Another noob!

hubert_cumberdale

Jagshemash,

Hello fellow MTBers, Just thought i'd say hi & introduce myself. The names Gaz & I currently reside in the garden of England.
Treated myself to a GT Avalache 1.0 a couple of months ago, which seems like a cracking little bike to me.
I mentioned to one of the guys at work that I recently got a mountain bike & it turns out he & a bunch of mates go out every Sunday so I've been tagging along with them for a few weeks & really enjoying it, already looking at another bike :roll: maybe a Specialized FSR XC.
Not sure if there's a virtual bar on this forum but if there is, the drinks are on me, so wot you having?

Gaz

Anonymous

welcome, nice bike and good choice of future bike too, mines a strongbow please

supersonic

Ah, the habit has bit! Won't be enough money for drinks ;-)

Papa Smurf

Where abouts in Kent are you from then?

stumpyjon

Well now you're getting into riding there are a few techincal things you should know. Perhaps the most important is the following formula

Ideal number of bikes = N + 1 where N is your current number of bikes

But I'm guessing from your post you may have already worked it out Welcome to the ever growing fraternity (and mine's a Bud seeing as you so graciously offered, cheers).

hubert_cumberdale

Cheers, I like the GT but think it may be a little large, there's only about an inch between my family jewels & the top tube, lol. I didn't get to try one before I purchased it :roll: but you live & learn.
After reading the reviews on the FSR XC I'm not sure whether to go for the expert & upgrade the the shock or whether just to go for the pro version which seems to come with a decent shock (Fox Triad II) but my LBS sell them so I think i'll pick their brains when the time comes.
Papa Smurf - I live in Rochester, I saw the XC routes in Kent thread earlier today, I was gonna ask to tag along one weekend? I've done some of that Bluebell hill route but went up to Bredhust, so far I've been to Bedgebury & Shorne.
stumpyjon - Thanks for the equation, I can use that to expalin why I'm gonna have to ween the missus off of new handbags & shoes every month

Gaz

Thewaylander

I'll take a pint of old peculier please and welcome

lexiekay

hello, welcome to the forum, and i'd love a pint of crop circle please

Thewaylander

lexie you drink real beer?

miss notax

Hello and welcome

Can't be doing with any of this beer stuff - so mine's a G&T please 8)

lexiekay

yes i love beer...
i suppose thats not very "girlie" but who cares!

Thewaylander

nope its awsome makes it easier to remember the round!

class, rest can carry on the thread now :P

hubert_cumberdale

Mmmm beeeer. You can't beat a nice pint of real ale on a summers afternoon in the English countryside.

Marjory Stewart BAxtor

hahahahha, i like your style, sir. all we need now is a jeremy fisher!

if your'e in kent that means you might be thinkin bout Thetford at some point... give us a shout if you do and I'll tag along, i'm in norfolk/suffolk

p.s, mine#'s a guinness

hubert_cumberdale

MSB - yeah, & a salad fingers & uncle kenneth (back from the great war) & have some beef stroganoff, lol

Yeah, Thetford has been mentioned as a good place to go by some of the guys I've been riding withe, hope to go there within the next couple of weeks/months. But I'll give you a shout when we're going. Have you been there before?

Gaz