XC in Cornwall - any willing volunteers ?

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  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    out with the trail riders then dazzz,
    never know depending on your route and ours, may bump into you all???
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    No idea, they have shown me some interesting routes although most i already know, there's a good one around carn marth that's all downhill singletrack.

    Got my rudy project glasses btw they're superb.
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • orena45
    orena45 Posts: 26
    Hi. Was intending on coming tomorrow but have extremely unusually tweaked my back today so might not be able to come after all :-( Will keep an eye on here and hopefully come out asap :-)
    2008 Trek Fuel EX8
    On One ScandAL
    Spesh Sirrus
    Mongoose Fireball
    Kona Ute
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    oh no! back pain is up there with Dental pain!
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Tim i've twinged my back can you come polish me car for us. ;)
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    hahah! cheeky sod!






    What did you have in mind? simple polish, polish seal, polish seal wax, machine polish seal wax??? can see the pound signs rolling already! :wink::wink::wink:
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Oh i have this brilliant polish to try out, protects the car for two years, supagard i think it's called. ;)
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    haha! given up with Tesco deep shine wax then!:wink:
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
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  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Dazza - are Flying Snakes no good? Flipping expensive.

    My £7.40 Bolle Contours are also very good - better lenses (I reckon) than my £85 Bolle Anacondas!

    Timmo - the car came with a free Supagard pack - I know you don't like the stuff but the paintwork does look incredibily good - Sapphire black so it's got a lovely sparkle/depth to it - shame every bit of dried water shows up!

    Took it for a good drive yesterday - it's really is a beast. The torque is comical.

    Malpas Regatta today so on safety boat again - had to rescue (and drag in) and 18 stone lass last year. Hope the same doesn' happen this time!
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    edited August 2009
    No, i only got them as they sort of matched my brake lines, the nokons were a godsend today, had to constantly fiddle with tension but that's natural as the cable is stretching.

    Matt - no racing saxo's on your new bimmer alright. :wink:

    Tim - Were you lot out and about the mars area doing jumps, saw a guy withh a camera strapped to his lid and a lass with black ponytails, dunno if that was your group.

    Did about 30 miles today and it was nearly all climb climb climb. :oops: :lol:

    Really enjoyed it but the bike was that lagged the chain was fussing, i think it needs more lube.
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    yeah that was us dazz, did the downhill section rwice and th eother area off down the other side to the down hill start a couple of times, played in mars etc,usual bissoe fun!
    and you grumpy sod not saying hello as i held the gate open for you! but, you did look Knackered!

    got a Load of pics from today so will sort them out and upload to facebook and will pop a few up here!!

    Matt, the supaguard is actually quite good if its been applied properly with the right prep prior too, gets a bad rep from the mis applications etc! you'll be forever washing it too as it'll show up every spec!
    a good clean polish seal and wax will have the flake jumping out the paint at yoU!
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
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  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    Did oops lol didn't even see you. :oops: :lol:

    oooh that's why you slapped me on the back, i thought wtf why on earth did that guy just do that lmao, i thought your rims looked familiar. :lol:

    Yeah was a knackering ride, but awesome at the same time just non stop riding and i actually did well on the climbs although going from the bottom of bissoe all the way to the top of carn marth was a killer.

    Yeah i did ride with you lot briefly, i split from the group as i intented to go portreath way, fat lot of good that did half way the chain was bitching about needing a lubing, it was a total mud fest mind.

    I hope the slower riders didn't hold things up too much, pita when that happens, that cube bike looked rather interesting, i liked his fat albert tyres, good alternative to nobby nics when things get silly.

    Mark is a machine at biking, he just keeps on going, im slowly getting there though as today's ride really showed me, he pushes you to go further but not in a dangerous way.

    He's the skinny one with the black/white bike btw, usually the one up front. :lol:
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    yeah that cube was tasty hey! is a cube stereo, lovely looking bit of kit! step up from mikes old Marin ht!

    yes twas me who said hello and gave you a gentle tap on the shoulder! :wink:

    pics are lsowly uploading now, took a load on multi shot on the downhillers section and a load in mars as ever!
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
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  • warm18
    warm18 Posts: 341
    hello all, long time since ive been around but is anyone on any rides this week? ill be around till thurs. hope everyones doing well. matt, very nice car, any pics? ive also just joing the bmw community.
    take it easy guys
    Adrian


    Zesty 514
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    right all the pics are uploaded to my facebook and the club Fb page, but thought i'd pick out a handfull for you all! (went a 'Bit' mad with excitment over themulti shot mode when i worked out how to use it only after 3 years of owning the camera!! and took 170 pics in total i think it was! :oops: :roll: :D )

