congrats on getting back in the saddle and on the excellent choice of saddle (and attached rest-of-bike)! :o

penshurst might be an option – i haven’t been there for about 10 years but looks like they’re still going. used to be excellent so probably worth checking out.

http://www.mudtrail.co.uk/trails/porc-penshurst-freeride.php

edit – just seen you mentioned it in your original post!

isn’t having a ‘riding’ sign above your bum a bit ‘Ghey’

hehe, yeah there is obviously the possibility for that interpretation but never mind :lol:

take the harddrive out and either drill a hole through it or chop it up somehow prior to disposing of that separately. any drive formatted and reinstalled can still have data taken off it if someone is so inclined. donate whatever else you want but not the drive.

here’s mine, biking related and no doubt in line for abuse :lol:

got to be tom’s field campsite. that place is fantastic.

http://www.tomsfieldcamping.co.uk

don’t know where charmouth is but it doesn’t matter – go to tom’s field!

i must have been away – our car’s not there and the curtains are closed :lol:

rich is that sankeys?

get an XL Ellsworth Evolve 29er. :)

i reckon a 3 wheeler would be more suited to touring than going quick

yeah probably, i only got a quick blast so set mode to “showing off” and was blasting it about and doing stoppies, etc. :lol:

fun stuff!

DrP – Member

I threw away all my bikes as I realised each one had an advert for it somewhere…..
I hate to be on any bandwagon, so now just sit there feeling proud but glum every time i try to go riding…..

;-)

DrP

well said :lol:

i’ve had a go on a few, they’re quite entertaining but none persuaded me to reject the traditional bike layout. one of these:

was more fun than any of the two wheel recumbents, particularly when cornering on two wheels :lol: but so low that i wouldn’t go anywhere near any traffic on one.

nope, alicia silverstone in clueless. good guess though.

xc-steve – Member

XT do 20mm?!

EDIT: Sorry should have checked on CRC before saying that… http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=20802

Awsome!

i didn’t know they did one either, that’s pretty nice :)

i am, like, literally so there. my gf’s parents live on longlands road in that very slaithwaite so don’t have to go far for a rest afterwards!

ah, good point then – missed the bit where you said about the height…

so that’s decided then!

ellsworth truth

the answer to every wheel question for any use is either xt hubs with 717 or 719 rims, or chris king hubs with the same rims, depending on how flush you are.

hooray, i’ve got tomorrow off with all that lovely weather about!

boo, i’ve got go and sit in a hospital all day waiting for the gf to have and wake up from an operation :(

oh yeah – they’ve changed it since i looked! cheeky bastards… still, not bad at £150 but not quite as bargainous as it was.

bump for truth (and mostly more pics)

this is a superb guide, and one that is tempting me to pop my cherry in the debauched pit of slutty brake bleeding. stirring stuff! :)

yeah i’ve seen that specialized disc adaptor before, unwieldy looking thing but works supposedly:

ellsworth truth or epiphany :)

these, two of beautiful paris, one of st kilda and one of the big chill for luck

that is very kind of you – if you’re sure that it’s spare then email me at theflatboy at gmail dot com with your paypal details, or however you want me to sort the cash and i’ll get it done. legend!

practice. and more bodyweight usage. do a sort of backswing one way prior to the endo, then swing into it as you go onto the front wheel.

It sounds like a shit situation. If you are helping her look for a new job I suggest getting someone else to write the CV.

well that’s pretty **** annoying – got the hubs i ordered no probs, got an email today saying “sorry you can’t have the cassettes and chains, we’ve run out”.

i realise they probably had hundreds of orders to sort out, but when i ordered them they were listed on the site as having “lots”, so they obviously lost my order in the system. rubbish.

i had to get my arm stitched up about 2 days before i went on holiday with my friends a few years back. consequently i could not attend their suggested stitch-removal appointment. i explained this to them, and they generously provided me with a scalpel for cutting the stitches and a set of tweezers to remove them, and then explained the procedure. it all went well, had to wiggle a couple to loosen them but generally successful result.

If you do take a satnav – at least set it up right

it’s setup as spefically as it can be in terms of which roads and routes it selects, sadly! i double checked when i got there and tried changing it to the alternative and it tried to take me the same way in reverse on the way back!

anyway, the lesson learnt is always have a map as backup just in case…

you’ve got to put the emails on here, after all that!

i’ve got 185s on front and rear and they are quite simply awesome in their one-fingered, anchor-like stopping power. great stuff. :)

(and i weigh 12.5 stone…)

if you’re using satnav, take at least a europe road atlas as well – when i took my girlfriend from la plagne to geneva airport over xmas the satnav tried to take us a virtually crow flies route straight over the top of the mountains and down the other side, rather than on the motorways. if we’d gone that way we’d probably still be stranded there now! :lol:

i would have thought that you’d be able to get a refund if what is sent is different to what is pictured if you had to open it to realise.

i think i’ll select option #1. though i’m not sure when. i’ll let you know. just for my info, is there an expiry date by which the prize has to be claimed?

and good news about the wife’s recovery. :)

mr richards, who stocks those ibex garbs in the uk?

some of the tops on that site are very pleasant in an understated sort of way, a bit like myself.

could you perhap point me in the direction of where one might procure some?

right, i’ll let you know next time i’m in the area and i’ll be sure to stop by and pick it up. :D

put in 2 orders on fri, got email notification yesterday that one had been sent out and it arrived today. no despatch info yet about the other one.