That really was an anti climax.
But Brant was saying just the other day what plans he had for the next 456.
suppose that's how Lynskey bikes appeared on CRC
Surely On-one will now be No-one ???
"Brant was saying just the other day what plans he had for the next 456"
so it'll be crc branded, now 😉
be interesting if he's going to be designing frames for CRC or he's moving on to a different role. Would be a shame if it's the latter - brant's always done a nice frame.
I wish I could design bikes - I'd be phoning Planet-X...
[i]On-One's designer and mouthpiece, has been plucked away by mail order company Chain Reaction.[/i]
Eh? WTF? Nope, didn't expect that. So whats he going to be doing at CRC?
[i]Would be a shame if it's the latter - brant's always done a nice frame.[/i]
Yep, big shame
So whats he going to be doing at CRC?
Publicly ridiculing his customers like he did recently at O-O I guess. That CRC ****ed then.....
[i]Publicly ridiculing his customers like he did recently at O-O I guess. That CRC ****ed then..... [/i]
Bit harsh....are you grieving? 😉
Publicly ridiculing his customers like he did recently at O-O
Link please 😉
[b]I think he'll be creating a new brand with CRC funding/backing and utilising their storage and delivery capabilities to deliver[/b]. As good as CRC are (I've shop with them for years) I dont think a 'chain reaction cycle' sticker on the downtube would sell anything.
I hope this was worth it for those fanboys hanging onto every word 😐
can he swim?
Brant did you get sacked for spending too much time on the internet?
So is that the end of the sycophantic forum fawning over the bearded slaphead then, or does it just herald the dawn of the 'Vintage Brant-era On One' nichista...........
I wish I could design bikes - I'd be phoning Planet-X.
It's not that difficult, really. You might need some experience in using materials, but the most important thing is to find a Taiwanese factory who make tons of stuff for other people, who will do the hard work for you. Maybe get a British frame builder to knock up some prototypes first, give them to a couple of your mates who work for mountain bike magazines, get loads of free publicity, and- bingo!
Got to applaud the On-One business model, tough. That's where the real skill lies; market a product that people want, hype it up to the max, and sell it a lot cheaper than people might expect.
For a little company to have gained such iconic status in British mountain biking, is fantastic, though, so hats off to Brant and Dave.
Will CRC be producing their own branded bikes, now, then?
[i]bearded slaphead[/i]
Thats abit unfair.
Brant at CRC? Cringeworthy thoughts.
jeez there's some spiteful arseholes in this community.
It's not that difficult, really. You might need some experience in using materials, but the most important thing is to find a Taiwanese factory who make tons of stuff for other people, who will do the hard work for you. Maybe get a British frame builder to knock up some prototypes first, give them to a couple of your mates who work for mountain bike magazines, get loads of free publicity, and- bingo!
Well you could do it like that I guess. But, well, anyhow. Never been the way I have.
Given how synonymous on-one and Brant are, surely the better option would have been to sell the former to CRC with the latter staying on as product developnment manager/mouthpiece?
As someone said, no one wants a CRC branded bike, and on-one without Brant is just another bike company?
Makes fek all difference to me anyway, I've got a DMR and a Sanderson.
no one wants a CRC branded bike
I wouldn't say it like that, but that isn't what's happening anyhow.
FWIW, for once, Hora's the closest, but is still missing a big (and really ace) part of the jigsaw.
Someone just told me it's wiggle.
brant"FWIW, for once, Hora's the closest, but is still missing a big (and really ace) part of the jigsaw.
You get a pay rise?
brant. I've figured it. It makes alot of sense.
Good luck with your move Brant. I'll bet that involved some sleepless nights!! Well done for all the work you did with On One, I hope your time with CRC is as fruitful. Looking forward to seeing what working with the largest distributor can do for stock, delivery times, and scope for design.
Nice One.
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"I wouldn't say it like that" - you wouldn't you work for then :p
well if your not designing bikes, what is your new job then?
Well you could do it like that I guess. But, well, anyhow. Never been the way I have.
You bollocks!
So, Brants moving from one company that imports stuff, to another.... 😉
lynkskey branded steel bikes?
your creating an uber niche brand of imported tiwanese/chinese/vietnamese stuff plucked from a catalogue, a bit like bikehut or superstar, but without friut or halfords?
brant-x bikes?
Good luck Brant. IMHO CRC need a good kick up the arse to get them back on top of their game. I hope you can instill some of the dynamism you've built around the On One brand into their operation.
HTTP404 - LOL 🙂
I reckon hes relocating his shed as its warmer climes' in N.I? 🙄
Funny how I_ache originally posted 'and no idle claims'....some 250-odd later!
Story has just vanished off bike radar?
dunno, but CRC isn't working, have we crashed it?
Hmmm.. Nuke Proof branded bikes.. now that would be cool. Am I right in thinking CRC own the brand name? 😐
Specially for Brant in his new Ulster-based role
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A
Afeard - scared
Ah - I or me, ie Ah don't feel well
Aminal -common mispronounciation of Animal
Amptinat? -I most definitely am.
