Mountain Biking - Lets speak about ourselves. Where from ,occupation, etc etc.

Hi all, ok we all know each other roughly, at least the regulars but i am wondering if you would like to get more info on each other ...apart from just our bikes , since many of us are becoming friends.

Age
Location
Occupation
Hobbies other than MTB
Riding habbits
Fav. Music.
Which component represents you the most?
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).

Oups. Here are mine

Age: 26
Location : UK ,Exeter or Athens Greece
Occ: Phd Student
Hobbies : Plastic modelling, airbrushing , aerospace design , pc-hardware, racedriving
Riding hobbies : Anything gravity fed coz i am a bit lazy at the moment, i love epics with super technical terrain or fast fireroads.
Music : 70s Ledzeppelin etc.
Component? : BB-Shell , heart of the bike.
I would like to ride down a DH of Mnt Olympus.

Yannis

Age: 33, no wait, aw man, I'm 34.
Location: West coast of FL, Sarasota, USA.
Occupation: Construction Project Manager
Hobbies other than MTB: Kayaking, playing with my son,fixing bikes.
Riding habbits: Aggressive XC, (verge of freeride w/o big drops-small ones yes.)
Fav. Music.: I like almost anything with the exception of gansta rap! County, Alternative, oldies, classical...you name it!
Which component represents you the most?: Headset, because I'm always going in all different directions.
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). I'd love to go visit Maelstrom and ride some NS stuff, but I'd have to move out there in order to work up my skills to try some of that stuff.

L8R

Age:15
Location: Cornwall UK
Occupation:Waiter
Hobbies other than MTB: Computers and cricket
Riding habbits- Falling off
Fav. Music. - Foo fighters
Which component represents you the most? Wheels cos im a bit twisted :P
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). Eye of the madman trial, Nelson USA

Good idea! Here goes me...

Age : 25
Location : Denver, CO USA, but from Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Software Implementation Consultant
Hobbies other than MTB : Cooking, music, plastic modelling, road cycling
Riding habits : Mostly reasonably aggressive cross country mountain biking (though not too good at staying on for the technical downhills yet!)
Music : Acid Jazz
Component? : Tubes.... full of air! :D
Where would you like to ride? : An epic MTB ride through Peru...

Plastic modeling? booyah what do you construct mate?

Cornwall? Transparent we are close. I live in Exeter maybe we could hook up for a ride sometime.

Originally posted by math2p14
Plastic modeling? booyah what do you construct mate?


Mostly scale cars, 1:24. Hoping to pick up an airbrush and compressor this winter to try some more interesting paint finishes (though I've got my eye on a new road bike too... :D).

Yerself?

Age 35
Location: Southern CALI
Occupation: Self Employed (marketing & business in the automotive racing industry)
Hobbies other than MTB: Just bought a road bike, having a blast. Owned a professional drag racing team (getting out of it..been racing for 15 years) into fitness, outdoors/sports, cooking, & all the important domestic things to keep my women happy :)
Riding habbits: Been riding since early this year. I ride 6 days a week...still learning and figuring out a routine...Right now I'm trying to go back and forth between road and mtn...it's tough!
Fav. Music.: System of a down, Slayer, Pennywise, 50 Cents, (most hiphop), Shania Twain :D
Which component represents you the most? I would have to go with booyah's answer..I've been told I'm full of hot air at times..lol
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). Well I've only been riding locally in Southern CA.....I would love to ride everywhere.

Age: 24
Location: San Mateo, CA
Occupation: Aircraft Mechanic
Hobbies other than MTB: Roadie, weekend driving
Riding habbits: Breathing thru my nose
Fav. Music: Dance, euro
Which component represents you the most?: Frame ... I (try to) hold everything together.
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): Northstar

Originally posted by booyah
Mostly scale cars, 1:24. Hoping to pick up an airbrush and compressor this winter to try some more interesting paint finishes (though I've got my eye on a new road bike too... :D).

