16 Questions to:

[thrashin]

1) Who are you ?

im an 80's skateboarding movie

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

88 or 89

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

i guess a trek 800... but my first real mountain bike was a rigid stumpjumper

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

wallet

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

FAT CHANCE YO EDDY!

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

paying bills

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

I agree with Atom, Custom Independent Fabrications

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

I quit racing because it got too political

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

an Ibis hand job

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

trek

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

richmond va

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 tomac, mammoth mountain

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

an IF, or Vicious

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

team violet yo eddy

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

no

16) What is the coolest bike related tattoo you have ever seen (not yours)?

Fat Chance monster fat headbadge

I nominate mintvint, my 16th question is: what do you think of the return of the old builders? (Breezer, Mountain Goat, EWR, etc..) [/b]

 

[mintvint]

1) Who are you ?
Mintvint

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
'88

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
Reflex

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

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
Fat Chance Yo Eddy

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

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

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you?
I'm a big Dylan Fan

9) What is you favorite bikepart ? Wheels

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

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

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

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
'99 Ibis Hakalugi Pond Scum Green...Ya Got one for sale??

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
1981 Torker

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
Cruel? No, that's par for the course.

16) What is the coolest bike related tattoo you have ever seen (not yours)? Zunow bicycle works emblem

17) what do you think of the return of the old builders? (Breezer, Mountain Goat, EWR, etc..) [/b]Well I know nothing about their recent projects but regardless I can appreciate their addiction / passion to cycling.

My newly added question #18 is: Who is your favorite musician / band?
I nominate OldFatTi to respond next

 

[OldFatTi]

Sorry for late reply... been riding... remember that? It's what we used to do before all these questionnaire things were invented!

1) Who are you ?

Everything and nothing

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

About 1988 I reckon. I was a dumb little kid.

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

A Halfords special cheapie Peugeot racer until I destroyed it. Then eventually bought a 1990 Marin Palisades and thought it was the best thing in the world ever.

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

Soul.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Fat Chance Ti

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

Selling uninteresting tat on ebay.

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

Got it! My beloved Ti Fat.

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

I am a rock n' roll star

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

Frames and wheels, and saddles that don't try to kill me.

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

I like to speak from experience and have been pretty pleased with most bikes I have ridden. But I nominate GT anyway as I see a lot of broken ones. No way is a Xziang as good as a Ti Fat, Kona Hei Hei or King Kahuna, Merlin etc....

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

Anywhere with sun, good riding, good mountain roads, freedom, music and beautiful women. And some soul.

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

Diego Maradona. Anywhere.

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

Whatever comes up. The bike chooses me. I am not a consumer. It's looking like a Bianchi roadie though...

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

My 1" Syncros Aheadstem (only joking mint )

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

It's intelligent, not cruel.

16) What is the coolest bike related tattoo you have ever seen (not yours)?

Gotta be Eddy. That man has looks and charisma, no matter how overused he is.

17) what do you think of the return of the old builders? (Breezer, Mountain Goat, EWR, etc..)

Great. Good luck to them unless they make tat.

1 Who is your favorite musician / band?

Noel Gallagher/Oasis. And the Pistols.

New Qestion:

19) What should we look for in our women (or men... or both, you choose)?

I think some more soul. Can't have too much of that stuff.

I nominate ashleygreen14 to reply, continuing the Fat-Friends connection which got me to answer all that girlie questionnaire crap above.

 

[cherrybomb]

Mr Cherrybomb, are you in?
if not, who wants to pick up the glove?

Sorry I'm late.

1) Who are you ?
Christopher Sutton Jones currently 40 years old.

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
In about 1986 0n a Muddy Fox Explorer, but I had a fat tyred home made clunker type thing when I was 8

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
See above

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
72p and a hand!

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
I don't think I have a favourite, but something British I guess, and probably steel

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

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
One with a big twin cylinder motor.

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I used to be in the police

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
Pace forks

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
I'm not going there. 'Klein'

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
On a boat so I don't have to choose one place

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
Alexander the Great across Europe the Middle East & India. Just for a giggle.

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
Dirty.

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
None, but I regret having my Zaskar with USE forks nicked.

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
No, but I'm sick.

