Ive got the Stroker grams, same thing but lighter. Crackin brakes, running 8 inch discs, survived me dragging them down descents in the Alps for two weeks. Recommended.

freecaster! be quick

Have a look at the qualifying vids on mpora, its aint easy! in particular the bit where Mick Hannah **** himself up.

Nope, burp occasionally but only when Ive been daft. HTH 😀

On the way home from Nant yr Arian.

Unless you rip tyres alot (Which I unfortunately do) tubeless is amazing, Ive gone 8 months with no punctures before.

GEDA – The glorious thing about that is you can just stick an inner tube in.

Id say pull back on the bars, but theres no point reading how to do it, just go and piss about outside your house for 6 months, thats how I managed to do it!!

No, I dont. BUT, you can hire a set of forks from Torico for not much per day if it comes to it.

Good read, dont really like the idea of drugs personally but I do seem to enjoy reading other peoples accounts of their experiences.

Krag – I went down the very same road a few weeks back when the lifts closed at lindarets 😀 about 20 of us ragging down there, got a bit carried away taking the inside line round the hairpins, totally forgot I was on the wrong side of the road 😳 Could've ended nasty.

A vote for Hayes stroker trails/carbon/gram.

Much praise from me.

If you want to race, you know about it.

That drop looked friggin huge from the lift (half a mile away) I couldnt even muster the courage to do the Chatel road gap.

We're off on Saturday spd's will be going on I reckon!

Road ride. Yes.

Morzine from the 26th, Alp d'huez a week after.

Currently trying to make sure I dont forget anything.

No, got a 14 hour drive on Saturday 🙁 to the sh!thole known as Morzine. Its gonna be crap 😛

Oh you!

Thats lovely.

I want it. No idea about price 😛

Race kings are THE tyre for hardpack XC.

Sad times, hope he's ok.

A friend did exactly the same right at the end of the last descent on the wall at Afan, not nice. He's back riding fine now and just has a rather nice scar to show for it.

Thats what BUSA is about 😀 good that its spreading to the more serious events too though.

Saw that the other day, still cracks me up.

Should I be worried that Im not worried I found that funny?

Rode down Snowdon, it was a bit of a good day out.

ohhhhhhhhhh Amy(/Karen)

Its upsetting knowing she will never be mine 🙁

39×25 isnt easy on steep hills, I recently got a road bike and on the climbs here (13%+) (west Wales) I was standing and grinding up the hills. Its getting easier though 😀

Not even worth the effort of arguing 😀 No one can say that wood with nails through is a legitimate response to people riding bikes. Same as people stringing fishing line between trees at head height, its **** horrible!!

Well keep off it then you idiot, then you have no problems.

What about the runner that was mentioned? He wasnt on a bike but he certainly had a problem!

Get off your high horse 😛

Lord Summerisle – That first pic (2CV's) at Snetterton ya?

I thoroughly recommend people go watch the classic touring car series.

Realmen like realmud. Apparently.

Wouldnt bother personally, I quite like running my pikes at 120 on my stiffee. Im sure the frame would handle it though. A friend has 160 Uturn lyriks on an Orange subzero, good fun but wouldnt say it makes that much difference.

However, if you want some shiny new forks go for it 8)

Meh, kids building jumps. I did the same when I was younger*, admittedly with a bit more thought about where we did the excavations 😛

*4 years ago, I'm a youngun.

Haha, I got gin in both eyes once, hurt like a ****!

It wasnt intentional though.

Yeah, to be fair that is ridiculous!

Pretty certain thats just the plastic "seal" thats at an angle.

Easy tiger, it doesnt have to be expensive 😉 just good.

People are so fixated on money these days…

I tried the crap bike route but soon realised just how crap it was. Ive been spoilt by nice bikes and hate riding anything that isnt tiptop. Thats just how I am.