All RC31 forks have them, its for injection of swiss cheese !!!
They were used for injection of bonding agent (aka glue) please do not self tap a brake mount here as the cheese may leak out 8O

They gave me a pack with copies of xrays and notes for my GP as I may need some further work/repairs subject to a check up next week and it had the names of the team who sorted me out on it. Letter sent off this morning as a big THANK YOU and it may just get them some praise from the management for a change.

Ride the trails that suit the current conditions. I thought that was what we all did anyway ? Its not rocket science to work out which trails can be ridden and in what conditons/weather. Soon be summertime only 6 months to go……. :cry:

Our normal 12ish crew was down to 6 brave souls. Into Dalby on old wifes way and then played on(old and new stuff) in the empty ? forest. The ride back into a head wind was pleasant but it stayed almost rain free and sunny. Sometimes you just need to ride……

What shed ?
Which large camelbak ?
Helmets ?
North/South which is better ?
Superstar kit any good ?
Should I single speed ?
How the @uck do I get a ban ?
I think my mate may be gay ?
STW the source of all knowledge but you do need to bring a sense of humour to the party.

Ditto, me and the crew are heading out from Hole of Horcum at 18.30 tonight. Loads of options (Moors/Dalby/Newton) could be interesting weather wise but heh we just MTFU and go for it.

Rigid 26″ is the new SS niche as all the freaks (tall people) now ride 29ers. Mr Wonka said we are just lucky to be the small people 8)

Good morning and welcome to the funny farm 8) If you have a sense of humour you will fit in, if you have an opinion you will not.

Please tell me your not another single speeder ?

Research has shown there’s a rise of head and spinal cord injuries among skiers and snowboarders on the slopes. One way to avoid such potentially traumatic injuries is to make helmets compulsory.

There you go Buzz the blue touch paper has been lit (and also runs away)

Heh Swede…. Would have loved to come but thats the only week Mrs Stumps(skier)gets off until we go again in Feb. I have had a recent change of life plan and I intend to do a month or two on the slopes shacked up with buddies I could let you know details and you would be most welcome to come over for a week. Looks like I would be based at Vallandry below les Arcs.

Mitts….? You wear what you want sunshine you are already on the cool wall in my book just for having a go at snowboarding :wink:

Buzz..ditto me to…I came from a ski background but I wouldn’t go back to skiing…But heh its all snow sport..each to their own.

Sales figures prove ?…… that lots of people learn to ski because its so easy, just take a good look on the slopes every season, full of learners, bless them. The drop in snowboard sales is simply because its difficult to learn to snowboard (first 3 days are tough). You have to stick at stuff to be cool. Its a bit like the SS world tuff and niche just how we like it :wink:

Snowboarder aged 12 & 1/2 :wink: We stand sideways. We get up early and go to sleep late. We may get mocked but we are relentless. We dream it, we make it, we break it, we fix it. We wreck ourselves day in and day out and yet we stomp that one trick or find that one line that keeps us coming back.

Snowboarders don’t hate skiers they just like to take the @iss, you know a bit of fun.

Tollah,Swede & Stumpy on trays oh how gay 8O

Swede…….. Now your really starting to impress me. It’s a brilliant feeling on a board and I’m sure it will all click in Flaine and you will ride like a good un. Powder snow on order for you 8)

I don’t suppose tollahs cool enough to board ?

whoops !!! double post finger slip…

Thanks for the link ……sick real sick… rushes of to wax board YAHOOOOOOOOO !!!! its will soon be ride time….

Heh Swede you a boarder & a niche then ?

I like the bit where NO skiers will sit next to you on a chair as they expect to be wiped out when you get off ? To date I have never taken a skier out as I was taught how to get of lifts from day one. I have however had to stop/ride around or assist in untangling ski pile ups at the top of chair lifts.

I dont get pissed off, live and let live as long as everybody is having fun in the snow and heh I ride with however wants to play.

Troll me ? you must be mistaken sir….and I’m a Yorkshireman, you cannot get cooler. I dont really fit into any camp but I do like to promote a bit of fun on here. I switched to snowboarding after several years as a skier and its just way more fun IMHO :-)
Not knock man love its rife in SS world…..

As a good snowboarder told me “its simple skiers can only ski where as a(snow)boarder gets to ride” rad innit but ya know its simples 8) He also said check out the lift lines and its normally the skiers who are the stressed/pushy/up their own arse types with English skiers setting a particularly bad example :cry:

and become a niche haw to the law of 2:1 8)

Skiers & snowboarders nooooooooooooooo !!!!! Walkers and Mtber’s getting along, ermm might just happen but skiers and snowboarders never ever will the two become one…..We boarders are just way to cool and laid back to ride with skiers :wink:

Me to, I kept all my fishing kit…. STW fishing day in 12 years time (60 by then and well knackered).

Come on you know someone was going to ask ? Which bell for ringing when wanting to warn walkers of your approach ?

I find a loud “HOW DO” in a broad Yorkshire accent and a slightly glazed happy expression/smile gets a result when I meet other trail users these days…..

I dropped a bait box full of maggots on mums pitch pine floor (the old pine boards with slight gaps in) she went ape @hit as the little buggers wriggled down through the gaps and then told me every fly in the house that summer was from my escaped maggots 8O Oh to be a kid again……

Ditto that, every day of the school holidays was a river fishing day and we used camp out and fish for eels at night. We always put them back as we weren’t allowed to take anything that came from a river home. I do have several pictures of me and my very proud mates holding several different types of fish in that “classic hunter gather stance”

Oh dear me we lost one ? How the @uck did you muppets manage to run an SS event ? Oh I remember now it was run by Sheldons mum 8) The sooner we get you lot up north and back to pixie land for a weekend of man fun, the safer other Mtbers will become.

Canal towpaths !!!! I visited Londinium Town once and rode over a pile of cardboard on a towpath resulting in a tramp/cycle interface impact moment and some choice cockney lingo was thrown my way !!!! luckily I was wearing a helmet as he swung for me as I sped off on my dandy horse.

CTC thinks that it should be up to you to decide whether you want to wear a helmet or not, and is opposed to making it compulsory.

All hail CTC 8)

Its can be very hit and miss quality/longevity wise but at least you don’t look like every other mtber in the car park when you wear it ? :wink:

Eh up 2 LA ….so have I and at 2:1 as its the law . Did you leave the mincing to someone else that day 8)

Whoops !!! How come girls stuff as way better than the butch/macho ill fitting stuff we get to choose from ?

Most days now, weather permitting as I am living the dream 8)

Chilling out today …. Rode from Ambleside yesterday in the worst rain/floods with two mates for 4 hours. Wet ? yes very, but we had the trails all to ourselves (even the flooded sections) .

All fair points I feel however inregard to riding Dalby SS rigid ? “with practice you could be come one of the gods ” and then give the rain forest a trim in you spare time :wink:

Yiphee !!!! just got invited on a group trip in Feb. Five skierists and me as the only boarder 8O Oh boy am I going to have some fun dusting them with powder. Its all snow sport and heh even I can hang with the stiff brigade for just one week.

No sir you were shite at boarding (by your own addmission) or you would not have quit and would still have the tee shirt of coolness 8)
This can only stop now or get way way better…..

Go on you know you want to post a new heading ” Why are boarders way cooler than skiers”. It just has to be done on a wet tuesday night :wink:

Good evening sir….and I also advise you to run and don’t look back, ever.

Yer yer I know, good snow is good snow and boarding or skiing we are all out to have some fun……….. but you will never look cool on them planks now will you 8)