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Old 10-13-03, 05:08 PM
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Location: Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

Occupation: Student (future Optometry student)

Hobbies other than MTB: Skiing, taking care of 6 aquariums, tennis

Riding habbits: Looking in front of me too much

Fav. Music.: Alternative...dave matthew band, red hot chili pepper type music

Which component represents you the most? Lights. I like to see where i'm going.

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: Whistler
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Old 10-14-03, 03:45 PM
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Location: Great Falls, Montana
Occupation: Systems Engineer
Hobbies other than MTB: Amateur Radio (N7CZ)
Riding habbits: Daily rides to kick Diabetes in the A$$!
Fav. Music.: Disturbed, RA, Judas Priest, NickleBack, Ozzy, Chuck Mangone
Which component represents you the most?:The wheel. I'm always going in circles!
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).:Any place new and different than the local city bike trail!
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Old 10-21-03, 10:28 AM
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Location:Boulder, CO, USA

Occupation: Postdoctoral researcher in Physics

Hobbies other than MTB: a bit too numerous to discuss, or to find time for :\

Riding habits: used to race mountain and ride road to train, now i race road and ride mountain for fun.

Fav. Music: neil finn, del amitri

Which component represents you the most? pedals.

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): there's a 22 thousand foot dirt climb in argentina, no snow at the top because it's in the driest spot on earth. i would like to climb it, then descend back to the ocean
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Old 10-28-03, 04:21 AM
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
Occupation: Ex Product and Graphic designer now owner of Thylacine Cycles. Hobo and Malcontent.
Hobbies other than MTB: I run my own little bike company. I barely have time for a girlfriend.
Riding habbits: My left leg has better soupless than my right. It's annoying, but I guess I'll just have to live with it.
Fav. Music.: Anything heavy and ugly to which many fluffy animals were probably killed during the makings thereof.
Which component represents you the most?: The frame. Is that egotistical?
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: I used to think all the usual cliche places like Moab, Tsali etc., but now I could care less about those overrun themeparks of places and now I just really want to ride where nobody else does.
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Old 10-28-03, 08:37 AM
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hmm..

Age : 16
Location : kutztown, PA
Occupation: student
Hobbies other than MTB: drummer (for my band Cheez Weezul), tenor saxophonist (jumbomaverik), bass player
Riding habbits: freeride, racing, downhill
Fav. Music : limp bizkit, blink 182, matchbox 20
Which component represents you the most? shocks...
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): some hardcore downhill trail...
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Old 10-28-03, 09:37 AM
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Hobbies: Blues guitarest, French Horn player, home theater/stereo, etc
Riding Habbits: XC
Fav. Music: Led Zeppelin, SRV, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam
Which component represents you the most?: Cranks
Where would you like to ride?: Down a massive stairset inside my highschool >=)
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Old 10-30-03, 06:50 PM
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Age: 39 - OMG!
Location: Pasadena, CA
Occupation: SAP Basis Consultant (Computer stuff)
Hobbies: Repairing vintage wristwatches, Poker.
Riding Habits: Up Up Up the mountains, fireroads mostly, road riding with my slicks on.
Fav Music: New age, Jazz, Rock, Classical
Which component represents you most: My worn saddle
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): Hmmm..... where ever I have never ridden before.
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Old 11-14-03, 04:23 AM
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Originally Posted by math2p14
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).


39 amlost 40
Cocoa Florida
Fleet Maintenance and Inside Sales
Pistols and Computers
Basic crap, I like to ride just to relax and get out of the house
My saddle, big dumb and happy.
Washington DC, in the daytime
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Old 11-14-03, 07:10 AM
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i guess i should have posted this earlier, since i’ve been here on the forums for a bit of time now...

age: 27, soon to be 28 (this december).
location: toronto, ontario, canada.
occupation: servant of God, also fulltime husband & father... and during the rest of my time, i’m a diet clerk @ an addiction & mental health centre.
hobbies other than mtb: reading. eating. sleeping. learning arabic.
riding habbits: usually alone. nice singletrack, a bit of urban.
fav. music.: n/a.
which component represents you the most?: not sure yet.
where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: everywhere! but if i had to choose one place, i’d say BC.
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Old 11-15-03, 09:20 AM
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Age 25
Location see left
Occupation nothing; do yard work at home
Hobbies other than MTB music , reading, exercise
Riding habbits avoid dangerous obstacles in path for personal satisfaction
Fav. Music. Bounty Hunter, Contract by New Riders of the Purple Sage, but now want to listen to more Madonna to lose weight
Which component represents you the most? tires, just ruined two
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).
everywhere I want, like mtb trails, street, yard if given permission

Jacob
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Old 11-23-03, 09:25 PM
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age: 20
location: Singapore
occupation: part-time student (undergrad)
hobbies other than mtb: actually i don't really like mtbiking, but roadbiking.
riding habbits: i'm roadster, preferably with friends.
fav. music.: classical
which component represents you the most?: my brakes
where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).: Buffalo, NY.
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Old 11-24-03, 02:55 PM
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Age: 27
Location: Poland
Occupation: umm..... best way to describe it would be - digging through paperwork.. ugh

Hobbies other than MTB: reading, used to be into scale modeling too, nut i guess it lost its appeal when time got scarce.

