John Storey,

I saw you in Bike Scene the other day. I used to live in Guisborough and went to Prior Pursglove and I believe you went there too. It was just by chance that I stumbled across you on this site, how weird...

Anyway, I've been watching a bit of the DVD preview and some of the riding looks awesome! I've been getting back in to things recently and have been on regular rides up to Guisborough woods, however some of the competition stuff looks tempting...

Anyway, thought I'd say hello.

Lyle

Now then,

Not too sure who you are, whats your name were you in the same year as me at Prior???

The racing is mint!!!!! We have our first SDA Race in a couple of weeks up at Innerleithen on the 14th April can't wait!!!!

What type of riding do you do at the moment???

sorry to go off topic john but where did you get that saying from thats in your signature? the "practice makes compound factures before it makes perfect" thing.

Check his avatar out, a picture tells a thousand words...

i was wondering where he got it from because i saw that exact saying in an old issue of Dirt. number 52, page 47 to be precise. it was on the wall of an urban wall under a thingy. you know a thingy!!!

john probably nicked it from there

this new guy sounds like a stalker

a stalker? the only things i stalk are long, fast and rocky and mainly contain roots and trees. i not that knew, been on here since october.

hes not talking about you

lamby, play nice now lol

oh no! im turning in too xtreme_matty!!!!!

I nicked it off a snikers advert i saw in a mag prob the same one you saw. Thought it was quite apt for me. Lol

yeah thats what it was, its a pretty cool saying.

Hi yeah I've been following John round for almost 5 years now, 'accidentally' bumping in to him in bike scene etc.... My name is Lyle McCalmont, not sure what year you were in (im 26) but I remember your dad working as a funeral director or something similar...

Anyway. I mainly like fast downhill rides with lots of terrain to contend with, the more technical and difficult the better really. I've got a specialized XC which does the job nicely, the full suspension makes a big difference to my old hardtail. I'm on a quest to get fit at the moment but hope to eventually take things more seriously and who knows I might even get my very own compound fracture.