16) (make up your own question for the next person in line)
Does my bum look big in this?

Oh, and to JBD. There can be only one.

Sorry for the interruption, normal service can now resume. I'm not nominating any one person, so someone who's not gone yet gets my vote.

 

[guybe]

I always found his post interesting, but often it get stopped sometimes, thought I keep the ball going and take the next step.

Who are you ?
Guy, guybe is a pet name from family :roll:

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
1993

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
1991 Marin Bear Valley, bought it second hand in 1993

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
car and house keys

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
any retro Kona's from 1994 to 1996 years

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
loading and unloading the dishwaster

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
a custom made Groovy

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
I am very tall 6'4" and I went deaf at 1 year old due to whopping cough

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
Middleburns cranks

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

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
Melbourne, Australia, been there 4 times, great city and people

12) If you could go on a road trip with any person (dead or alive), who would you choose and where would you go ?
Gilles Villeneuve in Ferrari 308GT at the classic Nurburgring circuit

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
a modern mtb

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
will be the Kona Cindercone if I sell it

15) Do you think it is cruel that there is an "S" in the word lisp?
no, it was funny to listen Chris Eubank talking when he was on telly

16) I would like to ask Gravy Monster to be the next one and the question is, if you had to keep one bike out of your collection, which bike it will be?

 

[DeletedUser006]

Cheers Guy Good call,

My response to your Q 16) if you had to keep one bike out of your collection, which bike it will be?

Good question but for me it would it would be the 1990 Cindercone as its solid as a rock and rides superbly.

1) Who are you ?
Gravy Monster aka James

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?
1988

3) What was your first mountainbike ?
Raleigh Maverick

4) What do you have in your pockets right now ?
I dont have pockets, typing this wearing only smalls


5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?
Early Saracens

6) What's your most hated chore on the household chore list ?
dealing where to put clothes fresh from the washing machine

7) What bike would you buy if money was no object ?
1990 Brodie Climbmax

8 ) Name one thing that not many people know about you ?
My birthday falls exactly on the halfway point of the year ( 2nd July if you are wondering )

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?
Cassette, must be clean and shiney

(10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
GT also , never have never will !

11) If you could live anywhere in the world, where would that be ?
In Corfe Castle, would kick the NT out and make it my own

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

13) What is you next bike going to be ?
a bargain 1990's MTB disguised in grease and grime

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling
1994 Kona Kula

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

16) I would like to ask fellow Bristolian Agency Scum to be the next one and the question I would love to ask is, What is your favororte of favourote cakes ?

 

[Agency_Scum]

1) Who are you?

Agency Scum!

2) When did you start mountainbiking?

1989

3) What was your first mountainbike?

A MkI Raleigh Mustang!

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

A full hunter pocket watch, keys and keyring with 4gb memory stick and micro SD card reader, wallet, Blackberry and billfold.

5) What is your favorite mountainbike?





The one I just bought...

( click on pic to make it big )

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

I like housework.

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

Weirdly, the one I just bought.


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

I created the most successful mountainbike club in the west country and it's getting bigger.


9) What is you favorite bikepart?

The DX thumbshifter, I don't like the " half shifts " of the XT and the silver tops look prettier.


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

Anything with " this year's " improvement. The double-diamond hardtail frame's been going over a hundred years and now because of glorified pogo sticks we're supposed to believe it's sh1t? Well go kiss my un-waxed @rsecrack!

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

Down by the docks near award-winning real ale pubs in a beautiful city by the countryside.....well bugger me, I'm here already!!

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

Stephen Fry and anywhere as he'd make it fascinating.

13) What is you next bike going to be?

See above. However, after that I'd guess it might be one of the mythical 21" Kilaueas.

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling?



This one.
( click on picture )



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

No, it's entertaining, like in dyslexia is such a phukker of a word to spell.


I nominate CCE and my 16th question is: Are you happy now you've destroyed my faith in 29ers and got me re-addicted to retro mountainbikes?

 

[cce]

1) Who are you ?

I'm Keir - i'm 26, i work in IT and i drink too much and drive too fast

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

1995-1996

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

1995 Diamond Back Sorrento - fingers has one in readers bikes

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

i dont have any pockets right now

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

my kilauea

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

i both loathe and detest ironing.

