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On 1st April Singletrack will be 15 years old. Yes! I know! Don't all send cake at once (I can only manage one whole Victoria sponge a day).
We're planning a minor celebration around the theme of 15, and we need your input. What would you like to ask Mark and Chipps? Post your questions below, and we'll get them to answer 15 of them in a sort of 'Everything you wanted to know about STW but were too afraid to ask' type web feature.
I'm not even going to suggest what kinds of things you might like to ask about - I trust the STW Hive Mind to be sufficiently creative and entertaining without priming.
Questions below please...
Thank you!
When are we getting the new version of the forum (one with a search engine that works)?
Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?
Where can I get info on a Maserati?
Cabbage in a curry?
Whats the best tyres for...
Who put the bop in the bopshoowopdebop?
Which hurts more: being owned by Bombers or hoofed in the slats?
Do headsets come with a crown race?
What happens if you give 100 duck sized horses picolax on a treadmill?
Pudding?
Who ate Merlinman's pub meal?
Genuine lollers 🙂
This could go well or very badly 🙂
1a) How much riding do you actually get to do?
1b) What bikes/kit have you put your hand in your pocket for?
1c) Whose the better rider?
1d) One bike, what would it be?
1e) Favorite regular riding location?
How did you get over the horror of being oppressed by Bully Beef throughout your school days?
Do you miss working with Lard?
Boaty McBoatface, yes or no?
Would you ever consider producing a magazine with more content than adverts?
scotroutes - Member
Boaty McBoatface, yes or no?
damnit! I have nothing to add now
[quote=jekkyl ]Would you ever consider producing a magazine with more content than adverts?
They do a magazine too?
'You must log in to post'
Arrrrggggghhhhhhh!
Every.
Single.
Day.
When will you fix it 😥
Which should a young man aspire to, Institute of Physics or Woodworkers Institute?
Did Greedo shoot first?
Why is the Milka cow lilac?
Do you have matching Maseratis ?
boxers, trunks or briefs?
Do you enduro, bro?
Bacon sarnie: Red or brown sauce
Goes away to cook tea.
Comes back to read questions.
Goes away to open wine.
🙂
Oh Hannah. What have you done?
1/ biggest achievement (in MTB and outwith)
2/ biggest regret (maybe just in MTB land, personally)
3/ is there life outside Todmorden valley?
4/ Do you still see Shaun?
5/ where's my free t-shirt 🙂
Have you got a drawer full of those fake STW logo tattoos you gave out at a Polaris event when you first started.
What are your favourite bits of a typical issue of ST (foreign travel, reviews, ride write-ups, opinion columns, etc) - which bits do you most look forward to reading/editing/writing?
Big, rocky mountains or swoopy, whoopy trail-centres?
Who is your favourite writer (outside of the day job)?
Clips or flats?
...aaaand, can we have a more mobile-friendly version of the forum please? 😀
Oh Hannah. What have you done?
Revealed myself to be a naive young thing who trusts in the basic underlying goodness of human beings?
Given myself a really difficult feature to write?
*more wine*
😆
Red or white?
my question - if you could guest edit any other magazine, what would it be and why?
Like/Dislike Buttons and Avatars 🙂
What's the most ridiculous article submission / idea you've received?
How do I remove sudocrem from a cat?
Beetroot - food of the Gods or Tool of the Devil?
Pies? - Full enclosure or lid only?
How many of your original 200 'founding' subscribers are still buying the mag and what nice things have you got planned for us when you hit 15?
Two man tent in remotest, wildest Scotland. Fred or TJ?
1) Whats the first thing you do when you get in the office?
2) Whats the last thing you do before leaving the office?
3) Now you are 15 years older, honestly do you still find MTB'ing "fun"?
4) What do you think will be the next innovation in 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and do you think it/they will benefit MTB'ers or will it just become a Fad?
5) Your original Plan for STW, has it been fulfilled or are you still seeking it out?
You can see form my few Q's that I'm only interested your working life and how thats fits within your passion.
Boring Huh?
Yup, thought so..
oh, and what bike from 15 years ago would you choose today if you could only have one bike?
Red or white?
Currently red. Possibly white if things aren't looking up by the end of this bottle.
😉
Which 3 figures from the world of bikes would you choose to have dinner with? And which 3 to ride with?