16 Questions to:

[sniperworks]

1) Who are you ?
Sniperworks
In real life my name is Marco.

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
Same as Ltsbiker, in 1992 a little bit later then he did.

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
Trek 800 Antilope

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
Absolutely nothing.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike?
At the moment I have to say my '95 Trek 9900 Pro Issue, just love looking at it, but once my Scott Scale Contessa is finished it might be a big contender

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

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
hmmm hard one... the bike I always wanted is the 9900 but I got it...but Julie Furtado's '94 Xizang would be just great.

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I actually am The Stig....

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
Rock Shox SID and the M900 Rear mech

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Have to agree with Ltsbiker.....Schwalbe wha t's so great about it?

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
There isn't a place at the moment I would just love be stay for... well a very long time...would like to see as much as I can.

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
Julie Furtado, Just a legend in mountainbiking... where... in her own backyard... Colorado... looks so great for biking.

13) What is your next bike going to be ?
A road bike probably....

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
Rock Shox SID Race Titanium... it was in mint condition, and I sold it for way to little.

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

16 question for Sniperworks
How much did you pay for your M900 rear derailleur and what happened to it????

Not to much 150 USD I think... but it was NOS and....
And what happened? The bike fell on it's side at it's first fotoshoot, scratching it pretty severe... damn bloody dock.
Bike does look ace in the pictures....

Next up: Martin

His Question.... how long do you intend to keep your current bikes?

 

[tintin40]

it's stopped again how about heathy next

 

[Defiant]

I just Pm-ed Martin as a reminder,.

for the people next in line, please do not forget to PM the one you invite, not everybody reads this

 

[Martin]

1) Who are you ?
Martin, a.k.a. Martin
2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
Somewhere in 1993 I think, when LTS-biker infected me.
3) What was your first mountainbike ?
A black/pink Batavus Buster
4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
A keyring
5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
For the looks: my Klein Attitude, for riding: my Scott Scale (sorry no
retrobike)
6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
Doing the dishes….why? Because it is..
7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
A custommade titanium frame which doesn’t flex like my Dean did or
just a Scott Scale LTD
8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I am NOT perfect, but don’t tell anyone!
9) What is your favorite bikepart ?
My Cook Bros cranks
10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Klein, thought the price lowered a bit at the moment, but when I see the
current prices on the Ebay again. And cant say they ride that nice, I just
love the way they look.
11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
New Seeland, that’s for sure!!
12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
Thomas Frischknegt, where: somewhere in the hills, why: because I
think he’s one of the best.
13) What is you next bike going to be ?
I don’t know, I am not searching or looking for some at the moment.
14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
A near mint Rock Shox Sid 98 and a near mint white Rock Shox Sid
titanium
15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
Maybe funny, but don’t want to think about that at the moment.
16) How long do you intend to keep your current bike?
Euhm, well all of the three bikes I currently own, are mine for more
then 1.5 year. And I am confident with all the 3 of them. My commuter
is mine for 4 years now.

(make up your own question for the next person in line)
To: tam_shadow: What’s a Klunker?

 

[tam_shadow]

1) Who are you ?
tam_shadow AKA Eric B a.k.a. ericb49
2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
Started bombing down Mt Tam in the mid 70s.
3) What was your first mountainbike ?
1937 Iver Johnson pre WWII bomber - Morrow hub, Araya rims, Sturmey front drum, Mavic cantis in back - yes two brakes in back.
4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
$164 US (4 euro?)
5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

1939 DX 2-speed bomber with Alan Bonds paintjob - cause it's Orange.
6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
Cleaning the mouse cage.
7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
Breezer Series II or Cunningham Racer.
8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I hate GOLF.
9) What is your favorite bikepart ?
Union 95mm Drum Brakes.
10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Ellsworth - where I live all the moneyed poseurs love to "tell ya how light it is".
11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
Already live there - Mill Valley, California. OK, well maybe Fairfax...
12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
It would be cool to have Ernest Hemmingway show me around Paris.
13) What is you next bike going to be ?
1998 Breezer Lightning or 2010 Breezer.
14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
Kinda miss the Taylor single speed, otherwise bikes come and go.
15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
Yeth.
16) What is a "Klunker"?
If you work on it with vise grips (or any "crude" tools), it's a klunker.
(make up your own question for the next person in line)
To: mrkawasaki: Can a bike (...or anything that holds paint...) ever be TOO Green?

