16 Questions to:

[Pickle]

1) Who are you ?
Jon, Dad or Pickle; depends whose asking

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
Summer of 92.....I blame the MBUK Summer Special

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
Depends. First MTB type bike was a Raleigh Portage 12 speed. First MTB that got muddy off-road and raced was a Raleigh Team in Dyna Tech Team Raleigh colours.

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
Nowt! :shock:

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
Hmmm, tough one. I guess my heart says GT Zaskar LE, but if money was no object then a Merlin like Orange71 has pictured.

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
Ironing :x Hate it with a passion.

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
That Merlin

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I can play the cornet, trumpet and drums.

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
Frame. You cant beat the feeling of buying a frame then getting all the bits to start a build

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Syncros. At the end of the day, a stem is a stem in my opinion

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
Australia.......I think. Ask me again once I have been there!

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
My wife, as she is also my best friend. Anywhere with her as she is great company, but I'd like to take her to see her Dad in Belize.

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
Dont know yet, we'll see, still looking......but I'd like to try a Dave Yates, any one of his.

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
Toss up between the Tempest and Trek. The Tempest although it was cheap and cheerfull, it rode supprisingly well, and the Trek because I never actually rode it off road.

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
Cruel, but genius

And the big Q from the big Cheese;
16) How many bikes do you actually need?
1, to keep the spirit alive......but in reality 1 full sus, 1 rigid, 1 hardtail........

Next up, Wu-Tangled. His Q, 'Where and when did you take your favourite pic?'

 

[Augustus]

Hello, sorry for the delay - no internet at home.

1) Who are you ?

As it says in the 36th chamber (at the back on the wall in the corner) - It shall be known as the way of the Wu and you shall forever more be known as Wu-Tangled.

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

1987

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

1987 Muddy Fox Courier

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?

11p, a shark fin, green tea bag (unused), a hole.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Hmm, Mr Zero's Hei Hei. (at the moment). Maybe my XLM. Or Jez's Aqua Yo. Or...

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?

What's a household chore list? ;-)

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?

Money is no object (until they stop lending me it ) - Moots Psychlo X.

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?

I am writing a script for a tv comedy a friend and I have devised.

9) What is your favorite bikepart ?

Ringle Zooka. Or Cook Bros RSR's. Or Crossmax UST's. Or...

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?

Got to be Kona really. Don't get me wrong, I like some of them a lot but I just don't see why a gas pipe/ working class hero (delete as applicable) Lava Dome or Fire Mountain frame can raise more kudos let alone money than a Japan built Prestige Stumpjumper.

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?

Languedoc - France.

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?

Somewhere in Europe with my (late) father and my wife. So she could meet him, and more importantly, he could have met her.

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

Yeti Arc X

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

Merlin Echo softail.

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?

Yes.

16) Where and when did you take your favourite pic?'

Two. Both in France. One at a motorway services, somewhere en route to Le Mans, June 2000.

The other, Backstage, Paris Fashion Week, Oct 1993. (only dig evidence of this is the ropey test strip print attached unfortunately (signed the rights away). Them's were the days.

Thank you - great idea this chain interview. Next up is Canonndale King...and his question..."Which would you rather own, an Apache Helicopter or a Challenger Tank?" - You have to balance all real world issues such as parking and fuel costs against the effectiveness of say the ability to remove a whole town that got in the way of your view of the countryside..."

 

[cannondale king]

1) Who are you ?

i am the man named dan young in body even younger in mind but old in spirit.

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

it started in 97 when i got into trials bikes and xc but always loved mtb from 92 when i got my first taste

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

officaly it was a raleigh mustang junior (i have the only pic and im not shareing)

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?

nothing as im only wearing a towel

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

to everyones suprise its my uncles raleigh moonshine orange and purple kitted with m950 xtr i always wanted it from when i first gazed on it aged 14 i might be getting it soon having seen simon at the weekend im now getting this bike next time he comes up this way from london

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?

bins and dog sh1t every morning before work that includes a scrub down where hes been.

