Ok cheers, I might ride around selkirk then as I'm on this side.

thanks. I managed to find something suitable obscure.

Anyone?

In fact anything that isn't like the very commercial playlists that a quick google brings up would be great.

Yup too right. That I spend so much time on here reading threads and that its also the first place I come to ask most bike and non-bike related questions shows what a useful thing it is.

Just bought a copy of the mag as well.

What type of wall construction do you have and how old is the window? Is it a house or a flat?

Problems with mould and actual water on the surface of the walls sounds like
condensation.

You could insulate internally but then the solid wall won't benefit from the heat from inside the house which serves to keep it dry it out at some points in the year. This is especially true in a wind swept and wet exposed location.

They don't call solid wall properties "hard to treat" for nothing.

Does he sell badly resprayed bike frames on ebay? (with nice bearings)

My semi-professional opinion is that the damp could be caused by moisture from inside the house, condensing in the cold corner. Most damp patches are caused by this, rather than moisture penetration probs.

The thermal resistance of the house structure in the corner may be lower than the rest of the wall, therefore forming a "cold bridge" which attracts moisture from inside the room.

Increased ventilation might help.

I sit next to someone in the office who might be able to offer a more informed opinion but he's not here very often.

Wasn't it the bloke who won the Singletrack Lee Quarry event back in the summer? Surely that has to be the definitive all round biker event. And he rode the transwales…

Don't think many DHers would stand a chance against some of the XCers, let alone the roadies. Didn't know the Liam Killean road MX tho, he could be in with a shout.

Chris Akrigg

I find Chris Tarrant intensely annoying and apparently he's quite a nasty man as well.

What do you call an Italian with a rubber toe?

Roberto!

Boiler scrappage looks like it's only going to be in England unfortunately.

Very happy with my 2.5k Y reg 1.6 Focus.

I'm gonna make a nice hot chicken curry. Probably have some pickles on the side as well.

"two manky prostitutes and a racist dwarf"

Grasscutter
Nightclubbing PR
Telesales
Cycle courier
Dish washer at posh restaurant
Organic market garden worker
Voluntary work abroad making solar panels out of plastic bottles
Demolition trainee estimator
Waste management researcher (construction)
Renewable energy engineer

Over about 12 years

Sea kayak tomorrow morn for the first time
Road ride sun – http://www.swanseawheelers.org/train.php
Brecfa monday morn.

:)

Josh Ibbot did the transwales as well – does that count as its really just one big lap of mid wales?

ok meeting is full of academics so if i don't shave before hand as well as not washing i should fit right in… :-)

It's a postdoc, ie post-phd, position so the money seems fine.

maybe I'll stay home this weekend then

I'm visiting the Lakes this weekend!

What's is like in Ambleside at the moment? Coming on the train with my bike, so probably biking from Windermere to Ambleside to meet my mates at a cottage we're renting.

Do-able or silly?

That has to be the raddest bike i've ever seen.

go could try asking here:
http://www.newbuilder.co.uk
Lots of knowledgeable construction types on the forum.

Brakeswithface,
Good directions from lemurian there. Lots other good stuff up there. Nice tracks above port tennant on that side as well. Plus three short but fun versions of the DH track.
You can start at any side of kilvey as well. I tend to go up from the morfa side, by the turning for pentrewych(wrong sp).
Happy to show you around the trails as some point as well, I go up with mates on the weekend occasionally jjw1001 at g mail

I got glentress and kilvey. That last shot is probably one of my favourite descents – but then i can see it out of my living room window.
Jonny

Think it'll be ok. Just keep an eye on it and if it does get any bigger or spread then you should stop riding it.

What about all the annoying english people at afan, who pronounce it "A-fan" rather than the correct "a-van"

Yeah definitely worth going up and exploring. There are about 4 separate dh routes (3 going down almost the same section of hill).

Plus lots of other tracks for more xc/trails riding. You can easily put together a good 2 hr ride if you don't mind repeating some of the climbs.

For a total beginner I'd take them to Brecfa and do the green and potentially the blue extension.

Harder to hire bikes out that way though.

Croft no 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ni7r0X7M-o
takes a while to get going but worth it.

well it's been raining all day today so probably go for the nics. Just avoid the worst of the rock

yeah that stuff reeks. taste is ok though and they knock me right out. a bit too much as sometimes the next day is a slow one to start. Go for a weak brew to start with.

Stroma do a shorter course which includes the exam at the same time and is quite a lot cheaper.

http://www.stroma.com/certification-and-training/code-for-sustainable-homes
oops just looked at it and its Code only, worth doing if you can ge tthe work.

Really rare for me to catch any mtb on tv

but on the net I've been getting into freecaster.tv recently.

There'a a lad on here who goes out with a Joy Bringer (who does meridas). More fortunate than unfortunate surely?

Wrong tyres? Probably.

you don't wanna be using smooth narrow tyres for trails like the wall.

You want rocky tyres for rocky trails.