Ar$ehole -calling someone a rectum
Aye -meaning "yes"
B
Balleex -"b0ll0cks" Thats balleex - Used in context when disagreeing with someone
Bake -someones face
Baltic - quite cold
Banjaxed – ‘broke’
Bate -beat, I bate her up so ah did
Bate The Wife - bottle of cider
Beef -male sexual organ ie "Ah slipped her the beef lawst nite"
Beezer - Very good, Thats Beezer
Beg -wafer thin plastic vessel; good for carrying shopping :also oul' beg" when referring to an elderly female
Blurt -Slang for female genetalia
Boggen - dirty, unclean
Boulin' -messing about
Bout Ye -"Hello"
Brave - large
Brew - weekly benefit
C
Cameracorder -grannies use of the word "camcorder"
Cheeser -like Beezer, meaning "very good" or "exellent"
Chicken -child slang for "afraid"
Chinks -popular Chinese food Take Aways
Childer -children
Cracker -not something you put cheese on, means beezer
Creamed -tired
C.O- carry out ‘r ye goin fer a C.O’
D
Dander -a walk, ie I'm goin fer a dander
Dawg -canine, dog
Digikil -common mis-prounciation of "Digital"
Drawers -underwear
Dour -a door
Duncher -Cap
D.L.A – derry living allowince
E
Earlee-er -before the present
Eejit -derived from "Idiot", means "Idiot"
Eff Aaf - F*ck Off
F
FaakAaf - Excuse me my good man, kindly vacate the premises
Faaler -father
Fally - follow
Fillum -a movie or film
Fingy -someone whose name you can't remember
Frig -polite word for "F*ck", also used: Flip
Flour - a floor
Fut - foot
G
Gat -slang, You're a wee gat or get
Geg -fun, "Ats a geg"
Getawaydaf*ck -go away now
Givuz -give me
Glass -Half-Pint
Goes -replaces the word "Said" ie And I goes: What? Are you slabberin'?" And then she goes,Yip."
Gutties -training shoes
H
Happy Days - that's good
Hardly -meaning "Thats not true" ie Hardly now. Hardly.
Hectic - See Mad
Heel -not to be confused with the back of your foot, means end of a loaf
Heerzme - "And then I said..."
Hippy - someone who likes Bon Jovi
Houl On -please wait
J
Job -activity usually carried out under the cover of night
Joken -joking
K
Kudn't -couldn't ie Ah kudn't do that...
L
Lairdindeyit -please do start eating (or drinking) see also
"wiredintillit"
Leenantarsapees -Famous Italian landmark
Lifted – arrested can also be called ‘scooped
Lingo -language
M
Mad - See Hectic
Mairshen -Emersion Heater
Magic -not tricks, but another word meaning great or good
Majassif - large
Mawn -a man, male
Meat Wagon -RUC Landrovers
Melt -no actual meaning, used as: "I'll knock your melt in"
Messages - weekly shopping
Milly -name given to teenage females. See also: Steek
Moooooooooooo- (Chris Scott copyright: use when your head is melted).
Moufy* - rather outspoken person
Monkeyed- drunk ‘I was f monkeyed last nite
Mucker -a friend or mate
Muller -Mother or "Ma"
N
Nek it - drink that drink in one
Nice One -that was good
Norman -bullying term for someone with no friends
Norwegain - Another Gin please
Now Yer Sucken Deezel -that's a good way of going about that
O
Offees -alchohol retailer
Oi -a yelp for someones attention ie Oi! You! C'mere!"
Oxters -Armpits
P
Pat - container in which food is boiled
Prably -maybe, its likely
Passion -heavy rain in Ballymena
Parfil - strong
Peeler -a police officer
Piece-sandwich
Pot - short for Patrick
Pssskety -common misprounciation of "Spaghetti"
Pump - to urinate
Purdie -countryside slang for Potato
Q
Quim -slang for female genetalia
R
Ragin' -angry, Ahm bloody ragin' so ah am.
>> >>>Ration -you'd be doing this if you were trying to get to somewhere
in a hurry, in Ballymena
Rare -not to be confused with "scarce", means crap
S
Samitch -mispronunciation of "Sandwhich"
Scundered - embarrassed
Sebm -seven [7]
Shap -shop
Shar -a shower
Sicken' Ye - would annoy you
Skinned Ye! - Haha my good friend, I do believe I won that particular game by a significant margin
skint- have no money ‘im f*** skint cant go out man’
Slabber -someone who makes bad comments about you behind your back or to your face
Spoofen - lying
Spide - see Steek
Spoon -someone with a low IQ
Steek -male with bad dress and hair sense
Stroked - stolen / ripped off
T
Ta -Thank You
Tarl - a towel
Theee -the number three
Theee Leet - 3 litre bottle of cider
Till -replaces the word "to" ie Goin till the shap"
Tube -see: Spoon
Two Leet - 2 litre bottle of cider
U
Undurstawnd -understand ie Do ye undurstawnd me?
V
Vaka -Vodka
W
Wain- a young child
Weaker -yet another word for "brilliant"
Welt -male genitals
Wee -put in front of words such as "drink", "dander", and basically anything
Wick -not exactly brilliant
Willik - nose
Wiredintillit -"Got wiredintillit earlee-er"
Windie -a window
Windielickurs -horrid term for the mentally disadvantage
Windie Still -a window sill
Wheelie bin - a bin
Wooden One -not a clever person
X
X-Acktlee-exactly
Y
Yermaa -an insult said when nothing else can be thought of
Yeegittin? -Are you being served?
Yip -yes
Yousens - When addressing more than one person
CRC - world's largest online bike store, going to selling back into the USA?
Brant - trawling the states getting business and schmoozing US press.
brant are you relocating as well?
and will you lose your staff discount entitlement?
[i]brant are you relocating as well?[/i]
he cant, the shed is bolted to the floor.
The news has vanished from the On One site too. In fact I can't see Brant's name mentioned anywhere.
Me thinks there might be something afoot!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like there could be a Brant Full Susser on the way via CRC.
Hes kept the shed for many years, its almost like Dr Who's Tardis you see. Have shed, will travel.
Oh my God! Brant's on crack??!! I just heard. It explains a lot, mind.
