Thanks for your kind comments of appreciation:

2013:
“Just wanted to thank you for a good evening and a great venue.. It works really well”
“Yes I had fun on Sunday night. I will be coming again!” / “I'll be sure to keep April's date free.”
“So - the Gear Boys worked their magic again, this month painting most of the homo-flesh
in the Old Market
RED! Young guys learning what fetish, flaunting and f***ing are;
older guys revisiting that happy time when sex was their religion.” /
“thanks to you guys too”
“Once again courtesy & charm marked the welcome at the door; and your cute bespectacled
newbie was not shy in the cruising areas.” /
“yeh was good to meet you guys at last”
“Yet another good night cheers. Nice venue not too big “ / “Thanks again... Had a great night at Gear“
“Gear was great last night, I've noticed more and more rubber being worn -
Ha! we'll beat those leather guys yet!” /
“Great to see everyone at Gear last night”
"Really good turnout considering the Big Freeze.........and a load of really hot 'n horny guys !!"
"Thanks so much for another brilliant night.......Gear has become totally unmissable !!"
"Thank you gents for another great social and horny evening." /  "loved every minute of it"
"Lots of friendly faces and great atmosphere. And a few sexy Kilts to boot."
"Can’t wait for the next one !!" / "Got home safely. Glad the snow did not stop play."
"2 friends of mine came for the 1st time, said they really enjoyed it and the people were really nice"
2012:
* * *  GEAR‘s 5th BIRTHDAY  * * *
"A great event and grand occasion to mark Gear's birthday" / "It was a truly exceptional night!"
"What an amazing night at Gear" / "The play area was rather busy and I was 'rather busy' too"
"Thank you for a wonderful nite - best ever" /
"A great evening... thanks" / "I enjoyed Gear also"
"That was a cracking night at Gear. I had not seen that many hot and horny guys at the venue before."
"Good to see so many rubber guys - I reckon we out numbered the leather guys!"
"I had an amazing time at Gear this Sunday! Thanks to everyone for such a great party!"
"Brilliant night at Gear Bristol and then the after-party at The Den - well done guys"
"Huge thanks to James, Phil, Trevor & Andy. You guys certainly know how to put on a horny night"
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"Thanks for organising such a brilliant night !! My first visit to Gear. .. can't imagine missing one in future"
"Keep up the good work......greatly appreciated !"   "another good one last night - thank you!"
"It was a great night, we did have fun! See u there next time"    "thanks for another great evening”
* * *  GEAR GUY 2012  * * *
“Can I say a big thank you to everyone who were so friendly and said hello etc.”
“First night ever to Gear and. Great mix of people. First outing for my leathers too :-)”
“another great night last night and the best Man won too!”  “Had a great time thanks!”
“Thanks for organising last night.”  “
Great to see you too. Really enjoyed it!”
“for the time i was there i really enjoy myself, to be in the company of people.”  
“I was glad numbers were back to normal. There seemed to be a palpable air of expectancy
that broke while the Mr Gear 2012 was being judged.”
 “Thanks guys. I had a great night”
“Thanks for an enjoyable evening yesterday. Your temporary venue really does work well!”

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"I was surprised by Gear, very different but in a very good way - I'll be back soon!"
"I would like to thank you for making me welcome at my 1st Gear. You were all so lovely"
"Thanks for a great Sunday last - I had the best time with a great bunch of guys"
"I hope you (and the team) had a good nite. Everyone else did! What a transformation though!"
"WUUFF!! just wanted to say a very VERY big thank you for last night. Most of all, it was wonderful to
receive such an enthusiastic and friendly welcome from you (and wow, what a beautiful kilt!!)."  
"A big thank you to you for another great evening, last night!"  "the guys at Gear are always so friendly"
 "thanks for a great night on sunday"  "You're right going to a fetish night for the first time is daunting.
But I remember my first time visiting your club early last year as soon as I walked through the door
someone spoke to me and Introduced to a couple of other regulars and I was made to feel most welcome
and that was even before I got changed"

