Ali C

Please don't use txt talk, also you need to use a spell checker or something!

I remember no cat?

narr, I am normal, everyone else is weird! I'll tell you what...you could even stay in a nice full bed next door if my house is too messy

that place Akrigg rides is Shipley Glen, its 25mins from my house, so we could go there if you wanted

you more than welcome to stay at mine one weekend! We can hit the Trials park, manchester, and if the weather nice we can go to Blackstone edge (best natural in the uk!....shut it Partz!!).

not so good in a wet muddy comp/natural ride though

dependant on the weahter, I can go too

I bruised my ribs when I fell 10ft at Bike 05. Took around 2 weeks for me to ride again and another 2 for the pain to go totally

haha, that's so Jack Meek!

the plan is to get some grippy paint/tape on them and place more objects around them. As they are now, they are a bit wasted (I wasn't there when they were set in). Cheers for the input guys, I'll forward it all to Tony

Been a while since I have been there, so a Leeds ride would be cool. I do agree though, there is a lot of tgs stuff in Leeds.

you sure you want me too? TGS isn't really my thing Plus I can't get that fish eye out of my head. To be fair, the riding was decent, but the fish eye lense really ruined it for me!

a bit I really couldn't be bothered to read the first post! If people take the time to make their posts easy to read, I'll take the time to read it...you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours

Pardon??

wow, you managed to capture some footage of the lesser spotted Iolo cook! Looks like a cool ride and I am glad to see will has the correct wheel size now

thats really cool! I can see him going far.

lol, it turns out I did know Maybe next year. Well done again scott!!

well done scott!! must I must ask...where do you hear about such comps? I feel I am missing out on loads!!

I agree, he looks way to big for that bike, made him too all hunched and nasty.

I am impressed, I know those rocks at shipley and they aint easy!

Hey guys Had a message off Tony Lund saying there is a lot more funding for the park for next year. What I want is people's views who have been up there on what the area could do with. I know there is deffo some concrete tubes and other shapes being included, but what do YOU want? some sketches or photos would make things easier to get across to the builders what you want. Cheers

I would either choose west yorkshire or the south west (devon/cornwall) I am in west yorkshire now, the further west you go (the pennines) the better views and riding there it, but there's more night life nearer the cities. I have been to devon a few times, apart from people accents there its really nice! Same with cornwall

I have taken up BMX racing to improve my leg power and stamina...nothing like a flat out sprint for 40 seconds while doing pull-ups to get over the jumps! Also more fun than a gym in my opinion.

Very good point! I am annoyed at you for pointing out my stupidity Still, street is just outside my house and natural is up some of the steepest hills around, so street is still the easier option for me, but I find natural more challenging, thats what I meant. The other side to the argument is that you can make street challenging too, Rowan is a perfect example, I doubt I could do half the stuff he does. I think the best comprimise would be a comp but in the streets, man made stuff with normal UCI rules, or maybe add a "no strato dab" rule so that everyone has to at least attepmt to ride their bikes up stuff.

I love comps! There's nothing I like more than a roadtrip up and down the country or abroad, meeting up with old friends and making new ones along the way. All the best/funniest/most embarrasing stories I have are from going away to compete. In 2006 I got the oppertunity to travel the world because of comps, without them I would have never have gone to Singapore or Japan. The best highlight of my life so far has got to be on the top of the podium at the French round of the world champs, that feeling alone, knowing that on that day you were untouchable is what brings me back. Street is cool too and to most under 17 year olds is obviously cheaper and easier, but who wants things easy? I love a challenge! sure you can challenge yourself out riding street but seeing how high you can go up a wall sideways has its limits. A nice technical rock line is what gets me going. I am lucky in that I live where there's lots of rocks and my parents took me to comps when I couldn't drive. I have been competing for 10 years now, I have lost track of how many comps I have been to (hundreds) but I know I wouldn't be riding if I didn't compete.