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?

after seeing neils bike its gotta be a burls hand built ti frame with industry nine wheels and xtr/custom parts with rainbow ano every where

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?

i suffer with dyslexia and have an IQ of 152 and hate dump people that sponge

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

dt-swiss 240 hubs i love the fact they are so intricute and well made and actully still work

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?

trek i work in a trek dealership and can say this hand on heart and if mike jackson (are rep) reads this he can do one as he always lies about there "quality and greatness"

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?

as most know i wanna go to canada and set up life so much it almost hurts to think about it

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?

martin luther king and a world off road tour (slow pass so as to chat)

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

raleigh r100 cromo road bike or raleigh moonshine which ever is first to arrive as they are both in no sort of hurry as i dont have room to start them yet

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

my woodman elite it was a cracking bike did everthing

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?

no it just makes it funnier for the rest of us to laugh

16) ..."Which would you rather own, an Apache Helicopter or a Challenger Tank?" - You have to balance all real world issues such as parking and fuel costs against the effectiveness of say the ability to remove a whole town that got in the way of your view of the countryside..."

easy a challenger tank parking is easy as any one parking in my way should have known better,fuel no petrol station says no to a challenger pointing a turret at them :roll: you wont need ammo to plow a town down just a couple of hours of fun playing all the old beach boys tracks as they say on compare the meeakat SIMPLES


JANGO your up mate and your question is

16.what is the main prinsiple and equation behind modern economics and reasons for the down fall in economic growth in the uk for the last 18 months due to these prinsiples in simple english.

 

[jango]

1) Who are you ?

I'm Jango, it says so to the left above the little piccy see.

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

1995

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

'95 Raleigh Saturn.

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?

Keys.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

My '95 DBR WCF Vertex, for sentimental reasons as much as anything.....it was my first.

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?

All of them, they eat into valuable bike fettling time.

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?

I don't know exactly, but something steel or titanium custom made just for me.

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?

I'm a nice guy really!

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

XT m737 rear mech....just spot on.

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?

Klein, had one briefly, on the one hand I find them quite appealing....on the other I don't!

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?

Switzerland, despite the language!

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?

Ayrton Senna, round Europe in an NSX taking in the Nurburgring on route, should be an exciting ride.

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

'91 Cannondale EST SE2000 if Fenton ever has the good manners to actually send it to me :evil:

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

Most of them, I always seem to need them again a week later!

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?

No, I think it illustrates the problem perfectly!

16) JANGO your up mate and your question is

16.what is the main prinsiple and equation behind modern economics and reasons for the down fall in economic growth in the uk for the last 18 months due to these prinsiples in simple english.

The main reason for the economic downturn is LeGrandeFromage....his never ending supply of quality tip finds has led to the worldwide slump in new bike sales with the knock on effect to the global motor industry.


Next up Neilll, your question. Hand on heart, should Corby really be carpet bombed?

 

[neilll]

1) Who are you ?
Neill, 40 something, originally from Essex

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
1988

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
Fluro Yellow Peugeot thing, 200GS, plastic pedals, 45lb in weight, proper fecking shonky :roll:

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
Syncros wallet (you're surprised?), Spyderco Rescue knife, Sharpie pen...some shekels

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
Hmmmmmm.....currently something I cannot disclose here.....YET

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
Mowing the lawn

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
Titanium Steve Potts Mountain (made to measure)

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I love aardvarks and used to sponsor one.

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
Syncros, predictably :roll:

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Kooka trash

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
British Columbia or Oregon

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
Neal Cassady - Fastest Man Alive (or was) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Cassady

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
I can't actually tell you that...Classified (see Q.5)

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
XTR M900 group

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
Yup, that definately sucks (or shucks )

16) Hand on heart, should Corby really be carpet bombed?
Totally....it's a festering pustule of modern urban decay, Chav Ground Zero, the land of fecked Mondeo's, broken glass and Hi-Vis jackets..... a couple of pallet loads of BLU-82's would do the trick I reckon :twisted: :twisted:

Next up GoldenEraMTB, your question:


"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Next up GoldenEraMTB, your question:

Thanks for the invite, Neill
Great thread, Bas
Now my turn through the gauntlet :twisted:

1) Who are you ?

