Cole
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Kurt how much you want to spend on a bike I can get you very well specced ktm bark 20 for 2.3k or a merida 140 900d for a grand both brand new in the shop
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Cole
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Kyle lots of us use strava on here
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Cole
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http://www.quantumbikes.co.uk/products/mountain-bikes/ktm-bikes/bark-20-194830-g/
That's the bark
http://www.quantumbikes.co.uk/products/mountain-bikes/full-suspension-mountain-bikes/mens-full-suspension-mountain-bikes/one-forty-900-d/
That's the merida
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Kyle T
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Kyle lots of us use strava on here
Ah cool, it seems like a decent app - I'm just concerned about battery life. I know from using Satnav int' car that GPS bums my battery dry, and my pushrod doesn't have a cig lighter 
I think we're going to grab a bikerack for the bints' Corsa next, do places like Dolby Forest have routes suitable for nobheads or is it somewhere we should be going with proper mountain bikes and associated skills?
We've got a couple of "hybrid" Carrera Crossfire bikes, seem to be mountain bike frames with a roady type tyre to me.
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Cole
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Difference between using sat nav is you are using the screen where as strava runs in the background so lasts ages easily 4-5hrs maybe more
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Kyle T
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Hmmm good point sonny.
Will try it at the weekend, I'm sure it can manage my 20mile trips for now!
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Dr Pepper
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hit 1500 miles for the year tonight, lost a stone on the scales and gained quite a bit of leg and lung strength ....average speed on runs has gone from 12-15 mph to about 16.5-18.5 mph
[Edited on 08-07-2013 by Dr Pepper]
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Tom G
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Good going there! Do you ride by yourself?
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Dr Pepper
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Originally posted by Tom G
Good going there! Do you ride by yourself?
Yeah pretty much - in a local club but I don't get out with them too much as I'm always busy when they have runs. I'm doing a solo charity lejog next April so the more solo miles I get in the better really
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Simon
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Now you've got that out your system get some knobbly tyres and get up shotover with strava!
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Dr Pepper
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Originally posted by Simon
Now you've got that out your system get some knobbly tyres and get up shotover with strava!
Lol - I was up there last week on mates mountain bike .... I'm such a pussy off road, yet push me down a mountain on the Tarmac and I will get my chin on the bar and have a go ..... Off road is just not for me mate
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Aaron
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Just done a nice 30 odd mile ride from my home to a seaside town called Hornsea, down an old railway track (the tracks have been removed). I'm in training for a charity walk which my colleagues and i plan to do in a couple of months time 
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Simon
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Borrowed a tandem from my mates shop for this weekend, finally I can go on a ride with the lady and not have to wait for her
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Aaron
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Across the Humber Bridge and back this morning. About 22 miles in total. Pretty warm 
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Nic Barnes
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going to hamsterley forest tomorrow for a ride on the trail there. people keep saying its pretty good and its only 50 mile away so hopefully its worth the trip out.
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Rick Draper
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MTB put of action as I ruined the rear wheel. Road bike out of action as I am been a hungry nosed bastard.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
going to hamsterley forest tomorrow for a ride on the trail there. people keep saying its pretty good and its only 50 mile away so hopefully its worth the trip out.
I'm going to hamsterly tomorrow, only 20min from me. It's a awesome place the newer trails are rad!
What bike you got and I'll keep an eye out for you 
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deano87
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Still no riding for me after coming off at FoD. Few more weeks yet 
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Dan
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Happy with my progress so far this year.
Down to 12mins 19 seconds for my 3.33 mile ride to work. few inclines on the way.
Considering ive done no physical excersize since school and the first trip took me about 19mins lol
Didnt expect to still be going on the bike 7 months into the year!
Did a 10 mile ride last sunday, averaging 16mph. Then this morning i have just done a 15.83 miler in 1 hour 3 mins.
Well impressed with the progress!
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Kyle T
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I hate my bike already...
I bought it second hand, but it had never been ridden before which was evident by the condition of it.
Threw it in the back of my car, and I reckon I bent the brake discs a bit.
My brakes hence have a bit of rubbing, so went to Halfords ( ) for some new disks and ended up leaving the bike with them for a £14 brake and gear service.
Upon collection, it still rubbed and the gears felt even worse. Had a tinker with it myself yesterday and thought I had it all sussed.
Took it out this morning, after about a mile it was rubbing again and I stopped about 15 times because my chain had mangled up in the gears Most miserable 10 miles I've ever traveled 
Bikes were so simple back in the day, how is it as a 13 year old I could treat my bike like shit but it would deal with anything I threw at it? This one cost 4 times as much as any bike I had as a child... and it sucks.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Corsa Sport Gav
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
going to hamsterley forest tomorrow for a ride on the trail there. people keep saying its pretty good and its only 50 mile away so hopefully its worth the trip out.
I'm going to hamsterly tomorrow, only 20min from me. It's a awesome place the newer trails are rad!
What bike you got and I'll keep an eye out for you
black trek fuel 6
Made the mistake of doing the entire red trail which was shite fire road bollocks for ages, then from the section called transmission was good. Then did the black trail, I fell off on a sort of wall ride bit which I'm hoping looks funny on the go pro. Overall, hamsterley was ok. If I could hav combined the black and best bits from the red together would have been a lot better than the 21 mile we covered today. I'd go back though, it's only about an hour away from mine. Lovely day for it anyway.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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next time you go u2u me and come round with me as I know my way round to miss all the crap out :-) aye transmission is awesome and the two after that are good too
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Nic Barnes
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Will fire the videos up later, mates who I was with are a lot faster than me. Will give you a shout next time as it could be a real decent ride missing out all the garbage.
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Nic Barnes
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http://youtu.be/NbEH3E9qVug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gL0JEJd-J_0&feature=c4-overview&list=UU3JDKHXF95TEOWYSYN8bmfw
[Edited on 14-07-2013 by Nic Barnes]
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Cole
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Looks a good trail that
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