[Closed] Whatever happened to . . . . . former STW'ers

Cressers?

Fred ... we miss his input and I dont think he is talkFWIW
Smee ,,,I miss him much less
Lansera and his scouse hating

Fred is back as Talkemada.

Some of his stories are a dead give away.

mousefindergeneral
dan
agonyaunt
shaun

ah, the good old days.

AFAIR mousefindergeneral did the dirty on his poorly missus and was never heard from again.

ah, I had vague recollections of someone leavign under a cloud and givign up cycling, didn't realise it was him.

and the kid in the DH gear in his bedroom 'Alice'?? who went off to prague to study medicine.

Can we mention RudeBoy?

42

the prawn

Bez - still around occasionally but used to spend all day entertaining us.
Neek, RHS, AndyA, SteveM ...

Wasn't make coldplay history the guy who went to the phillipines to be with his gf?

I think smee joined a Bavarian midget circus and now tours South America.

ah but does he cycle the 10,00 miles there or drive round the world to get there?

SteveM made a brief reappearance last week.

RHS learnt a lesson about posting on the internet and now lives a sheltered existence

AndyA has moved on

Mark Datz?

We woznt wikid awsum nuf 4 Mark

What about Ro - they made so many friends in their brief stay...

beer

and oneeyedwilly and his bombers

Thanks for the update, Drac.

Who else from 2003ish has gone AWOL or is still around, other than you?

MarkDatz was Fred! Noticed how he disappeared once Talkumpowderer came on the scene?

I miss Smee.

I miss Lanesra more.

I miss AdamG and Lanesra.

I also miss the old Stoner..........before he gave up being posh and became a builder.

I don't miss fotorat.

Hey - does no one remember Badger!Badger!Badger!Badger!

🙂

oneeyedwilly still posts here occasionally under a different username. it's quite obvious once you realise too.
i was up at lee quarry with him a couple of weeks back.

Farmer Giles
sootyandjim
beer

Ro - got banned for making remarks on the 'where's sharkie' thread.

Bez, SteveM,RHS all hang around on 'cheeky'.

Beer was very funny.

What happened to the kid who found an intruder in his house and he went mental. He posted a pic of himself with his HUGE muscley arms.....

Zedsdead - Member

Beer was very funny.

What happened to the kid who found an intruder in his house and he went mental. He posted a pic of himself with his HUGE muscley arms.....

that was oneeyedwilly, and the origin of owning with bombers

[i]Bez, SteveM,RHS all hang around on 'cheeky'. [/i]

Never heard of it.

[i]Who else from 2003ish has gone AWOL or is still around, other than you? [/i]

Merlinman is still here, IanMunro and a good few others really but many have left to pastures new.

I've stayed loyal. Gingerflash is not around much.

beer
lukeb

I miss Polly, she was always full of good information/help/ideas.

beer
danlees
scotinlondon
very amusing and still (partially) around
what happened to that kin merlinman?

mousefindergeneral - as has been said, former friend of ours made a brief appearance on some auction hunt program on telly.

Danlees is still around but not on here

sootyandjim similarly

Chemo - god rest his soul, although i doubt his soul ever really rests if it's anything like the rest of him was

swisschali is still kicking around

polly is still very much alive, lives near us in fact we are going to the pub with her tomorrow, don't think she rides any more really

42 - now works for MI5

'Alice' failed to get into a decent medical school

andyc - still a mate of mine but more into harleys than mountain bikes

sara - international girl of mystery now, runs an mtb events company amongst other things

cyclenaut - still on here under the same name i believe

panama - went the way of the darkside, still rides with Jedi

oh and i was 'Mike' back in the day

and the Prawn....well where do i start.

Cuterunner
Swiss Schali?
The bloke that used to post pictures of bikes from strange angles and you had to work out what they are.

swiss lives close to us, seen him at a few races. He's still mental

How about DizInAustria? The voice of nice-ness and reason - bloody scare commodities round here at times

Who else from 2003ish has gone AWOL or is still around, other than you?

I've been around since at least 2003 I think (although probably originally as niblue). When I first signed up I was happily riding a cheapo Carrera Kraken as my only bike, now I've got 6 including two Cotics, an On-One, a Ti bike and 2 full-susses. Bet my wife is happy I found this place...

Been around since... erm... god knows when! I kind of stopped being on line much though after changing jobs 5 years back (away from IT to something outdoors) so have barely been on STW since then. My mountain biking has dropped off the edge of a cliff too the last couple of years. Too many things clammering for time, and moving away from all the riding mates has almost been the final nail.

Almost.

Keep hoping I can find the enthusiasm to start getting out more and meet some new folk to ride with. I mean... living in the Lakes now it shouldn't be that hard should it?

(sometimes I miss Stirling)

andyc - still a mate of mine but more into harleys than mountain bikes

BAD times!

Tell the lazy old git to get back on his mountain bikes... Harleys are just 2 wheeled tractors, he could at least have a decent bike like a Ducati (and you can tell him I said that!) 😉

Has he still got his 911 though?

Goan and his dust used to make me laugh

2003...Ahhh those were the days

Who else from 2003ish has gone AWOL or is still around, other than you?

2003? Newcomer 🙂

2003...Ahhh those were the days

Indeed.

Piersb - great articles in the earlier mags ("[i]I count myself lucky I can still maintain a bike and an erection, though not at the same time[/i]") and good value contributions here.

Samuri is still here, trying (and failing) to offend the fat last I saw - pity no more mag articles from him.

