Mine are pretty low key / humble due to my health. So staying fit enough to ride would be number 1. (My dad still rides his MTB for day trips off road along tow paths etc at 75 so that would be a nice goal) 2) help my son pass the mtbing bit of his GCSE. 3) get my wife and daughter to be more confid...

No worries. I was thinking of piston broke's post.

Just ordered the DVD anyway, it is all bikes at the end of the day!

Did I read it wrong or has there been an edit on what the James Cracknell programme was about?

No worries, just checking as my book cooment seemed odd now lol!

I've found the programme on DVD btw.

White lightning dry lube on my bikes.

voodoo_simon wrote:Cheers piston, shows how much attention I pay to moving images!

Solo, it was called The coldest race on Earth and done by the discovery channel

Thanks.

Heads off to YouTube ..........

Keeping slightly OT but do you recall the name of that documentary or what channel it was on?
I'd be interested in seeing it. I really enjoyed Paul Howards book Two Wheels on my Wagon about the Tour Divide.

Going back on topic, any book recommendations on Iditarod?

Brilliant! Loved watching that.

I do take a phone but it depends which one! I have my normal phone with me for general rides (both on or offroad), however I do have an old phone that has a PAYG sim in which only my wife, kids and father have the number of and that is what I take when out for a 'get away' / 'clear the head' disappe...

Welcome. Good to see another newbie.

Seems like an ideal thread for my first post! I'd been riding off road on a bmx in the early 80's, just day trips. Started looking for a bigger bike and was thinking Raleigh Bomber (I'd hired one on holiday once). Then saw an article about MTBs (the Cranes irc) and my local Raleigh shop had a 5speed...