London Calling

Anonymous

cooldad wrote:

Anybody else welcome to turn up. If you've not been before I drive an elderly bluey green BMW with roofrack, DK has a shiny? red Honda.

Once a year when I clean it, otherwise it's dull muddy red.

Anonymous

As for that Alps thing, or any Alps trek, this seems like a great option for accommodation and the price is per week. http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12749274

Wouldn't really want to do it just for a day or two (or if I did, I'd fly there, but then I'd fly anyway. Drives that take all day just make me think I could be on a flight to the States or Canada instead for the same duration and be somewhere better).

Buckaroo

Drivin 10-12 hrs?.... Could be in Canada by then... mmmmmm.

Cheers for the blast today guys, good to blow the cobwebs off and hit 2011 running (well, rolling at least). And no major spills, even down Yoghurt Buckets where I was sure I was gonna flip upside-leftways.

Quick panorama from Pitch Hill this morning...(http://flic.kr/p/96NtwC)

Have left the bike in the car, if I make it out of my pit in the morning will aim for Swinley for 8.45.... maybe....

S

Stan Leigh

Good ride today , good to see everybody , the familiar & new faces .

As to the chat about possible rides at the cafe , I don't know which forum some of you follow , so I've posted a summary on MTB Britain.

Look forward to some feedback , Stan 8)

http://www.mtbbritain.co.uk/forum/index ... start=2840

bungalistic

Hope ya'll had good xmas break, I had a wicked time back home and i'm ready to ride again.
A little photo mix of some of the days out over xmas

Biggsy80

Hi All

Great ride today, nice to meet up with such a friendly group... Have just joined the MTB Britain forum as well so hope to tag along on another ride soon.

Thanks again

cooldad

@Biggsy80. Nice to meet you too, even though I was too far behind most of the day to chat. See you on a SH ride soon.
@bungalistic glad to see you are mobile again. Missed the heroics.
@Stan I joined the other forum, but now have too many places to remember to log in, so keep us posted of anything exciting here anyway.

@all my 2000th post, thought it appropriate to post it here, seeing as we post so much random nonsense.

cooldad

Although by the time anyone reads it it won't be 2000 any more.

thel33ter

cooldad wrote:

@all my 2000th post, thought it appropriate to post it here, seeing as we post so much random nonsense.

On a more serious note :roll:

Sunday - Peaslake? or something a bit different?

cooldad

On a more serious note - bought my birthday pressie yet?

Enjoy tomorrow. Haha.

thel33ter

Yup

Andy Dobson

Shiny new shock arrived yesterday 8) .

As long as the forks and brakes turn up by Friday, I'll be up for Peaslake Sunday.

cooldad

Andy Dobson wrote:

Shiney new shock arrived yesterday 8) .

As long as the forks and brakes turn up by Friday, I'll be up for Peaslake Sunday.

Brakes? Pah! Who needs them?
(As you found out they are dangerous things.)

Andy Dobson

cooldad wrote:

Andy Dobson wrote:

Shiney new shock arrived yesterday 8) .

As long as the forks and brakes turn up by Friday, I'll be up for Peaslake Sunday.

Brakes? Pah! Who needs them?
(As you found out they are dangerous things.)

Unfortunately, even slowcoaches like me need them when we have "all the gear and no idea" :oops: .

Looking forward to trying out the new RP23 and Fox Talas's though . At least the RP23 is the correct length for the bike so no more piss-taking about riding a jacked-up tractor 8)

popstar

AD that is a shame, clown bike no more. I should have seen it, in order to believe it !

Andy Dobson

Your wish is my command .

thel33ter

That Racing Ralph is gonna be tons of fun on Winterfold

Andy Dobson

thel33ter wrote:

That Racing Ralph is gonna be tons of fun on Winterfold

While I've got it apart, I'm thinking I'll put the Panaracer Fire XC's off my daughters bike on for this weekend given how wet it is.

popstar

BB higher than wheel axles, that is some proper gnarly clearance against root n rocks! However those yellow valve caps? Why tyre logos aren't alligned with valves and grass between bricks isn't trimmed?

AB you dissapointed fashion police no end. There is so much to do. :roll:

Andy Dobson

popstar wrote:

BB higher than wheel axles, that is some proper gnarly clearance against root n rocks! However those yellow valve caps? Why tyre logos aren't alligned with valves and grass between bricks isn't trimmed?

AB you dissapointed fashion police no end. There is so much to do. :roll:

Wait 'till you meet me :shock:

cooldad

Andy Dobson wrote:

popstar wrote:

BB higher than wheel axles, that is some proper gnarly clearance against root n rocks! However those yellow valve caps? Why tyre logos aren't alligned with valves and grass between bricks isn't trimmed?

AB you dissapointed fashion police no end. There is so much to do. :roll:

Wait 'till you meet me :shock:

Even scarier, wait until you meet popstar.

supra-man

I agree wait till u meet popstar. He is UNbeatable.

So this weekend any ride organised? so I can moan my way up the hills.

I tried an interesting bike over xmas, 2011 sx-trail , thats one heavy bugger. ( 190front 180 rear.. my cousin thought it would be more a big trail bike like the previous one 160/170)

popstar

But your cousin is in France, therefore it applies to him. You riding bike like that here, would mimic black ship on our UK trails. For which peeps would slap countless jokes on you being french minded. There is nasty world of fashion police talking like that.

But anyway why would I talk to most pompeous rider like that, go on bhoy ... yea, You and Atz show us your bikes. For now they are the most pimp ones though. I no more can match you lot.

At least Atz sent me a dozen of MTB films so I will indulge in fantasies with those most pimpest bikes to date. Just need to match their skills though, last few crashes on my wife's bike costed me a bit in repairs but I must learn how to powerslide !

Atz

I'm not around this weekend. Off away but I'll try to sneak in a couple of hours of SS on Sat AM to try to restore some semblance of fitness.

thel33ter

I'm out on Sunday now But Cooldad is still going somewhere.

Anonymous

Got the Man Flu at the moment, will see how it goes for Sunday.


P.S. Spotted this on Hurtwood's blog:

"Over the last few weeks we've been erecting some post and rail barriers opposite the ending of the new BKB trail. This was done to prevent bike riders using a footpath, rather than the road, back to Peaslake. This footpath is used regularly by pedestrians to walk safely into the village without having to go onto the road. Sadly the first barriers we put up were ripped out, so far their replacements are still in place, however the signs I put up, have been vandalised."

cooldad

Bit to do the weekend, but if anything is happenning I could probably do Sunday AM. Bright and sunny according to BBC.
@DK - suppose we,ve been told off and better start using the road.

popstar

I haven't seen that many walkers on that path. But maybe there are some assholes around riding like retards 'n' scaring those posh people. Them walking people whinge a bit too much though.

+1 for ripping those rails out ! Don't mess with sunday warriors i say. I nearly killed myself on one of those. :evil:

cooldad

Hooligan.

Any news on popstarlet yet? Wasn't it (him, her, them) due yesterday?

popstar

I am locked at home on a stand by mode. Can't even go on a local hill to practise powerslides and crash.