The only real I have hopes for next year is another crack at the big bear sometime early summer, as for vaccines , still a bit sceptical, that it’s being pushed through, not anti vaccine but rather see a bit of the longer term effects than just jump at getting a job then getting further complication...

I normally use the “crater “ on gentle shaw common about a 5 min ride from castle ring , you get dog walkers over there about 7am but they never notice you , if I can find it I’ll send you a route that shows the spot last time I went with the young fella or there’s a outdoor classroom just some logs...

The hardest part of learning a language is to think in that language. The tendency is to think in our first language and translate. Sorry but that doesn't help you now but you'll probably learn more on the event than before! Watch French films, tv if you can. Enjoy the event though whatever 😎 When ...

I DEFINITELY need to meet up with In Reverse

Had a be-free for a couple of years now , think it was brown dog after the wrt the other year who compared the flow rate to his trail shot , the be free filled at nearly 3times the rate( when decanting I not other bottles) plus if you wanted there’s a 1l flexible bottle you can swap out for the .6 l...

psling wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23, 2020 3:28 pm I could get you a hacksaw blade, couple of hinges and some pop rivets...?

At least use mono bolts Peter

I went up a size with my mw5s purely for thicker socks
Bds has the hiking boot type and he wishes he’d gone up a size in those to , if that’s any help

Well my attempt is out of the window for this year, (next week was my opportunity) as predicted down to just having Sunday’s off from now until Christmas (and that’s not guaranteed) ,so I think it’s going to be another crack at the big bear next April instead of this , as the half I rode was very ni...

Any one looking for a new down jacket cumulus incredilite jackets going for £122 at rock and run

With a nice pole for the cape as I’m sick of loosing the extender pieces Stu made me , but it’s not just any pole , it collapses into 5 pieces instead of 3 making it nice and tiny for packing
Cheers Stu

Looking that way Shaf

The English tier numbers are insane. Tier 1's infection rate per 100k people in England is enough to get an area locked down in Wales. Also, as much as travel will be banned from Friday, no-one from a Tier 3 area should be travelling for a bike ride anyway IMHO. Your right rich , as in tier 2 I was...

Mike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:35 pm Not sure what ya on about stu regards the news? im assuming it's more covid bollox though?

Yes mate I am now officially persona non grata in wales ( not the first time not being welcome somewhere but it’s the first time in wales )

Oddly since we've got pretty much the same numbers as Wolves and only 20 miles away, we're only in tier 1 It's not just the current numbers but also the rate of increase in those numbers so two areas: one with low(er) incidence but doubling every week while the other is moderate incidence but fairl...

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 4:15 pm Oddly since we've got pretty much the same numbers as Wolves and only 20 miles away, we're only in tier 1

That’s because Staffordshire is posher than us Black Country scrotes

In tier 2 at the moment , which is high risk according to the gov , so it looks like I’m asking for that extension if I can get my holiday week swapped over , the only problem is from nov 1st it’s peak for our customers so all us lowley mechanics are on 6 day weeks and very little chance of holidays...

The v1s like I bought last year mate are up for £70 on morvelo’s site , when you heading down to get ya route done , if it goes through what there looking at in today’s lunch news I’m gonna be asking Stu for a extension and work to swap my holidays over

Very nice shaf,

Sorry Shaf ain’t no good at guessing what’s in boxes buddy what ya got there

So what we need is a field or wood that straddles Wales and England, where we can all camp and keep our distance in our respective countries, and a marquee thingy in the middle with cake and an urn, right?!? That sounds like the winter bivy 2years back , but the marquee was replaced with a choice o...

Yes mate , they have lasted me and I don’t really look after gear, only issue I have is I can’t seem to find a pair in tights so looking at a pair of gore ones for the week after next

Mine are mint for my fat arse mate

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 5:47 pm Obviously, if a cross border lockdown does come into effect, I'll extend the BB200 slot for as long as required ... I'd hate John to miss out

Top man there

Seems to have got a bit more intent to it today Bob , a couple of days ago it was mentioned along with the 3tier system , today they seem to be on the verge (Dependant on interpretation of the science )of a complete lockdown for a couple of weeks , which in selfish mode totally buggers up my 200 tri...

BUT you got round last year Shaf , so this year was harder and you quit , your not the only one but they’ll all be back next year , I’m yet to start (mid term when I’m off) so can’t comment on how difficult it’ll be as with ground conditions and weather being different for all of us this year it may...