I can get two board bags plus gear in the back of a VW Polo, you should be fine in any of the cars you mention!

Remember boards go from the corner of the boot to the corner of the passenger seat, and if you get them wedge up in the air you get even more room.

By the way which way are you coming, Derby to Belper or Matlock to Belper? I’ve got to try get to work on the A6 tomorrow on the motorbike!

I’m in Belper watching people struggle to drive up the hill off the A6, could be the reason!

Sunday was made for watching videos like this!

Not read all the thread to be honest, but don’t be put off by only having a 2:2 in your degree. I’ve many friends who got 2:2s and are doing great out in the real world as they come across in their applications/interviews much better than those with firsts.

Many graduate recruiters will be more into the fact that you’ve worked a little, done some extra curricular stuff (welding) and decided on your vocation (even if it really isn’t and you just see the grad scheme as a step on). There is so many grads coming out of uni now that having someone still young enough to mold, but old enough to have some life experience, is see as a plus.

Good luck with the search, and if you continue down the welding route get coded to weld stainless steel, there is decent money for those who can weld stainless.

No visitors centre, car park is at the top just as you come up the steep section of road on your left.

No paying in the car park either. There is a number of runs on the right as you look down from the car park, you can ride up the road to get access to the start. There is also runs straight down from the car park and turning left into the woods, and one you may miss at the back corner of the car park. As you come into the car park at 12 o’clock it’s at 11 o’clock in the back corner.

top section (out of the woods) can be fast and flowy in places but there isn’t one decent long run that is without a techy/rocky/rooty section!

As said above, good place to session for an afternoon and hone your skills. It’s not for everyone, and if you like fast open flowy sections then I wouldn’t bother, but if you like it a little slower but very technical then it’s worth the effort!

Just says ski total, which is the travel company who we’ve booked with. Found it now, it’s Jet2 as thought, but chartered only for ski total.

As I said, I’m sure it will be fine, least I aren’t flying from Edinburgh like the guys in the above post!

anyone know how to find out from your flight number who the carrier is?

All will be fine I’m sure!

We are near Derby and have booked Bristol as it’s £169 cheaper each. Booked this morning and off to Val d’Isere in Chalet Valpierre. Looking forward to it, just don’t want the hassle with boards being left behind.

Who did you fly from Birmingham with?

Anyone flown to/from Chambery, is it as bad as people make out?

thanks wallop 🙁

jota180, I realise that sounded really petty! I’m going to book it, just means I need to buy a bigger North Face bag to fit my gear in 😀

That’s the thing, the holiday we’ve found is in an amazing chalet, one of the top three in Val d’Isere. The worry and headache of this one bag one board bull**** policy makes me think bugger it! It’s £1200 each too, so I would expect a decent level of service. Why do we get shafted as skiers/snowboarders… 20kg for summer, 20kg for winter, makes complete sense as my salopettes and speedos weigh the same :S

svalgis, what screws did you use to make your own studded tyres? Also, did you go down a tyre size to give clearance for the studs? I’m thinking of making myself some, surely cheaper than getting a set from CRC!

When we were there we white water rafted also, there are quite a few companies about to do it with too.

Take a boat to the island on the lake too, don’t swim like we did, it’s a bloody long way!

spoke with Chardons, one room available after a cancellation. Price is £694 plus flights and transfers. Gets back up to over £1,000 🙁

that is an absolute bargain if they fit…buy them!

I got hold of a GT LTS which I thought was my retro dream bike, road like a dog, didn’t stop or go very well, especially with elastomers both ends. Ended up flogging it to some bloke that collected retro bikes, good luck to him but not for me, maybe hung on a wall though!

I travel a lot with work, a week here and there which meant last year I took 34 flights and was out of the country for 16 weeks. At one stage I was in the US for three weeks away from the family. Every night I’d call home and speak to the missus, normal practise, I do it in my normal life what’s different when on business?

Three week phone bill accounted to £350, I was told we get a £5 expense a day for calling home, not so much when you look at the cost of mobile to mobile calls from the US! Any way, long story short, I had to foot part of the bill to get the expenses claimed after much back and forth via email. The cost wasted with me messing about far surpassed that the company saved.

New boss now, same company, but he understands the business travel thing, the old boss didn’t and I think that was half the battle. Those that write the policies on expenses, and request you to “obtain a receipt” don’t understand have difficult it was to get a receipt in a tiny village in Russia in the first place. Such is life, it’s the job I do and it doesn’t look like it will change any time soon.

£5,000 for this…

Reminds me of Brits going to the Greek islands, getting minging for the summers months, throwing up so much on their streets they use fire engines to hose it down and coming home with half a tan.

The woman’s daughter made me laugh, saying she was grumpy after being woke up at 1.30am the night before her 9am shift. Never ever ever in her life has she worked shifts!

ps I think it’s…I guess I’m gonna need some new forks 😀

Are they Kashima?

So doing the maths – 150mm headtube + 11mm integrated hope tapered headset + 40mm renthal stem – (approx.) 4mm play from top of stem to steerer tube = 197mm

30mm stem = 187mm (maybe get away with a bit more if the stem was unbroken like a Thomson). Only one way to find out!!!

Which hope headset is in the frame? Tapered, reducer? They are either 11mm or 13mm so a steerer length of 185mm is not going to work! Sorry

Renthal stem is 40mm deep, may have around 5mm for the headset, may just do it!

which one would you recommend pitchpro?

sram chain, sounds like a better option

no it works, but needs new jockey wheels, just an excuse to buy a new drivetrain which I need half of any way

next question, SLX or XT cassette? XTR/XT/SLX chain?

thank you, off a spending I go 😀

It will be on the MTB, plan is with this evans super sale to get an xt cassette, xtr shadow plus rear mech and slx shifters, but leave my race face cranks running 22/36 with Middleburn rings and an SLX front mech. The front mech is 9 speed, but I will be replacing the front shifter too. Recipe for disaster?

thanks foxyrider, just need the motivation now to ride!

This for me…very happy bunny!

Sorry, will have to put two! Both from mine and my dad’s (Rockdodger) trip to Morzine this year. Lots of riding, eating and general fun times 😀
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I tried the mega but didn’t get on with it, felt too short and stout and very very sat up but this may have been how the guy had it set up. Climbingkev/Matlockmeat how about a new year ride? I’ve been slack all year, not ridden enough or met enough new people! As I said, new to the area, but would be happy to be shown around and talk bikes!

matlockmeat…in matlock by any chance? fancy showing me around some of the local trails in the new year, I’m new in the area…and that sounds like a massive pick up line. It really isn’t!!!! Then you can have a go on the Orange if you want, may even be able to drag the old man down to try his tracer

I have an alpine 160, my Dad a Tracer 2, both are great bikes climb really well and go down even better. With the Tracer 2 having the VPP it doesn’t bob when climbing and I find it nice and stiff even with the qr rear end my Dad has.

Both have dropper posts and a fairly robust build, the Tracer is around 31lb, Alpine 33lb. I love the Alpine, but I’m a fan of going down rather than up, I’m 6’1″ and ride an 18″ which is on the limit.

To be honest either will be great and could be built up below 30lb with some choice part selection. What is it you want to use it for?

This one that was moaning about it yesterday was,

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/thomson-stem-70mm-machined-and-easton-bars

Strange how the regular traders like to moan about things like this despite it being against the forum rules to use it for trading only!

😳 – quoting a price which is evidently wrong and getting a hump on when someone corrects the mistake