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i'm bored. it's raining. i should be loking for a job.

GP = Gnar Point

+1 GP.....bars wider than 680mm
+1 GP....every 10mm over 680mm
+1 GP.....1FB (one finger braking)
+1 GP.....windows removed from shifters

-1 GP...Gripshift
-1 GP...bell
-2 GP...bar ends

+1 GP...70mm stem
+2 GP...>50mm stem
-1 GP...<100m stem

+1 GP...130mm fork
+1 GP...every 10mm over 130mm
-1 GP...travel adjust

+1 GP...bash guard
+1 GP...chain guide
+1 GP...flat pedals
-1 GP...three chain rings

+1 GP...tyres-every 0.1" over 2.3" (points for front and back)
+1 GP...each 203mm rotor

+1 GP...piss pot/full face
+1 GP...goggles
+1 GP...each item of body armour worn (knee/elbow pads = 1GP)

-2 GP...cycle computer
-3 GP...GPS


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:37 am
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Me and my Alpine 14 GP....


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:38 am
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9-11 here.

I think the road bikes are negative though.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:41 am
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11 . . . minus 10 for actually bothering to total up . . . so 1 I reckon ๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:42 am
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I'm so minus the things I have don't appear on your chart.
Do they even make bars wider than 580?


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:46 am
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oldgit .....????


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:49 am
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I get 26 from just my one main bike


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:51 am
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+22
I hate the rain
but checkout my view
www.youtube.com/watch?v=---id9ReLCI
lol sorry for the plug


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:51 am
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-5

๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:54 am
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i think,therefore i am


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:55 am
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body armor should be - points...


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:57 am
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Jambo, I thought the same


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:58 am
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I get 18 points - considering I'm 43,bald(ing),a dad(twice),ride a mountaincycle fury,work for Tesco and have 10 busted bones to my MTB credit score - I consider that quite an achivement.Oh! - and NO points deducted either.I'm reeeally proud of that chaps.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 11:59 am
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jumping j....? flying j.

sod that. respect.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 12:02 pm
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Jan - almost stopped that vid when the backing track started ๐Ÿ˜‰ . . . glad I didn't . . . wow! - fair play!


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 12:16 pm
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My net score is 9. Points deducted for 3 chainrings (the big one gets used as a bash anyway FFS) and travel adjust (ETA). Sangobeggar is lying BTW ... his fork has an ETA too.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 12:41 pm
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-1


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 12:43 pm
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3


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:04 pm
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Depends which bike!

xc bike: -2!
singlespeed: +4 (wiiiide bars innit)
freeridey bike: +15 but i ride it like a girl guide.

(jam bo is right, i should have 2 ponts deducted for the body armour so 11 really.)


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:11 pm
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+3
Dammit, how can I be equal with TJ? He wears a flat cap & rides a... tandem. ๐Ÿ™„


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:31 pm
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2, shifters didn't have windows and I don't miss them (much) and came with 130mm forks.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:47 pm
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+23 I'm v gnar


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:50 pm
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This is fun. ๐Ÿ˜€

A respectable +8 here, although that's rounding up tyre size (2.35).


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:53 pm
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BTW can someone define gnar please?


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:54 pm
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-5 ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 1:57 pm
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gnar

[url= http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gnar ]A shortened version of the word gnarly, meaning high on the scale of dangerousness and coolness. Often used among the skateboard crowd[/url]


 
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0. Computer and GPS.. ๐Ÿ™ And don't bother with armour, I'm 17 - I bounce.

+1 GP...70mm stem
+2 GP...>50mm stem
-1 GP...<100m stem

I think you really messed that up.
> means more than, < means less than. So you get -1 point for having a stem shorter then 100m(eters? ๐Ÿ˜€ ) and 2 points for having a stem longer then 50mm.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 2:07 pm
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got 4 from my ss road bike!


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 2:09 pm
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[i]think[/i] I'm about a 14. My bike is much more gnar than I am..


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 2:39 pm
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[i]meaning high on the scale of dangerousness and coolness. Often used among the skateboard crowd[/i]

Ah right - well I am so gnar I didnt even bother to do the quiz to tell me how gnar I am. I just plucked a very gnar number out of thin air I'm that gnar.

In fact, I reckon that by completing a "how gnar are you?" quiz" you are by definition ungnar ay?


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 2:43 pm
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26 on the SX

-7 on the Klein

๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 2:44 pm
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16 on spech pitch pro


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 2:47 pm
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17 on the Helius AM..
12 on the Ti456


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 3:55 pm
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Shouldn't this be a questionnaire about the rider, not the bike? ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 4:19 pm
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9 although I did spend this morning on a club road ride in lycra but we'll ignore that.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 4:25 pm
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21 potentially - depends where I'm riding though.


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 4:31 pm
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For the bike I ride the most it's an almost respectable 21

Although goog got 35 (this is what happens when you've got bars 777 mm wide - knew there must be a purpose for them somewhere, clearly they are to make him more gnar)


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 4:55 pm
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yes, sorry Realman...... it's been a while since i was sat in a maths class.

Simon Ralli........quality!

maybe we should put our heads together and draw up a definative scale of Gnar....


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 5:08 pm
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+7 on my rocky mountain
-2 On my Giant


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 5:21 pm
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+7 on my rocky mountain
-2 On my Giant


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 5:22 pm
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A reassuring 2, I was a bit worried about having to make the transistion from nobbing around on my bike to being all flowcore or xxxc!


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 7:00 pm
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Somehow, it appears that I go up to 11.

๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 7:04 pm
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6...fail ๐Ÿ˜›

What about the rear sus, you need something in there about its travel..

jumpingj: fair play on the vid, i'd love to give some of those jumps a try...


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 7:14 pm
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24.

I think it should be +1GP for every piece of body armour you own, but don't wear normally. That way, I get 28!


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 7:46 pm
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question too boring does not compute


 
Posted : 05/09/2009 7:48 pm
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