Yerself?
hey.... for those into scale modeling... check out automotive forums (here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/f927/))

they have a HUGE modeling forum, and many very skilled builders.

~Mike

Originally posted by mp3z24
hey.... for those into scale modeling... check out automotive forums (here (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/f927/))

they have a HUGE modeling forum, and many very skilled builders.

~Mike

That's where I spend the rest of my free time at work :D

Good forum with some very skilled modelers...

Age : 29 (as of monday)
Location : lovely oakland, CA
Occupation : Lighting guy - moving light programmer/production electrician
Hobbies other than MTB : anything else bike-related, music, video games, books
Riding habbits : i tend to ride mostly in the city, both for transportation and entertainment. i also enjoy long road rides.
Fav. Music. : eh, a lot of the old eastbay punk rock crap (crimpshrine, etc), the old gothic/industrial floaty/stompy stuff, elderly hip-hop, and a whole bunch of other esoteric junk.
Which component represents you the most? : campy track group, blue-anodized.
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before) : i'd love to see if i could survive boston traffic.

Age : 21
Location : Corvallis/Eugene Oregon
Occupation: Civil Engr Intern/ Student
Hobbies other than MTB : Photography, soccer, Kayak/Rafting.
Riding habits : Fairly newb.. but im leaning towards the gravity trails where i don't have to pedel :P
Music : Most everything but pop... alternative, classic rock, techno, VERY LITTLE country, jazz, funk, ..... etc
Component? : spokes... without em all would cave in :D
Where would you like to ride? : The Alps or somethin crazy like that

Booya . I construct 1/24 race cars but mostly i do 1/48 WWII aircraft. I got 4 IPMS championships in a row 1998-2002 in IPMS Greece :D:D:D. People tell me i can do wonders with my airbrush so i am thinking into custom paintjobs for helmets or frames. What do you reckon?

Hey Math, check this out, and the prices! Wowzer! http://www.troyleedesigns.com/custom.html/custom_frameset.html

L8R

age: 28 (29 later)
Location: Whistler BC born in raised in Guelph Onterrible
Hobbies: Computer geek, biking and that really it. Except my gf :)
Riding Habits: Check a2's, his explained mine almost perfectly, except I love stunts :D
Fav Music: Anything but hip hop (I cringe) and 'good-ole' country. I REALLY like it loud and heavy
Which component represents you most: Monster T - overly heavy, can take big hits and not graceful
Where would you like to ride: North shore, Squamish, Whistler, Nelson, California, Oregon and the place where Nathank is with those awesome pics :)

Hey A2 awesome site. It gave me good new ideas for my lid. I m looking forward to go back to Greece on Xmas to get handy with my airbrush on my specialized xc helmet. I wish i could wear a full face but i reckon its overly heavy and hot for my liking. Any ideas for a lid? I mean any paint ideas for a non full face helmet. By the way , A2 could you make this thread sticky so everyone can check us out when he pops in this forum? (like post your rigs etc etc)

Some of the new composite helmets are actually pretty light nowadays. If you've got a lot of money, check out the D2 Carbon from Troy Lee Design (homepage of the link I sent you!), friggin awesome helmets and only $410.00. Too rich for my blood!

BTW, I'll sticky this thread as well, but I don't want to get too carried away making so many threads sticky as it'll get cumbersome. I may "un-stick" it or the others if it doesn't get a lot of posts.

L8R

Originally posted by math2p14
Booya . I construct 1/24 race cars but mostly i do 1/48 WWII aircraft. I got 4 IPMS championships in a row 1998-2002 in IPMS Greece :D:D:D. People tell me i can do wonders with my airbrush so i am thinking into custom paintjobs for helmets or frames. What do you reckon?

Ice hockey goalies pay a bundle to get their helmets tricked out. I have no idea if they play where you live? Just a thought.

