Been up rivington , put a bit of rain down recently and scattered showers today. It was ace, all the cheekies needed an extra level of bollox to get down them in one piece.
Got home full of mud and damp, just ace.

Flats for me,

Tried spuds after years of refusing to believe they added benefits, big expense for specific shoe/pedal, sold them after a month.

Tosh

Hedge trimmer from Aldi £50.

Keep on top of it and dispose of cuttings in your garden waste recycle bin, the council take it away for free.

Sheesh.

I bought a second hand 4.2 about 7 years and it’s been to plenty of lads weekend race events. It’s had a hard life and still going strong.
Had a fair few scoops on the way to fort bill last weekend and had it useable in about 10 mins in the rain.

We Sat in the porch and chuckled at others messing about with big fancy tents getting drenched.

They defo worth the money.

Don’t bother with the ‘special edition’ hardcore punk IPA,
£5 for a small bottle of something more like a bad special brew.

I do like most of the others tho.

Reminds me a bit of the dustin Klein vids on YouTube.

I’ve spent a similar amount on (materials only) landscaping my back garden over the last 2 summers.

Pond and plants to teach mini-mon about nature, paved area for developing bike skills, lawn for football and camping.

BBQ and dining area we can all enjoy.

Big expense and hard graft but I’m glad I did it.

I got a virgin media prize survey reading the sick thread.

Coincidence?

iPad, deleted history etc.

So far so good.

I used M.O.D issue paint to rat my old van about 7 years ago.

Bought off eBay 5ltr for £20ish can’t remember how much smaller tins cost.

Used it up on jnr mons play shed.

Doesn’t need any primer and tough as boots.

Loads of army type colours available.

I copied the Swedish m90 camo pattern and it looked ace.

Moved house 2years later but paint on den was still sound before we skipped it.

No links/pics as cba.

Cyclelife trolled,

Cyclelife got a result from a certain type of forum user.

Brilliant

Adidas terrains and nuke proof horizon on all my bikes (AM/gravel/XC)

They ♠️

STEEL IS REAL will be doing demos soon.

Killing me as I want a steel 29er before the possible brexit price rises.

Local friendly smack heads took 5k of bikes out my garage a few years ago. The replacements are now kept in my spare room.

Less chance of them getting stolen, the thieving scum know that that breaking into a house to steal means a much bigger sentence if caught. Lots of garage/shed theft on my estate, very few ( if any ) houses been roobed in last few years.

Oops, wrong way round.
Rod through drop out end ((smallest hole) grab cable through swing arm ( biggest hole) 😁

Had 3 O5s over the years,
Straight Coat hanger type rod through the shock end of swing arm, fiddle a bit, gaffer tape string to exposed end, pull through, attach cable, pull back.

Don’t bother with specific orange rubber Grommets, an inch of camel back hose is far more effective

Ask advise at local logburnerist, clips copex etc then diy

£450 pretty steep for a job you can DIY if you got acccess (and bollox) to get on your own roof.

Easy job, google it, I did mine for £180 ish with borrowed scaffold

Damaged my back when 19yr old laying kerbs, suffered siatica for years due to being young and daft.
Eventualy had quite a few physio sessions without any results, made it worse I thought.

On the recommendation of my mum (who’s a bit of a hippy) I tried reiki healing, had 2 sessions.

Never had sciatica since, 45 now

Also interested in this frame,

Felixm.
1.Any idea of the frame weight?
2.would you consider the taival a good all rounder or a winch and plummet or a blah blah etc

Pure Castile soap with essential oils at a reasonable price

Pure-Castile Soaps, Organic Body Care, 70% Organic Toothpastes

The blurb on the bottle says you can use it to wash skin, hair, clothes, dishes.

They claim you can brush your teeth with the peppermint soap, I tried it, it’s rank 😁

Our first love nest,

Replaced minging artex ceilings, decorated and fitted new carpets down stairs

Tackled a new bathroom upstairs and was pleased with the result. Fitted a fancy towel rail and used chrome pipe and compression fittings (cheaper than buying torch/solder for 1 job). Went for the refill and it filled and filled and filled and…….

Went down stairs for a can and found a lake, it seems chrome pipe and compression fittings don’t get on very well.

Couple of weeks later I replaced minging ceilings, decorated and fitted new carpets downstairs AGAIN.

My £20 saving on torch and solder cost me about £800.

SingleBe Camo Plus

Well worth a look at the other offerings as well.

