bearded slaphead

Thats abit unfair.

Posted 13 years ago

Brant at CRC? Cringeworthy thoughts.

Posted 13 years ago

jeez there’s some spiteful arseholes in this community.

Posted 13 years ago

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.

Posted 13 years ago

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.

Posted 13 years ago

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.

Posted 13 years ago

Someone just told me it’s wiggle.

Posted 13 years ago

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?

Posted 13 years ago

brant. I’ve figured it. It makes alot of sense.

Posted 13 years ago

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.

Posted 13 years ago

Posted 13 years ago

“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?

Posted 13 years ago

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…. 😉

Posted 13 years ago

lynkskey branded steel bikes?

Posted 13 years ago

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?

Posted 13 years ago

brant-x bikes?

Posted 13 years ago

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.

Posted 13 years ago

HTTP404 – LOL 🙂

Posted 13 years ago

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!

Posted 13 years ago

Story has just vanished off bike radar?

Posted 13 years ago

dunno, but CRC isn’t working, have we crashed it?

Posted 13 years ago

Hmmm.. Nuke Proof branded bikes.. now that would be cool. Am I right in thinking CRC own the brand name? 😐

Posted 13 years ago

Specially for Brant in his new Ulster-based role

HOW TO SPEAK NORN IRON
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

Posted 13 years ago

CRC – world’s largest online bike store, going to selling back into the USA?
Brant – trawling the states getting business and schmoozing US press.

Posted 13 years ago

brant are you relocating as well?
and will you lose your staff discount entitlement?

Posted 13 years ago

brant are you relocating as well?

he cant, the shed is bolted to the floor.

Posted 13 years ago

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!!!!!!!!!

Posted 13 years ago

Sounds like there could be a Brant Full Susser on the way via CRC.

Posted 13 years ago

Hes kept the shed for many years, its almost like Dr Who’s Tardis you see. Have shed, will travel.

Posted 13 years ago

Oh my God! Brant’s on crack??!! I just heard. It explains a lot, mind.

Posted 13 years ago

Is it like the Arshavin deal- one minute it’s on, the next, it’s off?

I though Brant was going to sign for Man Shitty, anyway? With Robinho going the other way, to start a new career in bike marketing.

Posted 13 years ago

In marketing terms its all about as annoying as getting a DVD box set of the complete Iceland adverts with a bonus DVD of the Direct Line commercials.

Posted 13 years ago

hora I thought it was almost inviting daft ideas by putting that. Nobody ended up guessing correct tho.

Posted 13 years ago

i mut say i wont miss the abuse he gives out to stw’ers if they voice an opinion about his bikes. Also he’ll have more time in his new role as he wont be trawling the posts on here for ‘on-one’ as a keyword!

who knows i may even consider buying from on-one again now he’s gone.

Posted 13 years ago

Richards is to create a bike and accessories brand for mail-order retailer Chain Reaction Cycles.

Richards said:

“I’m spending the next couple of months either in my shed, or in Taiwan, working hard to get a lovely range of frames and components, for launch under a new brand name in early May. What I’m trying to achieve is that fast route to market, volume purchasing, great margins, all in key areas that the big brands aren’t hitting.

“And if that fails, I’ve got a backup plan of going to sell odd hats and beef jerky.”

Posted 13 years ago

where’ve i seen this buiness model before…………………

has inovation realy died a death? will anyone be setting up a company making new stuff rather than hopping over to tiwan to pick bits out of a catalogue and proclaiming that their margins are smaller than the competitions?

TBH its getting a bit reppettative, especialy now that magazines are ful of ads from every man and his dog selling the same pedals/grips/bars/seatpost/etc

Posted 13 years ago

I was hoping I would get the 300 but seems the thread has died. 🙁

Posted 13 years ago

will anyone be setting up a company making new stuff rather than hopping over to tiwan to pick bits out of a catalogue and proclaiming that their margins are smaller than the competitions?

The On-One stuff wasn’t just catalogue parts though, was it. Unless someone else was having weird handlebars made first and I missed it.

Posted 13 years ago

ok, i’ll give them the bars, although they didnt invent them, just look at an old shopper bike.

but hubs/cranks/grips etc etc …………………

I’m not denying they’r reasnoble quality and reasnoble prices,
but theyr still the same DMR/Nukeproof/etc.

Things i’d like to see…….
budget SS casette hub with good quality servicable internals
female axel hubs, not realy neccecary on most bikes, but they look super cool on BMX’s, so why not?

The only new things i can think of from recent years are lock on grips and the new style of taco chain devices. Surely as an industry there must be more new stuff to invent?

Posted 13 years ago

The way I read it and from what Brant has said himself recently on here is that Brant still has an interest in on one ie he owns shares but he has given up his job there. If this is correct it is in Brants interest that on one continues to make money. If it is not correct then why would Brant want to see the company he built fail because of his rival frames and parts. I think Shedfire will produce slightly more expensive parts than on one and be a bit more mainstream with maybe higher quality attention to detail.

Posted 13 years ago