Nah ice hockey is non existent in Greece. I really think though that its a hobby that i love and i reckon that i wouldnt or couldnt commit myself to professionaly paint stuff.

Age: 26
Location: Portland, Oregon
Occupation: Curtainwall designer, animal rights activist, boyfriend.
Hobbies: Wondering aimlessly, didjeridoo, hiking, relaxing in style.
Riding habits: Finding the steepest hill, going up as fast as I can, and back down as fast as I can.
Favorite music: Indie, Bluegrass, Reggae, Middle Eastern, Jazz.
Component: Skewer.
Where I'd like to ride: North Shore and Peru.

Age : 43 (ouch) only 21 between my ears

Location : Weston, FL (west Ft. Lauderdale) Started mtb in Kansas City back in the 80's, and just picked it back up in the last couple of years. Where were BigHit & KC-Freeriders when I needed them?

Occupation: Exec at ocean freight company

Hobbies other than MTB : Ice hockey & wind surfing

Riding habits : Aggressive as I can get on our XC trails, but working on the free ride skills

Music : New rock, classic rock, and even some country

Component? : Bars - just grab on and go for it

Where would you like to ride? : After a major skills upgrade, Whistler. For now I would settle for anywhere with elevation!

age-31
location-san diego, california
occupation-surgery first assist, full time homie
hobbies other that mountain biking-surfing (longboarder), snowboarding, fishing (specializing in largemouth bass), pool (billiards). poker)
riding habits-agressive xc, love technical single track
music-pete yorn, jack johnson, linkin park, old school hip hop. 80's new wave,
component- brake pads (i'm all about the friction)
where i'd like to ride-moab, whistler, my bed with carmen electra

Originally posted by H. Star
Ice hockey goalies pay a bundle to get their helmets tricked out. I have no idea if they play where you live? Just a thought.

It's not ice hockey, it's just hockey.

Originally posted by hitek420
It's not ice hockey, it's just hockey.

You mean I slighted in-line goalies? My bad.

I paid $450 to get my goalie helmet painted from a motorcycle place, and I'm in the process of designing a new one for my new team.

Age - 18
Location - Dover, NH for another week then moving in to my dorm at Rochester, NY
Occupation - ToGo guy at Chili's
Hobbies other than MTB - Throwing myself in front of vulcanized rubber, wieghtlifting...
Riding habits - going fast, racing XC
Music - metal, classic rock, classical, bit of techno
Component - Avid mech disc brakes, you can always count on me
Where I'd like to ride - Colorado

-Middi-zon

Age 17

Location| Marquette Michigan

Occupation| Bike shop mechanic / salesman

Hobbies other than MTB| Any sports

Riding habbits| Riding what most people think is insane

Fav. Music.| Anything that sounds good, usually no country

Which component represents you the most?| Rear shock

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). | Any of these places that I hear about so much online

Age-23

Location-NJ or NH depending on the time of the year.

Occupation-Mechanic/racer/student.

Hobbies other than MTB-ummm, hmmm wheel building.

Riding habbits-Dirt Jumping, riding on the very edge of control at highspeeds, willing to jump gaps, crazy stuff basically.

Fav. Music. Metal, Punk and Blues

Which component represents you the most? The disc brake wheel.

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). Mammoth Mountain-Kamikazee course.

Riding style-Smooth,ragged, fast.

age- 32
occupation-aircraft mechanic(specifically sheetmetal)
hobbies-road/mtb rididng,camping,anything w/my 2kids and wife,cars
music-alt/punk(no country!)-fu manchu,311,real mckenzies,dropkick murphys
rididng style-usedto be aggressive xc(til i broke my leg)now just trailriding
location_s.e. alabama
favorite trails-tsali(all4), and birmingham,al(oak mt)
where i would like to ride-moab,arizona,colorado,mah-de hey(sp)trail
bike i want one day-indy fab or steelman

