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i had this happen.. turned out the tyre was slightly too big compared to the rim and slipped round when riding along.. which pulled the innertube with it..

the resulting leverage on the valve from the hole in the rim snapped the valve..

not a fan of Jamies italian..
they seem to be very average food bumped up to expensive prices trading on his name..

we ate at Cafe Gandolfi[/url] when we stopped off in Glasgow last year on the way back from Skye, after recommendations on here.. and the food was excellent!

32:14 but its reasonably flat round here..

saw a hoopoe in Ibiza… beautiful bird!

wanted to see one of those for years since seeing a picture of one in my observers book of birds as a kid!

also seen sea eagles.. a golden eagle.. on skye.. peregrines in a couple of places too..

the best though has to be puffins… theyre amazing!

*not my pic

Edit: Owls on nightrides are pretty special too.. so silent and good grief they scare the bejeesus out of me when they drop out of trees right in front of me!

lining up for my first race way back when with two mates..

im the one in the middle with the wonky helmet due to having lost the side pad..!

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jumping a bit too high whilst at uni..

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id guess mojo would probably do them?

not really what you asked.. but ive got one of these..

Airbone micro pump

its amazingly light, small and really well made.. and fits inside my tiny deuter saddle bag easily…!

the downside is it does take a while to pump up a tyre, but it gets there eventually… It pumped up my 2.35 high roller no problems last week after a puncture..

and as it doesnt get used all that often (cursed myself there!) it doesnt really bother me that it might take a bit longer :D

no idea on the temp but my fingers nearly fell off when i had to swap my brake pads and then fix a puncture…

still had a brilliant ride though!

pontefract.. last 3 cars ive bought have all come from there and been brilliant..!

I found all of them on autotrader though :D

my new bike.. 8)

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new.. but 21 years old..!

stayed at marthrone of mabie when i was up there..

rustic site, but i loved it!

like someone else said.. as close to wild camping as you can get on a campsite..!

used to work fine for me..

found it best to set the indexing up on the middle gears though

then its only slightly out at each end with the tiny differences in spacing.

*slight hijack*

Sancho.. am new to the area and living in west leeds at the moment but unfortunatley cant make a ride on saturday..

ive had a few rides out around calverley woods and bramley falls and along the canal..

but any details of other routes around the area would be amazing.. :)

Thanks in advance!

Glenbrittle camspite on Skye.. :)

if you dont mind me asking.. where are you staying gribble? and does the place have somewhere to store bikes? :D

as im thinking of a mini holiday to wales sometime later this year and we *might* take the bikes with us, but would need somewhere to store them whilst we do other stuff..

Cheers for any info.. :)

Yoga is brilliant.. ive been going once a week for about a year now

i dont go in for all the chakra, energy flow rubbish.
but.. increased core strength.. flexibility.. balance.. improved posture.. increased focus.. its really helped my riding this past year too through a combination of the above.

and as someone else said stretching the cycling shortened hamstrings is so good..

not been yet this year due to a chest infection and can really feel it.. cant wait to get back!

and make sure your teacher is properly qualified

works fine for me :)

woop.. tickets booked :D didnt realise he was touring..

saw him back in the 90’s with screaming trees..

his stuff with soulsavers is amaaaaazing..!

that is wonderfully weird.. would like to have a go on one of those!

i cant stop watching that rowbike gif for some reason..! 8O

id forgotten about coit tower.. some good views from there and some cool murials inside..

and yeah.. book in advance for alcatraz.. i booked online before i went..

alcatraz cruises online booking[/url]

ooo might be up for this depending on location :D

make sure you ride the cable cars.. theyre ace! 8)

I liked alcatraz.. had been wandering around all afternoon thinking.. i know this place.. its all so familiar..! it was only when i got back to the UK and talking to my brother about it that i discovered it was from playing tony hawks pro skater on the playstation!!

explore china town..

go see lombard street..

go to golden gate park.. the japanese gardens are nice and so was the museumy thingy was fun to wander round the aquarium and butterfly house

eat a ghirardelli ice cream sundae.. then collapse due to sugar overload..

have a wander around fishermans wharfe.. reminded me a bit of an american version of blackpool before it turned into the hell hole it is now..

i think i was there for about 3 days and easily managed to fit all that in.. :lol:

agreed… that owl pic is brilliant!

woop!

good work that man!

im in Leeds.. wishing i didnt have a chest infection and now conjunctivitis thanks to Mrs ‘typhoid mary’ hopper

really hoping i can ride sometime soon after watching 3 minute gaps earlier! :D

yup.. should be just a case of swapping the hoses over :)

but they will probably need bleeding afterwards though just to make sure no air got into the system.. :)

yup.. ill be carrying on doing a pic a day (done 2 and a half years now!) and a pic a ride..

my usually poor attempts at photography are found here..flickr

flickr group here.. one photo a day every day[/url]

already had mine.. easy local loop with my G/F to tip me over into four figures and 1005 miles for the year :D

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fave pics ive taken this year.. didnt take that many good ones this year :(

bikey..

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non bikey..

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a posh bottle of bourbon… and a rab pull on waterproof..

but the best present of all.. i got some LEGO!

lego motorbikes (that can also be built into a car..) and a ramp to launch them over.. ive been zooming them around the kitchen and over the ramp like a big kid! :D :D

amazing!

only just seen this thread… and lost for words.. cant wait to see the riding pics! :D

snuggled up on the sofa with the missus watching friday night TV with a glass of wine with the whole weekend together in front of us :)

any bike trail when i am in that ‘this is why’ zone..

the Missus in a tight black mini skirt… hubba hubba! :wink:

a good Yoga session..

Two stand outs from this year where..

the old school restaurant in Skye..
http://www.oldschoolrestaurant.co.uk

and La Paloma, which is in San Lorenzo on Ibiza..
amazing Homemade style Meditteranean food..
http://palomaibiza.com/%5B/url%5D

i’d second Iyengar.. very good for alignment but not quite so aerobic..

the Rocket Yoga classes i go to are great too.. much more aerobic though.. im usually a sweaty mess by the end of them.. :lol:

You’ll be glad to know that it does have room, and mounts, for a bottle cage.

8O 8O 8O

where are they? under the top tube?

bah.. got all excited and theres nowhere to put a water bottle.. (hate camelbaks)

ill stick with the meta for now then!

ugh :(

The last time i was in that decathlon I saw someone dodgy walking about muttering to himself and looking shifty.. thought nothing of it but a couple of minutes later the alarm went off as he ran out of the shop’s fire escape with one of their bikes..!

*cue staff running after him*

walked out 5 minutes later after paying for my stuff and he had been pinned to the floor in the car park by three staff and was looking decidedly sorry for himself..

i use a selle san marco concor light id rate as a 9..

tried a charge spoon after reading all the rave reviews and id rate it as a 2 at best… hated the thing!