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Offline Tim Noyce

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2008, 10:20:12 PM »
got a new bike coming soon...




http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p1107


drool.....  ;D

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #31 on: April 20, 2008, 10:55:32 PM »
Looks really nice and a top spec too...looking forward to seeing that!

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #32 on: April 21, 2008, 12:15:35 AM »
I want one of these mountain bikes  ;D
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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #33 on: April 21, 2008, 07:26:15 AM »
There's a minter on ebay at the moment Ross. 1 litre of pure mayhem. Buy it! Got some pimpin white steelies too. If I didnt already have the Vi i would put a cheeky bid on!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIAT-PANDA-SISLEY-4X4-GREY-1998-E_W0QQitemZ190215962749QQihZ009QQcategoryZ9843QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #34 on: April 21, 2008, 08:20:50 AM »
DO IT!!!

These things go places that Land Rovers won't look at...OK so deep mud and ruts challenges them a bit, but they are just superb on steep hills and similar!

And you can always put dumper tyres on for serious playtime (not road legal of course)

Only problem is that one looks far too nice to take off road!

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #35 on: April 21, 2008, 10:52:30 AM »
I'm going to have a go but I fear it will go way over my budget!


Deep tread tires, snorkel, bull bars and extra lamps and I'll have a real off road beast :o
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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #36 on: May 07, 2008, 10:00:04 PM »
Had the bike since sunday and have been out on it every day since! Went for a cheeky ride round Carsington after work this evening with Hoppy. Certainly helps to have a fellow mountain biker / cherubber under the roof to help with motivation towards post work activities! Gonna try and do some club racing in 'da Bom' next Wednesday! Sorted out finishing work at 4 so we have time to rig up and pay for day sailing rather than paying the ludicrous £350 membership fees  :o

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #37 on: June 08, 2008, 07:22:15 PM »
My bike quiver has now extended to 3 bikes! My parents neighbour kindly GAVE me a Peugeot Racing bike as it was apparently cluttering his garage up and wanted rid of it. I shall have to get out the camera and take pics of both new machines.

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #38 on: June 16, 2008, 08:30:58 PM »
I'm getting one of these.  :o
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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #39 on: July 07, 2008, 08:05:38 PM »
I finally have pics of my 2 wheeled machines. The marin is obviously my pride and joy, and the peugeot is a retro racing machine!

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Re: Mountain Biking Weekender
« Reply #40 on: July 08, 2008, 09:48:15 AM »
the peugeot is a retro racing machine!

I was given half of an identical bike for my 15th birthday present (it was very second hand 15 years ago). I can remember my father lecturing me on how twitchy it was to ride and would I not prefere a less chipped and more shiny touring bike - some things never change :-)

Is it the full campag version? If yes then chop the bars off and invert them and use it off road, it really is a very strong frame and served me well on dirt. It also survived 3 years of heavy tow path use. After it was stolen I broke 6 bikes whilst chasing rowing boats from the tow path in a single term (frames, forks, bottom brackets - not counting buckled wheels).