I've got some steel toecapped size 10's you can use.
Cancer…bag-o-shite!!
Chin up fella, keep fighting, kicking ang screaming.
Your in our thoughts

Rik-Mouth cancer 1997
Now 34yrs old

I've got the wife pregnant again so there is nowt wrong with my performance! ;0)

Garforth to Peebles, I always go A1, A68, off to Melrose then Peebles, freakin cracking road, just watch all the speed cameras just the other side of the Borders.

I start on a Van Nicholas Ti hardtail and stay on that as long as my arse/back can cope, then i get on my marin full sus. If it turns shitty i have a Van Nic Ti SS with Alfine hub, Just to cover all bases!

Well done Terrahawk, i spent a few laps chatting with you at Mayhem, taking the piss out of the walkers in the sticky mud. This weekend i couldn't keep up with your pace when you came past, big effort tho.
Apart from really bad dehydration untill about 11pm i really enjoyed it, note to oneself, drink less real ale next time!

Flying down the side of the track along the back of the first woods, across the dirt track just before the gravel road, middle of the night, front wheel slid. I flew the width of the track, landed on my feet on the verge and carried on into a dive forward roll, ending upsidedown in the ditch. It was a good job i had a helmet light on to find my way back out!
Thanks for all the abuse/encouragement from everyone, Postierich with the little ones tambourine he had 'borrowed' on the last grassy climb.The guys in bluebell woods near the jump on sat were also very vocal.
Finally to whoever thought it would be good to remove most of the mud from the site and replace it with putty!!!

Rik
23 painfull laps
4th solo
1 very sore arse
😯

No but i'll buy you a pot of Udderly sMOOth, you'll need it! I'll see you at some point on the course.
Rik-solo-team Cyclesense ;0)

Oh and good luck.

Stick a notice up on the sign on tent, should get someone that way.

If you have hopes you can send them off for a service, 40 quid, new pads seals bleed and check, come back feeling like new.

I,m soloing, off Fri aft, Ralphs/Nobbys/black shark 1.5.
Ti hardtail for dry
Ti SS/Alfine hardtail for bog snorkeling
Marin Rocksprings for sore arse/bad back.
Real ale/Monster
Hoping to do more laps than most(but prob not as many as the winner!)
Will-Just got an e mail with the pack att.

Gravity Dropper- on it's way from the US as we speak.

Spud-Save your money and get an Alfine, been running one all year and not missed a beat!!

Although they will custom make a sliding dropout if you want ;0)

Van Nicholas, no sliding dropout but a SS/EBB version.

Crank bro mallets 35 quid

I got some sweet flat pedals made by Crawford Carrick Anderson of
CCA-signs, the downhill dude. 50 quid in sterling silver in May 06, might be worth an email to see if he's still making stuff with metal as he has gone more sign based, used to be CCA-designs.

Same on my Stylo ss cranks, self extracting, as you undo the smaller one it pushes the inside of the larger and your arm falls off…crank arm that is!

We have one of the tent style ones from mothercare, Lil RT has been fine in it-now 2yrs-and it packs smaller than a 1 man tent.

I heard due to the crunch that they didn’t bring all the spares they used to, instead they were just fixing with parts you bought from the stalls, after their stuffs gone up in price by about 50%, tight wads

Croozer here, Lil rt was in it on smooth roads at 12 weeks in the insert. can’t recommed enough. These are tied in with chariot but come with the jogger and stroller wheels in with the price.

Nice one Matt, It’s good to see all the effort paying off, some people think you are given bikes and just have to ride round and look pretty,
How many sets of kit do you have or do you float over puddles!
I managed 17 laps and walked once up the Kenda-although i used the granny-once was enough though, it was a lot harder than spinning!
Congrats on the engagement, i don’t think there was many there without a tear in their eye.
I sat lil RT on the top tube and pushed her over the line to Pat-you’ve got to get them started early!!
See you at Sleepless.
Rik- Cyclesense

Pugsley Thompson Mmmmmm……!

21 month old girl, likes Chuggington and loves motorbike racing, especially ‘The Doctor’

Rise Against
Slackstring
+44
Angels & Airwaves
System of a Down
Biffy Clyro
Linkin Park
The Offspring
Pigeon Detctives
Are all on mine for the evening/morning shift, Zero 7 as the sun comes up is always a good one. Then i listen to the voices in my head, and my drivetain full of mud, and my aching bones ;0)

Or you can look on here after an event and you might get one for free or a small donation- couple of quid, from one of the many people who take photos for the love of it?

Black shark 1.5 is out of stock from the factory, still on the list according to Schwalbe at Bikeradar live, just havn’t got any to sell.
For what it’s worth i’m taking
Ralphs
Nobbys &
Black shark 1.5
Should have all bases coverd me thinks ;0)

I loved the course, really challenging, i hope the world champs goes there, looked really cool for spectators,i managed to get some photos of race 2, i can mail any at full size but as i’m off on my hols this aft it will be in a few weeks, if anyone wants a file mailing just get in touch(rickyinmicky AT talktalk.net) and ill sort it on my return.
Pics at;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38261460@N07/

Bollox, i work at the uni and would love to do it but go to Holland this aft!!!

Babybanz/kidsbanz?

Rinse with miltons- clean and hopefully no nasty taste
Stick it in the freezer- stops it going mouldy/smelly.

Whats the going like, Ralphs or Nobby’s????

Got an EC70 low rise monkeylite, the mutts nuts! If you like Easton stick with em.

Should have gone to cyclesense in Tadcaster instead.
A mate of mine used to work out back at Casleford Evans and they would only let him loose with a rubber mallet! They are as thick as him!!!!

I’ve also had one for a year, done prob 2000mls on it now with no probs, sorted bike, V brakes as standard now and no judder. spot on bike for lots of different riding.

Another for Skoda Octavia

Fat spanner do a fuk off one that works really well ;0)

Another vote for Van Nicholas Zion SS here.

Cheers, just got me another pair.

I’m running Lupine Betty with 2 batteries and a Joystick with piggyback, Will also take my Bro in law’s Betty as a spare. All the gear-no idea!!

Thumbs up for Dogtag and Snowcard. ;0)

I have a Croozer, not cheap but worth the money, fits all 4 of my bikes.