Depends where I am...
GoldenEraMTB here and on mtbr VRC
RobTu on fatcogs and a few other places I can't remember
rturc on ebay, and the list goes on

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

It was 1985, and I was a boy at a reformatory boarding school in the state of perfect nothing, otherwise know as Iowa, U.S.A.
I was too poor to buy a bicycle of my own, but I found an abandoned bike behind one of the school sheds. It appeared to have been sitting where I found it for a number of years, through snowy winters and moist springs. It was the first time I saw the word stumpjumper, and I made it my own. it felt like a tank, and I treated it as such. While there were no mountains, or hills for that matter, in that part of Iowa, there were plenty of ditches and gravel service roads, and I would ride 50 miles, to the nearest site of civilization, round trip every weekend for the next few years of my life, jumping in and out of ditches, powersliding through curving gravel roads. It was more than mountain biking...it was salvation.

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

The stumpjumper mentioned above

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?

a quarter, a dime, a penny, my car keys, my wallet, and my cell phone

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Impossible to have just one, but I have one characteristic coomon to my favorites- they are made of steel.

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?

Putting up my bikes/parts up for sale...it's a chore done three to four times a year.

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?

Rumph's green minty Steve Potts, a mint 1982 Fat Chance (it would not stay mint once in my possesion, and a WTB Phoenix Ti with all WTB/IRD parts

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?

I'm an open book...can't think of anything right now. guess that's not a good thing. To know me is to really know me, whether you want to or not.

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

MRC Steely Danz crankset

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?

Klein

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?

Live in New York City, as I do now, but with much more financial means.

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?

John Irving; touring the northeast united states while feeding me tips on writing the next great american novel.

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

With father's Day around the corner, I think my wife is going to surprise me.

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

No regrets here...no use crying over spilled milk. I'll regret paying twice what I sold it for, as I bid on it on ebay.

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?

Not as cruel as now knowing what to do, but not having the energy to do it.

16) "I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"

Paul Kersey responds to Harry Callahan: "There's only one way to find out. Take a walk on Columbus Avenue tonight." makes a gun gesture, pulls the trigger, and winks with a nod...roll credits

GearlessinSeattle is up next and his 16th Question: If you could only ride one, which would it be: Gearless or geared?

 

[GearlessinSeattle]

Sorry folks for the late reply, on vacation at the beach with the family.

1) Who are you ?
GearlessinSeattle aka Lawrence Jobe

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

In 1985.

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

I traded my Univega road bike in for a Diamond Back Apex. It was bright yellow and it ripped up the trails around my house in north Atlanta, Georgia.


4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?

Not a thing, I am wearing boardshorts.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Wow, tough one. My Santa Cruz Blur for the pure XC love.
My 1990 Attitude for pure Rigid love and my 1993 Hot because
steel is real.
Sorry, that's 3.


6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?

Taking out the trash because everytime I do it my wife asks if "any of those bike parts you don't use going with it?".

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?

The new carbon Blur XC. Maybe a new Ti Independent SS Cross bike.

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?

I used to be a hand model. Don't laugh, it made me $250 an hour.

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

Kooka Rasta Crankset. I use 2 and have one that hangs in my office.

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Vanilla

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?

San Clemnte, Ca or Bend, Or. Water and Mtns or Snow and Mtns.

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?

My dad so that I could maybe finally understand him and him me.

13) What is your next bike going to be ?

Maybe a Curtlo SS mtn frame if I win the Auction.

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

None. I know that I can always find another even if it cost me more to buy then I made when sold.

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?

There isssss?

16)If you could only ride one, which would it be: Gearless or geared?

Gearless-Just the simplcity of riding a SS has changed the way I ride my geared bikes. I feel that I have become more efficient.

Next up Juiceboxx-And your 16th question is:
Dekerf, Kona, or Norco-Which one and why?

