My CB dropper post is lovely, 3 months no probs ,goes down? goes up and don’t notice play,should i send wheels back for sage or opium as im a lumpm? the booklet says race and xc and i aint done that for 15 20 years ,i just ride ??? thing is i love the new wheels mmmmm

THE MASSIVE

I,ve lost 10 kilo to make sure they dont get too hard a time ???

I bought 7 bars from Keswick a month ago for my southern softie workers who had never eaten or even heard of it , i ate 3 types and it was better than redbull? i was buzzin my tits off for 3 hours.

I would travel through France,Italy then head Spain working my way down and camping ,if you dont look too scary and and can learn basics of Languages there are jobs in hotels ect , Ive worked in 56 countries over the last 21 years as a chef. Now ive got commitments and have to stay put, boo. Good luck enjoy the epic times ahead.

I carried a 1.5k Apple and berry crumble back from work ,with a couple of servings of creme Anglaise last night, it was balanced on the bars supported by my hand. There are no hills and i only live 1k away but my wrist felt the burn .Starting to move and dismounting was a wobbly affair but today we eat crumble!

I subscribed and then got palmed off with a stem cap compass , i wasn’t happy. After finishing therapy i’m over it.I was hoping for a trail centres book instead, but hey thats life ?

Al -Cynical- really ??? 3 spokes, 2 rides and the mechanic says it could happen ?? i think i do? the first drop off of 2 feet and ping i can feel the wheels are on the edge of failure ,i can replace all spokes a week at at time @£20 a pop or spend the wifes Grandma funeral money on some tasty wheels. Question is which ones? crank porn or Cross Max Porn or ???

Rorschach- spot on ? Black spokes????WTF and the first 2 snapped at Whinlatter so i reckon bite the bullit and new wheels – they are OEM on a £600 hardtail and im 115 kilo , they have had a beating from a off road triathalon to a couple of epics as well as the training for such events . The bike is almost rebuilt from the knackered parts i replace , im going to re name it “cannonTrev” as i designed most of it (£600 pounds now invested £1000)and now new wheeels ????

I went to the first leg at Valley parade but came back off hoiday yesterday at 4pm so had to watch at home. Great result – heres to Chelsea in the final ????

I think this is a good idea ,maybe a touch late – but all credit for those involved for making such a tough decision, im gonna hit it in the morning to session the trails that are open and work on the whips in the freeride section .

Ive just started my break after working Christmas and New year as im Head Chef ,so ive got 20 days off ,Yorkshire and then Malaga

Drofluf, there was no bolloking she was mmm “just” pointing out the fact . I actually prefere to upgrade as i want a bike unique to me, by the way ive told the wife the rest of the potential upgrades over the next 6 months and she is somewhat tepid but hey ho (dont care )plus she reckons if i spent that amount in the begining she would of set the bike on fire ? Apparently more diamonds will keep her calm hmmm ?

Teetosugars-its because i havn’t had a bike in 15 years ,so if i spent £1500- £2000 on a bike ,then didnt use it and it gathered dust, i would get a bollocking everytime i wanted to buy something. So i bought a just above entry level bike with a solid frame so i could upgrade and make it a sweet ride ,whilst i decide on the frame of my dreams ,ive been out 1 or 2 times a week for 8 months so the wife knows its not a fad (i kite surfed for 10 years so i was getting my kicks elsewhere )im building a house next year so i just cant blow chunks of the house money on hobbies ,but once the house is finished BOOM . Hey building the bike of your dreams is way more fun than buying off the shelf ,think of all the hours lusting after gear mmmmmm

Yeah got a car ,I want to do Malham to Kilnsey as it was my very first off road route back in the year of 1987 on my rockhopper ,so its a route close to my heart -but- i am open to suggestions of where to go :roll:

P7 was awesome – as was the beast from 88 to 98 ,hard to replace , i guess one of those COTIC thingys or a dreamy NINER

If Only cannondale still made the Beast ?(beer sorry)its my go to bike

Nibali or Sagen

My regular bike is my New XT brakes and Kronolog
My Sunny day cruiser is the smooth welds of a 97’Dale

llamanob- thats the best advice i ever read im gonna add it to Moe’s and get the next lot of work done for safety’s sake and get a second recipt for a hundred quid more thereby giving me £100 in credit thanks fellas

Just g XT’s off crc with ice tec 180 rotors and they were £110 an end/side they are very lickable.

