA – which troll are you… (its gayle here)

The one with the loveliest accent ;)

sobs quietly to herself. Does this mean I am more horrible and less hot in real life?? [:(]

Sorry Mrs flash… It’s just I am getting old by now ;)

But you are a lovely lady too :D

Oh yes I met richmailman and richpip too (not sure they remember me though) they are very nice too…

I am in the “midget group :'( ”

I will second comment of peter and fred and WCA on what fred peter and WCA look like in real life.

All very nice blokes too (so does dezb).

The girls I have met in real life, foxychick, mrs poddy, aleigh, elaine are nicer and hotter in really life (not that I have misbehave no no not that).