Yeh that would fun Math... my parents are in plymouth today so if i went we would be even closer... what sorta trails do does Devon have to offer? Cornwalls trails are realy good.... but i havent found any REALLY! technical ones yet

Age- 17

Location- Bend/Sunriver, Oregon (from the seattle area)

Occupation- Cabinet builder/instaler

Hobbies outside MTB- Ski, Radio controled nitro powered cars, VW Porsche and Audi racing/ Auto-x (Solo2 racing), Building stuff out of wood metal carbonfiber... anything that i have in mind i love to build and create i just love to tinker. Oh and being outdoors is one aswell.

Music- Punk, punk rock, ska, electronic, and somtimes more easy listening stuff like the bare naked ladies... NO country crap, or rap and hip hop.

Riding style- FAST technical XC is that i do most, l love to do some DJ but nothing to radical.

Where would i like to ride- Any place that offers fast fun with great veiws and good conditions. would like to hit up whistler, i use to ski there a lot but never have been there biking.

So far i see a huge proportion of aggro-xc riders, maybe we should mail MBA and stick the aggroxc term as well in MBA instead of blackdiamond etc. :D:D:D Also i am very happy that most of us share non-mtb constructive hobbies. I wish i could meet most of you , which reminds me that its possible to visit USA (LA california) next year....any takers?

Math I might be able to hook up with ya down there. I would love to do a trip south. Also remember Whistler and the north shore is only up the coast a bit ;)

Originally posted by Maelstrom
Math I might be able to hook up with ya down there. I would love to do a trip south. Also remember Whistler and the north shore is only up the coast a bit ;)

Depends on if the NS is open.

Originally posted by danka24
Depends on if the NS is open.

I am kinda hoping we have some rain by next year ;) :D

To be honest i dont really care for trails, i am more interested into knowing in person Maelstrom, A2psyklnut , DBD , Danka and the rest of the crew. I feel very close friend to them!

Age: 19
Location: bay area, california
Occupation: bioengineering student at berkeley
Hobbies other than MTB: botany, chemistry synthesis
Riding habbits: XC with gruelsome climbs
Fav. Music.: trance, instrumental, hip hop
Which component represents you the most?: saddle- to illustrate importance of personal preferences..
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). : marin, moab

Age: 18
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Radio Announcer
Hobbies other than MTB: DJ, Home Theatre, Computers, my car ;)
Riding habbits: DH, no brakes/big air street
Fav. Music.: Trance, house, punk, bit of hip-hop/breaks
Which component represents you the most? Chain, pulling everything along
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: Whistler, BC.

Age: 33
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Occupation: Human Resources
Hobbies other than MTB: Guitar
Riding habits: XC
Favorite style of music: Progressive Rock
Component that represents me best: The kickstand. Old, outdated, and uncool.

Originally posted by mightypudge
[Component that represents me best: The kickstand. Old, outdated, and uncool. [/B]

:beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :beer: :D

Age: 27 years young

Location: Nothern Utah, USA (originally from Indiana, USA)

Occupation: Senior Photogrammetrist at river research company, currently learning remote sensing

Hobbies other than MTB: hiking, canoeing, camping, xc skiing, playing music, cooking good food, hanging out with friends

Riding habits: been riding about 5 years, seriously into it this past season; enjoy riding sweet single track in mountains; something that takes me far away

Fav. Music.: classic rock, bluegrass

Which component represents you the most? Helmet, saftey first?

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: New Zealand?

Age: 36 (but feels 19)

Location: Atlanta, Georgia USA (Previously from Long Island, New York and Malaysia)

Occupation: Physician

Hobbies other than MTB: reading and playing with daughter and "playing" with husband, otherwise MTB permeates my every free time

Riding habits: been riding about 7 years, technical XC trails, also cross train on road bike, (ride a couple of organized half to full centries.) Particapte in the 24 hours of adrenalin every year.

