Coniston Old Hall. Let us on as an unbooked stag party on a June weekend. Did have to pay a damage/noise bond but no problem getting it back. Think we were the quietest people there!! Short walk to Coniston for pubs or head to the lake shore for your own party.

Used to love my Hayes Stroker Ryde brakes until some scroat nicked my bike. Found they had lots of feel and could control them really well. Replacement bike came with some sub-Deore Shimano brakes which I absolutely hate for their total lack of feel and modulation.

Dent free Sigg bottles just look wrong.

I’m sure you’re mistaken about how it acquired the dent. Surely you were doing a mahoosive drop off when you crashed and the botte was in your backpack at the time!!

Why BMI doesn’t work!

http://www.maa.org/external_archive/devlin/devlin_05_09.html

Snowcard, Dogtag, js insurance, tgic-online.com and Harrison Beaumont are the ones I’ve used in the past mainly for kayaking though but pretty sure they’ll do MTB too. Never had to claim though.

If you’re in the BMC or join the BMC then their travel insurance is very highly regarded.

I’m struggling to see why you think this is a story you need to tell us all.

You walked into a bar which had PEOPLE in it. Maybe you could have had an interesting and engaging conversation with some of them. A few might even ride mountain bikes and you could have compared notes on the gnarliest trail you’ve ridden and how much suspension you’ve got.

OP

As part of your CBT research contact your local hospital psychology dept and ask if they’re running any “Stress Control” courses. It’s a sort of CBTlite course which looks a bit at depression but concentrates mainly on anxiety – a common feature of depression. It’s a series of 6 ‘evening’ lectures. West Lothian get 80-100 attendees and run them every couple of months.

I found it helpful as I did it just before my CBT group treatment and was able to hit the ground running as some of the techniques and info had helped me to start changing the way I was thinking/feeling which the CBT course then consolidated and built on.

Good luck and sending positive thoughts your way.

There is some very good background info about sleeping bags on the needle sports website

Can’t tell from your username whether you’re male or female but with regard to comfort levels be aware that on average females sleep colder than males so will require a warmer sleeping bag than males to stay comfortable at the same external temp. My wife’s summer sleeping bag is rated down to -10. If the temp is anywhere near 0 she steals my -20 bag.

Down sleeping bags are more comfortable over a wider rang of temps compared to synthetics. Down sleeping bags generally last longer and are less bulky than synthetics for the same amount of warmth.

Features to look for are neck/shoulder baffles with a drawcord hood as these give you quite a bit of temp control. Zip baffles to prevent cold air coming through the zip and an anti snag strip behind the zip to prevent it snagging the baffles or inside of the sleeping bag. If buying down look for down that’s been treated to make it resistant to moisture also check the material for water resistance. This helps protect the down from moisture which reduces it’s insulating properties. This is less important for synthetic sleeping bags as they’re less affected by water.

Sleeping bags get more expensive as they get warmer, lighter, more compressible, more durable/hard wearing and the number of features they have. You’ll need to choose which of these are important to you and how much you want to pay to select the sleeping bag which is right for you.

Makes with a good reputation are Rab, mountain equipment, north face, mountain hardware, snugpak, mammut.

Sorry – think I misunderstood what you were asking

If you’re in Scotland then put your moving date in the offer. This date is then fixed as soon as missives are concluded which should happen within a week or two of your offer. Then you know exactly what’s happening and if the new house isn’t ready then that’s a problem for your vendor and the developer and nothing to do with you.

We have one as the previous owners installed it. Absolute pain in the arse and would never recommend one. Wish we could afford to replace it with a normal bath.

Jacuzzi/bubble thing is not relaxing so we don’t use it. Still have to clean it with jacuzzi bath cleaner or a dishwasher tablet. Despite this you still find yourself sat in a bath with bits of biofilm/mould floating around you which grow in the jets.

May be less of a pain if you use the jets regularly and clean it regularly but wouldn’t want the water bill for this.

Have a look at outdoorwales.co.uk.

They don’t have any on their website at the mo but they certainly used to do them

I’ve got another one!!

I’ll email it to your profile email!

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Catostrophising

I’m sure this is only a word invented by CBT psychotherapy people to help cheer up the depressed people they’re treating when they can’t say it!!

Edit: Can’t spell it either!

skindog – where’s the black xc route at Inners? – I’ve only ever found the red one.

I had a similar problem when fitting some shimano brakes then realised I had the mount adapter upside down so I’d recommend checking this

Heard good things about these guys.

http://www.taylermadeadventures.co.uk/

Thats the problem – do I spend £400 to end up with a pretty decent hardtail or do I spend £900 on my first full suss.

