I can't see any of the southern pooftahs riding to Leicestershire in the cold, but any semi or full fat northern types might be able to volunteer: "Hello Would you like to appear in RiDE with your bike? And get a set of FREE tyres for it? Owing to a couple of people dropping at the last minute, we have two places on a feature we're doing next week - we're sorry the notice is short. You'd need to be come to Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground in Leicestershire (see [URL="http://www.bruntingthorpe.com"]www.bruntingthorpe.com[/URL] for directions) for 10.30am on Monday Nov 9. You'll need to be on your own bike. We'll be asking to ride on a new set of Avon sports touring tyres and tell us what you think of them. And then you get to ride off with them. However, we do have only two places left - so please get in touch ASAP and tell us what your bike is (tyres may not be available for every model). We will confirm if you've got the place before the end of the day on Friday - sooner if we can. PLEASE REPLY TO: [email][/email] - in case I'm out of the office, another member of the team will reply to you. Thanks Simon"