Heading up there in the morning, so you better have left some unmarked trails for me….

I just knew you’d click on it……
Ha ha!

mountainmonkey, mail me at mtbsharki@yahoo.co.uk.

The mods will get a mush on if we use the forum as a dating site…

But fyi, yes thats the place, just off the triangle, i’ll leave them with one of the shop muppets(namely will) from weds morning, if not i’ll be up in clifton from tuesday morning working, if you’ve got lights there’s a night ride in leigh woods that you may want to join in.

Now i just need to find out where i’ve put those tyres….

Sharki.

Then go and play in leigh woods, it can’t get anymore cut up than that is right now.

But the best rubber going for winter bristol mountain bikers is the ones on ya car…

I’ve got some trailrakers you can have if you want to pick them up from bikeuk next week.

They’ve only had about a dozen rides and i can’t see i’ll even need them again.

Also i’ve heard the woods in cadbury are better in the wet…

Yeah dibbs, but thank god for it, i’ve only just put some summer tyres on.

push up is about 25-30mins as for accomodation, dunno, not sure about hostels but loads of b&b about, the place i stay is cheap and bike friendly but no fried brekies and he takes me to cafes where the waitress serve with her tits out…… then we go out for beers and play old school pubs games like shove penny and and dominoes….

I’m pretty much homeless, jobless and live out of a bin bag.

So i welcome all the to my minority.

Go as slow as you can, i’ll be eating mud along the trail at some point you can have me then.

It’s one of the ‘classic’ trails down here better with speed though, do it slowly it’s as rough and sketchy as ****…in fact with too much speed it has a similar feel but errrrrrrrrr quicker.

Yeah it’s starting to dry out a bit now.

And hell bob, your dad had you when he was young!

Not really, just a dried up water course with the trail on the edge or in the gully, your choice both narrow, one section just above that pic that’s bed rock, then a long left into a varied line choice to a sharp right scree corner then more gully/edge action to the bottom…

About 3/4 of a mile at a guess.

I video i found, it’s not mine so is a bit sloooooooooooooow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lQfDpQjFm4

I have! i combed it up from my ass.. it’s a singlespeed thing.

Hey you were on a ss on saturday………………………..

Ah bugger. i thought it was a mountain biker i knew…. 😉

I’ve not been watching it, which probably wouldn’t help as it was dark when i came up and rode it…

I might come up again this tues if i manage to sort out the poorly bike.

Who are you BTW?

Is it still filmed in brizzle?

i wouldn’t bother, it’s highly overated.
I only ride up there because it’s 15mins from where i stay.

Jambo, that’s the my god i’m riding a ridged bike like i did the 5 expression, soon the be sorted.

I’m also riding ss at 32/16, what’s it like???????? very sociable riding!

i’ll be up there all weekend and if you need a bit of guidance on the friday night or sunday i should be mostly alive to help out, saturday i think i’m dragging bristol uni lads/lasses about which could be interesting….

Here’s my brief evaluation on quantock conditions right now…

‘Well it’s present state is wet, during the hard frosts, the moisture that would normally drain well has been held in the top 4 inches of ground, now as the top bit thawed the bit below remained frozen, during which time the new years period hunt followers and riders ponced around on this soft surface making it softer and slightly more draggy in places, now it’s been a few weeks without a hard frost and with some reasonable wind it’s draining properly now, which as a result measns the water crossing in the many combes are running fast with in effect has widened them and changed the course in places(but nothing major).

The drove between crowcombe and triscombe stone is having it’s surface repaired in places, this means tracked vehicles are using it and making this draggy but mostly clean.

Triscombe singletrack is as expected boggy in places mainly due to it being the access trail to many of the DH trails in the area.

The Chimney is fine, just look out for the small length of tree in the gully just after the sweeping left hander, but it’s not blocking the line down through the gully.

Great bear is a mess, but that’s normal for 10 months of the year.

Somerton is fine just a few loamy spots on the hill traverse, the big ass fallen tree has been cleared(not the one that forms the drop) but be careful of the line through it.

Smiths is unchanged.

Weacombe is running well, if a bit of a stream, please keep to the original trail and stop creating a new one on the right, lets keep it singletrack down here please, yes it’s a bit stoney but come on………

errr….Slaughter house isn’t a bridleway! but as you enter the tree line beware of the mulch you’ll be riding in, there’s rocks and branches lurking…. so stay loose.

ummmmmmmmmm…….nothing else to note really, other than don’t go in the Plough inn for a pint or coffee as he’s pro hunt/anti mtb and will assume you’re sitting outside….either use the combe house hotel(where you will need to sit outside) or better still go to kilve via pardlestone hill and enjoy the hospitality and fine ales in the hood arms.

Just one more thing, it’s not any flatter up there, if you play in the puddles and wet bits the sound your bike makes will possibly be expensive.

