Get a degree and teach at HE level. No need for teaching qualification and loads of holidays. ;)

If determined to teach younger people, get a BEd rather than a PGCE – to my mind it looks more like a career choice decision than a “what can I do after my pointless degree?” decision…

What do I know though? Did a BEd and then spent 9 years in the Aerospace industry!

:)

Move out of Nottingham. There’s no hills. Makes downhilling difficult.

:)

Sorry – not much help there.

:)

Have a Spoon on the road bike, and ride quite a lot of miles on it without padding in the week with no trouble, even from new. Must be down to individual backside shapes I reckon!

Bay Window Camper van – I have one for sale if you’re interested ;)

What’s the deal with Hemlock – is that the Hemlock stone? (not lived in Notts for that long you see)

Dr Adams – mail me at rtedge at hotmail.com and I’ll share what little wisdom I have re south of the river riding…some good stuff ride-able from Wilford….

I live in Ruddington, just south of the city. Best riding is north of the city. Presume you already ride at Sherwood Pines? Some very nice stuff at Burntstump, Blidworth, Sansom woods and Gravelly Bottom as well. Bits of stuff south of city near me near Gotham.

As per druidh – the Superstar one’s are great. They seem really well built and good quality. Had some since the end of the summer and had no probs.

No worries – I recommend you include Jenkins Crag as a ‘back into Ambleside’ bit if you can.

Great riding all round Ambleside…

Peter – I’ll post you my copy of the vertebrate book for the Lakes if you want to borrow it?

Rich

Drop me a mail if so..

rtedge (at) hotmail.com

Exactly – hence my question! :)

CaptainFlashheart and mickyfinn…

Would you by and chance *cough* know anywhere I could get a copy of the Nobody Said it Was Easy? Been looking for ages since I snapped my cassette copy! The featured the ex-touring bass player from the Cult, who was also in Zodiac Mindwarp, from memory didn’t they?

rtedge at hotmail.com

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I’m going too…strangely not that excited.

There’s no way that One is the best Metallica track ever, let alone the best metal song ever. (IMO)

Prefer the Cliff stuff than the badly produced nonsense on Justice ;)

You ought to check out the Aussie MT mags – really good quality. They even have a magazine called Enduro, strangely(!) all about Enduro riding

That red devil has mucho levitation skills methinks…

hmm..they look OK too…I take it you’ve got some?

brant – sorry I wasn’t being specific about Ti 456s…just a general observation re bikes and marketing.

fair point funkynick, and I was probably being overly harsh. I just think some people too easily repeat what the marketing says.

Peaks is fine to ride on your own. As muffin man said, it’s busier than the local woods for sure.

Where you from? If you want a guide round the best bits one weekend let me know. I’m not local but ride there a lot.

rtedge at hotmail dot com

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Nearly caught me responding to that…

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Ya big troll ;)

cyclelife. Nail, head.

What a load of utter boll@x.

I have a steel 456, which IMO is great bike, but FFS stop using these throwaway, nonsensical, marketing-driven superlatives to describe a bicycle.

I mix with no problem…

Very slippy if wet, especially the rock slab bit near the bottom. It’s a cool descent – pretty hardcore, even in the dry.

Looks like you got some nice local trails there!

Can’t believe how much info there is on there….brilliant

6ft2 on a 20″ with standard stem. Sometimes feel it’s a bit short. Maybe I have monkey arms. Still bloody amazing bike. Makes me smile just to look at it.

:)

Disco Black is gorgeous! Agree re the brake comment though.

Love my 5…..

Enjoy!

Has anyone seen those new Crumpler ones yet? Saw them in the Crumpler shop in Melbourne last week. Not sure of their performance but they look cool as anything!

A large unused metal latch combinnation, suitable for a large shed door or something. Not actually sure why I’ve still got it either :)

Brilliant suggestions – thanks folks. Know a little Seve Reich already through work colleagues, and had forgotten I knew about Mr Glass…will work my way through the recommendations..

Cheers again!

ta

What’s BM please?

olaf….nice description. I’m doing IronBike this year! :)

Forget all this nancy stuff though..what about the Great Divide!?

http://www.2pure.co.uk/Lizard-Skins-Swing-Arm-Protector

or just search for a LS swingarm protector…fits my 5 fine…

The new xc route makes a great night ride…

Where the old dual descender was has been rebuilt and now incorporates some rock feature drop off things…

Pretty good building work so far…

Now I’ve finished I can definately say you are a great writer and a nice bloke to boot! :)

Just reading your blog mate… :) AS I’ve not finished it yet I’m reserving judgement….(in case you turn out to be evil or something ha ha!) So far (15th Sept)you appear to be a top bloke!!

New White Lies album. Like Julian Cope singing with Editors…top stuff!

Given that caffeine can kill you, I’d really not want to be messing around with it. If you’re desparate to have caffeine why not just carry a pack of pro plus with you?

nice rack ;)

Can I hop in here and recommend an ex-racing greyhound. Lovely temprament, sleep most of the time, don’t need nearly as much exercise as people think, make you laugh and can run at 45mph when they can be arsed. Brilliant dogs. We’ve got 3!