I decided to stay in a do some housework for the wife as i need some brownie points,not gonna get out till 5th Jan due to work .

Its very pic heavy – a nice book though by it hadback and it will last for years ,

Raining here in Camber ,the wifes at work ,i might hit Bedgebury around 1pm for a little mud plugging on my Beast,

Finished spiced rum , on a touch of Dewars whiskey and the Sabucca is winking at me ,im trying to man up to tell the wife about the large hole in the bank from my new brakes bought today hmmm?

Just ordered ,including the rotors ,i imagine ill be over the bars shortly ha ha thanks for advice

m1zuno, just ordered new brake set full ice finned XT jobbies ,may Buddha shine upon your life – happy riding fella

Class skills , i with i could stair climb and boulder hop like that ????

Weeksy did you get a wonder drug to make you younger ?

Sounds like a bug, my Nuro started in the car had to grab a shower after ,went to work and 1 hour later had 5 girls giggling out side the disabled toilet ,then shat the bath whilst i was in it ,just getting over the shock and projectile vomit in the same shit filled bath ,not pleasant ,im over it now
Merry Christmas

8 months Cannondale Trail sl4
16 years Cannondale Beast of the East
guess which is lighter and sexier?

Stella chased with half pint of baileys

Cougar if your a vegi ,you should’t be having a Yorkshire pudd. They are for roast meats . Also if your a vegi “cougar” should be changed to butternut ? unless your an older, hotter lady that is ?

Whigfield
Aqua
Black box
Thats in order of 80’s Smash-able (female singers that is )

But really its ,
Jack white
Mani
Andy McCluskey

psling -has got the right idea,
Blanch (pre cook) until crunchy all the veg and then run under cold tap /iced water (re fresh ) then place all veg in bowls in the fridge ,top tip if you have a garage and or shed foods can be stored overnight in there (its only 1 night )your eating it the morrow if its 5c or 6c food will be fine .keep the fridge for the bubbbly/and /or/beers .If your Turkey is in the freezer get it out now leave it in the kitchen not he fridge .A 3 or 4 kilo turkey will take 20 hours to defrost at room temp (21 years)
Happy Christmas

I havn’t got the book but i trained under Marco Pierre White (with Willi)for seven years

3 tablespoons (42 grams) hot melted unsalted butter

1/2 cup (65 grams) cake flour

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup (30 grams) unsweetened regular or Dutch-processed cocoa powder

4 large eggs

2/3 cup (135 grams) granulated white sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

double the recipe and then whisk eggs and sugar in a mixer(electric)until light and fluffy add the rest ,
then pipe onto a baking sheet and bake for 4 to 6 mins @165c.

lay out a sheet of baking paper bigger than the sponge and sprinkle with cocoa powder and caster sugar and flip the sponge on to this sponge side down so paper is in the air .re read this and it will makes sense .
then score an x in the baking paper whilst warm and peel the paper off from the center outwards,
brush with a mixture of sugar water and bailys50ml/50ml/50ml
and then spead with apricot jam and then chocolate mousse roll up and dust with icing sugar ,
Chocolate mousse
4 eggs ,100g caster sugar whisked till fluffy
100g dark chocolate 70%cocoa 50g butter metled together in a bowl over a pan of hot water
mix these together and then add 200 ml whipped Double cream(dont use whipping as the fat content is not enough to hold the mousse)

Happy Christmas

I fink a lower case f

Not South West London but ? “The Gallivant hotel” Camber East Sussex ,just won best Hotel wedding venue for London and the south East ,1 hour and a half from London,next to the beach and 25 mins from Bedgeburyfor a quick lap in the morning with the boys ,Im the Head chef.

Man dowm. Man down.Ive contracted “Mayan End of the world vomiting bug” its not pretty i had an episode in the bath ,mrs trevron wasn’t happy about that (it wasn’t great for me either love )

Shhhh !!!!!!