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DISCLAIMER. MOUNTAIN BIKING CAN BE DANGEROUS. YOU JOIN US AT YOUR OWN RISK.

SAFETY BRIEFING.

  • Wear a helmet. Despite recent advances in medical science, brains still cannot be mended nor replaced.
  • Wear gloves or mitts. Hands often hit the ground first. Cuts and grazes invite infection and a hospital visit.
  • Wear eye protection, it only takes a twig or thorn to lose an eye. Crud catchers are a good idea in mucky weather.
  • When downhilling, for your own protection, allow plenty of space behind the rider in front.
  • Bring a bare minimum emergency tool kit and a spare inner tube.
  • Breakdowns are a bore. Plan not to have any by ensuring your bike is in perfect working order.
  • Punctures are also tedious. You can minimise them by fitting latex tubes, slime tubes or running tubeless tyres.
  • Don't ride too close to the person in front. If they crash into a badger, you'll need time to swerve.

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Gripe about gripes

Nige has been griping on the main forum and not on the griping page. Should he be banned?

Re: Gripe about gripes

Yes - I have just banned him. Bloody gripers.

Re: Gripe about gripes

Is that the latex fiasco or the bike trailer crisis? I found the trailer crisis quite amusing actually. The thing with latex tubes is that I just don't care anymore..Another thing I don't care for anymore is contemporary pop music, on the odd occasion that I drive to work I turn on the radio and the music is utter bull shit - some whinging about this or the other, or glamorizing taking prescription drugs because of a grazed knee..but you change channel and its the same bollocks! Invariably I end up on classic fm and breathe a sigh of relief, but then five minutes later realize how irritating classic FM is and go "why the fuck am I on classic fm" and turn my radio off with an aggressive tap of the volume button. I wonder if car radio manufactures have allowed for the effects of shit music and associated aggressive radio turn offs in their specifications.