the Tiled hall at the Art gallery as Elfin said is a nice space to be in.. nice cakes too.. worth checking out the massive sogne fjord painting in the gallery too.. its awesome..!

Not a fan of Mumtaz either..

had forgotten about kendells.. the food their is aaamazing! but the service can be a bit flaky at times..

as above.. akbars for curry.. and Salvos in Headingley is Very good!

Jamies italian is average at best and expensive for what it is..

Fuji Hiro at the top end of town is good for Japanese food

also really liked Sams Chop House.. must go back there..

might be up for this… but 830??????????????? 8O

get mine from ebay too.. :)

Tis a shame its closing.. had a spankingly good plate of nachos there after my somewhat washed out trip around the black route.. but life goes on as people have said..

must get myself back up to scotland next year and get Trekster to show me all the hidden local bits i missed last time in Mabie.. :D and ride the last descent at AE if the god of rain decides to play nice and not chuck it down all the way around! :lol: (and hopefully my car wont break this time!!) :roll:

too many… all home made..

2 halogen plumbing pipe specials with philips masterline bulbs 10w and 20w

XPG LEd lights…
1 hoppalight mk 1.8 950 lumens ish
1 hoppalight mk 3.2 1300 lumens ish
1 hoppalight mk 4 1800 lumens ish
1 teenyweeny mini hoppalight mk5 with 950 lumen ish

and plans for a few more with XML’s when funds permit..

its an addictive hobby!

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loads of times…

The hardest bit is getting out of the door..

once im out there it usually comes back pretty quickly though :)

oo i like that!

heres mine..

http://flickrhivemind.net/User/spodhopper/interesting

that picture is brilliant ddmonkey.. :D

a new steve peat in the making there!

no death.. :)

I run 2.35 highrollers on 717’s at 30 PSI with no problems at all :)

have a look on RM Web theres loads of stuff on there…

its pretty technical and steep and in places a bit hike a bike unless you are a riding god..

i got dropped off at the top by the missus when i rode it.. i quite enjoyed the ride down but i wouldnt say it was really worth a big slog up to ride it.. another bit of trail ticked off the list but i wont be riding it again..

how much for a housing then, please mr amazing light maker trout :)

ooo that looks GORGEOUS in black with the silver front…!

are you just doing them as complete lights or is there any chance of just buying an empty housing?

bah… not gunna be able to make this… :( was looking forward to another peaks pootle too..

nevermind… theres always next time! :D

start of two weeks off… :D

Wine and TV tonight..

Yoga, shopping and bluetones farewell tour in manchester on saturday.. :(

sunday, recovery..

monday, bike ride.. (dunno where yet!)

tuesday, HOLIDAY! Pacha flower power night in Ibiza

Wednesday, Madness @ Ibiza Rocks

and after that… who knows :D

that car is beautiful Denis99!

Live to ride… ride to live..

RIP JMC

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Kinkakuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

beautiful place..

tried it, but it had no effect for me..

the little tube of float fluid is really thick oil thats applied to the foam rings just under the dust seal and is also used inside the air can on fox rear shocks too..

i think some people have replaced it with 85wt gearbox oil from memory.. i can bring a pillow pack sized amount of fox fluid up with me on monday if youd like? :)

the 14 million standards for forks / headsets / bb’s

‘hydration packs’ and the lack of bottle bosses on frames…

I dont want to carry a backpack full of fluid that add’s weight to my already screwed shoulders when i can have a handy bottle on my bike frame..!

Nice one.. ill be the slightly awkward looking ginger bloke.. will email my mobile number to the email on your profile tomorrow when I get back on a pc :)

have already ridden kirroughtree and while i loved it i want to try the others centres too and make up my own mind ;)

getting to Mabie for 12ish on monday shouldnt be too much of a problem :)

im not the quickest of people uphill so the rustyness shouldnt cause any problems! ;)

id be driving up on monday morning from leeds to ride monday afternoon…

then camp and ride the other centre on tuesday morning.. before driving back in the afternoon..

meetup and a tour of the local trails sounds excellent! ive heard good things about your tours :D

this used to be next to my local biking spot..

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theres also a backside lane not far from there too!

=(

yipes..

wonder if he stole a little packet of haribo too each time he took something?

10mm spanner… I’ve lost so many of them… there must be a huge pile of them somewhere..!! Thankfully I don’t tend to use them much anymore.. :)

its not often you see skeletons for anything really…

if you think about how many wild animals / birds there are… compared to how many skeletons you actually see… where do they all vanish to? :wink:

just got some pearl izumi launch kickers..

fantastic shorts..! light nice feeling fabric for the outers and a really comfy liner..

thought they might feel a little long as they come just over my knees but i dont notice at all..

a million times better than the altura shorts i had before..!

Alien bees?

a few little interesting bits and bobs..

but theyve just stolen the idea from elsewhere..

its all a bit samey and meh… and needs to end about 3 minutes quicker…

i fancy a game of mousetrap now.. :lol:

excellent!

*signed up*

id go for cut gate from langsett.. its riding brilliantly at the moment…

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dalbys not bad i guess.. but not a patch on the descent from cut gate to langsett

Stainburns brilliant if you want to play about and session bits of trail (its better with a few people to egg each other on) but a bit short.

and gisburn and lee quarry are probably a bit far

they dont give you a bike trail map at the entrance anymore..

overheard the woman on the gate telling the car in front they would have to stop off at the visitors centre and get one if they needed one..

have used their quick release seat clamps on a couple of bikes and they’ve been excellent :)

he thinks he has the talent and skill of ayrton senna.. he doesnt..

on a good day hes probably a bit better than vettel, but over a season vettel’s the more consistent driver.

he needs to take a step back.. appreciate that this years car isnt quite as good as the red bull and stop pushing too far and crashing.

theres always next year…