 

[juiceboxx]

16 questions

1. juiceboxx/ jesse garman
2. 1992 yo!
3. given- norco kathmandu, bought- manitou fs
4. roaches, nickels
5. brodie romax at the moment
6. lawns are way too big in n. america.......
7. a ****ing tantalus. someone please hook me up with a rocky tantalus, lugged
8. i grew up in guadalajara
9. close between, crappy paul mechs and syncros revolutions
10. hahaha konas...any of the big companies. ie. trek specialized....
11. morelia, michoacan
12. any one. road trips are rad. even someone you hate you eventually can become comrades. been on a few world tours in thrash bands as a drummer and miss the road all the time.
13. gearless' dekerf
14. cqp titanium cranks/mcmahon titanium/dekerf ti bullmoose bar
15. seashells, seashells on the seashore
16. dekerf for sure. i am not the biggest jake heilbron fan so no kona. norco has never really produced anything that interesting other than their team bikes. my favourite bike co is rocky mountain, dekerf used to build for them. chris is an amazing person as well. it is also a more unique design.
up next elite504
elites 16th question is: how many pm's do you get in a day asking for ringle goodies??

 

[elite504]

1) Who are you ?
Nick, Elite_504

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
ooh, man, late 1989

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
ooh, it wasn't cool. Except I thought it was. My ticket to freedon was a red Apollo Coloradowith sidepull brakes. But it got me started on all this so it must be the best thing in the world . . Then it was on to a Muddy Fox Pathfinder, and the racing began. .

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
Security swipe card. And a handkerchief. Tissues just aren't environmentally cool. . .

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
Gosh. . anything that inspires someone to get out there rather than veg in front of th telly. For me thats a Yeti

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
Ironing. Its absolutely pointless. I never even had an iron until 2 years ago when the girlfriend moven in. She's much more kempt than me, so stuff has to be ironed. I have made a point of never being good at it. .

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
I'd just complete the Yeti collection. I hvae no real burning desire for much else

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
Elite_504 was the type of car I had, a Lotus Elite, model 504. It was a money pit, so I joined ebay to sell it. Seemed as good a username as any at the time. But you know how it is. . it can be easy to have too many usernames, so basically for me its elite_504, for anything that allows the underscore. No I don't bank under that name. . .

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
QR. Unquestionably. But only nice ones

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Kona. Old slimsteel was nice. I liked the slopeyness. But now people seem to go nuts over anything with the K. Power of branding I guess

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
My House

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
The cats. . . mini cat doesn't get out so much. She was a wee rescue kitty who spent her formative months living in a car park, and is now so terrified to go outside, she's just a house cat. I'd be nice to take her away with us and show her its not all bad. But the skin los would be horriffic

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
yeti Ultimate. Then a road project. then thats it. The end.

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
No regrets. I don't generally believe in regret

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
I'm a bit of a deviant as I think lisps can be quite cute

16) How many times a day do you get asked for Ringlé stuff. . ?
Quite a few. . . Although tehe epersonal collection is basically complete the stuff for sale is a bit eclectic. Best check the sig to see what I've definately got, else tp me a mail. I have tons of little bits kicking around, and can usually help with a fix rather than replacement .

Now over to Doug, "Kase1983"!
His extra question shall be:

You must have everything by now! What are you missing.. :?:

 

[kase1983]

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1) Who are you ?
kase1983 aka, Doug

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
early 1994 around the age off 11

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
my first bike was a hand me down raliegh chopper, first proper bike was a 1990 kona cindercone

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
work keys, wallet, mobile, scaffolders gloves, penny washers, terminal screw driver.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
Any 1996 steel kona

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ? cooking, cleaning, washing, ironing,

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
used to be able to run the 100meters in 11.9 seconds.

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
eeekkk , anodised purple pauls component bottle opener

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
retro - klein. moder, trek, spesh, marin.

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
cornwall.

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
The missis,

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
steel kona off some sort

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
1995 spesh M2 s-works i bought a bike 95

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
aint that fussed to be honest.

16)You must have everything by now! What are you missing..
someone to go riding with, lol
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Question to tallpaul.

17)Do you ever stare at all your bikes,parts,tools and think i shoulda collected stamps?.