cheers mike, but shame on you with that anti orange comment!!
who are you?
jonnyboy666 not johnnyboy666!! everyone does it!!
aka jon, not jonathan either, just jon. the jonnyboy thing started from a mates kid calling me that and it stuck, then a website came along and wanted a number for a log in and 666 was the first number i thought of :twisted:
when did you start mountain biking?
late 87, i moved down here from norwich at 13, hated it for quite sometime coz i hated the school i was in and was billynomates, started exploring the forest on my bike and it went from there.
what was your first mountain bike?
first mtb was a heap of crap from B+Q! i wanted a bike from the local shop but dad and me were in B+Q, he saw it and thought is was as good as the one i wanted but cheaper so he got it for me for xmas, it was returned 2 weeks later and then i got the bike i wanted which was an EMMELLE ALPINE12, was pretty awful really but i knew nothing then!! had a very good pearl white paint job though.
what do you have in your pockets right now?
nothing, when i walk in the front door the pockets get emptied!! but usually it's wallet, phone, bunch of keys on a dmr carabina thingy.
what's your favourite mountainbike?
tough one that . . . . out of what i have at the mo it would be my STRANGE ST4 . . . . . out of all the bikes i have ever owned it would be the 97(?) GT Psyclone i sold . . . . cock!!
what is your most hated chore in the household chore list?
all of it. don't get me wrong, i do it coz i like a clean tidy place, i just hate it all.
what bike would you buy if money was no object?
i really like the 20th anniversary orange vit T, but it would be my choice of spec, i didn't like some the stuff on the off the shelf model. i'd also like an original one to match though, but money is an object!!
name on thing that not many people know about you.
like to be left on my own, i am happy when i'm on my own . . . . most of the time. i just don't always tell people, unless they're really getting on my wick!!
what is yoour favourite bike part?
frame, it's the identity of the bike.
which bike brand is overrated in your opinion?
colnago . . . but i want one anyway. :roll:
if you could live anywhere in the world where would that be?
the alps in the summer and new zealand in their summer!!
if you could go on a road trip with any person dead or alive, who would you choose and where would you go?
my best mate Rob, i don't see him very often but we always have a great laugh when we do meet, he's in the royal military police based in germany at the moment but has served everywhere there has been war since he had to "body bag" bosnia, he's a king amongst men. it would be a european roadtrip lasting through several countries and would be belly expanding due to drinking way too much!!
what is your next bike going to be?
not sure at the mo, just finished the EVO2 but haven't properly ridden it yet, i'm also half way through collecting the bit s for my "lemon roadwork" project and i still have a dynatech i have done nothing with!! i'd like to do a yo eddy aquafade but i think i might be dissapointed with it when it's done coz i only really want it for the way it looks, sorry
which bike part do you regret selling?
'95 record cranks and ergo's because i'd like to rebuild my cougar with the original bits so it looks "right" but i can't now . . . . . without spending years waiting for it all to turn up on ebay!! :roll:
do you think it is cruel that there is an "s" in the word lisp?
tough titty!!
do i really need all those bikes?
honestly, no, but i have different uses for each of them, certain bike for certain places or times of the year etc, although some of them i just simply would never sell. i regretted selling my psyclone and i don't want to make that mistake again so i wait until i can pay for the new (to me) bike before i get it, although i do sell stuff that isn't sentimental to me. but anyway, when did "need" ever come into it?!!
next person on the list? . . . . . walks away, goes for a shower . . . . thinking . . . . . had the shower and i still can't decide who to ask what question to?!
:roll:
i'm off out for a pint so i'll have a little think then edit the post to add someone! some of the people i would send this to have already done it. also, i don't want to waste this opportunity!!
thanks to mike (grannygrinder) for the invite
EDIT right, just got back from the pub, thought it has to be ameybrook, because the quality of the builds he does are amazing. :shock:
the question would have to be, you have built and sold a fair few bikes that i have noticed since me being on the site, bearing in mind how much effort went into the recent yeti c26 would you ever sell it? (assuming you haven't!) and if so what would you replace it with? i suppose i'm asking what is your dream bike? because you seem to have built most of everyone elses dream bikes!!
sorry thats sort of a couple of questions isn't it! sod it i've typed it now!!