Fav. Music.: classic rock

Which component represents you the most? Cannondale single shock system (I turn it off and on depending on long climbs and terrain) I like that control.

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: Moab

Age-too young
Location-T.O
Occupation-student.

Hobbies other than MTB-none!
Riding habbits-Dirt Jumping, XC, singletrack

Fav. Music? Everything!

Which component represents you the most? Stem (i am in control)

Where would you like to ride? Hardwood Hills

Riding style-Slow and smooth

Age: 20
Location: Gainesville, Florida
Occupation: Stock at a veterinary supply warehouse
Riding habits: Ride urban frequently, but love to shred technical trails. I like dropoffs and big jumps, and hauling ass through the woods. Love flowy trails.
Hobbies: Big into computer.. I'm a forum junky and occaisionally play some computer games as well. I also enjoy partying and hanging out with my friends.
Favorite Music: Obviously 311. I like Tool, Deftones, Green Day... lots of stuff. Hate rap, country, and especially R&B.
Component that represents me best: Race Face Next LP Cranks... fast and light :D
Always wanted to ride: Lots of Canadian trails, and perhaps even some trails in France or Spain.

Age 38
Location Conyers Georgia, close to Atlanta
Occupation Bum
Hobbies other than MTB Off roading in the jeep, camping.
Riding habbits Hard and fast.
Fav. Music. Classic rock, Christian rock.
Which component represents you the most? The rear cassette on my road bike. 11-21, don't need big cogs if ya got leg power.
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). Moab

Age: 28

Location: Spokane Washington. Previsously from West Virginia, and Virginia.

Occupation: Optometrist

Hobbies other than MTB: Raod biking, camping, hiking, photography, computers.

Riding habits: Mountain bike 2 days a week, road ride about 3 days per week. Commute to work daily.

Fav. Music: all kinds, currently listening to Jazz

Which component represents you the most? The steel frame. Heavy, strong, reliable, and versitile.

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: across China, Mongolia, and India.

I did this yesterday but I guess w/the probs the site had it did not stick so here it is once again.

My wife keeps telling me I am 35 but I can never remember

So.Cal. where the trails do not end but just disappear.

Full time husband, father and part time wheelbuilder

Other then MTB's I do a bit of road work, surf, train and ride my horse, hike, MX, play semi-pro football, power lifting and a few other hobbies

I do not have a riding habit, it is more of an addiction:D

My music selection changes with my moods so I do not have any one specific style.

Probably the wheels. Just rolling along bouncing off this and hitting that.

Places I would like to ride and will ride would be BC, Moab, Bootleg Cyn and there are alot more on both sides of the pond.

:beer:

Age: 28
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Occupation: IT Support (Dupont)
Hobbies other than MTB: Auto Racing (Integra Type-R)
Riding habbits: Mtn Bike 3 days a week.
Fav. Music.: Better than Ezra and Dave Matthews Band
Which component represents you the most?: Shocks - I bounce back pretty well
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): Marin County

Age: 30
Location: Chester UK
Occupation: Mechanical Engineer
Hobbies other than MTB: golf, waveski surfing, road cycling, women, flying my Revolution EXP
Riding habbits: whenever where ever
Fav. Music.: Rock, (U2), reggae, ragga, rap hip hop, classic F*** anything worth listening too.
Which component represents you the most?:Derailleur - without me your life would be a single speed road to hell. With me I'll get you there faster
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): Marin County, Moab, NS

Age: 21
Location: Oahu, Hawaii
Occupation: Writer, editor, propaganda specialist
Hobbies other than MTB: taunting hippies, spiking midgets, eating MEAT..........yes, thats right MEAT.
Riding habbits: Mostly DH stuff, but some BMX racing, hucking and trail riding
Fav. Music: 80s metal and early Punk
Which component represents you the most? The crank. Im the last part you should worry about breaking.
Where would you like to ride? Whistler and Northeast US.