I’m insured with Admiral and they are the most unprofessional outfit I have ever come across! Was involved with some wildlife early this year and had to have some repairs (new bumper) used their approved garage and its been back 3 times to get the job done properly (over a month without my car) last time they returned my car they were caught speeding in it!!! To put it mildly I wasn’t best pleased!!

What ever you do don’t let Admiral repair your car!!!!

Cheers Teetosugars… Have you used them before?

They don’t have any off the peg so have dropped them an email to see if they can do anything!?

Giant OCR Compact Road bike lucking in the background too!!

Cracking weekend!!! Man that was hot and fast course!!!

Aye back there again this year as a pairs 12 :)

Lost my wing man at last years event when he took a big fall and then spent the rest of sat eve in A&E… New wing man prob still going to be quicker than me haha

If this weather holds could be a classic this year!!??

Donk –

Those portland design works ones look well sturdy, i presume they are bike specific tho…?

Not that I’m aware but they are not cheap and had to fudge them on due to the bike having disc brakes… Very sturdy being alloy too!

Ya triple too… not a fashion victim :)

lots of muppets on bikes :)

Had a similar issue with xtr callipers and hope floating rotors.. in the end changed the rotors :)

This thread needs more pictures!!!

Was just behind a guy in a Beyond Bikes jersey? Who crashed below the cottage bit and thought he had bust his collar bone .A girl stopped to help and someone pushed his bike back while I went to call a medic .Does anyone know who and how he is ?

Edric.. That would be my race partner for Bonty :)

Had to take Roy to A&E that evening and after x-rays he was turned away with just painkiller as had ruptured a tendon in his shoulder that requires surgery closer to home!!! Now home been told a week before he can be operated on!!!!???

Ah we were riding well in mens pairs 12 but my right hand man had such a heavy crash resulting in him rupturing a tendon in his shoulder ;-/

Spent most of late sat eve in A&E to be told they couldn’t do much for him as needs surgery!!

Must say really enjoyed the event this year and the course was so nice and fast!!! excellent work once again..

Nice bike xcstu What year/spec?

Cheers Danno

Frames a 2010 slo advanced with fox rp23… I picked it up secondhand with SRAM xx on but changed to my preferred xtr groupset / brakes… Fox f series rlc forks. Thomson stem / seatpost.. Gobi carbon railed saddle.. Mavic crossmax slr wheel set.. Chris king headset & bottom bracket… Ergon grips/barends…. Schmolke carbon handlebars… Xt pedals… Racing Ralph tyres :)

Used to have a rather nice sc superlight but changed to an anthem! much nicer bike to ride which I tend to use for epics! but still my fav bike is my stumpy s works but that is a HT

Well you may grumble about the size of your boxes from CRC but our Boris was very happy!!!

Even if a tight squeeze haha

I normally start at the Denbies vineyard in Dorking (easy parking if in a car and free) and cycle up towards Ranmore and then do a loop to peaslake, leigh hill and back!

on the bike :)

^^^ Thats more like Rachel Atherton!!??

Here’s mine but pretty much my back up bike to my hardtail!

My pro 3 were faultless… Highly rate with open pro!

We have 2 Alfa’s at the moment :)

Lovely cars to drive and the comments you get from total strangers!! One note if your buying secondhand to do your homework on services and how well they have been treated… My 159 2.0 has had a few hiccups and the DPF has now been removed and mapped due to the previous owner choking it up ;-/

mrphil: yes eps or ai files ready with cutters…

Wreacker: I’m with you Slikgraphics never got back to me :(

Globalti: will def give them a try :)

some example what I had done previously…

graphic on the bash guard:

Fork decals:

Cheers anyone will look into these :)

I’m actually pretty gutted missing this one this year.. new baby due the week after and couldn’t risk letting the team down…

Shame the weather is turning as always.. sure will be much better than eastnor for damp conditions!!

Noticed on the emails from organiser they are advising not to follow your tom toms when close to the event!!

Saris Bones is no mine :)

+1 for Honda pcx..

I use mine from chertsey to Trafalgar Square but also cycle too!! Scooter about 25-30mins quicker than the road bike!!

mmm my old defy had a 11-28 with Ultegra rear mech.. reckon maybe 30t would be fine but maybe not 32t!??

+1 ya I enjoyed this too :)

I think out of your list above don’t think there is a bad brake set there!? I run xtr and they are just faultless and powerful braking :)

Recently became an Alfa owner but in the 159 ti sportwagon flavour… Love it to bits the bikes only go on the outside haha… It has the slightly newer 2.0 170bhp instead of the 1.9 or 2.4…. Better gear box and (touchwood) a lot less reports of issues with the DPF which the 1.9 does suffer!!!

Alfa forum is also a great place for finding common fault to look out for when buying etc!!

http://www.alfaowner.com/Forum/

oh thats lovely !!! is it a Ti version?

Yep 159 Ti Sportwagon :)

Best Estate I’ve owned but it is my first haha… Bikes stay on the outside mind as way too nice inside! All the kit and crap in the boat! So lovely to drive and imo looks the nuts :)

I used to live in Ramsbottom, Lancs and moved down south 5years ago.. It will be a culture shock and quite a bit different cycling down here!! Work in the city but def won’t recommend living there!! horrible place imo :)

Get more for your buck further you go out of town!!! Lived in Kingston and now further a field in Chertsey and cycle to work or use the scooter when tired :) Swinley, Peaslake, South Downs, Chilterns all easy to get too and some nice cycling!

Also joined West Drayton Mountain Bike Club and one of the best things I have done regarding mountain biking down south.. load of trips in UK and aboard, local rides, racing mtb & road… you name it they do it

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Harry Halls in manchester as a kid had the Klien range…. always made a visit to see lol :)

Not quite Tim Gould but he was around the malvern hills classic races :) came across some of these I scanned a while back!!

dave hemmings getting beat in the eliminator

steve peat!

rob warner!!

oh me.. haha

Getting a bit older but still doing the business :)

Holy smoke.. big respect for getting back on the bike after those breaks! ouch!!!

prob not in the price bracket but always liked the look of the niners :)

Found them to be totally S@*t!!

Over the years foolishly made probably 4 orders and out of 4 zero product and an array of excuses and delayed money refunds!!

rjhazell .. You order a blue breath.. get a life in maroon!! if your happy far play… one of the few to get an order honoured even though it wasn’t what you ordered first!