billflat12
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Tyre width and loose rock
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Motozulu
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Has Lulu flounced out of the room then? 
Shame - all seemed pretty innocent to me. Oh well.
Shame - all seemed pretty innocent to me. Oh well.
billflat12
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In honour of this thread becoming a bit of a turkey a little tribute
Motozulu
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Well, I'm sure that helped cheer Lulubel up. 
Motozulu
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Cubist I don't think Lulubel's here anymore, now we'll never get to hear the end of the Spanish adventure.
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Some people don't know when to leave things be, but in my opinion some replies were just plain rude. Shame.
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lulubel
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OK, guys, I'm back. I took some very sensible advice, and this thread looks a whole lot better for it 
I don't have any news about the bike, though. It's still in the final assembly stage - yes, they could have just sent it to me in bits, and I'd be up the mountains on it by now! - but the latest shipping date they've given me is next Monday, so I should be out on it by the end of next week.
We're actually having torrential rain here at the moment, so I'm quite glad I haven't got it because it would be very frustrating. I don't like riding in the rain (although that would be over-ridden by having a new bike to play with) but this kind of rain can cause flash floods in the mountains, so I wouldn't want to risk going up there. The trails should be "interesting" when it all settles down, though.
I don't have any news about the bike, though. It's still in the final assembly stage - yes, they could have just sent it to me in bits, and I'd be up the mountains on it by now! - but the latest shipping date they've given me is next Monday, so I should be out on it by the end of next week.
We're actually having torrential rain here at the moment, so I'm quite glad I haven't got it because it would be very frustrating. I don't like riding in the rain (although that would be over-ridden by having a new bike to play with) but this kind of rain can cause flash floods in the mountains, so I wouldn't want to risk going up there. The trails should be "interesting" when it all settles down, though.
In that case can we have pics before you take the bike out for it's first ride please?
Christopher
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Hmm, reminds me of a story I heard once about a mtb'r who went up into the California hills after a heavy storm to ride a road that had been closed due to landslides. On the way up he met a couple of mud-splattered off-road motorcyclists coming back down the road. They did their best to persuade him to turn back as higher up there was no road, just downed trees and debris. The mtbiker carried on and almost had a serious incident as he ended up soaked, plastered in mud and snot, scrached to heck and dragging the bike behind him by its front wheel, under fallen trees and over loose slopes of mud and rock. No long-term harm done but it took him a while to recover from it...
Motozulu
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Don't blame you for being wary lulubel. I learnt in the dry but now the weather is changing over here feels I am learning all over again - just back from a ride in the forest and spent more time sliding than pedalling it feels. Course when you throw in landslides and flash floods it's a whole new ball game - I'm just whinging about a few muddy boardwalks and slick as snot cobbles here. 
Big deal.
Big deal.
Motozulu
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I don't really think I have to spell it out do I?Rude?? who? where?
Motozulu
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Seriously? yes you'll have to spell it out - I can't see anything rude anywhere - really I can't, bit of humour maybe but rude? not in my definition of the word it is'nt. Are we getting a bit over sensitive here?.
Lulubel did'nt appreciate being lectured on safety (fair do's) so she left for a bit (also fair enough), it was commented on in a humerous way, now she's back, I'm pleased to say, and no harm done. I can do rude, no problems, but I certainly have'nt here.
Lulubel did'nt appreciate being lectured on safety (fair do's) so she left for a bit (also fair enough), it was commented on in a humerous way, now she's back, I'm pleased to say, and no harm done. I can do rude, no problems, but I certainly have'nt here.
