z1ppy – Member

5) Get company in to bead blast them…

+1

Better to pay someone else to do such a boring job imho

dirtygirlonabike – Member

I don’t know any of these places/names, but i like the sound of Vomit climb. We have puke hill up here

Is there going to be a cafe/coffee stop en route?

Cafe stop?? stopping is for wimps :twisted:

Actually yes, there will be a cafe stop………………..somewhere :oops: !

Still to work that one out. Kielder Castle has a little cafe.

Anyone got any ideas for where to have a cafe stop? Bellingham’s a possibility (there’s a little cafe in the library? I think). Although we may have to stop before there, we don’t want to waste good money losing it on Vomit Climb now do we?

Morpeth could be a go-er then. Train station too, might be a bit easier to get to than Otterburn for some people?

Return to Morpeth from Bellingham via Vomit Climb, Sweethope Loughs etc

8th is the latest for me otherwise it’s into June. Any earlier and I don’t think my legs will be cooked :oops:

Can start in Morpeth if people want longer………….. 8O

That’s going to put it at 100 miles and then some.

Erm, just had a look at my diary, Sunday the 8th might be better :oops:

Sunday the 1st?

or

Sunday the 8th?

Could do with someone who know how to operate a camera?! :oops:

Date’s not definite, can be adjusted (Sustrans C2C in a day at the end of May for me so I can’t do then).

jonb, if you’re passing Morpeth on your way up there give me a shout and I’ll ride up with you, that should make it a proper ride :wink:

STW MAMIL ‘Southern Softies’ Meet here

:wink:

STW ‘Proper Northern’ meet too (May 1st).

Have a look here

Where abouts in the Borders?? There’s a nice loop going over Carter Bar to Hawick, then returning via Kielder??

Otterburn (ok, not the Borders but canny close) – Carter Bar – Hawick (ish) – Kielder – Bellingham – Otterburn.

A nice little leg burner that one!

Come on then you Northumbeland/Newcastle/Scottish lot, anyone else??

dirtygirlonabike – Member

I’d be up for this except i’m in edinburgh and its a long way to go for a 50mile ride

Can we have a Scottish one too?

Scottish Borders/Northumberland??? Anyone??

I’d go for the Rab, if only for the mentioned chav factor. I bought my North Face one about 10 years ago, it’s still going strong, although everyone wears one nowadays, common as muck now.

I’m thinking about getting a Rab Generator Vest. Not as bulky.

Cheers chaps, much appreciate the help.

:wink:

What makes them ‘specific’ then??

Surely an english threaded road BB can be used in a mountain bike (Shimano manage it).

I’d say Florida too, BUT, we did Disneyland a couple of years back and we thought it was better than Disneyworld. Yes, there’s more to do in Florida (more parks/water parks etc etc) but Disneyland was much quieter, even in August. We found we were going on a ride, getting off and getting straight back on again as there was hardly anyone there.

Why not combine with a trip down Highway One? A few days in San Francisco, drive down to Monterey (stopping off in Santa Cruz for a stroll along their boardwalk – was in the film Lost Boys). Take in Monterey Aquarium. Drive to San Luis Obispo, stay in the Madoone Inn, try and get the Cave Man Room….!
Then drive to LA, make sure you stop off in Solvang for an ice cream. When in LA, stay at the Anabella Hotel in Anaheim, literally just across the road from Disneyland, spotless it was, a true find!

You’re only a couple of hours from San Diego too

IMHO much nicer than Florida but don’t get me wrong, Orlando is set up for tourists, it’s spotless too.

You go wrong with either (Florida is less time on the plane too)

JUST DON’T GO TO DISNEYLAND PARIS. It’s crap.

Morven sounds nice vim……… 8O

Might give that one a miss. I’m thinking stay outside of Workington then cycle to the start in the morning (no offence – from the guy from Ashington).

Anything north of Workington?

Thanks for your help btw :wink:

Cheers Vim, I don’t mind a couple of extra miles, in the grand scheme of things.

I was looking at the Waverley Hotel, do you know it??

Get used to clipping in as they’re single sided (obviously :oops: ). It took me a while to get used to single sided pedals when I went all road. I nearly dithced my Look’s and bought a pair of Speedplays.

Gran Torino definitely

Men Who Stare at Goats was utter drivvle

Inception – never seen it, can’t comment (but it looks too deep for my little brain).

B

Fire lighters??? 8O

Fire lighters??? :roll:

Fire lighters??? :lol:

Fire lighters are for for losers.

Newspaper, rolled into a ball (loosely) in the bottom. Fill the bottom of the grate like this.

Next, sticks. First laid one way, then a layer laid at right angles (criss-cross fashion).

Then coal, a good covering.

Light the paper, open a vent if there is one, or leave the door open a tinchy bit.

Sit back and watch it roar.

Fire lighters indeed. Pish and tiffle.

I agree with Mr_Mojo

They may help, they may not, but boy they’ll make the bike look lush. Isn’t that reason enough to buy some? I did.

Oh, and keep your Tune hubs and get a pair of Tune Schwarzbrenner rims. You’ll not find a better full carbon rim with better braking, in the wet OR dry.

