Nic Barnes
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Pretty sure I won't be doing that this weekend ffs
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Cole
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I doubt anyone will as the woods section is normally closed off unless its a big race day
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Nic Barnes
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Off and away shortly, allegedly they have copied bike park Wales who had the only uplift service in the country, and now fort William offer an uplift service as well.
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Nic Barnes
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Done the red dh run. Lots of northshore.
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Nic Barnes
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Glencoe downhill today
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nibnob21
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Can anyone recommend a good bike stand for maintenance? I live in a flat where storage space is limited so something compact would be great.
MX5 Project Thread
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Cole
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ebay £30 or lidl/aldi sell them sometimes
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Cole
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so I done my charity downhill race today all went ok apart from first 2 runs dropped my chain right at the end where you have to pedal to the finish but managed a good 3rd run
here is a vid of my 3rd run
porc cancer race
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Nic Barnes
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rode glencoe downhill today. scary shit going up the gondola type thing. route down was pretty decent though, fairly rocky and rough. managed to get a decent time down it considering most other people there were on dh bikes. will upload videos of that and the fort william red dh run, which is possibly the most awful thing I've ridden as an actual trail.
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Nic Barnes
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Last couple are glencoe
Good test of my bike this weekend, very impressed with it
[Edited on 15-09-2014 by Nic Barnes]
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willay
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quote:
Originally posted by nibnob21
Can anyone recommend a good bike stand for maintenance? I live in a flat where storage space is limited so something compact would be great.
I have this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BIKE-BICYCLE-CYCLE-MAINTENANCE-MECHANIC-REPAIR-FOLDING-WORK-STAND-MOUNTAIN-TOOL-/360789298882?pt=UK_SportsLeisure_Cycling_BikeLocks_SR&hash=item5400b7cec2
Works really well for the money spent, amazing value. 8/10 would recommend
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Nic Barnes
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lots of north shore on the red at for william. drops, jumps, blind banked corners. i bloody hate north shore.
stunning however for the views.
glencoe on sunday was a bit bleaker weather wise. chair lift honestly scared the shit out of me. had to clip bike on then run to the front get in and pull barrier down in the space of about 3 seconds it felt like. I'm not good with heights, so yeah, real good fun when it was wobbling in the wind.
never good to see your best mate smashed into a ditch upside down. he landed badly off a gap jump which we had done all day long no problem, wobbled and fell into the rocky ditch at the side landing on his head and side. i haven't got a a full face helmet, I'm buying one now.
ankle isn't broken, looked like it when i got there.
good weekend. definitely going back up there next year.
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Nic Barnes
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Verdict on my mate is 2 broken ribs
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Cole
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couple of pics from yesterday
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Nic Barnes
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http://youtu.be/55cz5rGnQsw
Fort William red route descent
http://youtu.be/p8N1HxwB-G8
Glencoe red route descent
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Rick Draper
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I've been thinking of buying a full face helmet for a while and after seeing the pic of your mate lay in a ditch I ordered one!
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Nic Barnes
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http://instagram.com/p/tBJj2Jpcwm/
Jumping a kinda gap
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Rick Draper
I've been thinking of buying a full face helmet for a while and after seeing the pic of your mate lay in a ditch I ordered one!
yup especially for stuff like that!
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Cole
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nice jump looks like your rear wheel is about to case the landing though still cant get my head around gaps or doubles ive done a couple but still have bad thoughts leading up to them
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Nic Barnes
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Knew you'd say that. You're predictably negative towards others cole.
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Cole
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at least you replied for a change. I did compliment you first of all though. plus you make digs at me all the time even if you don't mention my name so we are even
[Edited on 16-09-2014 by Cole]
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smcGSI16V
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Knew you'd say that. You're predictably negative towards others cole.
And predictably negative towards anything nick says. Pot, kettle, black.
Grow up FFS nic.
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willay
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^ this
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gavin18787
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that banked north shore looks epic nic 
do they hire bikes etc easily up there?
PS I did a cyclocross race and am ashamed to say it was really good fun 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787
that banked north shore looks epic nic
do they hire bikes etc easily up there?
id imagine they do yeah but I'm not certain. I'm not exactly the most balanced or agile so the north shore was fair intimidating in all honesty 
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