Sad. Enjoying riding my 26er again.

7 days hire, potentially.

Backwards brakes?

Sh1t bikes?

So in the hire bikes vein, anywhere recommended on the SW edge of the Sierra Nevada, in Lanjaron (near Alpujarras)

Carding comb, I’d have guessed?

Takes a little while to become effective. Made my head swim for a while 15 mins after taking it. That got easier as time progressed but never fully went away. Smooths out the rough edges. Helped. Only effective as part of a wider program of measures, IYSWIM

If you decide to stop, do it slowly and with discussion with the gp. Don’t just stop.

Congrats on becoming grandad, btw.

It’s a good price for a new frame.

Exceedingly frustrating as this was a common and garden incident resulting in the destruction of a 2 year old XC frame through the failure of a component key to the design.

Anyways, maybe I’ve had my money’s worth out of it.

Regarding crash replacement, I’m wondering if they’ll allow me to get a Spark frame at that discount as I’ve decided that I’m getting too old for the hardtail life. 😀 – going back to my 26er spark made me realise I suited the XC FS better.

You need some nice rubber concertina-ing fork covers – you could leave them on all the time to protect the forks.

What has no-one ever thought of that, eh? I might patent that…

fifeandy – Member
MK2 2.4 rolls like a hog compared to the 2.2 XKing.

Hehehe. Maybe I’d be super fast with x-kings on then.

TBH, I prefer the extra volume and grip. Might try the XKings I have if I can be arsed to change them over. Mind you, summer is almost over and we’ll be back to mud soup shortly…

core – Member
mrmoosehead – I presume you mean the X King 2.4? They’re not too dear, even in black chilli from Wiggle…..

Nah, The Mountain King II, in 2.4

Seems bombproof – got me through 4 days in the Sierra Nevada whilst everyone else was getting punctures on Rocket Rons

I like the MK2 Protection 2.4 on the front of my scale 910.
Tubeless
A bit on the heavy side, but inspires a bit more confidence.

I like to think I’m still pretty quick on it.

If anything like the 100Mb/s then you’ll get great speeds and service apart from the time you want to use it – namely between 5pm and 11pm – between these times, you’ll struggle to get 5Mb/s down.
Customer services are lovely, but powerless and ineffectual
You’ll get fobbed off with some ‘service review’ dates.

Ultimately, they have too many users to deliver the advertised speeds on their current networks.

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-car-hire#insurancetrick
HTH

Bit late for you now, mind.

Sir wants a terra nova laser comp.
Great tent. 2 6’1″ blokes, just.
What i use for 2 day mountain races. Be interested to hear how you get on with that tent though.

It’s a renault. Take it back and get something else. 🙂

Late to the party, but my new Scott Scale 910 (carbon 29er) with MountainKing Protection 2.4 on (heavy tyres, tubeless) comes in at 11kg, or 24.3lbs – and that’s with the double still on

I don’t think I could ride a mile on flats, I’m so used to cleats.

I’m looking for a spare pump head as well, if there’s one going. 🙂

They don’t look like proper rails. Probably require you to buy stupidly expensive merc roofrack.

What, IT consultant?

Nah, we all know you’re a high end rent boy. }:8)

*waves*

That is sooooo lovely – do you have the optional stunning blonde with lipstick to match that swings her leg just out of snap cat shot?

He is the blonde. Sorry, was. 😀

Um. bensales. Are you ukrm bensales… ?

Asking here usually gets you a knowledgeable answer from someone who knows what they are talking about.

*snigger*

Ah. Helicopter tape. Brilliant – never heard of the stuff.
Thanks!

Bloody marvellous place to live.
Northwest Definitely. It’s a bugger to get south, sometimes, but on the plus side, 90 mins to windermere early in the morning.
john_drummer has it right on the places.

Although, you can only move to Ilkley if you pass the residency test… 😉

LBS: Ilkey Cycles, Chevin, All terrain.

Riding? Lots of XC routes. Stainburn has bouncy bouncy down the hill stuff.
Gisburn not too far away.

Puressence. The biggest band that never were.
(Apart from in Greece)
Glad i got to see them before they finally split. In otley courthouse, of all places, on a warm up gig before their last stadium tour of Greece.

My own homemade bread end crust still warm from the oven with a slightly salted real butter on it… bliss.

Most normal farmers will have signs up this time of year “keep out, bull in field” thats a standard sign for most that don’t want you around.

Which, if it is a public right of way, may well be an offence

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/public-rights-of-way-landowner-responsibilities

Livestock on land crossed by a public right of way: banned animals
Bulls of recognised dairy breeds (Ayrshire, British Friesian, British Holstein, Dairy Shorthorn, Guernsey, Jersey and Kerry) that are over the age of 10 months are banned by law from fields containing a public right of way.

