Thursday 24 March 2011
ReatinRides: End of good times, Sudbourne, Randy Badger, Start ...
ReatinRides: End of good times, Sudbourne, Randy Badger, Start ...: "So I'm sitting in my living room due to over eagerness to ride dirt last weekend, one sunny weekend and I just had to pull out the..."
End of good times, Sudbourne, Randy Badger, Start of good times. Oh and a cracked elbow.
So I'm sitting in my living room due to over eagerness to ride dirt last weekend, one sunny weekend and I just had to pull out the dirt jump bike and head to Sudbourne for my first jump session for about 6 months, jumping is not my strong point and this became apparent as I stacked almost immediately on the second medium double and cracked the end of my elbow, it's very painful and i'm expecting to be off the bike for about a month but I'm getting off subject here.
The sun is beaming onto my face, I can feel the vitamin D lifting my spirits and the corners of my mouth, yes dry trails, yes riding without lights and yes riding without out layers and tonnes of kit to keep the rain and cold out. But wait is it just me, or?
I'm not entirely sure that these things are bad.
Getting all geared up for a soggy evening ride with as many lumens as you can muster strapped to your bars and helmet and whatever like minded nutters you can find to join you, seriously I have rode nearly every week through this winter and have enjoyed every minute of it, It seemed that every time i headed out the views that greeted me were completely different, cloudy, clear, sunny and at times absolutely buried in snow, albeit usually wet and cold.
. ( I don't think Stacey appreciated all the mud. Sorry)
Think about the smiles you've had as you skim past trees and off drops only being able to see 10ft ahead, the immature giggles as both your tires slide out on a corner you know so well, the sheer hilarity when you return to civilization with mud covering your face feeling like some sort of macho outdoorsy Bear Grylls come Ned Overend rider and of course the absolute terror when you find yourself in the middle of a woods alone with nothing for company but a randy badger that you can hear chasing you down.
(This actually happened and i'm still a little afraid that said badger is stalking me).
Yes these good times are gone and rightfully i'm a little bit sad but it's hard to be to sad about it when spring is in the air.
The sun is beaming onto my face, I can feel the vitamin D lifting my spirits and the corners of my mouth, yes dry trails, yes riding without lights and yes riding without out layers and tonnes of kit to keep the rain and cold out. But wait is it just me, or?
I'm not entirely sure that these things are bad.
Getting all geared up for a soggy evening ride with as many lumens as you can muster strapped to your bars and helmet and whatever like minded nutters you can find to join you, seriously I have rode nearly every week through this winter and have enjoyed every minute of it, It seemed that every time i headed out the views that greeted me were completely different, cloudy, clear, sunny and at times absolutely buried in snow, albeit usually wet and cold.
. ( I don't think Stacey appreciated all the mud. Sorry)
Think about the smiles you've had as you skim past trees and off drops only being able to see 10ft ahead, the immature giggles as both your tires slide out on a corner you know so well, the sheer hilarity when you return to civilization with mud covering your face feeling like some sort of macho outdoorsy Bear Grylls come Ned Overend rider and of course the absolute terror when you find yourself in the middle of a woods alone with nothing for company but a randy badger that you can hear chasing you down.
(This actually happened and i'm still a little afraid that said badger is stalking me).
Yes these good times are gone and rightfully i'm a little bit sad but it's hard to be to sad about it when spring is in the air.
Wednesday 16 March 2011
ReatinRides: My first ever attempt to blog.
ReatinRides: My first ever attempt to blog.: "So Here I come into your life like a big foolish wreck who lives to ride, fix and talk Mountain Bikes. Please bear with me as my English is ..."
ReatinRides: Cheaper and more efficient than a jiffy. Really?
ReatinRides: Cheaper and more efficient than a jiffy. Really?: "So no doubt some of you guys and girls saw this article on Bikeradar. .http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/chain-reaction-cycles-behi..."
Cheaper and more efficient than a jiffy. Really?
So no doubt some of you guys and girls saw this article on Bikeradar.
.http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/chain-reaction-cycles-behind-the-scenes-29496
And after spending some time lost in my imagination, running round the warehouse grabbing as much as i could carry, I got on to the section about the way the machine they use to package our items up automatically cuts down the box and seals it. This is supposedly more efficient and cheaper than having some one put a small part in a jiffy bag, this may be so, but i had to order a brass hydraulic hose olive from CRC earlier this week which turned up in this.
I mean, really cheaper and more efficient maybe but when i saw the, shall we say massive box i got all excited, maybe they had sent me something much more exciting than a tiny little brass olive.
Alas this was not the case and fitting resulted in a tiny bit of brake fluid on the tongue.
Luckily i was wearing safety goggles?!
Oh by the way, whilst on my imaginary trolley dash round the, In my opinion, greatest warehouse in the world I worked out I could probably carry. Four frames, two forks, two wheelset and then just fill my pockets with. Chains, cassettes, chain rings and Brake pads. The latter are all things I hate spending money on. They are boring items, yes, and i would be tempted by other shiny blingtastic bits but, chains, cassettes and pads just start to die the moment you use them. It's like money falling out your pockets every time you crank it or brake.
Ouch!.
ReatinRides on.
.http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/article/chain-reaction-cycles-behind-the-scenes-29496
And after spending some time lost in my imagination, running round the warehouse grabbing as much as i could carry, I got on to the section about the way the machine they use to package our items up automatically cuts down the box and seals it. This is supposedly more efficient and cheaper than having some one put a small part in a jiffy bag, this may be so, but i had to order a brass hydraulic hose olive from CRC earlier this week which turned up in this.
Alas this was not the case and fitting resulted in a tiny bit of brake fluid on the tongue.
Luckily i was wearing safety goggles?!
Oh by the way, whilst on my imaginary trolley dash round the, In my opinion, greatest warehouse in the world I worked out I could probably carry. Four frames, two forks, two wheelset and then just fill my pockets with. Chains, cassettes, chain rings and Brake pads. The latter are all things I hate spending money on. They are boring items, yes, and i would be tempted by other shiny blingtastic bits but, chains, cassettes and pads just start to die the moment you use them. It's like money falling out your pockets every time you crank it or brake.
Ouch!.
ReatinRides on.
Monday 14 March 2011
My first ever attempt to blog.
So Here I come into your life like a big foolish wreck who lives to ride, fix and talk Mountain Bikes. Please bear with me as my English is shocking, I have never really tried to write anything and have no real aim as to what I'm trying to achieve other than to share my riding experience with similar like minded people. Along the way I hope I can entertain you with some amateur bike footage, some half arsed videos on how to carry out repairs and anything else that pops into my head whilst I'm bored at either of my two jobs. So I guess that's the pre bollocks apology out the way for how terrible this could be. Hopefully I'll see some people on here soon when I try to write something more bike related.
Welcome to my ride.
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Welcome to my ride.
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