2011:
*  *  *  FESTIVE/BIRTHDAY PARTY  *  *  *
"Great night as always!! Thanks guys!"  "Had a great night. Thanks again for organising such a good one"
"rubber did edge out the leather crowd - just shows you how strong the fetish community is in Bristol!"
"Thanks for a great night"  "Woohoo! Finally I'm at one of your events and it's fantastic. Well done GEAR I say"
"Awesome night, well done!"  "Had a wicked time last night! thank you all for being so welcoming"
"Thanks to all for putting on yet another good night"  "had a great night, met some great guys"  
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"Just wanted to say thanks for a great day out  had a fantastic time "  "Thanks guys for a great event last night!!”
"Just to say that the first and only time I have visited Gear so far, when I enrolled as a member, was excellent."
"Gear ... was well worth the effort as it proved to be one of the best and satisfying nights I have had in a club."
"I had a great time on Sunday as usual ... you still managed to pull off the normal great 'Gear atmosphere' "
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"Had a Gr8 weekend. BLUF Bristol @ Gear on Friday then BBB in leathers on sat and lunch in the OMT on Sun!"
"Great night last night never seen it so packed since I started coming up"  "I had a really great evening."
"Am guessing a lot of hard work went into it and i just wanted you all to know it was appreciated!!! Cheers "
"A fantastic night, beyond expectations. Thanks to everyone for making it a great night."
"Echo all the thanks and appreciation for a great night . Long may the event continue."
"Thanks to the guys for organising the night; good to see so many people getting into their gear outside London"
"Great night guys. Big thanks to [Gear] and [BLUF] for all their hard work which evidently paid off.
More horny leathermen than I could shake my stick at. Tho I tried."  
 "Indeed it was a fantastic night."
"Great to see all the leather men walking through the streets of Bristol to OMT
and BBB then the main event which was a leatherfest of BLUF men from all over the UK"
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Leaving Bristol refreshed invigorated and with a big dirty grin. Memories of a great bluf night to sustain me
on the journey"  
"Great to see all the regulars as well as heaps of visitors. Look forward to next one"
"Yes a big thank you for a really great night. I guess it was the busiest night ever for Gear. "
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" Hey guys - thanks for organising/staffing an awesome night in GEAR last night"
"Thanks for a good night again"  "was interesting, things I never knew to look out for. cute guys too"
"Well done with Gear had a great night there last week, great to see a real dress code club outside london"
"it was great venue, and was just right temp as well -some clubs are too hot for full rubber but that was just great"
"Well done for a great night on Fri, my mate from XXX had a great time!"  "Well done! Another triumphant Gear"
"Just like to thank you for a brilliant night last night. Next month I'm gonna book a hotel to make a weekend of it!"
"Great night on friday"  
"First time for me in a leather bar. loved it and will be back for more."
"Wow!!!! what a night. I really enjoyed last night"  "Lighting better ... and music was louder"
"I would like to say that I felt there were big improvements since our last visit at Christmas.”
"Great night last Friday!!"  "Top night, and that's my [sore] tits talking"
"Had a great night at Gear"  
"Thanks for managing to assemble such a crowd of sexy men"
"Was a good night, enjoyed meeting u all. Will definitely try and come down again sometime "
"Made me feel hot again, I was very popular in the venue"

2010:
"Thanks for a great night last night, I can hardly walk today ... but damn it was worth it "
"I left 'early' at just gone half midnight, judging by the action still going on you probably had a late night" [yes!]
"Keep up the good work."   "A quick email to say many thanks for organising the Gear event on Friday.
I really enjoyed it and had a really fun time. Great atmosphere and venue and a really friendly group of guys."
"it was a nice mix of ages, looks, fetish stuff. the comment that I heard several times was the atmosphere
of the place. It was all very social, relaxed and just a tidy night."   
"my job takes me all over the place,
I don't get out enough, Gear was what I needed, thank you very much again."  
"We had a great weekend"
"found your staff really friendly and welcoming especially the guys on the door, had a great time
will definitely come again sometime."

2009:
"Wow, what a busy night of leather men!"   "I had a good time at the last GEAR, thanks guys"
"Glad I came Friday night –- a really nice relaxed atmosphere – well done. See you next month."
"Had a great time at Gear - thanks"  "Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed Gear."
"Yes, I certainly did enjoy the evening!"  "Just like the best of Old Times I thought too"
"Great night, everyone just gelled so well"  "Great atmosphere last nite"

2008:
"Well done on the best GEAR of the year so far! Great to see there is a good fetish night outside the M25!
"Wow really horny atmosphere"  "Well worth the travel from London."  "Quality men!"

2007:
"Well done on a cracking festive party and keeping things alive in Bristol for us fetish men!"
"Any news of future Gear nights - keep going PLEASE!" [yes!]

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