What will give me the most fun – carrying on with what I know or developing my skills/riding on a full suss?

Visit the forums at bleeping computer.com. Start off in the “am I infected” forum. Someone there will be able to help you. They were great when I had to get rid of ZeroAccess RootKit.

We used these guys after the new year gales 2 years ago. Very reasonably priced quality work

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Been using Bridgestone A001’s for the last 3 years to replace Michelin Energy. Brilliant in the wet and on snow/ice/slush. Never had a problem in the dry either. Drove out to the Alps last summer with them and couldn’t find anything to complain about. They get me round corners, help me set off and stop without skidding. What more do you want a tyre to do?

If you have a Tom Farmer Autocare near you I’ve always found them cheapest for these tyres.

Shame to lose a bike shop in Edinburgh but just think there’s a lot of bike shops very close together in that part of Edinburgh. Macdonalds was the only one I’ve had bad service in so I never went back. (They tried to sell me a small Giant TCX as the right size for me – I’m over 6 foot!!). With there being so much choice locally there’s no reason to give them a second chance.

Another Wigan pie joke for you…

What is the definition of a balanced diet in Wigan?

A pie in each hand!!

You can’t beat a steak pie from mhor in Callander.

We were there in Feb last year and stayed in Finkenberg. We found the buses to be useless from Mayrhofen upto Finkenberg. They were pretty frequent until the lifts shut then they drop to 1 per hour and stopped at 7 or 8. Some buses are incl in your lift pass and some aren’t but you must be in your ski kit and with skis or board or you’ll get charged or maybe not depending on the driver.

Not sure what’s in Ramsau but Finkenberg had maybe 3 bars/restaurants which get a bit repetitive. Going into mayrhofen meant a taxi as the buses were too irregular and didn’t run late.

Skiing at the hintertux glacier is awesome as was zell am ziller but poor buses make it a chore. Wasn’t that impressed by the skiing in mayrhofen itself. I wouldn’t go back.

If you’re willing to drive out as far as Wrightington have a look at the high moor and the corner house.

Thermarest. Still using the thermarest UltraLite I’ve had since the early 90’s. Still as comfortable just doesn’t self inflate as quick as it used to. Wife had an UltraLite which delaminated after 5 years. Replaced with a brand new ProLite no quibbles. I’ve used mine on snow, ice and been warm enough but some people may prefer the thicker one. ProLite packs down even smaller than the UltraLite. The TraiLite used to be the next thickness up and wasn’t that much bigger than the UltraLite when packed. Think the model names have probably changed since the model names I’ve used.

Thermarest are expensive but IMO worth it.

Kodak ESP5250 here. Had it 4-5 years. Used a lot works well. Router downstairs, printer upstairs. Don’t use it for photos but normal print quality is fine. Don’t know about emailing to it – never felt the need.

Newbridge is right under the flight path so can be noisy!!

Depends on what facilities you want in the village you live in. If you want trendy bars/restaurants then S Queensferry is probably best. Most of the other places mentioned have a couple of shops and maybe a takeaway and pub of variable quality/character. The advantage of living on the western outskirts of Edinburgh is that the motorways and ring road are really easy to get to for getting away compared to living in the centre when it’ll take you 30mins just to get to the outskirts.

Kirkliston or Ratho

Think she was dismissed for bringing the firm into disrepute which probably comes under gross misconduct.

Tweeting about knocking cyclists off when some of the partners (bosses)are evidently quite keen cyclists doing sponsored rides for the air ambulance whilst wearing kit emblazoned with the company name/logo is possibly not the wisest career move. They also do quite a lot of sponsoring running events in Norfolk so the attitude expressed in the tweet was generally quite incompatible with the image the firm wished to project to the general public.

Blackburn Mars 4.0 currently £12.99 at Coventry Cycle Centre

It’s a symptom of a crap battery. Think it was explained somewhere earlier in this thread or one of the other threads about this light.

You’ve effectively got the battery for free anyway so splash the cash on a decent battery from smudge or torchy.

If you don’t mind a bit of weight and synthetic insulation have a look at the Snugpak website. Their Softie bags are really highly regarded.

Ajungilak bags are also pretty good.

I’m pretty sure Swiss Rail does a return ticket which also entitles you to 50% off any other train tickets you buy. Is worth it if you’re doing any other train journeys.

Look up Swiss travel system.com

Could she be suffering from depression. An inability to talk about problems without getting upset can be one of the effects of depression.

Think us mountain bikers only have ourselves to blame for the increased enforcement of parking charges at Glentress. If more than 10%* of visitors had paid for their parking then maybe it wouldn’t have been deemed necessary to start enforcing it.

* this is the figure I heard on the rumour mill so may or may not be correct