2001 or there abouts for me.

2003? Newcomer

2002 for me 🙂 Opened up a whole new world of work-based slacking.

2002 is when i joined, but 2003 is when forum was at it's peak

Ahh...was gonna mention Swiss Schali and 360s mate Chemo.Hopefully "god rest his soul" was just just a forum figure of speech ???

2003 for me too. What a big mistake that was...

2003 was a golden era, I agree.

I got advice on bikes (Orange Sub 5 vs, Ellsworth Isis), how to mitigate the visible cost of transactions to the nosey (a.k.a. my wife), unblocking drains, met people for rides all over the place incl. Drac who left me for dead and spent many a happy day doing no work whatsoever. And generally the place had great humour with few people getting uppity as seems commonplace now.

Been here since the start, from the GoFar days. Used to be mikemctimoney before becoming miketually.

And generally the place had great humour with few people getting uppity as seems commonplace now.

Agreed - Far too many pointless debates on here now

BRING BACK THE HUMOUR!

madsadalan has always been my favourite forum name. And don't forget the evil mastermind Mr Woppit, he's been here since 19hundredandfrozentodeath.

Yes sadly my wayward riding buddy Chemo is no longer with us.

Remember this page? http://web.archive.org/web/20010401205718/http://www.singletrackworld.com/

Ormonroyd ??

Dizinaustria

Lukeb

Dizinaustria seems to be still enjoying life in austria and badger is stil badgering.

🙁 Just googled re Chemo,Dave.Very saddened and shocked to hear that.

[i]42 - now works for MI5[/i]

Was 42 the ginger lad who used to give people "the stare"?

lukeb = spokescycles

Just had a scan of the internet archive. I was mike mc in the olden days too, I think.

There was a shop on here too - chevin cycles maybe?

And who was the woman that was on tv with her family - bit vague but I think her son was into mtb'ing

i like it still
i lurked for 4 yrs without posting, it is good fun, if you let it be.
far too many people ready to throw insults, and be arsey just for the sake of it.

but i like it still.
you just need a better bait these days. 8)

Russ Pinder was a regular around that time. I remember the shock and horror when the thread went up on here about his fall, and the aftermath as it became clear how bad it was. Definitely had a sense of community about it ... maybe it still does - maybe I should spend more time here again!

I;ve been posting on here since it started with various names, much less recently as I now work a bit harder and cannot ride bikes anymore.

And who was the woman that was on tv with her family - bit vague but I think her son was into mtb'ing

I believe that would have been the fragrant blackgem.

beer and Alice http://www.snakebite.fotopic.net/p3304788.html (spunky)are still around, riding bikes an stuff

this was them then http://www.snakebite.fotopic.net/p7668170.html

Dan Lees and me here http://www.snakebite.fotopic.net/p10897196.html he got all travelly and paternal and stuff, still pops up now and then..

Aye, 42 was indeed the "ginger lad" . Weird chap and no mistake, there was a photo knocking about of him in just Lycra shorts. I understand he now works with children... 😯

Smee was reborn and reborn again and is alive as we speak 🙂

I can remember spending lots of time splitting my sides at the scurrilous and unedifying assertions and swipes on here. It has got more self-righteous but there is the occasional thread that stirs up some damned good collective absurdity, obscenity and humour.

e.g. ''my mrs always says "will you rub my feet"? when i hear that magical phrase I know it's time to eat sushi off the barber shop floor''

Made me laugh anyway

Yep, I was being made redundant sometime around 2003 and instead of working I decided to make use of their internet connection.

Lo and behold I stumbled across STW and I wasted a whole month on it. Been a fan ever since.

chevin is still on here from time to time

[i]Drac who left me for dead and spent many a happy day doing no work whatsoever.[/i]

When was that you'll have to remind me, was that during my rather excessive drinking days?

excessive drinking? glentress strikes a bell. i have a picture of you and the bloke from bike verbier (yan?) who's calves were bigger than all of you. in fact i think mousefindergeneral, panama, polly, lucy, phil, andyc, kirstie (mrsmw), debs, mrsmfg (ex, now lesbian) and various other former stw reprobates were there as well.

Ah then remember now. Errr yeah met a lot of people of here and many around then. Sadly I liked the beer a lot around so many names I've forgotten. Good weekend that one.

What happened to Fruit/Neil...?

As for joining, think I first joined back in 2001 if I recall. The site wasn't banned in work in those days...

I've only been OMITN since 2008, but was TommyT from around 2002 (though didn't start posting until 2003, IIRC). I lurked before then.

That's the best part of a decade spent on here..! 😯

I think i stumbled in about 2003 as well. If i added up the hours i spend idly reading threads about ... well anything...i'd scare myself. Was fun and to some extent still is although the hand wringers are taking over. How is badgers tubeless conversion anyway ?

2003?

A fine year :o)

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Badger

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Ben on Bolty's

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Coogle in Swaledale

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AndyA , 1st CumFest2004

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SimonDBarnes, AndyA, SteveM, JonWIII, Drac, TimC, Drac CumFest2004

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Alec and Craig fix a saddle, Calderdale Thursday Night Ride

I've been here since 2002 I think.

Mind you I didn't post for ages 'cuz it felt like I'd just walked into a virtual pub full of regulars and I didn't want to join in the banter without an invitation.

Didn't realise that "Fit it with a rock" actually had provenance 😯

Lurked for a few years but didn't start posting 'til after the big bang. Think my old user name was ralphie....