Junkyard – Member

barely aware of him but for the adverts on the tv. No idea of his body of work but I judge him by the company he keeps.

check him out. you might like him, nothing like gervais.

Drumlanrig if its dry ..loads of roots. Agree that AE is better than peopel give credit for. Personally think Dalbeattie is the best of the lot round there.

Bad knees so prob wear knee warmers more than most (my assos knees dont stay up though – no gripper at top :( )

Arm warmers, whip em off if too warm , roll em down if changeable. Super versatile.

He cracks me up :D (albeit I agree with XFM..he plays up to it somewhat these days)

Remember him on the gervais ‘Politics’ DVD extra and it was superb

I use hairspray for ESI’s….never move once dried.

Talksport interview

http://www.talksport.co.uk/radio/press-pass/120826/press-pass-sunday-august-26-179542

40 mins in.

v good

Talksport interview is great…listen again on T’sport website when its done. Interviewers are on the ball.

cynic-al – Member

Does anyone think Indurain was clean?

Interesting. Does anyone think Indurain did EPO given Riis’s destruction of him on hautacam.

clean …No, did he do EPO ??

cynic-al – Member

Ooh what did Doyle say?

Massive LA sympathiser. Churning out all the ‘he’s then most tested athlete ever’ etc etc . Quite embarrassing as he seemed to be caught out a few times when asked questions.

also ..Kimmage on R5

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m1kqx

20 mins in , not great but interviewer clearly has no idea what he is on about and Kimmage gets the hump with him.

Kimmage on talksport after 7pm tonight (lets hope they dont have Tony Doyle on after his BBC Radio appearance)

Early Bo Selecta (mel b/craaaaaaaaaaaig david, Micky J)were off the chart.

Hilarious…….

I meant spark. I had a scale, now have a spark. :-)

cuberider – Member

Forgot to add – they also say 29ers suit taller riders. Mine felt odd at first – the riding position was more upright and the wheel seemed to be way out in front. Best of luck!

did 2 hour ride last night with mate on a 26 and am starting to think that I was riding quicker based on mates comments, albeit it still felt ‘sluggish’

I will give it a few more/longer rides and as I said before, was just after peoples experiences of switching.

chap I ride with has FF29 (not green) with kinesis carbon forks. Loves it and races it. Not that light though which would sem to be the main diff between the two IMO. Its a nice build though

Cheers, maybe need a few more rides.

Njee, didnt expect them to feel the same nor was I expecting miracles, its just that I had a spark that was a bullet, a scale which despite my reservations about full sus also feels ace. I have been ‘loaned’ a bike so had no control over spec and if buying would be looking for soemthing higher. I am not wet behind the ears re marketing blurb and factored in the spec of the 29 but even taking that into account was disappointed with the ‘experience’.

Will spend some more time but was expecting answers of a) you’ll get used to it dont despair or b)they all feel similar and you may just not like it.

Just after peoples opinions…thats all :D

big_n_daft – Member

. I am club secretary for a NW Road club. We arrange TT’s, road, cyclo cross and MTB races.

Which NW mtb races are these?

MTB Midweek Madness

Interesting. I am club secretary for a NW Road club. We arrange TT’s, road, cyclo cross and MTB races. WE also have mid week/weekend rides for all levels of the club. Recently found that we cant get marshall’s for our events from the club (membership in excess of 150). It was put to members whether to continue to promote events and the reaction was either apathy, or a widespread objection to having any ‘duties’ as club members. A few “whats in it for me” responses and a general feeling that only the members that race should be involved in racing.

We have numerous social events which are poorly attended and the majority of members just seem to want to use the club to arrange ‘club’ rides and wear the kit.

We were told same. Supposed to be grandstand’s for £45 ticket holders but they never materialised.

We were told to complain after the event for a refund.

Apart from that I thought the events were amazing – both on and off the Olympic park.

have e mailed you :-)

Just e mailed you

5/6 or 12/13 Oct. 3 mtbing, 1 road riding. All sensible.

what a quality race

viviani

Porter is surpassing himself in this devil.

crazy-legs – Member

OK, Margin Walker and I will retire gracefully from this thread!

NEW WR a mere 90 minutes after setting their previous benchmark. WOW

agreed …I’ll get my coat

(though Trott would have saved her legs but obviously not)

WELL DONE

amazing …WR as well. awesome !!!

Its a mis match

HAMER will rip her team to bits…….

crazy-legs – Member

Gold for Gb but no WR is my shout.

Yeah, going to be hard pushed to beat the WR they put down earlier today.

which is why i said it :-) :-)… they looked a little tired/ragged last time out.

Wouldnt want to sit behind trott … no shelter LOL

Gold for Gb but no WR is my shout.

Same gear – no

Fastest speed – flying 200m World Record is 9.572. You can work it out but prob go faster in the sprint.

“they’re coached by Gary Sutton” – he has said that EVERY time he sees an aussie.

“in the form of her his/life ” when clearly they’re not.

crazy-legs – Member

Ooh, points race – let the confusion reign!

lets hope Hugh Porter can keep up :-)

Just hope Bolton’s finest (kenny) can do Bauge when it matters.

….and Jamie Staff looks like Damien Hirst with those spec’s. :-)

….then left it, then moved back. Watch it again.

Decision was right re aussie…..replay was too short. Infringement/movement happened just before the replay BBC kept showing. Perkins coming up inside after other rider left red line, then he moved back. Perkins did well to stay up.

Nice of porter to keep referring to Pendleton as Meares. Good ride…not a VP fan but that was good ride.

awesome …..

Hugh Porter is ruining it for me. Thought he was bad with the road stuff and hoped he would redeem himself on the track. You wonder whether he is actually watching it half the time. Get rid….