Seeing as the OP asked

I am a wedding photographer and cover that area

my website[/url]

My blog[/url]

To the OP – If you would like to get in touch i can give you a fair bit of insider advice

seems to me the maxx d with a diablo seems to hit the sweet spot

black all the way

I want one

Hands down this[/url] takes it, team it up with this[/url] for the road, and you have an awesome combo

Totally agree with Southern yeti – Flag on car = Chav end of

There i,ve said it.

Hand cramp!

Wht are MTBers so worried about what roadies think, do, say

As a roadie and a mtber, it seems that mtbers have this inane search for acceptance by the roadie community?

fork juice

Doing in a day is doable, i did it on a road bike in 12 hours (155 miles). So your target of 6 am to 8 pm depending on the fitness in your group is within reach

so how long did it take you?

6 iches ?

Just put your weight back and roll over them

Depeding on your travel of course

not bad but this[/url]works out at 2.84 per litre

Bigger up front outlay though

My Name is Kevin, and i have a thing about trail centres – Buy a map and ride the natural stuff.

Fantastic, thanks for taking the time to share

Mac – My condolences

sorry to hear it mate

Sounds like a new bike is most definitely in order

nice, tempted to do this route myself

Is it very xc?

any technical bits?

You could at least have stopped if only to take the p*ss

🙄 Seriously dude? What are you on?

what we needed was a shot of you going down like all the sequence shots you get of everyone else.

Seriously though 15 mins is a long time to be out. Glad you are ok !

crickey, if you think they are rubbish, dont come riding with me !!

on a road bike wheel weight makes a huge difference, mostly because of higher rotating speed.

On a mtb, unless you were a XC racer, i dont see that its as big a deal

cracking bike, if you are on the heavy side avoid the carbon rear

On the road bike, contis are kings

Cant beat conti 4000s (black chilli)

Lake windermere?

Simon

Did you do a ride report, and do you remember how many miles it was?

my leg muscles twitch so much after a long ride, it looks like someone is playing piano on them

because i once saw a real live yeti

sounds great, you must read these[/url] books

Very inspirational

either this forum moves to fast, or i am flogging a dead horse?

actually i think my legs would look pretty good shaved

(now i am worrying myself)

my sons bike was nicked this week and i am keeping an eye out for it, problem is though that its probably been sold on, so if i see it i may be tackling the purchaser (in good faith) not the thief

i was third on the scene, waited about 10 mins for the ambulance, first people on the scene told me that neither of them had made it.

Such a tragic loss of life, the guy must have overtook me just prior to the accident.

Later on in the same ride, came across another biker that had crashed in to a stone wall, fortunately she survived.

My dog always licks the holes in my calves invariably
Caused by my flat pedals

Never did me any harm

So do you not get punctures if you are tubeless ?

very nice !

6.2 lbs

Do i win?

I think each of them are fantastic, but it seems like if you are doing all three, then the last one you do is less enjoyable purely because you are knackered.

Doing each of them fresh would be amazing.

Helicopter anyone?

Samuri – Here you go mate[/url]

Gatescarth was very loose, nan bield was a little bit of a let down. Perhaps I was just tired , but it didn't reaLly flow. The best bit was probably garburn.

A great day out though (6 hours)

Its one of those routes "that just needs to be done"

Wouldn't like to do that in the snow and ice though !

It was as tough as i imagined

Grum

Great Pics mate, I know those areas well