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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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Anyone for Over? Over....

Please join me tonight for a mini-epic to Over.

Since I live there I will be "doing a Dom" - with Dom and Alison as it happens - and cycling in.

The forecast is for perhaps some patchy light rain with dry, clear interludes and light winds. Remember that the beer is competitively priced there.

I might add some cheeky loops towards the end, but all will come with a verifiable mileage and cowshit warning.

PT

Re: Anyone for Over? Over....

I'll be there. Bringing a Rich along too that I picked up in cyberspace.

Tony

Re: Anyone for Over? Over....

Afternoon Pasty,
I am in with my nice new headset installed by that man that does a very good wheel!!

Geordynige

Re: Anyone for Over? Over....

I'll be riding tonight. Planning to get the train into town to save my legs for the ride home. Apologies in advance if it's running a few minutes late and I'm a bit late arriving at the start.

Richard

Re: Anyone for Over? Over and Out...

Sorry Pasty,

Will have to give this one a miss - Not yet signed off for tonight's dose of flat-out mountain biking. Hopefully out next week.

Must get to grips with this Viewranger stuff....

pete

Re: Anyone for Over? Over and Out...

Looking forward to my first CAM MTB ride in about a year ...
How much cowshit notice are you going to give us Pasty?

Re: Anyone for Over? Over....

Pasty,
Can you send me your work email again I tried tlee @ and it bounced back

Cheers
GN

Re: Anyone for Over? Over and Out...

There's really only one section toward the end, by the river. Oh, and there's flies there too. Nice.

PT

Re: Anyone for Over? Over and Out...

i plan to come along tonight, still got the same summer tyres on as last week, hopefully i will stay on the straight and narrow and upright this time.