 

[mrkawasaki]

Thanks Eric!

1) Who are you ?

Mr Kawasaki

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

1990

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

Some charity shop Raleigh hybrid with nobblies, then on to an early Zaskar

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

Nothing whatsoever - although I was tempted to go to the kitchen drawer and stuff them full of useless tat....

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Struggling with the concept of MTB monogamy, obviously... my head could be turned by an early Breezer, or perhaps a Jack Taylor.

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

Loading a dishwasher - I'd rather wash up old school style

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

Maybe a Moots, or an Xizang

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

I shop in the same bakery as Bez...

9) What is your favorite bikepart ?

I'm a sucker for an over-engineered yet ineffective brake...

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

Klein of course - but I am committed to owning one someday, maybe just to be really sure!

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

Ibiza Town

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

Monte Carlo with Terry Thomas and Leslie Phillips would be fun...

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

That's up to the gods...(although there's a Marin Team Ti in the post I believe)!

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

My first MTB I guess - the Zaskar

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

Would that be the 'gay lisp' or the standard one...?

16) Can a bike (...or anything that holds paint...) ever be TOO Green?

A Kawasaki can never be too green, nor a Hayate (sort it!)... anything else is just jealousy in pigment....

Sixteen again question for Lid: 'How much are you missing Soho...??'


Mr K

 

[Lid]

Thanks Mr K


1 Who are you?

Lid its short for my last name and not about a cycle lid.

2 When did you start MTBing?

83 after the first baby.

3 What was your first MTB?

"Quadruple butted" Norco. Hated it so much, must have thrown it into the bushes 20 times. Last seen as stripped hulk locked to post in Islington.

4 What is in your pockets? .....EH? Nothing.

5 What is your favorite MTB?

Favorite film, album, Mtb, car.....how can you answer that? Now what was your favorite Girl.....Oh wait cant answer that either.

6 What is your most hated chore on the household list?

Kids Taxi man on Fri or Sat night. Man that sucks.

7 What bike would you buy if money was no object.

Been there done that Moots YBB-SL.

8 Name one thing not many people know about you.

I won a Bafta and sat at a table with Cliff Richard:
"Hi my name is Cliff"
"No shit"
..and Jason Donovan.
"Wow your girl friend wearing the leather strips and rubber bands is way hotter than Kylie. Um did I just say that our loud?"

9 What is your favorite bike part?

MachineTech ovalized stem. Combines all the things I love about the Retro era, small guy cutting edge design, cnc milling, an in your face component.

10 Which bike (brand) is overatKLEIN!! KLEIN!! GOD would people get a grip! My Wife has a Gator fade, the King is NAKED! LOOK LOOK HE HAS NO clothes....no clothes on.....at all .....oh for get it.

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

Whistler, bike, ski, repeat.

12 Road trip: Start with the best: John Bellucie (sp?) throw in brains: Chuck Jones and top with Leslie Nelson. Just drive.

13 What is your next bike going to be?

Probably a roadbike.

14 Which bike/part do you regret selling?

Nos 120mm noodled Syncro stem.

15 Do you think it is cruel to have an "s" in lisp?

No. It wouldnt be funny if it didnt. You know people spend alot of time and effort working on these things.

16 How much are you missing Soho?

Missing the food: Masala Zone, Itsu, and loads of others. The huge and omnipresent bike lanes here help quell the daily near death experiences.

