The splat is actually the centre of the White rose of yaarkshire btw. Erm, unless you invert the colours on a pewter badge of course. This is the equivalent of summoning the devil in yaarkshire probably

Jackson sisters – I believe in miracles

There is a very high suicide rate among the profession (one of the highest I believe).

You’re not mixing up animal vets and Vietnam vets here are you?

We went to Morzine this year with a load of vets (animal, not Vietnam), and they were mad as a box of frogs, worth every penny just for that in my humblest of opinions. Pay vets more, they’re funny.

Pleased myself laughing at that one Ads – I was thinking exactly the same. Nice one

Great thread. IMHO (please god I hope that’s not swearing in text talk!) money spent on decent skillz is far more significant than swapping bikes etc. for most riders.

I’ve mt90’s and really like them. I bought them to replace mw80s which had fallen to bits, holes worn through them all over, in some places it’s cos I had to stand on them to get them off. But also stitching wore off, holes in the toes etc. The mt90s have lasted much better. Water can come in through the tops, but i find they stay warm with sealskins and thin liner socks.

Right now its the Jim Jones Revue. Raw. Even when you play them quiet they’re loud

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2742459/xcorps_action_sports_tv_46_snowbike_2_seg3/ – these guys are using the expensive conversion kits

OP, that is flipping brilliant.

Got me googling for conversion kits and the like. They sell them, but for about $270, without skis. These are basically v shaped triangular bits of metal with axles at the pinnacle. You screw them to an old chopped ski or snowblades. They weight them slightly towards the back so if you get air (yeah right), they automatically tip up a bit at the front to stop them digging in when you land.

Bit more googling got me to this: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?242516-Ski-Snow-Bikes-is-Done!!!PICS!

They’ve used same concept essentially, but using skateboard trucks to fix the blades to the bike, which seems a good idea.

I have an old pair of snowblades, I reckon if I take off the bindings and screw blocks to them, then fix them to the bike dropouts I’ll be up and running. Well I would, were the snow not to have melted. I wondered about the trucks moving as you angulate, therefore getting it more difficult to dig in an edge when turning?

Think I might give it a go

I knew someone he tried to philander. He took her for a meal, then demanded some philandering. She turned down the offer and he asked her to pay for her dinner. Proper charmer he was

Yup. Right now it’s a snowy place but motorways should be ok still

You are Huggy Bear off Starsky and Hutch and I claim my £5

if up to 2 bikes, in the car. Over this, they go on the roof. Use thule 591s, they’re brilliant. Easy to put the carriers on and off, and the bikes go on and off v quick.

Cons, when robbers see the roof carriers, they know there are probably bikes to be nicked in the house/shed/garage. That’s why I like being able to take them off and remove them easily, but that’s my fault for living in crime central

I’d be tempted to get to Roman Lakes at the other side of Marple using the most straight forward way possible. No matter which option you take to get to Roman Lakes, you’d need to divert off the main route to make it interesting and you’d need local knowledge cos they’re like rabbit warrens when you’re off say the TPT or whatever. A lot is off piste in woods on tracks not marked on maps. And compared with proper Peaks riding, it’s not especially interesting, it’ll just add time to the journey for little payback.

Once you’re at Roman Lakes it gets interesting. Loads of options for the detail, next stop Hayfield, via Lantern Pike and possibly Chinley, then finally on to Jacob’s Ladder. Are you familiar with this bit of detail?

For the price of a cheap steel frame from on one or ragley, you could get a few skillz lessons as part of a group. I reckon skillz lessons will have a much bigger impact on most peoples’ riding experience than the intricate nuances of a particular frame if that’s what you’re after?

+1

Sometimes we come across Southerners riding up where they should really be going down and such like, and I guess if they don’t know the area they might regret not paying for a guide. But a lot of the peaks trails are very well known and easily google-able tbh, so I’d have thought it presents limited opportunities?

Combining with skillz course or something might be an angle?

lowey that is so spot on. Night riding is just bloody excellent.

Ton – I’m being just a bit ironic there….

Great thread!

Oh and also, specially for Ton, biggest fan of Orange 5’s
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Good idea Ton, I like this thread

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Twisted Wheels Glyn Ceriog Snow ride Feb 20th 2010[/url] by snowslave[/url], on Flickr

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Dave, it just comes with the territory of having a kid at nursery. Noel’s in a melting pot of disease and has no immunity yet so will pick everything up and bring it home to share. You’ll therefore be exposed to this stuff cos he’ll bring it home.

I’ve never read this in a report or anything, but just seems to happen to everyone. It stops being an issue afterna couple of years I seem to recall?

They’re £95 on tesco online…

I’ve got 3 – my last one was from Tescos online pretty cheap.

Used them prolifically, including trips to the Alps, and I think they’re easily the best of all roof mounted options.

I have noticed occasionally some bike frames can be fiddly – if you’ve got a complicated bit of suspension/welding near the bottom bracket, try them out first.

Also, I’ve started taking them off when not in use, cos it advertises there are bikes around the house/garage etc. to the hobgoblins. But that’s probably only applicable in Manchester, which of course is hobgoblin crime central.

Oh look, it’s the korma sutra

Bizarrely enough, they do curry take aways at Booths and they’re blimmin good.

Someone we ride with has one of those. Impressive bit of kit, good amount of power. A lot of us use dirtworkers so our mums don’t shout at us. I’d buy one of them thingies if I didn’t have a dirtworker all ready

I took a mate of mine who is pretty fit (commutes on a bike every day) but no MTb experience on the following: edale car park, Jaggers clough, hope cross, down the roman road, hope etc, up the broken road, down the toboggan run back to edale from mam tor. That’s pretty mud free, and he loved it.

Hayfield as suggested is good too

A wim away a wim away…

Massive respect for the work you guys do on them thar trails simonm. Wharncliffe is superb!

This website is v helpful http://www.sheldonbrown.com/

I despair

Got a dell inspiron from tescos direct for my daughter. They delivered it a day later than promised, which I wasn’t even bothered about, they rang me, grovelled, and knocked me a fiver off without me even asking.

Dell are a sound brand at the price.

Trojan do a load of box sets with good info sheets if you want a handy intro to some proper ska

Hora just go into kingbee records and ask them

I had it a couple of years back. I’d strongly recommend seeing a good physio.

there you go – pics of the council’s piles of mud from last night. There are indeed two

Pile 1 from below:
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And pile 2 from above:
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There’s clearly more to come as said above

Enjoyed that, and some good pics too

Your bringing chips. That’s all that matters

Expensive southerner bike coming oop north folks, get prepared for robbery….

No wonder it’s boggy there at the mo. That’ll be the anthrax