LOL

+1 Hora

Dr Richard Swank…….

I've gouged the back of my leg with chainrings before – it was one reason I got a bash. What's your problem with that exactly

I've gouged my legs on rocks before but I've not insisted the Peaks/Alps etc put bashrings on them all….

Don't be such a puff.
EDIT – that really should have said, Dr says, don't be such a puff

Does no-one play acoustic anymore?

Opposite sex (done!) and at least two years younger has always been my advice.

I've had a lot of cats and they will argue – but with one being lots younger an easy pecking order is soon arrived at.

Why is it that in life and on these forums, you have to say things or do things to be accepted.

But is it art?

A cheque to me usually works….

I can't see anything wrong with the build, maybe not everyone feels the need to pigeon hole bikes as rigidly as the good Dr appears to do

It's not so much pigeon holing as a bike should have a purpose……

And a bike should be the best it can be!

(I'm on a roll now!)

A build should bring the best out of every component and the rider!!!

An analogy:-

It's been world darts and masters snooker on telly. Both, ahem, sporting skillsets. Would Andy the Viking Fordham make a good snooker player? Well only if you wanted the table flattening. Would Graeme Dott make a good dart player? Does he look like he can eat 15 McNuggets and drink 17 pints a night?

It's about fitting the right equipment to the right sport and moment.

Yeti-guy likes what he's done with all that nice kit and that's enough for me…… 😉

OK – get the corsa, ahem, bodged and flog it first. There are ways. But sell to someone you don't care about as the bodge will eventually make the spark plug explode out of the engine.

Then buy a hatchback.

What is it with vans?

As i said, it was one of the reasons i got an e-13, the other is that at 220lbs i have a very low bottom bracket, even with 260 lbs of pressure in my shock.

LOL – I give up – clearly you are the same Yeti-man from my history.

If you like it – I love it.

Nuff said.

What's the term, err, Ride it like you, errrrr, what's the word, oh yeah:-

Ride it like you built it.

Oh yeah, 5's are ugly too! :finger:

Name ONE attractive mountain bike? It's all subjective.

My Patriot is as ugly as sin. My Prince Albert (oooh-errrr) is not much better. They're all just tubes and bits that only a mother could love….

It's not the looks I have an issue with – it's the bits – which has been (sort of) explained (as in it has DH parts to save personal injury when riding!?!?!?!)

It keeps dropping me. And when it doesn't it won't allow me any quotes or smilies.

One of the reasons i wanted an e-13 was because my last outer ring, took a huge slice out of my calf

LOL – please tell me you're talking baby cow……

Mine is a bit DH / XC too but it works for me.

SPD pedals, triple chainset, better brake lever placement.

Yours passes 😉

Whats wrong with the car mate? It sounded from your last thread like a heli-coil was needed which is a sh!t load cheaper then a van.

Besides, if you buy a van people will think you're a peado/dogger/pikey (or all three).

Seriously don't bother. Been there, done that, got the solicitors bill.

I feel dead bad for your situation but arguing law with a solicitor is likely to do one thing – cost you…..

I've spent the last 4 years arguing with them over two seperate cases – cost so far – 55k and counting. How one learns to laugh at lifes little stumbles…….

As for the champagne truffle, etc etc. The point about a self build is that you can spec what you want. I happened to want an e 13 with XTR spec.

Which is cool. That's why I'd ask the question. If you want an XC bike with an E-13 then it's fine – I just like to know you've thought about it rather then just bolt the blingest bits you can onto a frame.

P.S. Are you Yet-Guy who used to get flamed on ChocolateFoot and rode a lot down in Swinley? If so – it's an improvement on the last bike I saw you on – LOL!!!

If you were face to face with the guy you wouldnt say that so hiding behind a screen somehow makes it ok.

No, I would tell him.

Don't post if you don't want a roast.

The shifter set up is perfect for my big hands

Do you have extra fingers? The tip of the lever looks in board from the inner edge of the grip!

Personally, my webbed fingers (I am from Lincolnshire) would prevent this.

Brakes set up for 1, maybe 2 finger braking, and shifters closer to the grips

They are VERY in board though….. I still don't get it – what's it for?

I can see lots of pimp kit – but it kind of looks like a champagne, truffle and lobster pizza – the best stuff, but makes no sense (but then I am easily confused by modern bikes…..)

I don't get it?

It looks like an XC frame but with an E-13 and XTR cranks?

What's it for?

XH?

DR?

FC?

Where's that then? Looks cold….

