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  1. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    Anybody do this carry on ?
     
    faw cough, Jan 28, 2012
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  2. muffitO'tea

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    Yes, I cycle a lot. I go up the hills and do some downhill stuff.
    Broke my collar bone doing it a few years back, still love it though.
     
    muffitO'tea, Jan 28, 2012
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  3. Bratfurdbhoy1

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    Me -I am out on the Yorkshire Dales 9am in the morning- this gets more of my time now than when I used to use my motorbike!
    Really is good van- and physically tough- some tough gradients in them there hills!!!
    Ice and snow just make it all the more entertaining!
     
    Bratfurdbhoy1, Jan 28, 2012
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  4. MonitorBhoy

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    Yeah, I do some when I can.

    A few decent trails near me too :)
     
    MonitorBhoy, Jan 28, 2012
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  5. Lion1961 Bookmaker

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    Nope wouldn't mind giving it a go though if I was younger and fitter.
     
    Lion1961, Jan 28, 2012
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  6. CH4 Gold Member Gold Member

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    yip been up the Highlands doing a bit and done a bit in Kielder.

    let me tell you this, Knackering to say the least if you only do it now and again

    get some :50:
     
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  7. Buster Gold Member Gold Member

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    l was thinking about it Bob untill you told us it cost you £1000 for a * mudguard. :56:
     
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  8. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    :56:

    I have my first outing tomorrow.
    Not looking forward to it,sat on a bike there for the first time in about 15 years,bit shakey to say the least
     
    faw cough, Jan 28, 2012
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  9. Seosamh Máirtín

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    Keep to the road cycling, here. Don't get knocked down. :50:


    Will be hitting the mountains when the weather is better...or y'know, I can afford a new bike. :54:
     
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  10. muffitO'tea

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    I bought a road bike 2nd hand. I always feel a bit of an idiot riding on roads though. When I drive i hate cyclists so i get the feeling every car is out to hit me. I tend to just keep to country roads or footpaths which probably mess up the tyres on the bike. I really like riding the road bike though, pretty fast compared to my mountain bike.
     
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  11. Seosamh Máirtín

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    I live in a nice place in the US where there's cycling lanes, so while I still dislike cars, I am secure in that they probably won't be hitting me. :56:
     
    Seosamh Máirtín, Jan 29, 2012
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    would love to do it,but afraid nowadays if there isnae a road to drive up then i`m fecked.

    i`ve got a mountain bike in the garage but i`ve no used it in about 4 years ,sad really.
     
    kingdom kev, Jan 29, 2012
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  13. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    This is mad craic,even more so when the brakes do not work.

    Could get hooked quite easily with this hobbie.
     
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  14. Buster Gold Member Gold Member

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    Tried it and it was ok. Next time l'm going to try it with the stabilisors off. :icon_mrgreen:
     
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  15. Bangarangura

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    aye, a dae it. strava has seriously * with me though, i cant just go out for a normal cycle, ive got to go full pelt to try and get all the koms ffs
     
    Bangarangura, Sep 19, 2013
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  16. TheHolyGoalie

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    TheHolyGoalie, Sep 19, 2013
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    used to do a couple of yrs back,started in my late thirties, which was challenging to say the least,but some buzz tbh,done quite a few of the seven stanes trails.
     
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  18. CiarantheBhoy

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    Yeah, I've tried it before, one of my mates is mad into it spends loads of money as well on bikes and parts and all that, could never afford to do it myself really
     
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  19. faw cough Gold Member Gold Member

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    Its *.
     
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    You hate everything to do with bicycles.
     
    therealfenian, Sep 19, 2013
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