kevj – alas that was not me on a lappiere! fire me your email and i’ll send you the link if you fancy filling it out 🙂 it’s only wee!

DGOAB – email sent – thanks!

druidh – i got your email from your profile and sent it earlier. did it not get through? it could be in junk 🙂

and thanks to everyone who has helped out so far! very pleased 8)

thanks fraser – email sent!

I SAID IT WAS A YETI! 😆

top ride everyone! 🙂

well i’m confused – issue with public liability? what does that mean?! 😕

i like itv4 – liggett all the way!

ah! the old simul-post. split groups sounds fine. baggsie the one without massive lung busting, leg shattering climbs! 🙂

confused about this. is this an invite for only three people?! i’ll be at cargo for 6.30pm, and will wait a wee bit for others…

in my humble, when your ay-ess is hanging out a hole, it’s time for new shorts.

i’m sorry but i’ve got too much other stuff on today so i’m out 🙁 sorry folks

mudguards and lights not fitting are rubbish excuses – have you no old innertubes? or lecky tape? or bits of card board?! if you see no way to get around these issues, it seems you’ve already decided about wet weather riding!

crampons and ropes would also have helped.

i concur! i felt like 13thfloormonk was a school boy and i was a fly having my legs pulled off, one by one… but yeah, that was cracking, nice one!

i’m coming, woo! i’ve done most of my rides around that eastern bit and i love it there! prefer going down from windy door nick to boghall and then the souterrain, but i’m totally up for going the opposite way! (black inbred)

pulling nose hairs isn’t really that painful! come on! but neither is stinging nettles to me. never had a broken bone, mind…

yes i got it – thanks poppydiamond!

to anyone else – please keep sending the videos! and ask questions if you’re not sure what i’m after 🙂

i suspect it will go to contador too. there was a guardian article recently that speculated that the race is really for second place, as contador will most likely win and may be stripped of his title come august if he’s found guilty of doping…

i’d like to do this – most likely be the sunday if either. it’s always tricky for me with work to get around so don’t plan too much around me! but i’d like to be a maybe for now if that’s okay 🙂

well i’ve got some fantastic responses so far! but i need more 🙂 it’s just a bit of fun, just say whatever you think! thanks for the responses so far – and for the ones i’m yet to receive 🙂

i was going to finish work at 10pm tonight, head to the hills for the sunset, then ride around til sunrise at half 4ish. but i’m flipping exhausted, and didn’t count on being out for 6+ hours when i first thought of this! 🙄

that was great yesterday! feeling pretty tired after working til 4am, mind! 😮

not sure i can make the august date, but if i can i will! 🙂

yeah, that was ace! i missed the off-licence though! :O

i used know someone who would regularly give over 100% everyday, seven days a week. he used speed. then he went on holiday and he was too exhausted to get out of bed, for two weeks!

short sessions of intense massage on a regular basis

the cause of, and cure to, most of life’s groin strains

of course you can give more than 100%. it’s easy, you just have to go into deficit. in terms of work, this means putting in more energy than is sustainable, so that one is suffering from exhaustion. a true 110%er will work themself to death, of course – this is the true measure of the claim!

love dirt.

also 540, the rollersnakes skate video…

i mentioned this on the trail repair thread, but i’ll also just say here too – when i’m out tomorrow evening it’ll be forming part of my research for my uni dissertation on mountain biking and landscape – yes, i’ve figured out how to ride my bike and do proper research simultaneously! 😆

so i might ask the odd question and take a note or two. however, i intend not to fall off this time!

looking forward to it 🙂

i think i can make it – woo! i’ll probably cycle up as i need to get to work in the late afternoon 🙁

incidentally, i’m doing a uni dissertation on mountain biking and landscape. so as well as throwing my weight behind the shovel, i might ask a few relevant questions and make the odd note – hope that’s okay! 🙂

here’s hoping! i’ve had a week of feeling poorly but i’m really hoping to be well by tomorrow evening 🙂 lochrin for me…

a couple of years ago me and my girlfriend decided to go camping at loch katrine on the summer solstice – without protection. we got absolutely plastered in midgie bites. up ours noses, on the edges of our eyelids, the inside of our lips… we aborted before getting the tent up.

ironically, despite looking like a big swollen red blob, i never got any soreness or pain from the bites. weird… my girlfriend, on the other hand…

take a spin on the coastal path with a train back (fife or east lothian)

well let’s see how this badboy works out! thanks 5thElefant 🙂

5thElefant – looks good. have you got a link for the camera?

mr brightside – that looked all right too, but i couldn’t find any UK suppliers. it’d be good to get it sooner rather than later!

apparently jet2 do. i’ve been to malaga from edinburgh, can’t remember who with though…

http://travel.edinburghairport.com/site/travel/flights

pah, don’t listen to them! give it a burl, if too wide, then chop ’em down! no amount of maths can account for real experience 🙂 (IMHO, natch)

thanks nick. i tried the cycle across the americas once before but the whole of episode two was not available! i’ll have a look to see if i can find it from that link. thanks!

Shame he’s a septic though

shame you’re a banker though

the tommy simspon one was amazing. a sunday in hell was pretty smart too. i think that’s my lot for grainy footage of road cycling from the 60s and 70s for now, and i’ve seen flying scotsman and belleville rendevouz before. what else y’all got? 🙂

a 2.2″ spesh is pretty much the same size as a 2.4″ mountain king (i have one of each on either end on the same rims)

it’s a fair bit of cash. i got a tent from argos for £25 that weighs quite a bit less!