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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.

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p

Jan 9, 2011 - 9:37PM

PT's Winter Wobble - Additional Points Available For...

Hi All,

Good to see that teams are being formed and plenty of you look up for it. Let's hope the weather holds!

Just as last time, there will be extra points available. You can gain a couple of checkpoints worth from the following:-

1. Wearing a very gaudy jacket. The most eye-watering, as voted for by your peers, wins 40 Points;
2. Riding all night with a rolled-up pair of socks stuffed down your shorts/tousers/jersey. You can have them down the front or the back. Most impressive 'package', as voted for by your peers, wins 40 Points.

There are even more points for some daft stuff which will be revealed on the night.

Just another note on the weather; current forecast looks to be mainly dry, mild with a light to moderate south-westerly. I will only postpone if the weather deteriorates markedly and puts people off.

Regards

PT

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Jan 9th, 2011 - 9:37 PM

m

Jan 10, 2011 - 3:46PM

Re: PT's Winter Wobble - Additional Points Available For...

Do you have to prove it's rolled up socks?

p

Pat AKA The Jolly Green Giant

Jan 10, 2011 - 9:33PM

Re: PT's Winter Wobble - Additional Points Available For...

why do you ask Mr T? are you planning to bring your inflatable doll out for the evening and need to keep it safe from Shelton?

m

Jan 11, 2011 - 7:42AM

Re: PT's Winter Wobble - Additional Points Available For...

I'm just a bit worried what Shelton might pull out of his shorts if asked to 'show us your sock'. He may mis-hear the request and get us all arrested.

p

Pat AKA The Jolly Green Giant

Jan 11, 2011 - 1:29PM

Re: PT's Winter Wobble - Additional Points Available For...

if that happens we could run a "hall of fame" page for riders of note that have brought Camb MTB in to dis-repute or raised our profile ..... or both at the same time.

stag nights, hen nights, visits to Casualty or just Duncan in an improvised dress made out of MBR Buff's.....pass the mind bleach please i can't get rid of that thought again.

p

Jan 11, 2011 - 9:51PM

Re: PT's Winter Wobble - Additional Points Available For...

Hmmm....I don't think I'll be awarding any points to Shelton for divulging his wedding tackle.

Might be a bit cold for that anyway. You could need your telephoto lens, Pat.

Having re-read my original posting, I've realised that I've mispelled 'trousers' as 'tousers', which I thought was a pet name for a dog. "Shoving a sock down your tousers" brings to mind the sort of activity I think I would discourage and it's probably illegal so, please, stick to the spirit of the posting.

PT

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Jan 11th, 2011 - 9:51 PM