Hi all

[andy]

Just thought id say hi..

Im andy im 27years old..

I started racing MTB at the age of 14 and did XC and Downhill and eventualy got sponserd by Giant but then changed to to road racing, track, and time trialing untill i was the 20 unfortunately i managed to get glandular fever and it stopped me doing anything...anyway 7 years later i have decided i want to start mountain biking again,(i dont have a mountain bike yet as i sold my old marin indian fire trail but within the next few weeks ill be getting a new one hopefully..so in the near future ill be looking to get out to hamsterley with a few peops for some fun riding..


anyway thanks for reading

Andy

[gorehound]

Greetings. What part of our wonderful region are you from?

[andy]

Im from darlington...so am hoping to get out to hamsterley and other parts around this area..

[MARK]

Im just up the road from you in Aycliffe.Im a member of Hamsterley and go up quite often with a good bunch.Your more than welcome to tag along.

[andy]

Thanks, well Im looking to get myself a GT i-drive and looking forward to getting out and riding as i havnt been out for a couple of years now...

[Chunky]

Hi Andy, welcome to the site.
I'm often up Hammers, you'll know it's me, (name on my Shorts). I'm also from Darlo so will get a ride out sorted sometime ok
cheers

[andy]

Sounds good to me mate, dont know how my fitness will be now like as my last road race was a few years ago now like but im sure after a few weeks in the saddle and a sore ass later ill be back into the swing of things...LOL

Andy

[Chunky]

Fitness? what you on about Andy???? I'm not called Chunky for nowt you know!!! lol
I'm sure you'll be just fine and soon get into the swing of it once again. I need to be using my roadie more for stamina build up...

andy said:

Sounds good to me mate, dont know how my fitness will be now like as my last road race was a few years ago now like but im sure after a few weeks in the saddle and a sore ass later ill be back into the swing of things...LOL

Andy

[andy]

LOL that sounds good to me, TBH i dont have a clue how my stamina is...with all the road riding in the past it shouldnt be too bad but havnt been MTB'ing for years and years now....silly really considering i was out 4-5 days a week on it plus the road bike training,,, lol...

Almost got a bike just trying to get the last few pennies together to get my hands on the one i want..

Andy

[Chunky]

Have you given the guys at Westbrook cycles in Stokesley a try???
I managed to get an unbelievable deal on my Trek ex8.
Cheaper than book price with some extra exotic bits added on...might be worth a go?
Plus they are doing 0% finance on new bikes if it makes it easier for you, and they have demo bikes to try out free of charge.

andy said:

LOL that sounds good to me, TBH i dont have a clue how my stamina is...with all the road riding in the past it shouldnt be too bad but havnt been MTB'ing for years and years now....silly really considering i was out 4-5 days a week on it plus the road bike training,,, lol...

Almost got a bike just trying to get the last few pennies together to get my hands on the one i want..

Andy

[andy]

Cheers for that..

I have managed to get myself a GT i-drive so am hoping to pick it up on friday as im off work then maybe get my ass to hamsterly on sunday or monday....

I got the bike for a pretty good price which left me with 200 quid spare to hopefully buy some nice extra bits for it, Mind i need a helmet as mine is broken from the last time i rode...Think i did crashing on the D/H course at hamsterly...LOL

I live in darlo so gonna check out that new Ride Central shop on north road..

Andy