Depends if it gets into the sewer Ernie……

Most just gets washed off into streams and rivers.

Put vinegar on the roads as well and save us all the effort when we "kill it, cook it, eat it".

Sorted!

Speeding is good.

Get over it.

People crash for other reasons. Crap drivers, drunks, whatever. As I said, I do take extra care in the snow, and rain, and anything I consider a risk.

But the STW concensus that anything over 70 on a motorway is akin to child molesting is ridiculous. I have a nice car, very capable of high speeds, that is dealer serviced and driven by someone sensible (i.e. me).

Would you rather meet some **** in a stolen Nova with no insurance driven 28 in a 30 limit?

It's arse. Speeding makes accidents worse. Speeding does not make accidents more likely.

XXX

just poured myself a glass of ale

LOL – Drink driving is ridiculous. Even I[/u] could agree with that……

FFS

Speeding in itself has no victim.

Having an accident becuase you're driving too fast, too stupidly, too drunkly does.

If I am going 37 in a 30 limit and I hit no-one, then no crime has been committed in reality.

I drive very carefully, and I really do slow down in sh!t conditions like today. But I'm also happy that I pay enough attention to drive fast WHEN the conditions allow.

What **** me off is the nanny state ponces on this site harping on about how Jesus will have them licking his left one when they die just becuase they piously stuck to 70 (and annoyed me no doubt, by clogging up a perfectly usable outside lane).

People that hate speeding are usually just sh!t drivers.

What do you expect people to say "I only speed when it's unsafe"?

People drive to their abilities (or atleast their understanding of their abilities) – hence Hora leaving his car on the drive.

Remember this site is provided by a man whose first article was about being banned for speeding, and then being banned again for driving whilst banned…….

Speeding is NOT a crime. Driving stupidly is.

There is a difference.

I have a Philips one which is great. As above, it's not as good as a wet shave, but I get fewer in-growing hairs (which are horrible).

It keeps it's charge for over a month and has had nothing apart from charging & cleaning done to it in three years.

It was expensive mind (£180-ish).

I used to wet shave only on week days. I now shave every day, happily.

Oh, don't use the beard trimmer on yer scrote – it cuts…….

2002 Patriot and one of the first production runs of Prince Alberts. Both going very strong 🙂

Aren't cumberland sausages curly!

I've been through the full body scanners they trialled at T4 loads of times and they are VERY revealling.

Knob size.

Lard.

It is ALL visible.

But funny…..

Anybody ridden both a patriot and an alpine 160?

Yes. Although it does of course depend on set up, the Alpine does climb better then my Patriot.

Having said that, I prefer riding the Patriot as I find the BB height on the Alpine just a bit too low.

I used to have an old Sub 5 and I loved that until I, ahem, bent it riding down a DH course in the Alps. Having said that I see loads of them (5's) out in the Alps now and they do seem like baby Patriots.

There – that was no help at all, was it?

LOL.

2009 and will go down in my annals as a year to forget (and yes, I do appreciate the irony of that).

To write it all down would take until NYE next year!

2010 will get worse, but should end better. If it doesn't, than can I suggest a 2010 NYE suicide club – I know the place and the method (won't hurt a bit).

Majestic sell it by the case….

It is a time of reflection. A time to look back at the last 12 months, and to realise what may not have gone wrong, and then to drunkenly promise that you won't make the same mistakes next year – but you will.

Oh, and the winter solstice is the traditional end of one year and the beginning of the next.

It has lost its true meaning in the modern society and is now just an excuse to get pi$$ed with mates or family. How anyone can think it's a great idea to begin the hope of a new year with a crippling hangover is beyond me.

But having said that – I am enjoying my wine tonight 😉

It's a Catena Malbec from Argentina. If I have a NYs resolution it would be to drink more of the stuff.

CHEERS 🙂

2009 has been a truly hideous year for me. But as I escape it's @rse end I have hope that 2010 will be a huge improvement and I can approach it all with a smile on my face.

Happy New Year to all.

Shift key?

If they ask you to tell them about yourself don't do the obvious "I ride mountain bikes me".

They want to hear that you're hard working and conscientious.

It's a real killer for me when people go off and tell me their life story……

Good Luck!

I'll see your drowned hedgehog and raise you a microwaved mouse

OK, so we used to fish in a canal near a railway line. Anything small got put on the rails for the next train.

Eels go great…..

Swank are you now a serial killer?

No, but I am looking for a new job in 2010…….

I was raised in the countryside – a morbid fascination with animals was the norm.