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bails87
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Posts: 697
Location: Solihull, United Kingdom
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 Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 1:52 pm |
To be fair, up until a week or 2 ago we'd had about 6 weeks of lovely dry (as in dusty) trails. I remember when I put my Racing Ralphs on in June, it seemed to rain non stop for a month. I've got a pic from July of my bike buried up to the hubs in mud after I thought I could just spin through that damp looking bit.....
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Thewaylander
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Posts: 1393
Location: Newport
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Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 3:21 pm |
I intend on swimming, increase my lung capacity a bit
Mountain Biking can save your sanity too! |
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Surf-Matt
Joined: 22 Apr 2008
Posts: 4257
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biff55
Joined: 16 Aug 2009
Posts: 99
Location: blackpool
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yeehaamcgee
Joined: 07 May 2007
Posts: 6057
Location: Worth Nails
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Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:25 pm |
Sod the constant mega-cleaning, just don't bother. It'll only get dirtier the day after anyway.
Mae'n enw i wedi ei grafu, hefo hoelan wedi rhydu, ar y lechan las
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Hercule Q
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Posts: 1773
Location: On the floor by the bar
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Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:38 pm |
LOW POWER JET WASH!
clean bike in 5mins
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One of Gods own prototypes, to weird to live, to rare to die |
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bone_idle
Joined: 16 Dec 2008
Posts: 32
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Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:44 pm |
Call of Duty Modern warfare 2 comes out next week !! that will do nicely and it dont need cleaning. And dont knock it till you try it online It will be Awsome. 
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Northwind
Joined: 06 Sep 2008
Posts: 4590
Location: Edinburgh
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Posted Tue Nov 3, 2009 9:25 pm |
Climbing seems like a good complement to cycling, different skills and it works different muscles, plus it's higher intensity. But the appeal's kind of similiar I think.
We still do it because we're forever chasing what we've already found |
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clarkson
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
Posts: 1524
Location: United Kingdom
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furby
Joined: 17 May 2008
Posts: 89
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 12:14 am |
Sod staying indoors when it rains!
get out and enjoy it, go white water kayaking!
Can be really good fitness training aswell
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colintrav
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
Posts: 218
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:00 am |
| RichardJiles wrote: | | So, the weather is always bad in the UK, so I have been thinking of doing and indoor sport that will help with my biking, but I can always do the sport, because it's indoors. DO you have and suggestions? I live in Vale of Glamorgan, so do you know any indoor sports places? wtih good sports? |
Your defo at the bam up ,
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colintrav
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 1:03 am |
| bone_idle wrote: | | Call of Duty Modern warfare 2 comes out next week !! that will do nicely and it dont need cleaning. And dont knock it till you try it online It will be Awsome. |
So you rush home with the new game in hand to play the game ... and your burd asks
What do you do first ?? Play the game or service her ,
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welshkev
Joined: 09 Jan 2009
Posts: 499
Location: Cwmbran, South Wales
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yeehaamcgee
Joined: 07 May 2007
Posts: 6057
Location: Worth Nails
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Posted Wed Nov 4, 2009 12:26 pm |
Ducks for cover?
I suppose it makes sense, water just runs off a duck, so if you build a shelter from them, then it would be very waterproof.
I can't imagine it would be very easy riding around, with a load of quacking, angry ducks gaffer-taped to you though.
Mae'n enw i wedi ei grafu, hefo hoelan wedi rhydu, ar y lechan las
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_Ferret_
Joined: 25 Mar 2008
Posts: 460
Location: Freiburg, Germany
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Stevo 666
Joined: 26 Jun 2009
Posts: 132
Location: Sunny Beckenham, Kent
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365punter
Joined: 16 Jan 2008
Posts: 26
Location: Sunny South Coast!
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 12:42 pm |
| Northwind wrote: | | Climbing seems like a good complement to cycling, different skills and it works different muscles, plus it's higher intensity. But the appeal's kind of similiar I think. |
I think I agree with the MTFU people here. I love climbing (still identify myself as a climber instead of a mtber) but you need good weather to go climbing outdoors. You can go climbing at indoor walls (which is fine on mid-week evenings) but I'd rather get soaked through on my mountain bike than stay indoors.
And yes, bad weather will knacker your bike if you don't clean it. That's what basic hardtails are for!
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lochussie
Joined: 05 Jul 2008
Posts: 81
Location: Glasgow
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 1:23 pm |
Whitewater kayaking. Get into this and you can be smugly happy when the forecast for the weekend is rain. Plenty of thrills to be had on the rivers.
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bigchazrocks
Joined: 04 Jan 2009
Posts: 2155
Location: Bristol / Salisbury-ish / Leicester
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:11 pm |
Either quit MTB for the winter (like a pussy  ), well, actually, most of the year if you dont ride in the rain....
You could gym it up - lots of isometric exercises - squats, deadlifts, powerlifts, heaves, chin-ups, dips and pressups. All good, total body conditioning exercise. Combine with something like swimming and running, and you'll be fighting fit come summer.
But you'll have sh*t MTB skills. Squash is another beasting... Might not think it, but it is...
Or you could forego the extra expense of buying a gym membership and stuff, and just get some winter riding gear. Ride through the winter. Yes, the bike wears out faster, and you get dirty, but if you're gonna complain about doing kit admin... become a fell runner. All you need is shorts and trainers!
Besides, nothing quite like a clear, crisp February morning, no-one around, and watching the sun rise on top of an empty hill, to remind you why you love MTB and the GREAT out-doors...
So be a man, and do the right thing... 
Boo-yah mofo
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daniel_owen_uk
Joined: 21 Feb 2007
Posts: 134
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Posted Thu Nov 5, 2009 3:14 pm |
Indoor skydiving (actually they don't like you calling it that, "Bodyflight"). Amazing fun, but a little on the expensive side (last time I went it was close to £10 a minute).
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i go to the gym more in the winter aswell as, ahem, get the road bike out more (ducks for cover)