If you dont get another offer then I will come out for a gentle one 🙂

What time were you thinking of starting ?

I did Nant-yr-Arian a while back, I enjoyed it, apart fom the leg burner section, I think thats what it was called…

Are you free any other time this week, day or evening ?

I was out Thurs, Fri and Sunday plus I was dog walking….I dont think my legs would be up to it! LOL

I would but I’m knackered from all the weekend’s riding… 🙂

Are you free Weds evening ?

I kinda guessed it would get a mixed response, but as I have not been there before I would like to give it a go…

I forgot to ask about the knee….hope it isn’t to painful…

Well done! 8)

Yes, plenty of chat & banter today in amongst the riding…the only thing missing was a pint at the end…..as the weather was spot on…. 😆

Glad you enjoyed it, its a pity the other couple didn’t make it…..

Cheers, Paul (from today’s ride)

Cheers pyro, just read it on a post…

What does A & A stand for ??

We used Barnsoul farm as a base (very good facilities incl some cool wooden bothies/ huts)

Just checked out the Barnsoul site, they look nice…did you use any of them or did you camp ?

Cheers for the info, I will hopefully squeeze them all in…

Hopefully nearer the time (september) I will hopefully meet up with a few riders as I will be flying solo for the trip…. 😀

I carry a montane H2O for local/emergnecy wear, but I have a berghaus paclite for the heavy stuff.

The h20 does get quite sweaty, but then what doesn’t…

I also have a Endura rebound, which I love and wear a lot, not waterproof, but it shrugs off a lot of it..

She’s not bad looking though ?

I have these brakes on my new bike, the rear one is aleady having problems and its only just 4 weeks old.

A really big vibration when braking at speed, a few other people are having the same problem…I’m going back to the shop next week to find out more/why…

Otherwise I think the brakes are good and perform well.

Poke it with a stick ? 😉

20 years ago!! I remember that as a kid @ 16, terrible event…the years have gone by…

I’m out most Weds, plus some of the group…Clent is also ridden …depends on the weather…

Someone has just pointed me in this direction… 🙂

I have taken both my other half and sister out on the bikes…the GF even had a go at Laggan a couple of years back…

My sister likes MTBing and not long back bought a decent GT bike…

IMO it was more down to being a beginner and lack of riding/skills that was the issue…just my tuppence worth…

Muddypuddle – YGM

I hope they dont fence off the camber run, its a nice bit of trail…

Renton – Yeah come along, drop me an email or just turn up on Sunday’s… 🙂

Muddypuddle – No problem, come along….we have a good small group now, all about the same fitness wise. Pace is slow to steady and we have plenty of breaks and chats 😀

We use another link/forum to sort out the times/places etc.

Just drop me an email, under my profile. Cheers.

jimster – We start from the Duke William pub car park @ 10am (most)Sundays.

Also sometimes on a Weds night, same place 7 – 7.30pm. I’m around during the week at various times if you are around…

I thought he was talking about the camber run…..they have dumped a load of fencing/barbed wire and gates at the end of it.

Pretty dangerous, because we did the 3 bears run (opposite side to camber) and all this crap was at the end of the run, which is quite steep and quick…

Yeah that main bridge being out is a bit of pain, ok when the water is low…

Which bridge would that be muddypuddle ? I know every inch of the forest 😉

We have a good small Sunday/mid week following now if you fancied joining us ?

There are one or two half decent trails in there…its an area as said before to move people over there away from the rest of the forest…

Dont know if anyone noticed, but we were out on Sunday and it looks like some more fencing etc could be going up, more to the collection possibly ??

I was going to replace both anyway as the top one is wearing out…

I had a couple in my toolbox, but they appear to be slightly thicker than what I am currently using…

I am going to do just that ‘gusamc’…..just pack up and go ! 😀

Looking for a tent that is easy to set up and take down quickly as I intend on moving around quite a bit…

Tents have moved along a lot since I was last camping (many years ago)…

Just so much choice around…confusing…

The reason for trail centres and the UK is that I will be doing it solo and I’m not very good with maps ! 😳

I was thinking of either wales or scotland, I’m based in Worcs and the driving for both would be a bit too much IMO…

Anyone else done a tour of the 7 stanes etc ?

Just brainstorming at the moment…

if you have any token ring stuff, then we should talk…

Sorry no token stuff, just routers, modems, switches, memory, cables etc

I have never used them for suspension service, but I have used them quite a bit for other repairs etc

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them, nice guys and very good service….give them a try !

I have bought 2 of these having the same problem of having a horrible taste in my bottles;

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Camelbak_Podium_710ml~24oz_Bottle/5360033553/

Expensive, but very good to use.

A lot of it has changed over the last few months, but change is good…IMO

There is a lot of open/flat exposed stuff now, but the plants and vegetation need to grow and with spring/summer just about here….it wont be long before it all starts growing again…

The big downside is that when it rains, its gets really muddy due to all the vehicles and wider tracks etc…

No problem, just drop me an email when you are free and hopefully I should be allowed out to play. 🙂

yeah dude ! or i can usually do a nightride one night in the week

I thought so….I could not find your email address/remember screen name….

I will probably be around over the easter break as I dont like driving over bank holidays…

A guy from over your way came out with us on Sunday, ‘MilitantGraham’….I think we are out Weds night this week ?

shinsplints – is it Simon ?

I was out on Sunday with a few other guys, the trails were nice and dry, bumped into a few other riders too…

It was quite warm by mid day and I really enjoyed the riding, apart from going over the bars…first time out on my new bike too ! 🙂

The weather is looking good for the rest of the week, so going to squeeze in a couple more rides in this week whilst its dry…

There is a group of us over on bikeradar that meet up if anyone is interested….

Thats what I dont understand,I purchased a few tunes last year and got a receipt/invoice….obviously they must have got access to the account and changed the email address perhaps ??

I’m not sure if the passwords were the same, could have been same/similar….why ? (something to do with a possible site being hacked?)

I am currently disputing it with Barclays, there were a long list of other transaction going through on my card at the time, along with the itunes…

Basically they went shopping and spent a sh1t load of money, Barclays were alerted by the fact that they tried to spend over 100 quid at lovefilm.com whilst also spending elsewhere, 2 separate locations….

Barclays say there is an ongoing issue with Apple/itunes and fraud….

Compost, fresh bread and open fires whilst toasting the bread on the fire…

Great memories…