EDIT: +1 for taking something WARM and WINDPROOF for SF. We were warned that it can get cold. It got cold, especially when we went to Acatraz (freezing more like!). This was in August, in the sun and out of the wind it was lush, in the wind? jesus!

Another for driving down Highway 1 from SF. We stayed at Monteray, after stopping in Santa Cruz for a stroll along their boardwalk (nothing to do with the bikes………..unfortunately). Well worth a visit is the Monterey Aquarium. When in Monterey, keep an eye out for the Light&Motion HQ’s on Cannery Row. I missed them on our trip (only found out about them after I got home). Might be a nice time to get a new set of lights?

Next stop for us was as Chipps mentioned, San Luis Obispo. If heading here, you really MUST stop at here:

http://www.madonnainn.com/

It was one of THE most tackiest places we’ve ever stayed. We loved it, especially the restaurant with the bubble-gum pink leather booths, the over-the-top decor and the most over-hyped basic food. Our only upset was not being able to get the Caveman Room!

We then headed on down to Solvang, a town with Danish Immigrant roots. It was a lovely place, still is.

Then we headed to LA. As already mentioned, I’d give it a wide berth. Like Mr_Mojo said, Hollywood is a very seedy place, Hollywood Boulevard is littered with seedy shops etc. It wasn’t a pleasant walk with our 9yr old (as he was then) from the car park, along all the ‘stars’ passing numerous seedy shops. I wonder how the ‘stars’ would feel knowing they’re outside such places.
I would recommend Disneyland though, it’s so much nicer than the Florida equivilent IMHO of course, California Screaming is a blast. No Aerosmith’s Rock-n-Rollercoaster though.
Universal Studios was great too, especially the walk through Horror Movie Set, I think we scarred our son for life taking him through there!

Then we headed down to San Diego for a few days. We stayed in the Hardrock Hotel in the Gas Lamp Quarter.

Next time we’re going back and doing the mountains.

Tell me more about this etape caledonia training thing cycleworlduk.

Is it open only to those who are doing the etape caledonia?

I’d be interested in joining a training ride thing, especially if it’s in a different part of the country………which it is obviously :oops:

Cheers chaps.

So from your point of view, you are selling them to someone in the UK, who’ll pay you via paypal and you’ll be shipping to their UK paypal address?

Yup, I’ll be selling them to a verifed UK paypal’er. I’ve made it clear that I will only do this and the buyer is happy with that.

I think I’m just being a little over-cautious.

Vinyl??

Not on my bike matey.

Ok, I’ll give that a go tomorrow. Jeez, give me an anaethestic machine any day!

Holy crap, I have no idea what you guys are on about…………. :oops:

(oh, it is a WPA thing, not a WEP)

I don’t have the thing you refer to as an Ethernet cable??? what the hell is that Lee??

Yep, got the red cross at the first stage. This is despite resetting everything a few times, entering IP details manually as well as a lot of other details for the IP and modem.

Seems I have to call Sky and see if I’ve got the correct wep code (despite having my pc, my sons pc, his Wii to the same router).

I lost interest, to top it all off he can’t watch You Tube vids on his pc or play one of his online games as it keeps saying I need to download Adobe 10 (or something) but it won’t let me, I think it’s the anti virus or firewall software or both that’s stopping it and I don’t have a clue what I’m doing……………………….AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!

Jesus, I’m crap. Is it just me or is anyone else as techno-crap as me?? Surely I can’t be the only one.

I’ve been onto the helpine guys, seems they weren’t much help, they kept telling me it was the pass key for my modem that was the problem, although I have no probs getting on the internet with my pc (or the Wii, or my son’s laptop!).

We were on for about an hour. I did get through to Xbox Live at one stage, then it told me I needed to download an update, which I started then it said it couldn’t download it. Then I couldn’t get back to Xbox Live.

Argh!!! I hate technology (apart from the cycle kind!!)

RIP Digit :cry:

+1, You did a wonderful thing giving him a loving home.

I treat myself to some rather grandiose Rapha clothing in their sale.

Oh, and some simply superb Vittoria Open Corsa Evo’s, 320tpi’s from my lovely wife (that I had to buy and give to her to wrap for me).

I’m going to look SERIOUSLY ‘all the gear, no idea’

Schnice.

A neighbour who lives up the hill has 2 (one for him and his wife), he’s the only one who can get his car (and his wife) parked outside their house in this heavy snow, everyone else is parked around the streets.

My wife wants one now, especially after having to spend the night at work last night.

Missed the original thread, my apologies.

Was never fortunate enough to have met Iain, however I did chat with him a few times on the phone whilst buying some of his kit. Came across as a genuine nice guy, friendly, helpful.

My condolences to his family, it’s never easy losing a loved one, seems especially more poignant this time of year :( :( :(

RIP Iain

I think you’ve had enough now bigG :wink:

Never had a problem with them, also they honoured a mistake when they had something advertised for the wrong price on their website……….I paid a tenth of what it should have been………..they put the decimal point in the wrong place.

Will use again without hesitation.

Best add the pic eh :oops:

It’s the one at the toe grip, the bigger holes at the bottom of the grip:

sam_underhill – Member

Chris king BB for me!

That’s what I ‘asked’ for last year 8)

This year it’s a pair of Vittoria Open Corsa 320 tpi’s 8)

Bugger, skint.

Wonder if the wife will give me a sub