Dan is more bell than leg end.
you stay classy notlocal.

remind me which shop you work in? will give it a bodyswerve if i’m in the area.

managed to keep them going for 30 mins
Really? At least they were getting paid for it…

Surely you can’t even begin to judge someone by what type of car they have!
Snigger! You reckon?

or do I need to have a GP repeatedly stab my hand?
really? i take it you save A&E for nettle stings?

I used to, until the morons on this very website ruined it for me.
Poor you.

Left a very bitter taste in my mouth.
Perhaps it’s the guilt that’s doing that?

oh well I’ll have to stick with proper racing for the year instead ( at least my liver and kidneys will thank me)
probably best you do. I hear that they’ve grossly underestimated the turbo/roller space required by you “proper” racers.

ooh, an internet keyboard warrior battle…

plenty of proof of many ten of thousands of deaths from Chernobyl at a bare minimum
sources* please.

* credible

Saw something on Twitter last year talking about a WXWx3 attempt.

I’d guess April for this to get in pre-midge.

And I think this summer I’ll stick my money where my mouth is and give it a go myself.
Of course you will.

Seems to me then that there is a fixation with a notion that Scotland is seperate from the rest of the island.
I can’t see that from space, but hey ho.

Are you suggesting that countries need to be physically seperated (sic) to exist? How amusing. Although I suppose the Forth and Clyde plus Union canals do that job – might need a gigantic one of these to replace the Falkirk wheel though.

Actual bike chairlift – takes you and your bike to the top of the hill

Proposed bike chairlift – takes people to Dreamy Dream Land…

it’s like a mini Inners chairlift thread. but no less hilarious or indeed any more likely to happen.

rode the previous “DH” track when I lived up there. no offence to hopefiendboy and those that got off their arses to build it, but it wasn’t very good.

lack
of
vertical
.

Where did the £9M come from? Proper public coffers?
A mix of funding, including disposal of other assets I’d imagine. Would love to see a full breakdown of costs right from the purchase of the original site to the doors opening, that way we could see how the budget jumped from £5m to £9m and see how much was paid for neighbouring properties / land (and why).

Are you breguding 9m spent on something worthwhile instead of 1k a week to keep some large families in accomodation in London?
It’s amazing how you’ve been able to overdeliver as a dafty year after year. Chapeau.

I think the fact that the building isn’t 10x over budget and also that it isn’t sinking into the ground.
Nope, but nearly twice the budget – £5m > £9m. You sweaty socks don’t seem to be too good at spending our money up there on building projects…

Lovely toilets :$ for 5 million quid
aye, and the rest.

wonder if there is a final figure available which includes the total cost of the peel and other peel related purchases?

I think the concept of “red light jumping” is an excuse used by overenthusiastic poorly skilled cyclists to justify overenthusiastic aggressive riding and poor anticipation.

Ring any bells for anyone here?

I think the concept of ” accelerating out of trouble” is an excuse used by overenthusiastic poorly skilled drivers to justify overenthusiastic agreesive driving / riding and poor anticipation.

I forget – was he forum troll who was: the ginger one that got his parts out, the one that was into S&M, the one who couldn’t fathom the rules of the 3 Peaks or TandemJeremy?

his time has passed. it’s like cchumacher coming back to F1.

no chance against the big s hitters.

some old goat spouting ill informed bollocks about a subject he knows nothing about.

should fit in just fine around here…

For that reason I always flash my lights to warn people.
I flash my lights AFTER I see folks setting off speed cameras. Lets them know I’m laughing at them.

i go round shops coughing loudly when i see a shopliftery type and nod vigorously towards the security guards. they’re on commission you know.

Guessing you’ve probably never even gone nightriding on your own, never mind tried it without lights, have you?

You’re right, I mainly stay in side wetting the bed when it is dark out.

Perhaps you could try using a series of mirrors to use the sun which you appear to believe shines out of your backside to light up the trails…

yes, have done.
wouldn’t really class much trail centre riding as technical tho.

Indeed. GW iz sick wid the skillz and he ride by sense of smell*.

* ie the smell of bull****.

anyways. wouldn’t have said owt. none of my business…

I got done for violent assault when I was 16.
maybe you cud huv disclosed that at the start mate, then i’d have been spared the veews of a criminal on how been a criminal is unfare.

If we’re honest, the bigger issue here is the use of a full face helmet at GT.
Can’t be too careful, you might trip over your mound of body armour in the car park.

My rubbish reply was, that I don’t intend falling off.
And yet you’re wearing a full face helmet for mincing about on XC trails…

GW’s bike yesterday:

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Just before riding all the better trails in the locale, better than you.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

BMW 6 series ( of course)
are you sure it wasn’t a fish supper? you still appear to have a chip on your shoulder…

Even if he didn’t actually do the crime he was executed for, there were probably plenty others that he got away with that this is sort of punishment for though…………
Is that based on knowledge of the case / history of Troy Davies or just a disgusting assumption?

Don’t pretend outrage at things I didn’t say.
Who is pretending?

Enjoy the Kool-Aid.

Seriously? I don’t need to tell you about new trails planned, how about the new trail that’s already been built and opened since they came out with that one?
Yup. Go on. Tell me. Meaningful trail development, stuff that’ll see the increase in visitor numbers forecast.

I suspect the final result will be more skilled jobs, the bike shop is set up to be able to run more staff in the workshop.
You suspect? You suspect?! You are the one calling people liars here.

“No new trails at glentress”, remember?
So what new trails are planned?

Local jobs to be lost?
What are the relevant figures then?

If you’re going to use a word like “lying” then you presumably have the evidence to hand, eh?

rghty. i’ve found a just out of date penguin in the biscuit box, so i’m in a less grumpy mood.

1. don’t underestimate it just because it’s waymarked
2. the shit section of loch lomond is between inversnaid hotel and inverarnan. it’s frustrating and gruelling – figure in ~3 hours
3. fit a bell.
4. if you’re doing it alone then work out your bail outs.
5. fort william is a deeply depressing place.
6. crianlarich probably about the right place to split a 2 dayer. it’s not a great deal less depressing than fort william.
7. greet the ~1% of WHW users who know hee-haw about scotland’s wonderful attitude to access with a cheery smile (and a whispered FO).
8. be aware that walkers listening to an ipod and wearing a goretex hood means that some won’t hear the bell you fitted (point 3) and won’t see you until your just about passed them.
9. you’ll never want to see another kissing gate again.
10. there’s no bike shop anywhere on the route.

I’m only asking for guidance as i have never cycled 90 miles before or for that matter have i spent 2 days in the saddle and thus i am trying to do a bit of forward planning
What it sounds like is that you haven’t actually done any research or even looked at a map before posting a series of questions which make you sound like you’re lacking in the experience required to do a long, sometime remote route.

22 years give or take. Thanks for your interest in my mtb career, but I’m not the one asking a series of naive questions on the forum…

Can anyone tell me a bit more about the devils staircase riding from north to south? is it brutally technical and thus slow?…..
have you done any proper riding? i look forward to hearing about your adventures on reporting scotland / highland rescue…

I think i am reasonably fit just now and could probably go out and batter out 50 miles ok

as its the first time i’ll have done anything like this is there anything i might have missed?

I’d think very carefully before attempting it an day then…