I rode carbon rigid down snowdon llanberis a year ago – mostly fun and cetainly more of an achievement than full sus

12 bar blues set to repeat, find relavant blues scale and wail away, thats get you started anyway

practice, practice, practice

simple really

I use lea valley quite a lot and its about as lovely as that london gets

I’m off shortly to do edmonton/cheshunt in’t dark 8)

I really like mine buts its too loud for where I am at the moment :twisted:

boarding at Whitefish, Montana

jump in car – cowgirls coffee on the way to slopes – strap in, lift decend repeat

beer oclock

bed

perfect and exactly what I will be doing again this year

Timbuk2 med here 5 years and going strong, great for most everything but I still prefer a rucksac on the bike

Certainly ridable for that stretch

not sure where it goes after but I think to Rochdale

thats a no from me

Tyketto soon :D

Re elfins recommendation

Diwana on Drummond street for veggie curry type thigs is quite simply excellent

I kinda like ‘look ma no hands’ cycle cafe on old street for good coffee and cake and STW mag to browse whilst you’re there. 49 Old Street, City of London EC1V 9HX

Wallace collection mentioned above is very nice, tate britain is great.

Oops double post

Olympus epl 1 on amazon for 250

Loving mine

I was asked to give an example of thinking ‘outside the box’

I got up and went home, ****!

I have some nice lefty guitars I want to get rid of :-)

Fernie, whitefish again for us over christmas

Same fish and malolo boards for me

No need for more kit than I already have just looking forward to plenty of powder and the nice food, not to mention cowgirl coffee

Much as we all owe a great deal of gratitude for Les Pauls inventions over the years putting his name on the les paul model guitar was merely marketing cash in when gibson were failing to keep up with young upstarts fender.

Further the Les Paul model wasn’t that successful in its early years and only came to be recognised as this iconic instrument its become following the application of massive amount of amp gain.

Clapton reinvented the blues along with all the other 60’s white boys.

Ed Van Halen cross pollinated keyboard intervals to the guitar as thats what he had been studying til that point (along with drums)

I credit Ed with a great deal of inate musicality, a different technique, technical skills and with Daves (and alcohols) help a little showmanship

Happy to help

Plum

I’m in

I have this rab jacket and find it fantastic for just about everything from lounging about to biking to bivvying

packs down very small

my best buy in thae last few years

definately a newt

Doesn’t seem much like the prototype they were showing a year ago?

I can barely remember when fish was in marillion

That steve hogarth is great though

Fx pedal as stated above into a full range speaker system of whatever sort fits your pocket

I’d offer the mackie srm150 as a great box

A little compression, chorus, delay, verb can help any acoustic sound that bit more lively and silky

As ever stw guitar advice s complete bollocks based on a little knowledge acrued in most cases

Love

Plum

I have the EPL1 which is 259 on amazon at the moment – I find it very good actually – nice enough for a kit lense and of course you can get other lenses

plum

Se7en
Amadeus
Passion of the christ

I was only spectating on pen y Ghent but have to say it looked bonkers and brilliant even the mrs enjoyed it

My absolute amiration to you all. Single speed…….bonkers

My wedding day was ace, so much love & happiness in the air (even my best man was on his best behaviour!) however last night I was feeding my 9 week old daughter at 3.30am and just before she started taking her milk, she suddenly started giggling a smiling properly for the first time – sticking her tongue out and everything!! That memory will stay with me for a long, long time

The look of fear on MMTM’s face when I started my best mans speech knowing at the things I could have said but know I never would cos I like the guy so much.

Thats and face **** the bridesmaid on the same later

:-)

Digitech Whammy + Kill switch + talent = morello

In the same position I’d choose Kicking horse or Nelson over that whistler village

Brilliant to visit peoples homes who have ferrets but I wouldn’t want to keep one myself

I will only speak for myself and say I was **** rubbish this time around

I like both the huge erection pictures. A man of many talents Mr BFO

ET

I’m doing my normal SS – Rigid no real need for a biggerer bike on this ride.

Plum

I will be there and am quite happy to lead if nobody else wants too

Plum

There will be steps of doom thought – I gonna get those **** this time :-)

I was in the Planet X showroom early last week, I’ve got to say everything looked a lot better in the flesh. Some of the road bikes looked particularly nice

I am aiming to be there with my big **** off front wheel to do the steps of doom.

Plum

I have a vaude taurus ultralite

its under 2 kg – will stand on its own but needs pegging out to get all the space

is tight for two 5’11 guys

fine for one and kit

I camped out in winter once – would want to do it sgain

rain tight in all the persistant drizzle i’ve had it out in

great tent but perhaps not up to what you need

plum

Not looked at this thread for a while but for those who might still be interested

My sutra fits me fine at 5’11”

It doesn’t seem to have a size on the frame but is similar to my 56 road bike

Plum

We hired bikes from las vegas cyclary with a guide for half a day.

It was brutally hot and truely beautiful

great ride and I’d do it again in a second

Plum