Bit more discussion here

Nom just decided I need a round of toast Nom

Yes awesome saw the Vulcan fly low and slow over silsden today

Reminded me of this crazy guy

there are other vid of rollerman overtaking cars and motorbikes

Are there any teeth on that blade ?
was very frustrating to watch juinor hacksaw would have cut it faster me thinks :?

Guy and Daughter looked to be having a great time and when they when through the wall top of 5 if she had not had spd`s I reckon she would have gone three feet in the air when the back kicked up over the stones.

It looked so much fun that they may lose a marshal for next year and gain an entrant.

Bloody hell I did not realize how the weather was so different at each end of the course .
that explains why they arrived at me dressed for winter riding and I had spent the day keeping out of the sun as my head was frying

What was the problem on section 4 Darrenspink I only got to see 5 and 1 the whole weekend .

They said bring your bikes and you will get a lot of riding in
Like yeah ride to your section and spend the day there
and then miss the free beer and food the marshals got if you go for an evening ride that is if you have any energy left as surprised how knackered marshaling is .

Very surprised at the lack of injuries over the 2 days the medics were very happy to have a quiet event and little work to do .
the guy at the bottom with me only had a cut finger to attend to

Nope Today was a cracker had way too much sunshine at my marshal post bottom of the last section .

not one sad face all day just huge grins .

Yesterday was a tad wet and saw a lot of very knackered riders out practising the course for today .
but the sportive riders all seemed very cheerful .
it was Ard and it was Rocky but I think a great event

High winds and rain. brings back memorries of being on top of Fremmington edge in shorts and teeshirt with driving hailstones painful

I wil be hiding under a big yellow brolly somewhere round the course

You might get a few more waves here

A wave from me though

ArdRock Thread

Well I just kegged the Dog and the hygrometer says it will be 7.2%
so wont be bolting too many down in a sesh

Not riding but have volunteered to marshal so will be there both days
so say hello as you whizz past :D

But what if they had pitted the in front Lewis for the softs then pitted the behind Nico for the softs they just might have had a 1/2

the single Strategist seems a bad move on Mercs team

The OO slicks are pretty good on everything. bar grass wet or dry and I would assume mud but not had any of that
and so east to get spinning hardly any drag on the tarmac. much faster than the floaters

Whats it say on the log book
as thats what the ferry co will know when you book and put your reg in

T4 should be fine as under the freight size for a van
got my T5 on the chunnel last year for £65 each way but was in the middle of the night

:oops:

Spacia retails at around £37 so 3 metrs = £111
plywood around £15
screed say £10
doorplate £5

6 hours work @ £20 =£120 but call it a day so £160

sound about right to me

A mate once shot a pidgeon sat on his dads chimney with his air rifle
the bugger fell down the chimney with resulting mess and thrashing of said mate .
we never did see his airgun again

Yes Zee verks fine vith the Trex

Yes a very vigorous ferment blew the airlock out so had to fit the blow off tube .

Thanks for the tale there Nobby rebooted the memory cell

Come on Nobby tell us how it got its name
I should know but cant remember

Go through the gate follow the track up and over the hill
down the cows hooves which will be hard as concrete
follow track into woods
reappear in B A

only a complete fool could get lost here

Lol some good uns remembered there

Mine is bubbling away nicely now

Frog-gods sake will someone buy me a Firkin

Fox n Firkin was the first of the pubs I went to .
good food and beer with live music on :D

Yes I had it when I was 17 ended up looking like a monk or max wall
Drs said it was a nervous disorder and nothing they could do dont worry about it it will most likely grow back . Great news to tell a 17 year old male in the prime wild oat season

a year later I changed jobs to working in a quarry and had to wear hard hats and might have been less stressful sure enough it grew back over the next year or so

That was 40 years ago but now male pattern baldness has struck

This is where I got the recipe
Dogbolter

Was there a month ago and hired a mountain bike to explore
had a great time but very hot so early morning it needs to be .
Greek maps are not great but hard to get lost.

It sure will

Yes you would need to learn to sharpen it but it would make you look the part

one of these will be better than a bow saw
Crosscut saw

Bike24 have them in stock along with the hope 150mm hubs

http://www.bike24.com/1.php?content=13&search=bluto
and fast delivery when I got mine

Not so much shat myself but a shitting at work story.

We were working in a city center shop which due to it being refitted had no toilet on the day we were there
So desperate to park the night befores curry my mate suggested i go to Mcdonalds and use their bog so off I trotted only to find them closed for cleaning
Clenched the butts up and waddled back still very desperate and had an idea do it in a bucket in the back of my van parked outside .
So popped some brow paper in the bucket and emptied into it the stink was pretty bad so wrapped it up with tape and popped it in a litter bin outside the shop .

Anyways while we were having a brew and watching the folks go past along comes a tramp picking up ciggies and he goes for a look in the bin only to remove my parcel and pop it into his carrier bag and amble off 8O

Ton you may be surprised
a fatty with the semislicks is pretty good and comfy too

Sorry for the small hijack
ChrisE whats the riding like around Oberstdorf
cos we are going there in sept

Here is mine

Large frame
1 x 10 speed with Hope 40t expander ring on
zee mech
on one fatty wheelset
Fatty tyres tubeless
Hope 32 Retainer ring on Holzfeller cranks
Hope headset
Hope brakes 200 front 180 rear
Hope stem
Ragley bars

weight is 16 kg ish

Rides very nice on the few ride its done so far.

The scumbag group who watched the tour outside Addingham and just walked away from a right mess of beer bottles / tins / food wrappers

Thousands of folks there but only one pod of selfish wtast

Mrs T went and started bagging it up and was joined by lots of others in seconds so it was nice and tidy when the cleanup van came along .

Yes they have used the wrong gripperrods you can get short / medium / and long pin gripper .

Medium is ok for 90% of carpets
dont let them bash the pins down as that will lock the carpet on to them and cause damage if you ever take it up to decorate .

Flooring fitter for the last 35 years

Good.
the fantastic maelsrom of people on the col de Cringles today
Good the fantastic work of the folks trying to keep us and the riders safe

the great weather
the awesome spectacle of the tour in yorkshire

has two days of great cycling on a never to be repeated event
this morning i rode the wrong way on the steeton bypass with my dog in the middle of two lanes and no cars it was bliss.
been a fantastic weekend of sport