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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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Meat on Road

Thanks to Stu for helping me get up off the road and checking me, Matt and our bikes last night.

Matt and I conspired to take each other off the bikes at some reasonable speed as we approached Haslingfield!

Hope you're OK, Matt. I'm feeling a bit grazed, battered and bruised but I'll get over it! The Whyte just suffered a grazed grip-lock and rear derailleur.

Cheers

PT

Re: Meat on Road

Oops... Would I be correct in guessing this was after the pub??

You nobbers!

(hope you're both ok)

Re: Meat on Road

Ahem....

But pub had nothing to do with it. No really. I was on the right, intending to turn left when we got to the T-junction at Haslingfield and Matt was on the left intending to turn right.

We had a coming together, a slight recovery, then a fall and slide. Ouch!

Could have happened to anyone.

PT

Re: Meat on Road

As Claire said, you nobbers!