    Kev doing what he does best of the kicker up near the top of the Downhill route, full X up, first effort only cleared around 4ft air so wasnt happy! this is no 2 run! 8)
    kevXup.jpg

    Rach and Rich on full attack mode!
    richandrach.jpg

    Kev again, this time clearing the path half way down,
    kevtrackclearing.jpg

    Rich and Rach attacking the wallride into the bombholed bermed section,
    rachwallride.jpg
    richwallride.jpg

    Mars pics,
    Mike on his Very nice Cube stereo,
    mikemars2.jpg
    mikemars.jpg

    Rich
    richmars.jpg

    Kev again! full attack mode!
    kevmars2.jpg
    KevMars.jpg

    and lastly, Rach about to drop in,
    rachmars2.jpg

    really good fun ride today, only 11 made it out but we all had a good laugh, enjoyed the downhill run fromthe top so much we all walked back up and attacked it harder! weather held out nicely for us all too,
    all in a great ride out!
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Warm - good to hear from you!

    Car pics - apologies to others... Roof rack now off...

    DSC00454.jpg

    Back.jpg

    Front.jpg

    Some of those jumps are HUGE!!!
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    hmmn, not my cup of tea! (not a fan of many if nay of the germans motors!) sorry to say, looks a lil ugly!??!

    anyways, back bikes!!
    yeah kev's mental lol! but is all second nature to him! following him down the downhill tracks was good, tail whips etc of the kickers on the way down! took one of the berms hard and fast bike roght over and got his saddle caught in the leg of his 3/4's lol!
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    allthegearnoidea wrote:
    hmmn, not my cup of tea! (not a fan of many if nay of the germans motors!) sorry to say, looks a lil ugly!??!

    anyways, back bikes!!
    yeah kev's mental lol! but is all second nature to him! following him down the downhill tracks was good, tail whips etc of the kickers on the way down! took one of the berms hard and fast bike roght over and got his saddle caught in the leg of his 3/4's lol!

    So Timmo, you think it has a cr4p polish job and it looks ugly. Any other positive comments? And what car is good looking? And what country makes better cars than Germany?! I can think of an awful lot of uglier cars made in countries with much worse car building reputations.

    I know why you are making your comments but it's a bit obvious and not cool at all. It's also way out of character for you. Strange.
  • warm18
    warm18 Posts: 341
    good choice of colour matt, big fan of bmws. the 335d is super rapid too.
    Adrian


    Zesty 514
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    replied by PM to you matt see no need in fueling the fire for others to see!
    hopefully my pm will explain! :wink:
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    No fair!!! :lol:
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    well now i have actually sent a pm to matt after somehow sending it to my self instead hahahah! :roll: :roll: :shock: :D
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Warm - how are things BTW? And what BMW?!
  • FSR_XC
    FSR_XC Posts: 2,258
    Thinking about arranging a meet with Yogi for a Dartmoor ride soon.

    Anyone interested?
    Stumpjumper FSR 09/10 Pro Carbon, Genesis Vapour CX20 ('17)Carbon, Rose Xeon CW3000 '14, Raleigh R50

    http://www.visiontrack.com
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    If I could spare a whole day, I'd go. But I can't. Damn.
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    i'd love to but would be too much for me at the mo,
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
  • Dazzza
    Dazzza Posts: 2,364
    My ears are currently burning mark, let us know when im on me hols after this week. :D
    The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
    Giant Anthem X
  • allthegearnoidea
    allthegearnoidea Posts: 4,077
    not looking good for the weekend! need to do a rebond on one of the drop outs on the buike as what i used last time was a 'little' out of date!:wink: hoping if the weather holds nice i may be okay but fingers crossed!!
    Timmo.
    After all, I am Cornish!
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org/
    Cotic Soul, The bike of Legends!:wink: Yes, I Am a bike tart!
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... 1#16297481
  • warm18
    warm18 Posts: 341
    matt - things are all good thanks,. about to start new job after training.
    sadly i have to leave cornwall tomorrow which is a bit rubbish. had a great surf today though so good to go out on a high. if anybody was in truro today too and heard the ruckus that was us collecting money for help the heroes, it was my dad playin the bagpipes.

    i bought a 2002 330 ci sport, only got 22000 miles on the clock! i'm actually in love with it.
    Adrian


    Zesty 514
    http://cornwallmtb.kk5.org
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    Warm - good to hear all is well! Those E46 330s are very nice.

    The surf has been amazing! Had one of the best surfs ever on Wednesday on the new 6ft quad - even managed to airs (and landed them)!

    My lower jockey wheel seized this morning when I was 6 miles from home - thank Christ I had my multitool on me - it has no bearings which seems odd - think I might get one of those nice ceramic ones.

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