Sharki – what’s sick about my picture is it’s just kids.

Don simon – no, he avoided injury by banging his hong kong fooey gong. His old skool xc bike with high seat post and thin tyres then transformed into a gnarly dirt jump bike, he accelerated the flip and landed on his wheels safely. Then all the beautiful ladies threw him roses, he caught one in his teeth, and the thrower of that rose went off with him on the back of his bike. He bake her a carrot cake and they lived happily ever after. Not. 😉

Check this out. Caterpillar orgy video in French Alps no less. Oooh la la. I’ve got video of this if anyone wants to buy it

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Manchester’s bang in the middle of great riding in every direction of the compass. Gizzashout if you want to hook up for some rides….

I once pissed on my flat landlord’s tooth brush every day for a week

Nice work batman!

The jim jones revue. It’s mighty raw

Has someone moved your stationnery cupboard? In which case your stationnery cupboard is clearly not stationary. It’ll be the philosophy students doing some situationist pranks on you. Maybe they’ve traded them for a pot noodle?

Listen to some emo music, it’ll make things seem slightly better.

It really depends what are your priorities. Then you’ll get recommended loads of places that are not even in Manchester. I love this topic. It always degenerates…

Anyway the answer’s Chorlton. It has the Turkish Delight kebab shop, which is oh so much more than a kebab shop. And it’s alleged to be the uk burglary capital. Because everyone from outside Chorlton comes in to rob the place, indicating that the other areas are dog rough.

I liked that article. The kit geek was not the only point made

I have camelpaks and a source bladder. Source is my preferred option. Only draw back to mine is there's a protective cap over the bite valve which comes off too easily, so it dangles about on a bit of string rather than doing it's job

There's easy parking in Wythenshawe too. Now I'm really confused

like trailrat says. I really don't give a toss about the extra weight, it's a useful bit of kit.

I carry mine all the time, most people I ride with carry something similar. I've used the knife/scissors to bodge blue peter fixes involving inner tubes, duct tape and trim zip ties etc, including fixing a massive rip in someone's tyre in t'Alps. Pliers are obviously useful for loads of applications as stated above. I've had to cut a snapped spoke off when it was unbudgable. Last night my front brake locked on and refused to budge, used the leatherman to get the brake pads apart so I could at least pedal up the hill.

I've also stabbed attacking panthers with one.

You reckon a cardboard box is better?

Altrincham bike shak rents one at a reasonable rate

London's water tastes shite

thanks teetosugars. That I never knew!

Pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/snowslave/sets/72157619742261876/show/

Yeah that's the one. When we did it last year it was like in your picture. First time I rode it was after a lot of rain, it was deep, I was tired, I fell, and yes people found it most drole….

The bit before is indeed wonderful though.

With the right weather, that's got to be my favourite ride in England. We had similar weather last year eh Dave?

I've also done a spectacular off in that river crossing immediately before your 5th pic Simon, only it was a wet cold day too. Total submersion city. Yak.

Nice pics, I'm jealous!

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£4.99, size of yer thumb!!!

I have 3 of these now. First video I did I used one on my helmet and one on the bars. You can't see what you've done til you plug them into a puter, obviously. When I got home to edit, the images were wobbly due to the mounts which are really really crap. I've subsequently learned to zip tie them onto bits of the bike, using old inner tube as a dampener. This works pretty well.

You've got to play around and work out the best places to stick them to get good images. Forks or handlebars seem good, seat post facing forward or backwards good too. And you need to learn what's the best angles for them, and how close you need to be other riders. I'm still experimenting, hem hem…

They are not good at being splashed with mud. I've had 2 wipe out completely after going through puddles. But to be fair the provider replaced both without challenge once I'd returned them. Not sure I'll get away with this indefinitely.

They are also pretty fiddly. There's only an on off button really, but it's hard to operate even without gloves on, and there's a little blue light showing it's filming – it's dead hard to see if this is on or not, especially in bright sunlight.

The images are not bad – for a fiver fer ****'s sake! I've used them in varying conditions, including night rides round Wharncliffe Woods and somewhere on the lancs/yorks border, the lakes, the Alps. They seem to cope with quickly varying lighting, like in forests.

Their run time is pretty good. I've just switched them on and left them running for a night ride for eg, and they'll do about 2 hours, which then needs editing down and is a Simon Barnesesque experience, timewise. Need a decent card for them though, which bumps up the price to a massive £15.

What I like about them is they're so cheap you can just strap them all over your bike and mates bikes and see what images come out for editing. At this price if they get broken or lost or whatever, you're not going to weep.

I doubt they'll win many film competitions, just a bit of fun……

There is absolutely nothing positive to say about new romantics. You should all be ashamed of yourselves and seek help

There's loads of solutions to your challenge, but if you've not done night riding before, I'd recommend you hook up with a group that do this and see what it's like, what are the advantages/disadvantages of different lights etc etc. It should be possible to borrow some lights in the first instance for this either from the group or a lbs.

It makes a massive difference seeing the pro's and cons 1st hand.

Never heard it called the toboggan run before, but that bit of trail is ace

Calderdale

this looks brilliant

The falkland arms in great tew was pretty good when we went there about 12 years ago….
http://www.falklandarms.co.uk/home.php

You have the vision. Use it sparingly and it will serve you well

They're robbers. Or at least thats the time a lot of criming goes on round here. Do citizens arrests on them all

Thanks peeps. It's kinda dark, not spotted. Shall try all the above when she's out running first thing tomorrow.

Ernie, it is actually a back garden. Well spotted though. Like the paving….

Seem to remember a double single with some lyrics that went

caught my wife in bed
with another man
reeeeeading the guardian

Which is nice

Where were you is **** excellent.

Ah, that'll be dick leg syndrome. It's where your leg turns into a penis. Under no circumstances should you rub where it is throbbing. It'll go off in your hand.
Trust me I'm a doctor

Got to agree with general view it is impossible other than for gods. The first bit after the bridge is pretty hardcore with loads of loose rocks and stuff. Just to get to the 1st corner is pretty good going. But psychologically its a killer. You know at that point there is loads more to do, without thinking about the final 20 yards or so which is steep v technical, and when you're going to be completely wiped out.

Stopping and re-doing bits is worthy but doesn't count as clearing It. You've got to do the whole thing without dabbing.

I'd second the Mersey valley option. Absolutely ideal, you can make it as short or long as you want. Good cafe in the visitors centre near sale water park too. You could set him the challenge of conquering Chorlton mountain. Its across the Mersey opposite Chorlton water park

Gurkha grill, burton rd west didsbury

7 of us did a course with Ed of Great Rock fame – everyone thought it v good indeed, well worth it…

old skool pop punk – Tango in Mono by the Expressos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiUJJp6ScnE

Well whatever the label, it's a jolly old toon