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MG1

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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2011 »
It was F***ing horrible. The Brandy pad was terrible for a bike. Bad route choice by myself!!

On a plus side the bike bivvy was cool. It was a rough night but we still had a bit of crack once we got the vino open.

We came across some of the downhill sections in Tollymore. They still had some markers about from last weeks down hill round. They looked scary i would not like to blast down them. Back to training round the lakes and Clare Glen for me, it'll be a long while before i'm in the mournes with a bike!!!
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2011 »
Don't think it was necessarily a bad route choice, more a learning experience :) We saw scramblers doing the Brandy Pad so I'd have assumed it was suitable.
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2011 »
I hate the walk up the Saddle!! Depresses me everytime!
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2011 »
only thing i hate about the hills is not bein able to get up em!
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2011 »
and comin down back to the real world when its time to go home!! ;D
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #20 on: May 21, 2011 »
I can't work out how to get the pics up here's a link to flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56563822@N05/sets/72157626769386512/
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #21 on: May 21, 2011 »
Diggin the tarp setup!!

My work is doing the cycle to work scheme, so i can get a decent mountain bike v soon, but may have to get from halford...
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #22 on: May 21, 2011 »
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #23 on: May 21, 2011 »
Look like decent bikes, though i know nowt about them!
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #24 on: May 21, 2011 »













 ;)
« Last Edit: May 21, 2011 by 666_pack »
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #25 on: May 21, 2011 »
What type of bike you guys using , I used to have a kona many moons ago .
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #26 on: May 21, 2011 »
i used a claude butler yoke (borrowed for the day) not sure about mg1.
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #27 on: May 21, 2011 »
Mines a x rated jump bike from Halfords nothing fancy. But it does the job. I had a claude butler for years only retired it last year. I've also a Giant boulder thats almost finished.
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #28 on: May 21, 2011 »
Mine only seen the top of Donard once and it retired me , could not cope with it as I busted my ankle about 7 months before and I thought I could handle it , I had tears rolling down my cheeks in pain . From then on I stuck to parks (wuss) hats off for the route yous guys done , your either hardcore or mental I think the latter  ;D
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Re: How I hate thee, let me count the ways
« Reply #29 on: May 21, 2011 »
 :D
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