We walked in to swinton insurance in kendal, told them what we were doing (mountain biking off piste in the alps). And they insured us for £15 each. Done this deal twice now but never needed it.

Nice one brickwizard. trying to find info on the best ground is proving hard to find. Even the bloke doing the drilling is not to sure, think he usually does water boreholes!

Is section 13 the trail just of 4x track? not heard of the others, easy to find?

Drinking stella listening to annie mac, and looking at bike stuff on the tinterweb.

Wanted
kak!!!

Ordered front and rear m4s on saturday, got the front yesterday, but the rear discontinued. Quick phone call to the shop and im now getting the special edition m4 instead. Didn’t want the same colour brakes anyway!! :wink:

This has cheered my sunday morning up no end! Great tunes and happy times.Dream frequency at the zone is a stand out moment for me. Still got a good collection of zone tapes somewhere.

Well me and the wife quite like a bit of nigel!(not gay or owt) he has a calming way about him that can instantly chill you out!
Some of the stuff he cooks up is a little strange, but he’s great on telly.
And he looks like my brother in laws dad!

Probably wont happen, but i think king monkey has recently got divorced so he could need the cash.
Im 50/50 as if i want to happen. The songs are classics, but can they still pull it of live?
Last time i saw Ian brown live he was so out of tune in some songs, it was painfull!

this is mine, use it mainly for 2 hour blasts in the lakes, did 25 miles the day this photo was taken, not a problem. reckon its about 34-35 lbs. going of the trusty bathroom scales.

yeah looking for a coil i think, not getting on with the rp23 thats on already.

Cheers bud :-)

Go on then, new a couple of months ago!

that klein is mint! that was the dream bike back in 92.

just found some more, kielder classic report from the local paper. thats me at the front, 651!

and my bike from the year before this race.

Dave Hemming, malvens 1992 i think (not sure), tioga disc drive, dual slalom, classic.

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That almost brings a tear to my eye. Gutted!!

lifecycles, very poor!!
3 minute gaps is superb,
all the earthed series are great.
And just for old times sake, get all the sprung films!

we had our honeymoon at the langdale hotel in elterwater. good rooms, good pool and spa, good food, good pubs down the road, right in the mountains. Couldn’t fault it. and we only live 2o mins down the road!!
Damsen dene is nice if you like cold swimming pools!! (i work just over the road and use the pool regular.)

DANNY HART LEDGEND!!!!!

superb

holy crap danny might just do it!

Not sure how gwin will cope with the wet. Danny for the win!

from the amount of complaints ive heard of the coverage, im not willing to pay. plus broadband in my part of the lakes is very poor!

Would be a shed load more intresting if i could see it somewhere1!!

yep my trusty old patriot 7+. after one run down tennis court in les gets. spent most the week in this condition!

this dirty enough for you?filth

Today i think ill build him a gap jump.
Deviant, she says such charm will get you nowhere!

Nowt wrong with a bit of drum and base! Im 35 have 3 kids, and usually have dubstep or d’n’b blasting out the car radio. Kids are near deaf though! :?

just got home myself, after a great weekender. although today i might as well have been on my hands and knees instead of rideing! thanks to all those involed. see you all next year.

So had the maiden voyage last night, and here’s my first impressions.
We did a loop round chapel house woods,(south lakes), and from the car is 1.7 mile road climb to the top of gummers howe. Now i thought this would kill me, but it flew up no problem. Now in to the woods and the first thing i notice is the low bb, clipped pedals a few times where normaly i wouldn’t.
On the rocky descents it felt lively, if a little twitchy up front, but it wants to go fast!
I’ve read some stuff on here about the rear shock on the 2011 bloods not being best suited to the frame, and i can see why. But with a little more time and tinkering, i think i can get the best out of the back end.
Chain slap is a problem, but a full chain device is in the post, so that should help that out.
Overall its a cracking little bike that wants to be ragged hard on the descents, and fly off any rock or root that gets in its way. Its also not to bad at going up either, for a bike of this ilk. In fact according to endomondo gps, it took me the same time to do this ride on my blood as it did with my xc/trail bike.
So glad i finaly bought one, bring on the singletrack weekender! :D

weighed mine last night on the bathroom scales, 2.6 stone, 36 lbs. not perfect for weighing bikes but near enough. to be honest i thought it would come in lighter than that.

hopefully get out thursday night for a ride, so ill report back.
thanks for putting the pic up mtbtomo, not sure how to to do that yet.

chain device in the post. as for the stem ill give it a couple of rides, got 60mm of my dh bike to try if this feels too long.

ridethelakes, shhhhhhhhhh dont tell about cumbrias worst kept secret. :wink:

will you all laugh if i said orange 224! think mine is very nice indeed.

aye seen that one on the orange site, but couldnt strech the extra cash, got the frame for £995, so still not a bad price.

well ive just ordered a 15″ passion red blood frame, thanks for all the info on this thread, its helped me loads.
does any one know if hope pro 2 can be converted to a maxle?

cheers jeffus, i think the 15″ might be the way to go, more fun i think.

been using endomondo since april, but its not been working recently. its clocking up the time but not the miles. not sure if its a problem with my gps or its at there end.

hey rich, the first riders dont set off till half eleven, so you could have a bit of a wait at sadgil.