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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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The Grumpy Webmaster

Sep 1, 2011 - 11:14AM

Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Duncan is unwell and has unfortunately had to postpone leading tonight's epic. Hopefully we can reschedule it for a future Tuesday when he's better.

Paul

PS - I'll have to wait to collect Forum subs off you lot as I'm crocked too following an off last Sunday...

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 11:53AM

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Paul,

Sorry to hear of your "off". But I am intrigued! Road or MTB? Self-inficted, or not? I only ask, so as to help prevent emulation.

Pete

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 12:18PM

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Sorry to hear that Mr Cook is crook (Duncan can't function??) and that Paul's had a fall.

May I suggest that the pub stop tonight is the Waggon and Horses at Milton? We tried to go there the other week but it was rained-off. I have a route in mind too.

PT

p

Pat aka the Jolly Green Giant

Sep 1, 2011 - 12:29PM

217.156.211.193

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Ahhh, the Waggon and Horses, i rember that night well, i was the only one that made it to the pub that night.

i would enjoy a quick tipple with a few friends this time.

shame about Duncan, i was looking forewards to a nice slice of cake tonight.

have i sarted a bit of a competition for off of the year? it sounds as if there have been a few entries in this category over the last few weeks!!!!

oh yes, i'm out riding tonight.

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 1:09PM

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

If it is Milton. Pasty, please can we have an earlyish pub stop, because its a long way back for me, especially with an 11-34T cassette in the back pack....

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 1:09PM

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Sounds OK to me.

See you this evening.

Email

Sep 1st, 2011 - 1:09 PM

t

Sep 1, 2011 - 1:22PM

194.129.130.242

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Early pub stop usually means long pub stop doesn't it? Sounds like a plan....

t

The Grumpy Webmaster

Sep 1, 2011 - 1:23PM

Re: Paul's off

MTB, ruts on the Icknield Way near Flint Cross, mud, summer tyre on the back, momentary lapse of concentration towards the end of a long ride...

All culminating in landing chest first on a ridge between the ruts on the other side of the track.

It only hurts when I breathe though!

Paul

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 1:35PM

Re: Paul's off

that can be easily cured

Email

Sep 1st, 2011 - 1:35 PM

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 1:36PM

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

OK - as long as we don't get lost on Wilbraham Fen again...

(Cassette is already in my backpack, btw)

p

Sep 1, 2011 - 3:08PM

Re: Cook's Cakewalk - postponed

Well done Pasty, the folding stuff is in my wallet.