just got back from a quick razz down the local dh, its wicked fun! did half a dozen runs; it corners and jumps really well. just need to get out on something rocky now…

You forgot to put mortar between ya bricks!

Mate, that lawn's a disaster. Who did the borders? Dave Blunkett?

lol thanks for not tearing in to the terrible colour combo. criticism of the garden i can handle, according to the mrs its a 'work in progress' but i daren't show her your comments! we are both terrible gardeners but im banned from doing any work since a fire 'incident' with the patio furniture.

Sorry I'm a bit late, golly that colour scheme? Nice bike and all but surely you only ride it in the dark 🙂

Can't tell what make it is

The patio needs weeding. Even the most ham fisted gardener could manage that.

lol its something huh? 2 clashing shades of orange and some white thrown in there too. they arent red bolts on the chainset btw, its just my camera freaking out.

ive got my neon orange supreme for night riding

chunky, yep, subtle eh?

mr p feel free to pop round and sort it out. i quite like a bit of green poking through

I think its nice. Bit colourful for me, but nice. Bet it would be nice in the Alps.

I see you've used the same turf supplier as me. 🙂

Tyres look nice.

Where are the hooves?

I don't like the decals or paint or whatever, they taper one colour off into a point which imo ruins the lines and the frame shape – otherwise it is an excellent looking bike and I am quite envious of you. Enjoy 🙂

I need more info on having "a fire 'incident' with the patio furniture" – it sounds worthwhile getting banned from gardening.

I like the understated graphics 😉

Got to be happy with that mate, very nice.

Cracking colour scheme too.

Awesome mate.

Looks v.nice!

I'll see it in a couple of weeks on some rocky stuff 🙂

Do tell about the patio furniture on fire incident.

surprised anyone likes the look of it tbh, the colour sceme almost put me off buying it! being able to get such a good deal clinched it though, upgraded wheels, bar+stem, and drivetrain to 1×10 and still had change from the rrp.

the furniture incident was one of my proudest moments. one fo the cats had brought a dead bird back while we were on holiday. the kid who was feeding thew cats put it in the wheelie bin where it stayed for 3 weeks till we ot back. the night we got back there was a big storm and all these hundreds of maggots went on some mental raindance all over our patio so i set fire to it with petrol rather than call pest control. in my excitement at playing with fire i forgot to move everything so we had bonfire night early that year!

Wow!

For a moment there I thought you meant the cat was in the wheelie bin for 3 weeks.

niiice. gotta be happy with that.

Ya know? I actually quite like that. It's distinctive. Where you from to be so lucky to have local dh tracks?

notts. theres a 1 minute run at hemlock. not exactly rad but fun nontheless

slowrider – it's a shame you are not nearer to us, as Farmer John's downhill track (Marple)is worth a visit.

yeah i was disappointed not to do the race. gawton was good though. is it anywhere near the next forum ride? maybe a detour? 😛

Yes, very near. Jules will sort you out with a map when we see you next. Just a bit tricky finding the farm entrance.

You pay a fee and then the use of the tracks are yours whenever you please. No 'up lift' though, it's all pushing back up. Just think how fit you'll end up.

cheers thats wicked!

Bit of a resurrection, but very nice bike, what happened to the evil?

You;ve almost made the best of a bad job with that colourscheme, if only you’d resisted that crankset. The bar looks great.

Disclaimer: I have two 2010 Lapierres and willingly admit the colourschemes/graphics are a bit naff.

I’m a little lost on how it can jump and corner well.

Jumping is more related to technique than the bike you do it on.
As for cornering that’s down to the tyre and again technique.
I can’t work out how a bike design would help there either, other than being appropriate to the terrain you’re riding.

All that said, they look good bikes and get good reviews, enough i imagine to give you the confidence to hit jumps and corner a little quicker than before.

Enjoy, sod the garden and go ride and smile.

Sambob, got rid to fund a patriot that cracked

The colour combo is naff as the oranges don’t match but I quite like it

By jumps well I mean it feels nicely balanced in the air, easy to find the C of G and easy to hip turn. By corner well I meant it’s got a low bb, long wheelbase and slackish head angle so rails turns well but not so slack and long as to inhibit more techy stuff. I was surprised by
How slack it was actually, measured, remeasured and remeasured again- 65 degrees.

are they gravestones in the turf/weeds

I will subtley swap it for mine on the next pootle, you will never know…… 😉

very pretty. what is it?

I can’t decide if I like the look of that or not. Possibly slightly favouring a yes.

Its a lapierre spicy 316 i think, maybe 516?

Thanks.
I was being ironic, it’s a 2010 316, with tweeks LOL

I very much enjoy the way the graphics tell you all about the rider.

I think the “Rubber Queen” nomenclature indicates the particular fetish of the pilot.
Is this correct?

Yep, right on the money

It says ‘fait main’ on the top tube. In not sure what that means in French but if you remove the ‘i’s it’s pretty accurate too

“Hand made” I believe.

Oh. That’s a bit boring, thought it might be ‘high five’ or something, like rad, dood