bad news. i can only make it if you lot are comfortable with a 15 year old, fellmarvin is at a fell race that day, so he cant come :(:(:(

i only have my merida, i would love a posh bike, but i cant afford one :(

i wear some adidas techfit lycras under my padded baggies, warm and comfy. the only problem is they aren't quite long enough :/

pook, if you give skiprat the screwdriver, wont he be in the possession of a dangerous weapon? at least you have a reason for it ;)

cool hand luke, :lol: that really made me laugh

i will need a bigger breakfast this time, pook is definitely one who will know how shattered i was at the end of the last one :oops:

dont forget the BPI mounting board :lol:

hockey of both forms would be great to have on the BBC, especially because i dont have eurosport.

gutted for ramsey, and unlucky for shawcross too.

deffo up for this one :) never done the beast, looking forward to it :)

i have been riding bikes for longer than i can remember, but im still rubbish :( im not very old though, perhaps that is a viable excuse :lol:

alpkit hunka-£30 or xl for £50 if you are tall :) magic mountain is definitely worth a look, but i havn't seen it open for a while, so im not sure whats going on there :S alpkit cutlery and pots and pans are good value too :)

my bus to school is insanely cheap compared to the bus supplied by school. £7 for a weekly ticket on the service bus, £5 A DAY for the school bus.

i got haribos with the grips too, but i havn't tried the pads.

not tried the gloves but crane waterproof + breathable trousers for a tenner!

not for me, im in weymouth at the moment and i had to talk to my employer for work experience, starting monday! might go out early tomorrow on my uncles bike, i wasnt allowed to bring mine down :(

gentle downhill, smooth dust or undulating short grass, the sort of stuff ypu can ride very fast, very easily :) loads of footpaths seem to have stuff that would be amazing for riding, and i may have to visit these nirvanas either early morning or late evening in the summer ;)

stop moaning :P it wasnt that bad. chris the only reason you didnt enjoy it was coz you fell off 7 times ;)

jacobs ladder loop from edale wasnt too bad last weekend, but there was some pushing. not too bad overall though :)

their pricing is insane, unrealistic nowadays.

brant, i presume you had thought about doing 2 specs? one with Ti kit and one without? if not, your welcome ;)

genius limited? light and the scott twinloc thingy :)

i want one, any idea on price yet brant? not that i could afford one anyway.

polaris freeride, i had mine for 3 years and they stilll looked new. i only changed them because they got too small

yehh. or we could just give the camera to someone fast and claim it as our own?

slowrider, im about to order one aswell :D

i did get you on Jacob's, but you look knackered and put a foot down!

fair enough. could you? that'd be great :) my email is in my profile.

nice one chris. internet is a bit poor at the moment so it was all a bit juddery. my fault not yours though. missed me down jacobs :(

traditional cycling heritage

i try to jump off little stuff on rides as much as i can and i can do 2 ft step downs, but thats about it. when i crash doing jumps, its because i am at an angle in the air, and dont think about it until i land, then its too late.

pook, one that has both the words mud and snow in, would suit the ride perfectly :D

okay then, if thats how we are going to play, im gonna get an air horn to use right behind ramblers, how many points do we get for a faint due to shock? automatic win?

if there was a race, it would have to be very early or late in the day to avoid walkers :D and if i get a job somewhere, i might be able to afford a new bike by then :lol:

will, its fsa dual ring up front but i cant remember whats on the back and he loves it. he even overtook somepeople going downhill!

ive only done about 65, but my weekends are spent running around a hockey pitch trying not to get smacked in the face :lol:

will, thats fellmarvin on his new scott cx team. i think you helped me pursuade him he wanted one rather than a road bike on the last ride :D

worked it out on tracklogs at 15.4 miles and 3000 ft of climb, or 22 miles and 4000ft of climb for me and fellmarvin. physically i am fully recovered, but my transmission on my bike is completely confused, ill have a look at it tomorrow.

+1 for cream soda. i know this might sound weird but it does taste a bit like custard :lol:

just washed the bike, i was far too shattered yesterday. ill take the troublesome spoke protector off later. how do i change the angle of my saddle? it is far to high on the nose.

cat, it ran