Tyres of choice would be rubber ones with knobs on, don’t bother with mud tyres though.

And finally enjoy it.

I only need stations, which are £200 from TF 8O..
thanks for the offer.

What’s a condom?

Cheers jackass.

Good, i know, well done.

I know making them coil won’t solve the problem..

That was the idea, but not to strip them down but just sell the forks as a whole unit.

Now go back and read the original post and tell me i wasn’t clear….

Thanks for letting me know it can be done, that’s all i neded to know!

Goog, the point is my stantions are shafted and i can’t be assed in stripping them down after every wet ride, just to clean out the seals and lubing sponge thingamy.

I want to be riding the damn bike and not cleaning every ride..

No TM, got kids and cc is shite compared to what’s on our doorsteps…..!

You still need that roofing work done? work has gone slacker then my lycra…..speak soon.

Yeah go in ‘bike’, ask for Will and tell him i sent you.

Don’t touch him though as he’s a dirty roady, and tell him that from me.

Agreed, but it’s not just the bikes, there’s a spring just at the top by bicknoller post so alot of water get to run through the grass down there.

I found last sunday that by going stooopidly fast it feels alot better, even on my bicycle.

Aye, Bicknoller is a bit nancy though and the service i’ve experienced was shocking.

I’m just promoting the Hood as he has mtb mags by the fireside and is making plans for a bike storage and washing facilities for riders staying there.

9-10 here, i’ve my kids near to me, a bike and that’s enough to stop me losing it completely.

Well it’s present state is wet, during the hard frosts, the moisture that would normally drain well has been held in the top 4 inches of ground, now as the top bit thawed the bit below remained frozen, during which time the new years period hunt followers and riders ponced around on this soft surface making it softer and slightly more draggy in places, now it’s been a few weeks without a hard frost and with some reasonable wind it’s draining properly now, which as a result measns the water crossing in the many combes are running fast with in effect has widened them and changed the course in places(but nothing major).

The drove between crowcombe and triscombe stone is having it’s surface repaired in places, this means tracked vehicles are using it and making this draggy but mostly clean.

Triscombe singletrack is as expected boggy in places mainly due to it being the access trail to many of the DH trails in the area.

The Chimney is fine, just look out for the small length of tree in the gully just after the sweeping left hander, but it’s not blocking the line down through the gully.

Great bear is a mess, but that’s normal for 10 months of the year.

Somerton is fine just a few loamy spots on the hill traverse, the big ass fallen tree has been cleared(not the one that forms the drop) but be careful of the line through it.

Smiths is unchanged.

Weacombe is running well, if a bit of a stream, please keep to the original trail and stop creating a new one on the right, lets keep it singletrack down here please, yes it’s a bit stoney but come on………

errr….Slaughter house isn’t a bridleway! but as you enter the tree line beware of the mulch you’ll be riding in, there’s rocks and branches lurking…. so stay loose.

ummmmmmmmmm…….nothing else to note really, other than don’t go in the Plough inn for a pint or coffee as he’s pro hunt/anti mtb and will assume you’re sitting outside….either use the combe house hotel(where you will need to sit outside) or better still go to kilve via pardlestone hill and enjoy the hospitality and fine ales in the hood arms.

Just one more thing, it’s not any flatter up there, if you play in the puddles and wet bits the sound your bike makes will possibly be expensive.

Tyres of choice would be rubber ones with knobs on, don’t bother with mud tyres though.

And finally enjoy it.

Tough bike tough fork, shame i’ve just killed mine so will be down grading to some older revs.

Possibly, i’ve seen a woman empty a litre of water down her and spin on the table spraying us all like she was a garden sprinkler.

A chameleon

And not a chameleon

Dibbs i was chatting to Barry yesterday, looks like i’ll be staying with a singlespeed for good now, just need to get me some tough ridged forks and that’s me sorted.

Sounds like the donor had something wrong with his immune system…….

I’m sure i’ve heard something about it before but i’m sure it’s nothing.
Sleep well.

I’m not getting involved for personal reasons, anything i say here will need to be relayed back to my lawyer, so i’ll say nowt but happy new year.

Pikes

This one..

http://mlehworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21841

24/12 is a better course, SITS is more central to the country.

Comparing the two from last years events, 24/12 wins hands down mainly due to the weather….oh and the course……oh and the mates i was with……oh and it’s closer to me.

Only thing better about SITS is Pat adams organising….

wide risers aren’t too appropiate on a scott scale me thinks..

Fear of stacking it into knottie….Us young un’s are meant to be looking out for these oldies during the harsh winters!

Loving the expression too…Not so much the fault of the tyres more so the fault of the **** forks,there 80mm of spikey, vague and generally papp performance is throwing off line alot, but it’s all god fun.