had a go on the course today. it gets a bit muddy to the end and its very sponge and rooty every where else.

Should be a good day good luck to all those riding

Noahs Ark in Stroud were real good when I took the other half to get a bike to go on the trails with. Spent loads of time with her and made her feel welcome.

and CRC and Superstar have been good with orders ive done recently.

Can you still enter on the day.
I was undecided to to enter this. Do three loops of the blue route most weekends.

But I have never done a race and I can see my self making a fool out of myself with all the racey people around.

Blue Trail is fine but anywhere else will be a bit of a mudfest

If the discs are grey they wont work on another mac. if they are black you can use them on another mac :)

http://www.canyon.com/_en/mountainbikes/bike.html?b=2065

2700 and X0 all round ?

my insignia diesel doesnt have the same sound and miss the pops and bangs.

Enjoy it while you can with the stupid price of petrol :(

batmobile way to many bits stuck on to it for it to be pretty but would love one just need to find 140k

Agreed if you only use your bike that much get a cheaper bike and go on holiday.

bit of a crime having such beautiful bike locked away and not used.

Also if your just doing local XC stuff have you not thought about getting a hard tail?

I still miss my old car :(

Got my GF a Hard Rock Disk Comp and she is happy with as pie with it. seems a nice enough bike and would recommend it from when ive had a little play on it. fork is a bit of a week point but always will be at this price point. and as you start to push yourself can always update at a later date.

I use Backcountry Navigator. you can cache all the OS and you can do GPS Tracking and export it as a GPX file. there is a demo version available so you can try it first and then its only 7 quid.

Dont understand why the OP is getting blamed. The bike shop shouldn’t of been rude and I’m sure if he said instead no I can’t match CRC but I can do it for X price most people would consider it as they have the support of the local bike shops if they need it.

Got to say most of the dogs I see in the forst with riders are amazing and have no problems with them at all. I do have a problem with people walking there dogs around the trails. Especially when your on a nice bit of singletrack go around the corner to see a walker on one side of the trail with a dog on the lead on the other and then give you a look of disgust when you have to slam on your brakes.

Because its what they feel comfortable in. Why does it matter what other people wear as long as they are out on there bike enjoying themselves good on them I say.

if they are a gray disc no and I think tiger 10.4 is the last one which is compatible with PPC

or

MMMM

get the reba’s they will fit fine on your bike and you will never look back

Videos are useless when im at work. streaming media is blocked as standard so cant catch up with whats going on when im on lunch or having a cheaky five minutes. Much rather just be able to read a article and be able to put it down and pick it up as I please.

If you like HSBC why not go first direct. even though there a internet bank they are Part of HSBC so can do over the counter stuff in your branch. Also find them really good on the phone. Just ring the number and you get straight through to a real person never normally even have to sit in a queue

what about a shorter rear mech cage does that make a big difference or not?

Loving it even after coming off my bike this weekend and bruising up my stomach and ribs. still loving it though I am looking at a road bike for the winter :(

The orange paint marks out the enduro course, but a lot of it has been destroyed with logging recently, but some can still be followed.

I’ve got gpx file if any use to you

Cheers

Thanks for that received fine

not having a go im just courious as i know im a crap rider so just wondered why everyone needs massive suspension to do the FOD trails and not just a all mountain FS.

if its not to much hassel that would be great.

My email is rob@s4rpf.com

surely if you can still remotely connect to it you should be able to get the IP address of it which would give you a rough location or if the police could be bothered they can contact get the exact location from the ISP?

insurance is getting stupid my little Suzuki swift cost me 400 to insure last year got up to the magic 4 years NCB this year so thought woohoo even cheaper insurance only to find it had gone up by 250 quid. how can they justify that price rise I don’t know.

get 250gb one quieter playing games from HDD and games like Halo Reach recommend playing from hdd other wise could cause pause when playing if from cd.

could go for the reaction SL same weight as the GTC Team no flex at all though

Heres mine a Cube Reaction SL. love it frame is well made is very stiff maybe a bit to stiff some times but cant get enough of it.

Im away for the first one but the octoberfest one does look tempting

+1 for openDNS never had any problems with it or you could try googles DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

just come from the forest this morning was not to bad despite the rain. very muddy on the low parts but the upper bits were fine so if the weather holds out you should all have fun

23? You use Telnet a lot?

21 even its friday afternoon

why dont you just lock down the ports as said before. surely you only need a couple of ports like 23 80 443 and what ever your VPN runs through 5900?

xc Trail at FODis open but ruined in some places from the logging and mudding but the family loop is fine but you may get pretty bored just doing gravel route. saying that ill be doing that a couple of times maybe a single XC loop in between

normally like top gear but got bored halfway through and did the dishes which says something.

did enjoy the documentary before about Graham Hill though

I would do it in the future but my fitness is shocking at the moment so wouldnt do it this time around

Ok thanks for all the advice im getting told off for spending to much time with the bike and not enough time with the Mrs now so i will check it over in the morning.

Gave the wheel a quick once over and ive noticed one spoke to be very slightly bent

Could that be the cause its such a small thing though?

Shops in swansea though and im in gloucester so wanted to see if it could be anything i can do quickly before going all the way over there