ooooh, thread hijack. Anyone one here have tunein Pro? Does it allow you to set how long the radio alarm stays on for? (normal version its just 15 minutes)

thanking you.

people who use 3G to listen to music make me upset.

for why Oliver, for why?

How do you know when someone is a singlespeeder?

They just spent 15 minutes telling you about it.

That said I do want to SS one of my bikes and see what its like. I’m halfway there, I did away with my front mechs.

No, trains… sorry.

Here’s how I think of it.

Going to a trail centre – a good one* is like a track day, for a bike – where in this metaphor the PROW network, is the roads. When on those, you must be sensible, show consideration to other, obey some rule and generally (though not always – not hoon about too much).

Trail centres are where you can hoon, pin, etc – you don’t have to slow up for doddery walkers, there aren’t gates and fields. You can ride it fast and assume that anyone round the corner will be on the look out for you, and step off the trail**. Its a place to go for thrills, or maybe just because if well made, they’re weather proof and you can ride when all else has turned to slop. Living where I live I would hate not to be able to ride custom made trails.

*my definition used to be a trail centre that is either in Scotland, or has NO CAFE/FACILITES – eg Machno, Stainburn, Gisburn etc. Those in the know will have spotted my problem. Gisburn is about to get a cafe… this is disappointing. I should, really, strike it firmly from my list. But I like it. So we shall see what happens next time I go there. Will it feel there same? I might just pretend the VC doesn’t exist and still park at Tosside. I understand the point above about depressing. Dalby VC carpark, with its procession of people numbly spinning out of the carpark and into the woods on the zig zag line, takes a wonderful and liberating hobby, and makes it feel like going round Ikea. This is why I feel very privileged to live 20 minutes from Stainburn. From the car park there are 6 directions you can head in. It feels more spontaneous, and free.

**yes you should ride within limits and be able to stop, but that’s different to it being likely you will need to stop – an emergency stop can be ungraceful on a trail where on a PROW it shouldn’t really be threatening/unnerving to other users.

I was a bit meh about this thread from the title, as I’m in the same situation as the OP. Kept busy, went trail building, meeting mates in pub shortly… But I find myself thinking about it when there isn’t anything to do…

As above, you don’t know when you won’t get to do it again, ever. Glad I’ve 8 had months though, few months afterwards I would have struggled.

Food, beer, etc.

Oddly I mostly can’t be bothered with Plenny, it was all braking bumps when we were there. Les Linderats FTW, could spend all day there, it’s like a little bike utopia.

plusnet FTW here…

Sauce no, but splash some wine in the pan, and move it around with a spoon to get the meatiness and reduce. and poor on the side if you don’t want it on your steak, or soak some bread in it. Otherwise you will be wasting meatiness, and the meat police will come for you in the night.

oh really… worth knowing… #strokes evil chin#

Suppose it means manufacturing less different parts etc.

Stanchions likely different length.

Oh I read the daily mail comments I wish I hadn’t done that…

S2 pretty much as good as you’re ever going to need? (and smaller)

Kudos for building a trail thank you, but maybe “chicken line” is a bit patronising?!

Chicken line/run is the common colloquial term referring to the go-around for technical features. Not a dig at individuals, just the word that’s used.

My Eyes!

dog trouser?

Kitchen Aid, it looks like a 50s Ray Gun, job done.

That’s not a rant, thats a frump.

For a frump I give it 6 out of ten 10.

{10/10 being “God I hate you its so unfair”)

<devils advocate>
Only because the leftwing bias in the [*whatever] means that decent thinking conservative views are effectively banned by the marxist junta that runs [whatever].

*STW, the BBC, your local library, primary school where they want teach your child pro european gayness!!!

</devils advocate>

😉

That might do it… depends who’s about. At work today so a good argument might pass the time.

They come over here with their bloody newts.

flying Scotsman .

+1 still a brilliant films after prob 5 or 6 viewings

^that pub he said.

I put it on a virtual machine, couldn’t even close things when I managed to open them. Got so angry I gave myself a headache. Deleted – got on with my life, never regretted.

Birthdays was a card store, and maybe that – is their world famous ‘Rock’ design?

Park at the pub, a lot of tooing and froing, so should be reet. As of 2 weeks time, new carpark opens at gis with cafe, and that should be fine also.

Pretty sure swoopy is a red with a black option at the end.

FS can be nice for joy riding at gis, but HT will be just fine.

up and down, dropper post or leave yer seat down and mash everything. Hope line is closed but its a bit overrated IMO. Stop at tosside and go to the bike friendly pub.

Its a bit knackers in places but generally a great trail with many rocks.

Amazon Warehouse can be good. I got my 380 netbook down to 220 due to a tiny scratch on one corner that I really had to look for and quickly surpassed.

I can do both, but only badly and would look cooler if I just didn’t try…

Mountain biking rule #27; never buy anything with bearings from superstar components

*does not apply to pedals.

Porridge Coffee Snot.

Does it say service? or oil change?

But in all honesty no-one keeps those schedules.

Well I use a hose pipe on the lowers and on the arch. Always avoid the seals (shield with hand when hosing the arch) and just to be anal where the crown and stanchions meet.

Also I’ve seen neglected forks still working pretty well and when opened up have much crap inside… Would not have thought it would kill them, as much as cause accelerate wear on parts… I’m just an amateur fork fettler though. I was once told off by TF for jet washing and forcing water in on a service sheet, which miffed me tbh. When doing my own forks I always look for water in the oil by way of judging any need for seal replacement, only ever found it when I expected it on neglected ones, suspect seals.

I just love Bjork, if you like that get Medulla, my fave of her albums

“Shipbuilding” for me too. I like the Hue and Cry version

Costello is ‘the’ version for me, but a great song.

take the url out of the brackets and you should be away. 🙂

my melancholy moments have all been fueled by John grant recently the big lovely beardy guy.

Was it the volunteers or the FE who rebuilt the climb out of the trees up to the crag? I wanted to hug someone when I first rode it after the horrific mess that used to be there.

Agree about building new bits, volunteer numbers can suffer if too much time is spent doing repair works feels more like free labour than rewarding trail creation, and you can’t always shove new features in, sometimes it just needs to be ‘trail’ (thinking of the climb up to the blue berms). Still not been to ride the swoopy setion, will be up soon, looking forward to it!

yup, Spent 130 last week.

No Haribos.

In fairness some bits of gisburn are falling apart, but they are the contractor built bits and the main problem is (imo) lack of trail edging, the volunteer built bits hold up much better. Its still a great and enjoyable trail centre, and they have a high attendance of regular trail builders that enables them to really get stuff done. The recent repairs to the middle of homebaked are the sort of thing they’ll probably have to spend this year focusing on having completed the new trail swoopy bit. Encouragement and appreciation are a good thing to give people who spend their sundays in the rain for your enjoyment.

amen, round here you get you hopes up, but its not as dry as you think, and it its not dry its still sloppy as hell. Bipolar trail conditions.