need a plumber Ambrose – leeks everywhere??? :wink:

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suppose depends how far from the bright lights you wnat to be?

St Davids hotel in Cardiff bay? pricey but your misses would love it

or Celtic manor some good deals there too at moment

or the travel inn at Methyr and go to the local beauty parlour for treatments and be quids in :wink:

ok I know I am panicking a tad but feeling the pressure of my team giving me grief if we don't get in :(

HAHA only joking.

fair play to the folk who drive there true commitment to the cause, if I did that the misses would definaltely think I had a bolt loose lol.

OH well see what this week brings.

When do you know if you get in or not??

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The server wouldn't cope. It's the same reason all really popular events (Fred Whitton Challenge etc) use post, it's the easiest and fairest way of doing it. Last year the organiser of the Fred Whitton had people driving to his house but he stopped that this year by announcing he'd take in all entries then have a random draw out of all received entries.

I guess so as it's a popular event, but you get where I am coming from?

Just don't like sending cheques out – what if they cash it and I we don't get a team spot – what a hassle trying to get money back – much safer if credit card/paypal/bacs linked on an online entry

just my thoughts

Same as popular rock concerts/festivals etc, they manage online entry ok, true maybe bigger budgets and all.

On the other hand nice to use "old fashioned" methods I guess and adds to the excitement if we do get a team spot.

alpin – the cheek of it!!!

Happy St David's day my fellow Taffy's

going to sample a pint of Butty Bach later to celebrate :wink:

form downloaded, signed all legit, and in post for delivery tomorrow, just hope royal snail delivers as have let me down in the past :?

eagarly waiting confirmation of a team spot.

Wish you could do it on-line be so much easier and maybe instantaneious for acceptance into event like majority of other enduro type events I have entered in the past!!??!!

for the craic maybe?? :wink:

going to trust royal snail as no chance of getting to Derby with work I've got on this week.

Really hoping we get a team place :wink:

MMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmm love red things

tidy ta just got some conti mountain kings for £12 each mint :D

dont forget a Zesty, just got mine and I love it fast and easy to boss about.

5's are just uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggggggggglyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

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perhaps we should start a perfect post ride pie thread?? :wink:

shop bought

homemade with methodology/ingredients

:lol:

Philby – Member
Don't tell everybody about them otherwise they might become too popular and the quality will go down

Hope you had the mash and gravy with them as well!

Haha yep had the works with mushy peas too :P

even contemplated mail order but will just sample a few now and again when working in Bristol – dont want to return to "the one who ate all the pies" :lol:

but cracking pies to get porky on :wink:

any that involve singing – well that's all of them then!!!!

frikken hate adverts!!!!

Dirtynap – I don't really expect anyone to find it unless they stumble across it after a tumble maybe

If I can be bothered I'll rinse my kit off before bunging it in the machine or I wang it in straight out of tug bucket before the misses notices, then just wipe door seals down and voila clean kit :-)

just a pain in the arse you can't tumble dry most mtb gear :cry: so always draped over rads etc

keep your eyes peeled and the jelly babies are yours :wink:

couldgetacarforthat – whatever floats your boat – bag of jelly babies maybe :wink:

At Cwmcarn today nice and quiet, trails ok bit icy/snowy but still ok, going to be well dodgy rest of the week if it freezes as all singletrack climbs were starting to ice over.

Good fun though :D

have the lasagne it's top :wink:

had to bring the bike into kitchen on Thursday night to defrost the ice of the cassette/mech/spuds etc 8O

managed to clear up and get bike locked up in garage before valleymummy surfaced otherwise she may have found my other 2 bikes in the garage she doesn't know about :wink:

out tomorrow to do Skyline if snow doesn't reapppear tonight.

Wish I had done the Gap ride today though will be awesome up there today

A new trail (to me) we stumbled across on last nights ride – ended popping out of forest outside Top Club Cwmaman – awesome, even in the snow :D

they have a 14 day return policy but if it's a quality complaint take it back – not fit for purpose etc

good luck fella

just won £30 on office sweepstake – go Stacey

Lapierre manual recommends changing bars and stem every 12 months

overkill maybe?

as midlifecrashes says Shimano dual controls would be perfect for you.

I've used them and they are so simple to use, miss them on my Zesty for sure

done it loads, but our 2 girls used to long trips in car, as rellees in Scotland.

Think about a lie down car seat, like a Jane MAtrix type as not good for little 'uns to sit up for long periods seemingly.

Second window blinds or tints (sometimes dodgy abroad) blinds a safer bet.

Aircon is a must too to keep you all sane

Samsonite baby pod tent is what we used, packed really small and looker really comfy too

Good luck Hora

Del if Pukz doesn't take it off your hands I definately will, looks ideal for group meets etc??????

if he does buy it off you can you send me info how to make one???

my email in my profile

thanks

Pete

twirl for me with an expresso on the side – lush

tries a snickers more nuts at a moment of weakness the other day – recommended :wink:

sometimes simply a Mars bar

why is there a chocolate ban in my house???????????????????????? :cry:

Just changed my Genius for a Zesty and wow I love it Zesty feels so nimble and quick in comparison, just wants to be ridden faster :P

My Genius was/is awesome downhill though, strong and dependable just point and go where as I can seem to "float" a bit more on the Zesty.

i'm not in a club but use mtb-wales for local rides meeting folk all over South Wales area getting to ride lots of varied trails. Mint

It'll be fine, I went around there 2 weeks ago a tiny touch mucky in places but then it is Feb.

I'm sure after 2 weeks of fairly dry weather it'll be nie on bone dry.

I did a night ride at Cwmcarn on Thursday and was amazed it was like high summer quite dusty it was a nice change having dusty stantions :lol:

Weather looks great today – there will be no rain – Derek says so!!!

depends what the car is who did the repair and does it have any warranty??

personally I wouldn't risk it, would fancy being in a motorway pile up in a car that's already been crashed.

If you've got kids surely it's not worth the risk even if you're saving a bundle

If it's only a day in just give them time.

Your new dog is also still getting used to her new environment so give her a week to get used to your house and all the new smells etc.

You don't say how old they are as they may have not established who is top dog yet.

Maybe one good scrap and then they will decide who is boss and then thing will settle down as a good pair of mutts.

Imagine if you were put in a room with someone you didn't know maybe you would be a bit guarded too judging who was going to take the lead.

So in short give them time to settle and they'll be ok

sure have rOcKeTdOg, got to keep my first new bike in 20 years looking good that's why the moan.

Even with cleaning they still look grubby :?

Going to swop them to black pretty soon me thinks

I'll put some arrows in my camelbak and strap the bow to the crossbar!!!

oops sorry took a serious approach to my answer :oops:

So take a silver bullet with you for the Weirwolf and fire it out of your arris when your spinning away from the hairy monster :?

:lol:

You'll have a blast, I love night riding.

Definately if you're riding alone take it easy and tell someone where you are going and roughly how long you will be – seriously, as a group we've had a few crashes on night rides and if I/we were on our own it wouldn't have been funny!! 1 guy slipped right to the bottom of the stream, down the steep bank on the first climb on the Cwmcarn XC course, took 3 of us to pull him and his bike back up!!

He was ok but a tad shaken and now skips that bit by scooting up the fire road!!

But do get out there and have fun