Not been on this forum for a (long) while and am quite shocked and saddened that Mark has passed away. I remember reading his story when he was first diagnosed and feeling so inspired by his, Erm, ” bullish” attitude towards his condition. My admiration only grew,over the years, as he fought back harder than I ever could.
Condolences to MrsB and the children. He left an awesome legacy.
Glad you got a good send off, fella.
Long may you ride.

Cheers by the way. * sad face*

Arse. GXP are rubbish!

MacBook. The soks male offspring got one for uni 5 years ago and uses it for “working from home” duties now. In terms of bangs per buck it’s been a revelation (to me, anyway). His sister, PhD student, is on her third Windows based contraption in three years.

Since a bad knee injury, five years ago, my mtb riding has got progressively worse – not that it was brilliant in the first place. Every time I come to something, vaguely, sketchy, the anchors get dropped, as I immediately start thinking about damaging my knee again. I’m fine with the road bike so I’ll be sticking with that. Anyone want to buy a large Cannondale 29er?
🙁

Asking why roadies are such miserable sods. 😈

RIP,indeed. Hugely important/influential.

Dead Pony Club ale.

Outtake from the lost Seahorses album. Poor.

Cumbria and the Dales are massively overrated. I wouldn’t bother if I were you.

It’ll be Buckfast next…

Stop that, K57.
😉

rob.mitchell@singletrackworld.com
🙂

http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/nukeproof-launches-new-megas/
You could always ask Rob….

Went to a gig, recently and thought the place was full of old gits. Mentioned it to my 26 year old daughter, who was also in attendance. She immediately took a picture of me on her phone, showed it to me and suggested that I reconsider my remarks.

Trail 29er, CAAD10, Synapse all in the bike rack. Love ’em.

I hope he took cake(s) into the office…

Beard, ridiculous haircut, tats, wears brogues without socks?
Slap the daft bugger.

Got the 1.4TSi Octavia estate on order. 150bhp, 0 – 60 in, just over, 8sec and a top end in excess of 130mph. Unladen towing weight of 1500 kg.
Drives well, looks reasonable, what’s not to like? (Apart from the fact that it IS A SKODA, as I’m sure the badge snobs will point out).

Alt berg are excellent boots, made in a number of width fittings – I have some Tethera’s. Designed in Richmond, North Yorkshire, all their hiking boots are made in Italy, these days.
At the end of the day, though, the best boots are the one’s that fit you – as already said.

K57 – last year, matey, which was eight years earlier than I, originally, intended.

A lot of my “biking buddies” we’re met on biking forums. Worryingly, the majority were via bikemagic.com…
:/

What Dennis99 said. Also, I packed it all in 8 years early – not something I foresaw in my mind 40’s. Luckily, I’d made a few financial provisions as well as having a superannuated, final salary pension (don’t even think of starting on that!). I’ve, actually, taken a fair hit, financially but the lifestyle change/choice thing has been more than worth it – you cut your cloth accordingly, bin the stress and chill out.
Life’s sweet.

Stop bragging about moving to the Lakes…….ah, sorry. (Well, it’s been a year, now)
C2C
Ride some sportives
Done a 100k, so do a 100 miler, I guess.
Ride the MTB more/wean myself off the road addiction.

The local churches (various denominations) have been giving out cards, to put on your door, saying “Halloween is not celebrated at this house. No trick or treaters, please”.
:/

I wear a gilet a lot. I wear a packable rain coat rarely and only when the rain is substantial – mainly because they’re horrible to ride in at any pace.
this

That.

This is great – not. I’ve a few test drives booked next week and they’re all diesels. 2 of them are VAG. Should I sack off the idea of diesel altogether (no,I don’t do the mileage but I do tow a caravan) or wait for “further revelations” and see which way the emissions blow………?

Still love riding my 29er…….but there again, I’m a 2 wheels on the ground, scardy cat mincer.

Awful news. As someone who worked closely with the oncologists at “Jimmies” I’m sure Jenn got the very best of care but even so………
Stay strong Jenn.

Thanks for the insight, all. The LBS gets the job on Monday.

0.5 hrs – £25. Obviously, I’m out of touch with pricing. As I said in my original post, I didn’t want to go off on one without establishing some facts. It is what it is – no offence intended.

The work? Push fit BB30 (road) faffage/replacement – I don’t have the tools.

kerley – that’s the ballpark I was expecting. The quote I was given was, somewhat, north of that.

Just asking for information…….not an argument, ta. Compared to my old LBS – admittedly a couple of years back, the quote for labour was excessive, imo.

Black walking trousers for work, Nov – March, walking shorts or mtb baggies the rest of the time. Mind you, I work for an ” outdoor” company….

Donated. Your determination, grit and down right obstinate mindset are amazing. Do you have Yorkshire blood? 😉

This.
http://www.paramo-clothing.com/en-gb/explore-range/product/?pk=1D46C98A-399E-4494-987D-2772D1148984

Custom painted (bright orange) S/S Inbred with RC31 fork. Sold to fund a F/S Spark which I never got on with.
:/

Warming the bench by November. Good business by the Mickeys and they’ve still got Ibe.

Hated. Ooh, what a surprise.