The Official Scrap yard challenge ride May 12th FOD

[daj]

Date: Sunday 12th May 2013

Time: 10.00 a.m. for a prompt 10:30 a.m. start

Ride: Thrash and trash around the Verderers trail

Distance: As far as your scrap heap challenge carries you

Start and finish: Forest of Dean trail Centre

Post Ride Grub: Forest of Dean trail centre cafe

Height gain: Enough to stretch the legs with 60lb of rubbish

What is the ride like? thats depends on how well you spend your £25

What bike set up? ha,ha Anything goes!

Scrap yard challenge rules

1. buying period April 1st to 30th
2. Budget £25 excluding p&p
3. All purchases must be able to be validated through ebay links
4.There is a strict point system which includes deductions for
-post-97 bikes
-heavy points for going over £25
-replacement parts
-Break downs on the ride

Dont forget its all just for fun so dont want to get heavy on the in and outs of rules and hopefully be passing the bikes onto charity afterwards

So who is in then?

Attending

daj
NeilM
Jon
KatieMacK
matthew71
nevadasmith
Grannygrinder
The History Man

 

[NeilM]

I'm in, so is Jon and Kt, plus possibly one other.

 

[KatieMacK]

IN.

 

[matthew71]

i am in dave,and i was thinking about filling your frame with sand for extra ballast . why do i keep think about doing this in fancy dress?

 

[daj]

i am in dave,and i was thinking about filling your frame with sand for extra ballast . why do i keep think about doing this in fancy dress?

I thought you were Sunday with them Shiny Bobby dazzlers on!!

 

[NeilM]

Everybody got their biding fingers ready?

It's scrap heap purchase eve, tomorrow the buying begins :twisted:

 

[Coleman]

Everybody got their biding fingers ready?

It's scrap heap purchase eve, tomorrow the buying begins :twisted:

My plans keep getting outed in market place watch :evil:

 

[Grannygrinder]

Its gonna take some doing for £25 :shock:
I did have my eye on a nice Puch ladies town bike ealier, which would have been right up my street(shut up Matt ) but that is already upto £18 :roll:

 

[NeilM]

I'm looking at collection only sales, which in my case covers about twenty counties

 

[matthew71]

am afraid the problem with this is that collection will be hundred,s of miles away,which is not pleasing thought of having to drive for hour,s to collect a heap of crap