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

a loaded Hei Hei. - M950 group, a modern knockoff of a Ti P2.

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

i love the ting tings.....

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

chainsets get me every time.

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

GT! i've had 3, and they all handled like pony

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

in some woods with miles of riding, yet magically within a couple of miles of a bustling city centre.... Abbots Leigh is pretty good actually

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

Jack Kerouac. there's only one place you go with jack kerouac....

13) What is you next bike going to be ?

at the moment i'm not changing

14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

most of my stuff has been either stolen or scrapped. i regret the way i used the sorrento frame as a paint-spraying testbed...

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

no. but i am a cruel person.


16. Are you happy now you've destroyed my faith in 29ers and got me re-addicted to retro mountainbikes?

NO. i wont be happy until ALL thge cheesy riders are bimbling round leigh woods on under-tyred, under-braked, over-stemmed giggle boxes!


right then, i nominate: ENID_PUCEFLANGE and my question is

"Where did you come up with such an awesome name"

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

1) Who are you ?

A lovely charming chap, who appears to have a split personality, suffers from a lack of confidence but managed to bluff my way through 5 years in a career of car sales, now working for BMW

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

Around 85-86

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

A piece of cast iron, with ten gears, bullmoose bars ,and a Puch badge on the front

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

Nothing, I'm at home in my "chilling shorts"

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Will always be my SV700 (link below)

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

It must be everything, cos apparently I do NOWT!

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

Nothing exotic, one of the late 80's Cannondales with the 24" rear wheels, roller cam brakes in pastel pink or green! LOVELY

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

I can handle almost any high powered rifle/machinegun like i was born with it in my grasp & shoot like a Mo-Fo
(i can out shoot police marksmen!)

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

Great Big burley suspension forks & annodised parts

10) Which bike (brand) is overrated according to your own humble opinion ?
Specialized.
(I appreciate they were the first mass manufactured mtb, but get over it will ya...)

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

Vegas Baby!!!!!!
(But Caledonia is my home)

12) If you could go on a road trip with anyone alive or dead, who would it be? And where would you go?

Steve Mqueen, would want him to drive me round San Francisco, Or Oliver Reed, and just go on a pub crawl



13) What is you next bike going to be ?

Dont know, but it will be Full-Suss


14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

My Syncros Crank-o-Matic's (where have they all gone??)


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

No........ Its just one of lifes marvellous twists



16. "Where did you come up with such an awesome name"

Oh its a Longgggg story..........
It involves too much alcohol one evening, a lack of patience, and i believe an infringement of copyright law.


Right, next up ...........

Clockwork_Gazz
My question for you is....................

Do they really, REALLY wind you up at the bottom of inners and just let you loose?

Gc

 

[clockworkgazz]

1) Who are you ?

An ageing old duffer with no style but a love of old steel and macretro man of iron.

2) When did you start mountainbiking ?

1990 when I got the clockwork but I spent most of the time falling off so not sure that counts as mountain biking?

3) What was your first mountainbike ?

Clockwork all suntour xc comp IIRC and some mavic/smokes wheels mmmmmm

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

post office Package receipt 55p and an invoice for some pink cable outer

5) What is your favorite mountainbike ?

Fat Chance Yo Eddy (for now)

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

cleaning the shower- hairy plug hole.

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

Prob. be a hei hei with lots of xtr pace and avid goodies

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

my middle name is archibald.

9) What is you favorite bikepart ?

The frame- always the frame.

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

Klein- well ugly.


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

Boulder USA, great trails and a top town.

12) If you could go on a road trip with anyone alive or dead, who would it be? And where would you go?

Have to be Stephen fry (living) across america exercising my brain or
Kirkpatrick Macmillan (dead) on his ride to glasgow BITD proper old school.


13) What is you next bike going to be ?

Is a Yo, almost finished.


14) Which bike(part) do you regret selling

none they all went for a reason- maybe my lx shifter/levers as I just had to buy another set.


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

no



16. My question for you is....................

Do they really, REALLY wind you up at the bottom of inners and just let you loose?

They are always winding me up nothing special about inners.

Right, next up ...........

i believe in fixies
My question for you is....................

do you really believe in fixies?