didnt like dalbeatie much, maybe i was having a bad day

nothing worse than a brake happy guy on the motorway, tapping his brake every few minutes, instead of just leaving a bit more room

March there are very few tris, although the Grizedale Duathlon may be just up your street, thats on March the 13th

April, there is the Skipton tri (its a sprint) and is very good (i will be doing it) thats north yorkshire and is on the 17th or there is another sprint distance, the kendal tri on the 24th April

may 22nd is the keswick mountain festival tri, another good event

or in june you have the capenwray sprint tri (i will be doing this one as well) another great event, with the swim being in the cleanest water in the UK

Hope that helps

not done a day in the lakes, but from what i have heard it is a tough one, you mention that the Antwerp 70.3 is further, if you mean that Antwerp is further then you are right, however in terms of race distance they are both “middle distance”

What month do you want to do your Tri in?,

85mm for portraits …Sweet lens

the faster the better

You obviously have a fitness base so no worries, get yourself a signed into one and get a training plan, it will be tough but definitely doable.

I am doing IM UK, local to me, but you are spoilt for choice with

The Outlaw
IM Wales
Challenge Henley

See you in the water!

exposure, test them in store, you will see why

budget about 150 notes

is it relevant to add that i will be using an ipod

i have a phone number

02392314811

the wooden drop is easy once you have done it, but its a lot steeper than the pic shows.

I wimped out a few times, but now ace it every time after coming down the descent prior to it.

@ cynic-al

I dont do night rides as such but do ride in the dark, head out at 5 ish for a few hours.

Its Ace

I prefer riding on my own (at night or day) something about the solitude. Anyway on a recent ride I stumbled into a gypsy camp with about 20 blokes stood round some burning trash all pi££ed. Made a sharp exit with a few of them shouting at me.

Nice work Grum, i am local to you and know the midland well, thats a great shot.

i am a photographer as well (weddings)

Dibbs – Member
is 1:25 000 available in the garmin 705 or garmin 800

705, No, 800, Yes.

Can you point to it please dibbs, i can only see 1:50 000

Birds eye satellite imagary looks cool though

is 1:25 000 available in the garmin 705 or garmin 800

cant seem to get confirmation

go halves

can someone tell me what bundle i need to be able to see minor roads and also mountain bike on bridleways footpaths etc

looks like a good bit of kit

thanks Andy, doing regensburg

my hope front and rear skewers always came loose, my back wheel once came off completely whilst i was riding a skinny – Binned em !

The various torches strapped to helmets are like Skodas. Everyone who has one always goes on about how its really a VW and just as good/powerful but cheaper.

The shed built lights are like Caterhams, super powerful, but a bit raw. Their owners will go on about how you don’t need the frills of the big brands.

Lights like Exposures are the equivalent of a BMW. No comprimises, they are the best. I guess not everyone apreciates this, but at least theres a choice for everyone.

Possibly the most sense anyone has made on STW – well put !

get me home function?
whats that about?

nespresso all the way

got it from my LBS, They matched the price at Winstanleys (which was the cheapest i could find)

Just got one (and a diablo), nothing to compare against but as far as i am concerened its brilliant !!!!

2011 maxx d on full

we use “zetafax”

some pics of my attempt at the three passes (solo)

Let us know how you get on and share the pics

Start of gatescarth pass

gatescarth pass cont.

The trail down the other side of gatescarth

Nan bield starts !

Down the other side

is that first pic as steep as it looks?

where is it?

I would like to second the service aspect, they have been first class.

If you have an issue you can ring and speak to a real person, issues were sorted straight away

Threads are always better with Pics

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2011 Maxx D and Diablo on full

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Got a 2011 maxx d and a 2011 diablo, portable sun.

use them for road and MTB

A previous poster said that the toro was a tighter beam pattern, that may have been but Exposure confirmed that for 2011 the beam pattern on toro and maxx d is the same.

Love mine, very happy with the purchase.

there are some good 2010 deals out there, i have seen the joystick for £100

Get one (or two) you wont be dissapointed

Hmm, just come back from there with my Family all i can say is stay away from a restuarant called the red snapper on Koh Samui, made us ill for 7 days.

Not much to do in my opinion for kids that age, except sand sun and sea.

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944 views of my dog, with a shuttlecock on his nose

Doing Regensberg 2011, also not much chance of a kona slot for me in my age group, maybe in a few years

2 of our club members are there now, lucky barstewards!

Broke mine before, as previos poster has said its amazing how much of your body is connected to it, gang it hurt

(broke mine after a bit too much to drink and thought i could do a somersault off a wall)

x what?

Seriously dude, et out and clean your bike or something, better still go for a night ride, but dont, please DONT waste precious moments of your life, watching that drivel!

Nespresso, no mess no fuss, and great coffee

Great route

Look at my thread here

i was going down the inside of the traffic as thats where the big red cycle lane is, was doing about 15mph, just didnt expect him to turn left, he was stationary in the queue and obviously got impatient so wanted to nip down a rat run. (he didnt indicate)

Yes i am a triathlete, the bars stay on all the time, i dont actually commute, i was coming back from a ride, ironicly i had my maxx d on the bike, but it was off which is what led me to thinking about if i had it on flash in daylight, might i have not hit him.

I am now a lot more carefull going down the inside of traffic 😉

and how can you mangle a shifter and a mech with no damage elsewhere??

I was going down the inside of a long queue of stationary traffic, one guy decided he wasnt going to wait in the traffic so swung hard left into a side road, we collided, my hands were on the hood, broke his wing mirror with my hand, dented the side of his car and the derraillier was pushed against the side of the car.

Not a huge amount of visible damage, but 11 speed has very little tolerances and the bike shop could not get it to index correctly, turns out some of the internal gubbins were damaged

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