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Off-roading. Cheap hobby.
muky-kid.:
:D I too like my M.T.Bs, it reminds me of the time me and DPG went for a ride in the Peaks in September 2003, it was a cold and damp day but it didnt stop us raceing each other down Chapel Gate ( a well known steep heavily rutted and has bit rocks/stones, greenlane ). I was in front going well about 15-20mph ( slow really compared to down hillers ). Passed a couple of blokes on the way down as they were pushing there M.T.Bs up the hill, as i passed them they looked at me with a shocked look on there faces ( i was going a bit quick at this point ). Went round a bend out of sight of DPG, yep you guessed it, going to quick and my std none disk brakes would not slow me down and i hit a deep rut at about 25mph. O ver the bar i went and hit a sharp rock with my head, the first phew seconds i just lay there until DPG came round the corner LAUGHING at my dimise. I was lucky really i was not wearing a helmet just a thick wooly hat, but i managed to split my eyelid open and cut my hands.To make matters worse i was already in pain with a tooth absess, DPG had some pain killers in his car. Bye the time we got back to DPGs house i had a right shinner, cut stopped bleeding after about 4 days. Moral of this tale is, Bye a dam helmet next time. :evil:
Wanderer:
Wooly hat!
Wooly hat!
What can I say?
:roll:
Ed
muky-kid.:
--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---You need the right bait as well :)
Ed
--- End quote ---
:D Yes i used to roll my own baits/boilies. Those are carp are clever and got used to the same flavour after a short period, so i change them slightly every time i went fishing. And good watercraft counts. Knowing the waters i fished really helped. Sometimes ide just sit there hour after hour just watching the water and carp feeding habits. :D
Nothing to do with 4x4s but i did like fishing in the past.
Vam:
My old boss was a bit of a nutter, bike mad, and in 1995 paid £2,500 for a street racing bike. Yes, £2,500..
What made even weirder was the fact that he was such a tight git he squeaked when he walked!
He was so tight ( and mad) he actually pocketed the train fair to a training day, and cycled the 120 miles to get there. Got a lift from one of the delivery men for the way back :roll:
He was always falling off or running into things (notably a parked motorbike one day :shock:) as he was virtualy blind in one eye, and only had 50% vision in the other.
He cycled as he was banned from driving.
One of the guys at work used to take the same route home as the boss took, but by bus, and occasionally came in the next day reporting "the boss may be late" as he'd seen him spread eagled on the A60-something after colliding with a parked car that had viciously jumped out in front of him. At traffic lights.
He lived 5 miles away from work, but used to do a 30 mile trip into work, and 20 miles back, whether that was because he got got lost, or enjoyed cycling, we never could tell :twisted:
Wouldn't have been so bad, but he'd never discovered a deodorant that worked. :-& :shock:
As HWMBO says - "if God had meant us to cycle, he would have given us bums that can sit on razor blades". :lol:
muky-kid.:
--- Quote from: "Wanderer" ---Wooly hat!
Wooly hat!
What can I say?
:roll:
Ed
--- End quote ---
Trust me it wasnt a bobble hat. perish the thought. It was an old Carp Fishing beany hat..... :lol: :lol:
Seriously though next time ill get a helmet. :(
I know all about that, I paid £1500 for a Mountain Bike back in 1990!
Damn good one it was too, square externally butted frame, clamped forks, Magura hydraulic brakes, Bullseye chainset, XT group.
That sounds like a good bike m8. I was looking at spending that much on a Specialized bit hit downhill m.t.b last year, but im getting to old for that kind of malarky. My current m.t.b is a Carrea Sabotage Evo 3 its a good alrounder full sus bike and only cost me £300.00 second hand built by the lad who runs my local bike shop. :D
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