Alpine in German.
I was guiding in the alps and rode a Dialled Bikes Alpine at the time.
When I was in the forces and asked what my name was I would reply ‘Smith’ to which the next response from the questioner would be ‘is that Smith with 2 f’s? So just thought why not Smithwith3fs, I use it a lot for a few forums.
Erm....
I didn't have a dog at the time, but now i do.
Not a fan of wookies any more than the next, but I've a lot of hair on my head.
Retro as I rode an old bike compared to my friends bikes.
Rick as it's my name.
Meh,its a street name I was given in a past life(fast cars/girls,drugs and Blur).
Not my outlook in life, which is actually upbeat.
Christ is short for Christian (my first name) and I am male.
That was 10 years ago. Probably would chose something different now.
self explanatory really, and not half as exciting as how TJ sees my name (sadie spunk) 😀
although yes im an ex-punk, im neither down in the dumps nor suffer from seasonal affective disorder, the 'sad' bit is a tad colloquial i think, just means my mates thought it was a bit pathetic that i still liked it, as in 'thats a bit sad mate'. theyre wrong.
I’m a real-life Mr Darcy (yep, dined out on that…thank you Colin Firth). I farted once, was wearing a lot of denim and my mates said, “Jesus Darcy, that’s deadly…” and my close mates coined “deadlydenimdarcy.” Then scored a few goals in a Gaelic Football game between Chemists (us, class of about 35) and Business Studies (class of about 250) in a major shock result at Uni. A few people started cheering “deadly, deadly…” so the “denim” kinda got dropped and “deadlydarcy” stuck. Use it all over now.
Back in the day when it was 3 chainrings....due to my lack of fitness (even worse now lol), guess which one I couldn't have been without 🙂
What does that say about me? Dread to think 🤪
That you've never looked your name up in a dictionary?
I have a slightly more science based background than my riding peers.
I have a more evidence based, thorough, observational approach to bike maintenance than most of them and its a given name from them, the fully title being 'Scienceofficer surname'
It's reinforced by me observing things on rides such as the famous 'thats not a cloud inversion, its low fog' and the associated monologue on atmospheric adiabatics.
Stolen from Charlie Brooker’s screenwipe character (and director), the cultural commentator/taking head, freely giving his onions in an ever exasperated and irritated manner.
Seemed fitting for the forum at the time.
Blimey, I’m not sure even I can remember where roverpig comes from. It dates back to the early days of usenet news (ask your grandad) and if I remember correctly was an amalgam of the software I used (NewsRover) and a server (NewsPig) I was using at the time.
I’ve tended to use it for most online stuff (except Strava where I have a totally different made up name) as a reminder that online is not real.
When I was younger, I kept getting myself into trouble for silly things. I was also known to be fond of Marvin the Martian and Duckdodgers. After one incident, one of my friends said I was Daffy Ducked. It stuck.
If I'm honest, nettles don't really bother me much, but I couldn't think of anything else at the time. And then there was the Great Hack and the Great Rejoin, and it was quicker to type
My name is John and I play drums
My first full sus was a Boardman and now I can't change my username 'cos its a bit poo!
That you’ve never looked your name up in a dictionary?
My meaning is better.
Before the big cull/crash/refresh/whatever it was back in the day, I had the cheesy username of SingleTrackRocks. That's all
Over on Bikemagic there was something going on that resulted in me changing from using my real name to "Notoriously Bad Typist". that was always shortened to NBT and it stuck. And it's accurate
Well, one part is my actual first name, and the other bit is because I'm a bit of a Ford fanboi and I owned a Fiesta ST around the time of signing up.
I'm not a saint.
I have really hairy feet
one part is my actual first name, and the other bit is because I’m a bit of a Ford fanboi
Not gonna lie, until you clarified later in that post I thought your name was Saint and you once had a Ford Colin.
I used to do a bit of rallying and might have failed to make a few junctions in my time!
One day a fellow competitor said "look out her comes Mr Overshoot" as I walked up to him, it sort of stuck.
It is a combination of an abbreviation of my name and something memorable to me.
"I think you'll find, it's Mr Understeer."
It's an acronym.
I'll have a go at most things, but I'm not the best at any of them.
I’ll have a go at most things.
Even Morris dancing? You monster!