The way it tracks the ground is incredible,,,,,,, sticks foot out on a lame corner 😁

Terrex, I’ve had mine for 2? Years, bit of delamination around the thin rubber at the side of the crease/flex area behind the toes, apart from that they’re doing just fine.
best flat shoe I’ve owned, will buy again when I have to.

Hoping it doesn’t include phrases like bike porn

Soon as SK comes on we ( work van) flick to LBC and listen to boring current affairs type stuff .

Listen to James O’Brien from 10am onwards , always sparks a debate.

Mate has a CCTV business, he offers a service so he monitors customers camera alerts and provides footage if needed.

Im bored of the amount of vids he’s shown me of the local friendly heroin addicts walking down the street at 4am, trying door handles.

Mate had his car emptied ( on vid, 4:30am ) by a smack rat recently,,, it’s rife round here, police won’t/can’t do anything.

I lock everything.

Hawkley hall, Wigan.

Cocaine works as well.

Plenty of YouTube videos on DIY tooth extraction….. 😎

It’s like a brasses red light,,,,

I’m open for business.

Looking at RC529, sherpa and Solaris for next frame.

Price of rolling chassis spec on the pace is pretty good.

Any of you lads care to share an opinion on how the bike performs regarding all day mile munching XC and big up and down trail riding ?

Cheers.

Not driver/ bike related of course

Agreed^

My place of work.

Them, We’ve had a complaint…

Me,Ok…..

Them, don’t do it again,,,,,

Me, ok,,,,,

That’s it.

Few lads local to me on here then 👍

Used to ride and build with el regularly, he still pops by when home ( my unashamed claim to fame ☺️ )

Riding ice cream run and Special-k like that on a Gbike is impressive.

Proud of the lad.

NW mate 😎

Had been on a day sesh with the boys yesterday, got a bit emotional.

If your unlucky enough to loose some sight in the affected eye, take your time to accept it and adapt.

10 years since I got ‘injured’ and it’s now more of a **** annoyance than a disability.

Chin up and good luck

I have a chequered past,

have had quite a few ‘ black eyes’ mostly due to mis-spent youth.

got involved in a drunken disagreement in 2008 which resulted in a detached retiner and torn optical nerve.

I have no central and a limited periferal in my right (shooting) eye.

Had 3 operations to save the eye, last one involved me having to lie face down for 2 weeks to allow the lazer weld to heal.

horrible experience.

Life changing injury and not for the better. I remember at the time how much it affected every day normalities eg I kept falling off kerbs, bumping into doors and struggled to pour boiling water into a coffee cup.

My place of work back then didn’t simpathise with my long term sickness due to depression or cater for my new disability ( was a joiner ) so I jacked and signed on. Nearly lost the the house and me and the the mrs at the time eventually split, nobody understood or recognised my injury which added insult to injury, it’s a disabilitie that people don’t see.

i now have a shyte job that I hate but it pays the bills and me and new mrs are solid

I don’t shoot anymore and my riding has suffered drastically. My perspective of speed/distance disappeared over night and injuries used to be common because I was in denial and carried on riding like I used to. Took me a while to accept that speed and gravity riding is not for me anymore.

Old riding buddies just didnt understand why I didnt want to join them to ride extreme stuff anymore and i gave up trying to explain or justify why as it was a constant reminder of my injury (disability!) and it really got me down, I don’t really see them anymore.

had an eye check recently and I have developed a chatarct so things are going to change again, reckon I can cope with that now.

Hopefully your injury is not as bad as mine but you will find that you do adjust eventually.

I still ride XC and gravel now but miss the buzz of DH etc

quite upset as I wright this, thought I was over it, obviously not.

good luck mate, let me know how you get on.

Never had this torque malarkey when I wuz a lad.

Not that I bother anyway

Gave up on ‘sh#ggin about’ Landed to many nutters.

chatted to a girl after getting off a train, seen her in a club the following week.

17 years now, she changed my life.

love her and the son she has given me to bits.

im filling up here.😁

You’ll be reet ( fingers crossed thingy )

i had same op few years ago and have had a few OTBs, one was a direct impact with plate and tree,,,, walked away just fine.

The only problem I’ve ever had with the plate was ‘PTSD’? Type worry of ever doing it again.

‘Twas Worst bike related  injury I’ve had, never regained confidence to ‘ go big ‘

Prefer Gbike now

Yes