Dedication...

How long would it take to empty this bowl?!?! I think it would be worth spending a day doing just that, sleep in the bowl & session it all day the following day :-)

Obviously they hadn't discovered the concept of drainage!

JC's blog...

I like Jim C & he has a blog up which has some good reading about what's going on with Sunday...

http://www.sundaybikes.com/

Ghost park...

It was quite bizarre rolling down to the Banbury park on Saturday, I'd managed to convice BK that it was quiet (well it was when I drove past earlier) enough for him to get a bit of flatland riding in whilst I exhausted myself on the curves (sounds nice ;-). So we arrive at the park & it's completely empty.... save for a few scumbags sat on the 7' drinking lambrini. I know there was talk of an Oxford visit but I didn't get in touch with anyone until I saw Alec on his way to the train station at around 3pm. So we just stayed at home & sessioned as usual. I was trying 50-50's on the sub-box & this young guy turned up & decided to have a go at them too. He ended up falling off the side of the ramp about 10 feet onto his back...don't think he enjoyed that very much & get well soon bud :-

With the imminent prospect of better weather (maybe) I find myself wanting to ride more & more, planning a midweek (well Thursday) trip to OWP...

PS: has Ray emigrated???

Feeling it...

Another Wednesday night session! what is going on? I don't ride this much... Well when i got home last night after charging back & forth across that spine countless times, I was, in the purest form, fucked! It must have been lack of recovery from the miles Sunil & I did on our Sunday morning MTB get-together. Whatever, I'm feeling it, whilst strangely, wanting to get back on the ply again today :-) Make the most of your boundless energy reserves kiddies, it don't last forever...

Nice to see Chaz back in Banbury & also catch up with Bob Jones a bit. Maybe the 'Owl Quiz' should be on my list of 'evenings entertainment' in the near future...? Would be nice to see Davey-boy again...

Hope to see some of you Saturday then (weather permitting)

...now where's that Pasta/Yoga DVD???

Here's a random picture

No time for BMX

Saturday was spent at Santa Pod last weekend. It was a great day & we saw some very quick motors. Plenty of TVR's in attendance in addition to top fuel dragsters, funny cars, jet powered dragsters & super modded street cars.... all good, here's some pics:

Escort Mk1 cossie


US Muscle


Deafening!


10'000hp jet car


Funny car


TVR Griffs burn out


Top Fuel


If you haven't been to Santa Pod before & you like cars, get your butt over there, it rules!

PS: take a coat - it's freezing!!!

'till the sun goes down...

Managed to squeeze in a mid week session last night. Having not ridden for a couple of weeks or so, I was chomping a' la bit to get out again :-)

Good to see some of the old crew out & riding, props to Thom, Sam K, Dan & Bob Mawle, always nice to see all those guys again. Thom & I agreed we should do another roadtrip with all the 'old' Banbury crew ;-) something like ROM would be too cool me thinks...?

Also suprised to see that John kid, who recently broke his CB, out & riding as usual!

Stevie Sumner now rocking a Fit S3 & very nice it is too, you have too much money dude :D

Sunny days, you gotta love 'em...

Trivia...

It struck me that this foto has a bit of historic trivia in it...



who is the rider?
what frame is that?
who made those forks?
etc

More hubs...

I quite like the look of this hub, having wanted a freecoaster for a few years but holding back due to the fact that there hasn't been one worth buying IMHO :-)



Made by KHE & retailing for £99, I don't like the fact it comes in 9t & 10t only(?) & the colour isn't too good but it does look to have some good ideas incorporated into it....

R.E.M...

I had a weird dream last night, I had won £2000 on the lottery (fuck my luck) & for some bizarre reason I had spent money on purple parts to go on my orange bike, yuck! It looked like one of those gay-bikes off bikeguide.org forums :-\

One thing that I had bought in the dream was a new freecoaster hub & I was doing backwards nose wheelies for ever :-) I don't usually dream about doing tricks that I can't do....how about you?