Ok asked this a few times and got nowt:

16 ti-fat-man Where do you get all your money from?

 

[ti-fat-man]

Cheers Lid

...fumbles around like best man looking for his speech notes...

1) Who are you?
ti-fat-man, mainly because ti-fat is always how i've abbreviated my fav frameset, and when i joined this forum picked the rhyme tag in a Jez stylee.
Normally... Alan, married with 10yr son. CSI with the Bedfordshire Police.
Crazy mad about LandRovers as well

2) When did you start mountainbiking?
if i can recall it was about '88 ish

3) What was your first mountainbike?
Peugeot 22" purple/green jobbie, quickly outed for a proper mtb, a Cannondale SM600 in black with green splatter.

4) What do you have in your pockets right now?
nowt now, did have a 9mm bullet round in my cargo trouser pocket yesterday mind.

5) What is your favourite mountain bike?
most people are going to expect me to say a Titanium Fat Chance, well it's actually a Grello Yo :shock: , than the ti~fat. It's seems bizzare but it's easier to snag a titanium fat frame than a stock grello. Recently it's been 10th Anni's as my fav...then again i'm going Yeti crazy recently...help.

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list?
fetching the xmas decorations down from the loft, every 10 mths. yeah dozens of the boxes all colour coded says the missus...Markes finest last year, but new colours this year....takes her a month to plan 'the look', then buys a rake more, hate it.

7) What bike would buy if money was no object?
recently it was going to be a IF ti~deluxe, may be a Phil Woods PISS-OFF but now on the agenda is a Kent Ericksen hardtail. kinda set myself the agenda of rolling around the UK olympics course on a recee on that bike, tricked to the max

Name one thing that not many people know about you?
when i hit my 'mid life' crunch , i went to Brighton and had my left nipple piecred, also i scanned Callum Best's tattoo onto a disc and went to manchester and had David Beckhams famous tattoist Louis Malloy copy it onto my right shoulder.

9) What is your favorite bikepart?
Cooks Bros. RSR cranks and Grafton SC1 canti's

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion?
Not then BITD...of course , but more recently i'll say Manitou. I couldn't go for a frame where there was a greater probabilty that it was going to split somewhere, i'm scared the big investment would be a nightmare if i discovered a crack, not to say i wouldn't want for one, but wouldn't shell big for one....it's a trait why i stick to ti, i reckon on the longevity i suppose.

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be be?
i'm content where i'm at at the moment...Bedford, in the future thou could be tempted to to join my dad out in spain (la marina)...best wait for the
euro to pick up though! there in 23 days time hoorah.

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you chose and where would you go?
Ok...love to be with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on one of those
trips, either Long Way Down or Long Way Round. i've seen their support Nissan Patrols at many 4x4 shows that i attend, and it's a goal on my future agenda that i'm going to do something similar, might not be as grand as those guys, but would love to a 6 mths jaunt somewhere and back, so far i'm on my todd because my missus ain't interested, but that could be cool

13) What is your next bike going to be?
working on snagging a nice yeti in period colours, if that proves mighty hard, might go for the dream bike jobbie, just because and got one last build kit left and ready for that Grello of course.

14)Which bike(part) do you regret selling?
was a swop actually...a Fat Chance Monster together with original blue/silver BOI for a Pace RC200 F4 frameset. not to say i didn't like the pace, but that got traded for an Intense M1...blah/blah and now i want my BOI's back

15) Do you think that it is cruel that there is an 'S' in the word lisp?
i embrace all diversity........oh right i'm not at work now am i

16) ti-fat-man Where do you get all you money from?
yeah my boss loves me, i'm always the first to put my hand up for overtime

Next up Nobby:

Q: Your a farmer right? Have you ever had your arm up a cow's bottom, and do you make the crop circles in the barley field just for the attention?

 

[tintin40]

this has come to stop

 

[yo-eddy]

holiday break maybe :roll: