Owned lots of bikes but the best-
Cove Stiffee – great handling bike, loved to bits
Litespeed pisgah – took it everywhere, even did Snowdon, and kept up with a few full suss bikes down the ranger path
Current Bike- Santa Cruz Nickel – great FS bike, just a shame SC no longer wanted to market the APP concept :(

…or if it’s clucking??

I work a 12 hr shift pattern that should be 4 on 4 off but for the last 6 months loads of overtime meaning I am often doing 72 hrs (6 on 2 off)…crap for ride time but great for new shiney bits :?

Grab thief by throat, tell them that if they do it again you will rip their head off and cr** in the hole…
HTH

Be One Karma from CRC a few years ago, pants, heavy and the old euro style geometry. Terrible bike..
Few years ago I had an old Raleigh Montage in fluro green, ok to ride but every part of the drivetrain fell to bits after a few weeks use.

Grumpy? beard? Yes…. probably.

Few years ago, baking hot day at the mother in laws house, whole family sat outside, I sit on a sun lounger only to have”the old fella” pop out of my shorts… :oops:
Old G/F at my parents house, said parents go out, me and the gf get down to business. Few minutes later I can hear banging downstairs only to find my parents banging on the door as they had gone out without keys and had been trying to get in for about 10 minutes, dad very sternly says to me”son, I hope you are being careful”…. :D

Theft – defined as dishonourable appropriation of anothers property with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it…hence why TWOC is a separate offence, as joyriders only intend to borrow not to steal, therefore, technically if you intended to borrow and admire the item at home intending to return it in a few days you could get away with it*

* I am no expert, you do this at your own risk

Naked Twister
Cake
Beer
Chips
Tolerance
Cash
Easy naked wimmin….

Well done Danny, or is it Dom…?????

Great result btw.

Great, does this mean we can get away with being male for one day….scratching of testicles in public, farting, burping, being obnoxious, watching TV WE want to watch, drinking beer, eating pies????? :P

Hi Wookster, both my wife and I are allergy sufferers (me hay fever, wife Asthma and hay fever) and no issues with our Border terrier.. cracking little dogs BUT read up on this first as our little girl suffers from it…. http://www.borderterrier-cecs.com/

Saying that love our too bits.

Oasis fan? Lover of football too? …

Where were the old PACE forks made?

How stoned was the guy in the vid??? Half expected him to start with…”dude…how big are my HANDS!!!”

Go on MandM Direct, they do NewBalance and other makes relatively cheap. Quick delivery too.

6k sounds about right. We had 2 done last year, family bathroom plus ensuite. Suite/shower/fittings all came from Travis Perkins, local plumber fitted suite and did a bit of tiling. Flooring plus bits came and it all came to 6k, but we didn’t go ott with the suite.

Love it…get a group together dressed as superheroes, how cool….

:D

When you said “blue cock in Trafalgar square” I thought it was homage to big Dave Cameron…. :-)

Hi Donk, I help run NWMBA and ride Snowdon nearly every year. Sorry about your experience on the Mountain, it really sounds as though you were unlucky that day.
I have ridden the Llanberis and down the rangers a fair few times, and never had an issue. Provided riders recognise the voluntary ban, long may we continue to enjoy this excellent trail.

Have another go in September once the ban is lifted. We have had some lovely weekend rides there.

Steve

Try Bikeright in Manchester .They were looking for instructors recently. It may be worth a call to them to see about qualifications etc…

Quite agree with the OP, its his hard earned cash, so why not expect the best quality before you hand the money over?
We often rant on here about poor customer service so why not rant about shoddy build quality?

Anyway OP, whyte 29er, Canyon 29er?? Whyte Hardtails get some good reviews….

Hi Mate, mine arrived last week. I bought a 2012 model from Bikes 2 U direct. I am just under 6ft and bought the 19inch, which is perfect.

I took it out yesterday for its first ride. Fantastic, the thing that strikes me the most is how quiet it is. No chain slap or rear mech clatter.

I swapped over the stem and bars (wider and shorter). The stock tyres are terrible, so they will go next.

A fantastic winter bike. No issues with only 8 speeds, managed to get up every climb…

Get one.. :-)

Klein Mantra, they looked ace, Orange UFO, My LBS had one in the window for ages..dammit….when I was young always wanted a Grifter, ended up with a Chopper..(no sniggering..)

Hi Rik, I love my hard tails and have had a few of what has been mentioned, Chumba hx1, stiffee and the Pace Rc 325.5.
Of all I loved the stiffee but they run a standard 1/18 head tube s o fork choice is very limited. If it was my cash I would try to get the Pace. I run mine on 140mm revs, just superb….

This…http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C373646

Reliant scimitar…nice.

Saab 900, MG, older 5 series BMW, …

Nick, On the works computer and I blocked the image you put up, accessed on the ‘phone now so got the image..sorry

Steve

Nick thats terrible, i will post on the NWMBA facebook page and the One planet Adventure website… colour and anything distinct ??

Steve

Rear hub goosed?

No worries, they had a Santa Cruz demo day arranged today. :( Feel for Ian and Jim, the snow in these parts just ain’t moving, but, the sun is currently out so fingers crossed next weekend will be good.

Trails are currently closed, still lots of snow. Check the one planet adventure website for updates.

Pfffft…North Korea only has Nerf missiles…

Point Break, the Crow, Bill and teds excellent Adventure, Highlander,

Hi Sputnik, I am a TP fan. Some great suggestions up there, +1 for anything involving Vimes and the City Watch, men at arms is a good read, Jingo, Carpe Jugulem, Small Gods is funny. As a starter try The Last Hero. It was printed ias an almost graphic novel type short story. Amazon may have it.

Good choice BTW.

I also find David Gemmell a good author of fiction/fantasy if TP doesn’t float his boat. Dark Prince and Lion of Macedon are simply brill.

Really….oh well. F/s 2x new mountain king tyres, available after Monday…. :-)

Gone for the 8 speed, due to cost.

The stem will have to go, it’s a bit “bling”, got some race face evolve stuff, seat post, bars, stem to swap over.
Those Conti tyres will be a new experience. Anyone know what the Mountain King tyres are like??