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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:28 AM
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Bought 2 Bikes and some other bit and bobs from Boxxer and not only did he assemble and deliver them himself he also saved me over £400!!!

TOP MAN!!

This site gets alot of grief... but I LOVE it. Sooo many friendly and helpful people

Thanks Boxxer!

AND shock horror.... I have actually used it!!! I went out last night on the bike!!!

Got Efe sorting out my laptop repair as well... PF ROCKS
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:41 AM
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good news

pedal bikes? mines being overhauled at the minute now the suns out

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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:47 AM
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Bike? As in bicycle?

You sure it wasn't a chauffeur driven tandem effort?!
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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Bike? As in bicycle?

You sure it wasn't a chauffeur driven tandem effort?!
Nope.. a normal. That I pedalled all on my own

Was great fun. last night I learnt though that it gets Dark in Forests VERY VERY quickly

Everydays a school day!
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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By the way Rich... my arriving and driving, reached new levels this weekend!

I had the car driven to the track, prepped, tyres changed and then delivered to the pit lane

I JUST had time to run from the briefing, strap myself in before driving out on track

made it with seconds to spare! Dangerous was pissing himself as I came running down the pitlane
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:08 AM
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Brilliant!

It's like waiter service for motorsport........
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:10 AM
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Well, at least you went to the briefing this time rather than get mongo to go on your behalf and give you the wristband
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:11 AM
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Tony C is the man

I can see me employing him at every trackday from now on!!!

He took the car home, is going to fix it up and deliver it to National day as well

HUGE thanks to Simon at FastFord as well for making my day sooo kewl!
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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mike does know his stuff about bikes
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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Which bikes did you get Porkie?
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:18 AM
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Well, at least you went to the briefing this time rather than get mongo to go on your behalf and give you the wristband
That NEVER happened



























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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by simon170
Which bikes did you get Porkie?
Nothing special Simon, just a pair of Specialized Rockhopper Discs. More than enough for the 3 times I will use it though
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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I was only speaking hypothetically about a possible even lazier alternative of course
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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there is some really nice people on here
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Which bikes did you get Porkie?
Nothing special Simon, just a pair of Specialized Rockhopper Discs. More than enough for the 3 times I will use it though

Did you get two so that when one is dirty you can use the other one while Mike comes round and cleans the first one off again?

I do that with women
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by GARETH T
there is some really nice people and jaycos on here
Definately
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
I was only speaking hypothetically about a possible even lazier alternative of course
If Tony had actually have had the relevant paper work....

He WOULD have been doing a 'Mongo' for me
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Originally Posted by Chip-3Door
I was only speaking hypothetically about a possible even lazier alternative of course
If Tony had actually have had the relevant paper work....

He WOULD have been doing a 'Mongo' for me

Its going to be a brave man who "does" mongo for you or anyone else
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Speaking of which, where / how is Mongo?
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
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Which bikes did you get Porkie?
Nothing special Simon, just a pair of Specialized Rockhopper Discs. More than enough for the 3 times I will use it though
Sounds pretty flash! lol

Is Boxxer the fella to see about these things then? I'm after a new bike, but dont know what to get as I'm on a tight budget.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:31 AM
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Mongo is good, he couldnt come on sunday cause he was playing cricket (looks more like rounders when he holds the bat though ) his scooby is still in pieces (1 year anniversary from him buying it off alex after killing it at ford fair last year, lol) but is plodding along slowly towards going back together
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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Yep Mike (boxxer) sorted me out 2 kids bikes and one for myself, and lots of bits and bobs to, and saved me bucks aswell a few months ago..

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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Might have to drop him a PM to see if he can help me out.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:28 AM
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Mike aint a bad lad...
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
Mike aint a bad lad...

just a bit chubby round the edges
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:38 AM
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Piss off Ran! My mummy used to feed me too much.

Anyway, Porkie, No worries chap, was good to meet ya. Will have to take me out in one of your motors sometime.

Anything else ya need give me a shout
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by simon170
Might have to drop him a PM to see if he can help me out.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:41 AM
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I need you to pick up your phone mate... and tell me how to stop the black one squeaking like a sexually violated giant mouse!
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 11:43 AM
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i lost me phone last night. DOH! Best thing to do is give it time to break in. They can be a tad noisy at first. If not, undo to two bolts on top of the caliper, squeeze the brake, then do them up again whilst holding the lever in. This should centre the pads over the rotor and sort it out.
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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you're assuming that porkie has a toolkit - why would he have one of those? he might get his hands dirty doing manual labour
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 12:25 PM
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What do you do for a job anyway Porkie?
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