how was bike radar live?

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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    CWNT, you are right on 2 counts, absolutely cracking value at the 20 quid I paid, I must have had more than that in freebies, but I do agree that evening wise the entertainment seemed to tail off. The liveliest place was the staff/pro area.

    And TKM, yes the women were absolutely blisteringly hot, why have I not come across them before?

    And I also agree with MAC, I know we stopped for photos on occasion, but get off the line, there was plenty of areas to wove off to the sies, and dont walk bak up the track, and dont just bloody stop on the boardwalk so you can nail the Wall of Death guys

    Will definately be going next year, I dont care where it is!
    Even if the big manufacturers weren't there, it was nice to try some of the brands that you dont automatically think of, Myfave trial bikes were a Commencal, but I also loves a sunn Kern and a Rose Jimmy Hill or something like that I tried, an the worst bike I had was a Scott, just a really good way to spend a weekend
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • Andy wrote:
    Worst venue possible. Southerners just cannot drive which is essentially the problem with the M25. Lets hope its somewhere more easily accessible next year

    oooo.... i think you'll find I said something to this effect as soon as the venue was announced.

    go me.
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    gazderry
    The Scott wasn't a Genius was it?
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    yeah genius 20, too twitchy, i found it too easy to liftthe front end climbing and i had feck all traction on it climbing and cornering, ok thats more a tyre issue but just not my kind of bike
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    gazderry wrote:
    yeah genius 20, too twitchy, i found it too easy to liftthe front end climbing and i had feck all traction on it climbing and cornering, ok thats more a tyre issue but just not my kind of bike

    I demoed on at the demo day, and really didn't like it.felt twitchy downhill, and like a lumbering barge going uphill. The Spark though.....sweet-rollerblading-jesus that thing was fast, and fun!
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    bails87 wrote:
    gazderry wrote:
    yeah genius 20, too twitchy, i found it too easy to liftthe front end climbing and i had feck all traction on it climbing and cornering, ok thats more a tyre issue but just not my kind of bike

    I demoed on at the demo day, and really didn't like it.felt twitchy downhill, and like a lumbering barge going uphill. The Spark though.....sweet-rollerblading-jesus that thing was fast, and fun!

    I didnt get round to the spark, the meta 55 was a head and shoulder above anything else i tested. The kona cadabra i really enjoyed apart from the feck up with the brakes, but i threw that around like a teenage (16+) russian hooker, but then it hurt me at the end, mush like a teenage russian hooker. i also liked the rose jimmy hill too though lots.

    I even had a go on a Sunn DH rig, it was like riding a very hard work cruiser
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • Next time they'd better hold it up North! Somewhere with some hills too!

    And I'd better not be on a course again or somewhere sunny, or I'll be threaders!
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    If you're asking :D
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    You're not really my type

    :D
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    gazderry wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    If you're asking :D

    Result! :D
  • El Capitano
    El Capitano Posts: 6,400
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    You're not really my type

    :D

    You win some, you lose some...
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Not idea of date I'm afraid
  • bails87
    bails87 Posts: 12,998
    Andy wrote:
    Not idea of date I'm afraid

    A date with one of you lot? I'd be afraid too!
    MTB/CX

    "As I said last time, it won't happen again."
  • Dirtydog11
    Dirtydog11 Posts: 1,621
    Lee Quarry would have been a much better venue. 8)
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.
    Slightly dissapointed with that news. I wonder if they'll change their minds.
    It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded.
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  • hbrashaw
    hbrashaw Posts: 286
    it sounded good. one of my firends who went told me this.
    *guy dirt jumping wearing pink skinny jeans and a green t shirt* commentator: 'that guy looks like he's been gang-banged by a pack of crayolas'
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.
    Slightly dissapointed with that news. I wonder if they'll change their minds.

    We can only hope...
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    gazderry wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    If you're asking :D

    Result! :D

    I'll meet ya under the station clock, Ill be holding a rose :D
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,980
    gazderry wrote:
    gazderry wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    If you're asking :D

    Result! :D

    I'll meet ya under the station clock, Ill be holding a rose :D

    I assume you mean the flower and not the bike as the latter would require a forklift truck :wink:
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    gazderry wrote:
    gazderry wrote:
    Andy wrote:
    Brands Hatch next year as well. Official.

    Date?

    If you're asking :D

    Result! :D

    I'll meet ya under the station clock, Ill be holding a rose :D

    I assume you mean the flower and not the bike as the latter would require a forklift truck :wink:

    yeah, plus i dont think the bb would clear the station steps
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtop ... t=12714620

    Dont look like changing their minds...
  • July 9-10

    And no, we're not changing our minds. It's already booked.
    John Stevenson
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    im going to buy a ticket again, this time i am going to try and get there for the event seeing as i live about 25 minutes away!
  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    im going to buy a ticket again, this time i am going to try and get there for the event seeing as i live about 25 minutes away!

    Was an ace day - am defo going again...... was a bit of a mare with my mate having major rows with his wife on the phone all day :( but was a good day out... you'll love it.. and yes, near to us as well, only took 30 mins to drive there!!! 8)

    And £3 a pint as well.... was far too hot for beers all day though... and the burger stand (topburger?) was 'orrible too.... should have eaten somewhere else......
  • Andy
    Andy Posts: 8,207
    It was a choice between getting a round of drinks or buying a Cannondale Flash...
  • snotty badger
    snotty badger Posts: 1,593
    Fecking Kent again!

    :(


    Seems like they're making hard for us northners- almost racist I reckon :P
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  • chubby666
    chubby666 Posts: 116
    Official Date = 9th and 10th July 2011 8)
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    Well I'll be there again, just booked the days off work :D , and I've got a barbeque left over to use next time
    Mountain biking is like sex.......more fun when someone else is getting hurt
    Amy
    Farnsworth
    Zapp