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Unknown · April 2007

Very nice to come to a joint decision to let your other half go out on his bike on a Saturday,though.[:D]
Is he a pain to drag round the shops?[;)]

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Unknown · April 2007

Guilli can come on the critical mass ride friday providing he wears the tag on his ankle.[;)]

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When the going gets tough,The tough get going
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The BIG GT · April 2007

We could all wear one and then we'd be able to spot other forummers in the crowd!!

Or we all wear one white sock and one black one....
[;)]

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Kazoo · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ninja

Guilli can come on the critical mass ride friday providing he wears the tag on his ankle.[;)]

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When the going gets tough,The tough get going
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Don't you mean ball and chain[:p]

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Am I wine?
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Kazoo · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Spiderman

Very nice to come to a joint decision to let your other half go out on his bike on a Saturday,though.[:D]
Is he a pain to drag round the shops?[;)]

Some days you're the statue.Some days you're the pigeon.

My Rockhopper

My XTC

My biking pics
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Are you kidding, he's a bigger tart out shopping than I am[:D]

Wine is made to be drunk, I am drunk......

Am I wine?
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guilliano · April 2007

Oi!!! You've never been clothes shopping with me!!! You've only been to Tesco's and Buckingham Bikes with me in tow. I'm not a tart at all...... I don't buy clothes that show off my boobs for starters

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Kazoo · April 2007

LOL, we have been into town general shopping, you are a shop aholic, you've just changed your choice of purchases from clothes to things from Buckingham Bikes!!
And I would never buy anything that showed off boobage.... i just wear it that way[:D][:D][:D]
Way off topic, u'll get told off!!

Wine is made to be drunk, I am drunk......

Am I wine?
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Unknown · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by guilliano

Oi!!! You've never been clothes shopping with me!!! You've only been to Tesco's and Buckingham Bikes with me in tow. I'm not a tart at all...... I don't buy clothes that show off my boobs for starters

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">hhmm perhaps you should big boy[;)]

Charge Duster Ti

When the going gets tough,The tough get going
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guilliano · April 2007

Yes I'm a shopaholic, but I'm more addicted to bike bits, DVD's and CD's than clothes. That's not tarty....it's blokey!!! OK, I have the same shirt in 3 colours and the same jumper in 2 colours to wear over the shirts, but that doesn't make me a tart!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guilliano/

Unknown · April 2007

My girlfriend wanted to get engaged,I wanted a charge duster ti,needless to say who the guvnor is.lol

Charge Duster Ti

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guilliano · April 2007

If she wanted to get engaged she should have bought you a bike and proposed!

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guilliano · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ninja

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by guilliano

Oi!!! You've never been clothes shopping with me!!! You've only been to Tesco's and Buckingham Bikes with me in tow. I'm not a tart at all...... I don't buy clothes that show off my boobs for starters

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">hhmm perhaps you should big boy[;)]

Charge Duster Ti

When the going gets tough,The tough get going
www.flickr.com/photos/theninj
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I haven't got the boobs to do that. Bit of excess weight, but the boobs are OK

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Unknown · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by guilliano

If she wanted to get engaged she should have bought you a bike and proposed!

<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">What trust a woman to do that right.Your having a giraffe.She is ok clothes shopping(for herself) and thats it.

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Unknown · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by davydesign

BigAl - didn't you like Aston Hill? I might go there next sunday if I'm allowed 2 bike rides next w/end. [:p]

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davydesign,
No I didn't enjoy Aston Hill at all - for a number of reasons.

First of all I felt really out of place surrounded as I was by all those guys, covered in bodyarmour, riding massive DH bikes. I really felt like the XC jeyboy. I was the only person riding the XC course.

Secondly and most importantly I was nearly decapitated by a rope strung between two trees. The rope was on the XC trail just before it crosses the bottom of the 4X course. At this point I was so fecked off that I b*ggered off home.

So the only part I rode was the first mile or so of the XC course through the bombhole area.
I'm not embarassed to admit that I found this section quite tough. It's much tighter than I'm used to and I didn't think it had any flow to it. Not knowing the course I was constantlty coming round corners and finding myself in the wrong gear for a sharp incline or something. My arms got very tired on this section very quickly.

I'll happily admit to not being a particularly good technical rider and maybe the rest of the course would have been more fun.
How do you find that first section?

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Unknown · April 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by BigAl

davydesign,
No I didn't enjoy Aston Hill at all - for a number of reasons.

First of all I felt really out of place surrounded as I was by all those guys, covered in bodyarmour, riding massive DH bikes. I really felt like the XC jeyboy. I was the only person riding the XC course.

Secondly and most importantly I was nearly decapitated by a rope strung between two trees. The rope was on the XC trail just before it crosses the bottom of the 4X course. At this point I was so fecked off that I b*ggered off home.

So the only part I rode was the first mile or so of the XC course through the bombhole area.
I'm not embarassed to admit that I found this section quite tough. It's much tighter than I'm used to and I didn't think it had any flow to it. Not knowing the course I was constantlty coming round corners and finding myself in the wrong gear for a sharp incline or something. My arms got very tired on this section very quickly.

I'll happily admit to not being a particularly good technical rider and maybe the rest of the course would have been more fun.
How do you find that first section?

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I also felt like the only XC person there when I went (although it was a practice day for a DH race at the time).

My first lap was a bit of a steep learning curve but I did 4 laps in total during the day and by the last lap I was pretty comfortable with the DH section. Although the DH guys were yelling at me to pedal more on the DH bits [;)]

To be honest the rest of the course is pretty lame, basically just twiddle back up the hill you ride down at the start with some steep climbs and some twisty singletrack.

I'm thinking of heading down there to have a go on the DH runs this weekend - I've got arm pads now [B)]

I think for XC riding tho you can't beat the trail me and TheBigGT did on saturday.

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guilliano · May 2007

For those who like a little variety and some fun at the end of a ride, I have found some dirt jumps in the Wendover area!!! Complete fluke of a find, we were just exploring after taking a ride with Kazoo's daughter. They need a little repair, so I will be up there in the week, seeing what I can do. There are also a couple of pubs just a few minutes ride away, so once they are all sorted I'd love to get a few of us together for a ride, then some DJ fun followed by a few bevvies. I'll try to sort out a route over the next week or so and put up some waymarkers (providing Buckingham Bikes/Forestry Commission have no objections) so we can try to have as much variety of terrain and as much fun as possible, with the route leading nicely to the dirt jumps at the end. Will keep you informed of how it's going.

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guilliano · May 2007

17th June...... anyone up for a ride up a rather large hill??? Not in the class of Snowdon, but worth a go....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guilliano/

Unknown · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by guilliano

17th June...... anyone up for a ride up a rather large hill??? Not in the class of Snowdon, but worth a go....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guilliano/
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~Only if there is a rather large other side of said hill to ride down [:D]

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guilliano · May 2007

There certainly is!

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The BIG GT · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by guilliano
17th June...... anyone up for a ride up a rather large hill??? Not in the class of Snowdon, but worth a go....
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[mode=smug]I'd love to join you guys but I won't be back from B.C. until the weekend after...[/mode=smug][:D][:D]

Probably not too much riding, though and I still have to survive the 'Bucks 100km/70km' this Saturday first!! [B)][xx(]

Anyone up for that? With the weather this week, I'll probably go for the sensible option and do the 70km, anyone fancy having a (gasping/bleeding/swearing*) riding partner?

Actually the sensible option would probably be a lie-in and an afternoon at my sister's being fed and beered! But I've not been known for being sensible too often...[:p][:o)]

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