I should have gone to Dalbeatie, went to Gisburn instead and it was unrideable.

Gonna watch the weather this week at dalbeatie and hopefully go next weekend

Thanks for the pics

Dalbeattie tomorrow car park looks ok and the beginning and end of trails ok bar a few patches of ice so going give it a go, will be taking care and will wear knee and arm pads just in case of any unforseen ice incidents.

is this fact, tempted to go up, but its a fair old drive

i can handle sh@tty and muddy, in fact i would welcome getting my bike dirty again.

sick of snow and ice!

any objections to bringing my lad? (13)

@ benjag i dont mean is it the best trail centre, i am speaking purely on a snow and ice level. 🙂

Barbados !

I thought i was gonna see a pic of a new bike. But a daughter, now thats way cooler.

Congrats!

was in the same boat and worried about exactly what you are worried about.

but

got one and love it, the only downside is that because its so big, you tend to pack more than you need which does make it heavy

get it you wont regret it, get a mule and you will always wish for the extra space

I wanna bring my 13 year old lad, will that be ok.

Him and i bike a lot so he is pretty fit

yeah baby !

you reall gotta "know" your tyres

egg !!

Sod it, gonna try whinlatter tomo as well. I geuss the north will be MUCH better than the south

@ Simon – Are you still doing the ride next to windermere tomo, knowing what you know now, what would you recommend for tomo

anyone done the courses at cycle wise (whinlater) or dirt school (glentress)

Considering both

This is a payment on account for the following years tax bill (calculated as 50% of your current years bill) if you think you will not pay as much tax in the following year then you can ask for the payment(s) to be reduced.

In addition, this is "opt in" if you dont want to pay it simply tell them.

Thats why online is so good, its just a simple drop down box, yes do it or no dont

Heres a pic from the day we built it. started out early.

BTW – Its my son in the pic

did you know the couple or was it a candid shot?

All mountain bikers are idiots – is that a troll

I'm not sure fact can be counted as trolling

😀

I wanted to say all mountain bikers are gay (as in having or showing a merry, lively mood)

that would have been factual right?

oh and i didnt want the PC brigade jumping down my throat

You're trolling now

how so?

is a trolling post designed to cause outrage/argument

I genuinely dont get it 🙄

So i could start a post that says – All mountain bikers are idiots – is that a troll, and if so i come back to my original point…why do it?

trail near salt ayre eh? Might go and have a look

Trail in the loosest sense of the word ie takes about 60 seconds to ride

as a trithlete the 310 xt suits my needs perfectly

@ Grumm – Thats a small little trail that we built near salt ayre

BTW Grumm – Any tips on where local to ride tomo, seems like locally the snow and ice has gone but not higher up, need some local inspiration.

@ vunnhye – lets put it this way, there is room to grow into the bike, the sc has a low stand over anyway so its fine?

Sweet bike dude

Ah…Bottom Bracket

Chris King gets my vote

Whats BB?

doing this jogle event[/url] later this year (the scenic route) 1000 miles = 9 days

Great bike, enjoy it mate.

My son rides a santa cruz and loves it

surely the rain today and forecasted rain tomo plus the higher temperature means that bby Sunday we should have some of the best conditions in weeks.

FYI above weather forcast applies to the North west

i live in lancaster and eat out quite a bit, in my opinion Mung Mee is first class

As someone has already mentions its a thai place with great food.

The borough can be good (a bit hit and miss) but has some cracking early bird deals.

I dont rate the gatehouse at all.

Quite simply french is also very good

Enjoy

The rain should have washed the snow away now !

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Great might go out there this weekend

Keen to find out as well. Temp is higher now and rain forecast for 48 hours so hopefully the snow and ice will melt

i am local too, and have ridden those areas, but the locals dont like it at all.

Are they legal rides?

And how was the grip, may go there tomo

not a shed, but as per the OPs request, its where i fettle and tinker

Your school report for the 'How to use google' class must have read 'Must try harder'.

😀 Fair play

In my defense i used an S instead of a $ and i was using my blackberry on a train that with dodgy signal so couldnt surf too deep

Moved from v12 to easton flatboys. Great pedal plenty of grip and a large surface. I have size 12 feet !

Use a hosting service like flickr or picassa and then simply enter the photos url inbetween the image tags

Hope M4

cool bike – Enjoy !

No snow in the pic !!! 😯

You are right Dr I was loved (you were very gentle) and in the end we agreed to disagree