Bulls over 10 months of any other breed must be accompanied by cows or heifers when in fields with public access.

Make sure that any warning notices relating to a bull are displayed only when it is actually present in a field.

Horses may be kept loose in fields crossed by public rights of way, as long as they are not known to be dangerous.

You can be prosecuted if you keep any potentially dangerous animal on land crossed by a public right of way.

FWIW, I avoid livestock – cows and horses. Cows are big and stupid. Horses are big and not so stupid, but not clever enough, either. Clever enough to be neurotic, I reckon.

My daughter is utterly terrified of cows – proper quaking in her boots scared. Which means many public footpaths are inaccessible to us in the lower valleys

Wot yossarian said. ^^^^^

Chamomile.
Decaff Earl Grey.
Hot water and lemon.
Hot Chocolate
Horlicks?
Mulled Wine, FTW

Err. I ordered mine last week. It arrived in the LBS today…

Going to ride it tonight.

NEW BIKE DAY! I HAZ A HAPPPEEEE

It’s better exercise time for time than a bike (I believe).
It’s simpler (shoes on, run. No faffing / mechanicals etc)
It’s harder on the body
It’s better for my head health.
It’s not that much less ‘good’ in rubbish weather. As long as you’re warm enough…
It’s quicker than mountain biking in a lot of places.

I’m a runner who bikes more now due to 35 years of fell running / orienteering taking its toll on my body.

Running ticks 99% of all the boxes for me.
Cycling ticks maybe 75%. And I do like shiny things. Just so bloody expensive.

Does mean we don’t have the * JOY * of Android killing another SD card though (think I got through 3) or the redonculous file addressing system which means Google Music stores files with random numbers for names.

Really? Never had a problem with mine.
And I won’t touch google music either.

Simple file system store of Artist/Album/Track#-TrackName and I use Rocket Player which is one of the few players that can handle the 11000 tracks comfortably.

Bish bash bosh.

Itunes will never be allowed near a computer of mine.
As for streaming, it’s great if you have a good connection but…
I have a 128gb card in my phone with my music. I despair at the overuse of bandwidth to support the stream everything mentality we have.
Oh. I forgot. You poor sods who bought into apple have to have itunes and aren’t allowed to add extra storage to your phone. Oh well.
🙂

Okies, thanks for all your comments.

Thinking is that the standard tyres might not take the beating out there?

Comes with Schwalbe Rocket Ron EVO / 2.1 127EPI Kevlar Bead

😀 No. I am clearly an idiot. :p

I’m not the bravest of riders. I climb pretty well, fairly strong on most stuff, but a bit of a wuss when it comes to large dropoffs and intricate rocky stuff.

So the answer is probably no, cos I’ll be walking.. 😀

I have a daughter with tendencies towards some of these things, but at nowhere near this scale, so I feel for you; it must be awful to feel helpless in this situation.

I do have to take issue with this comment though and I apologise for using this thread, but I cannot let it go:

Mental health support form the NHS and teaching staff is woeful and a national disgrace. Political parties of all hues should hang their heads in shame.

Teachers are professional teachers, not psychologists or mental health professionals. They should be supportive, but beyond that, what do you expect them to do. Teachers cannot be held responsible for everything that society wants them to do beyond teaching.
It’s like saying that an electrical engineer should be responsible for the internal decor of a building or something like that.
Teachers should teach, the medical profession should do medical things, the mental health profession should do the things to treat mental health issues.

Yes. My mum even taught us three boys to make bread (properly, not in a machine)
MrsM and I are currently teaching our kids how to cook.

And how to make it up using some basic principles.

It’s an important life skill. Sadly lacking in some parents, let alone their growing up kids.

I was scheduled one the day before the last available day of my MSc dissertation – I had to decline the sedative and just go for the spray

It’s a bit terrifying – plastic thing in your mouth to stop you chewing the endoscope, scraping in the throat, but the gag reflex kicking in becomes a primal reaction of panic.

I wouldn’t recommend it, but I understand your predicament. Not something I’d like to have again.
Good luck.

P.s. the anaesthetists all recommended the sedative – “like having 10 pints, without the hangover”

If you get people to take all the spare water away, saves the organisers having to arrange to get it taken away 🙂

You can quieten the hope hubs with a little more grease around the pawls – not too much though, or they’ll struggle to engage through the gloop.

Run away.

Failing that, properly assess state of projects, and don’t be afraid to say it’s foobared.

Either way, the future should be entertaining.