Riding habbits: above all cross country, with some roadie bits on occasion, but only when it gets me to new places
Fav. Music. hard rock, rammstein, Guano apes, Linkin park, and some classics when i cant stand it anymore

Which component represents you the most? V - brake: it sucks when it gets really wet and cold.

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). oh thats easy: MOAB!!!!!!!!!! ))))


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Old 12-02-03, 09:46 PM
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age:46
location: near Moab Ut
occupation: Own business
hobbies other than mtb: lifting weights, camping, music
riding habbits:Mixed everything from riding the slick rock to touring the west coast.
fav. music.:varied

which component represents you the most?: My seat nice most of the time but can be a pain in the ass at others.
where would you like to ride. The washington coast
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Old 12-02-03, 10:15 PM
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locationceanside Ca
occupation: Musician/producer/engineer
hobbies other than mtb: don't really have many...maybe reading
riding habbits:trail/single track/24 hr races/ TOURING mtn, road. I'd love to take off for "the long one" round the world.
fav. music.: TALK RADIO cause I listen/record music day and nite to support my mtn bike riding

which component represents you the most?: ????
where would you like to ride. copper canyon, and Sedona (again)
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Old 12-03-03, 09:46 AM
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Age: 29
Location: Littleton, CO
Occupation: TV/Video Producer
Hobbies other than MTB: Racquetball, music, movies
Riding habits: trying to ride daily for weight loss/fitness; easy/moderate XC mostly
Fav. Music: most anything but country
Which component represents you the most: pedals - where the work gets done!
Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before): I think cruising around the northwest would be awesome (Washington, Oregon)...
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Old 12-03-03, 03:48 PM
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Age: 14
Location: Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Student
Hobbies other than MTB: Snowboarding, Sailing, etc...
Riding habbits: Not sure...
Fav. Music.: Punk-(not crazy stuff)
Which component represents you the most?: Frame ( I feel like the biggest part of the bike.
Where would you like to ride?: A ski hill...
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Old 12-09-03, 04:55 AM
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Age: 28
Location: Malta
Occupation: Head of Accounts (at Court)
Hobbies other than MTB: Kung Fu, PS2, Reading & loads more I never actually have time for.
Riding Habbits: All over the Island ie mostly uneven roads and some tracks
Music: Depends on my mood and what I am doing
Component: Frame: I keep everthing organised together
Would like to ride: anywhere abroad with good views and fresh air. Would live to try some mild downhill
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Old 12-19-03, 07:09 AM
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Age: 31

Location: Northwest Indiana

Occupation: Self Employeed Graphic Designer/Marketing

Hobbies other than MTB: PC building, Online WW2 and police tactical ops Gaming,

Riding habbits: 20 a day, Aggressive XC, Dont try and pass or your eating a tree punk.

Fav. Music: Mostly Hardcore: Exploited, Black Flag, Suicidal, etc

Which component represents you the most? lol I dont know

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). I want to ride everywere... molesting the world with my treads....muahahahah
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Old 12-19-03, 08:40 PM
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Age: 16
Location : Long Island
Occ: Student/ Photo technician at a photo lab
Hobbies : photography
Riding hobbies : XC
Music : Punk. Everything from Dead Kennedys to Good Clean Fun to Braid
Component? : Frame
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Old 12-20-03, 12:15 PM
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Age: 41
Location: Western NC
Occupation: RTO @ Turbo Mfg. Facility
Hobbies other than MTB: PC's, Inline skating, 4-wheelin', digital photos
Riding habbits: 2 DH racing bikes & 1 XC bike. Any ride is a good ride....
Fav. Music: TCM (The Crystal Method)
Which component represents you the most? Triple crown fork.
Where would you like to ride? Mt. St. Helens, WA

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Old 12-20-03, 02:36 PM
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Age: 26

Location: Topeka, Ks, USA (a.k.a. hell - our zipcode here is 66606)

Occupation: Engineer/Master Control at a tv station

Hobbies other than MTB: Car audio competition, car and home speaker fabrication, Electronics

Riding habbits: 15-25 miles a day 5 days a week at least - all on MTB but some of the mileage is on the road ( woohoo knobby tires )

Fav. Music. Drum N Bass, Acid Jazz, Trip Hop, Electronica, etc etc etc.

Which component represents you the most? My Vistalite... Im pretty good till my battery dies, then I suck!

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before). I think Id like slickrock... MOAB sounds fun to us people locked in the flinthills. Stuff like this gets old after awhile...



P.S. To any that may have ridden a flinthills route called "Farmdog" and recognize this pic - "ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY MOUNT MOTHERF**KER"
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Old 12-23-03, 10:28 AM
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age: 23
location: NYC
occupation: Full-time student, part-time computer technician
hobbies other than mtb: photography, various design work, video games.
riding habits: urban terrain, dodging cars, hopping potholes, and descending stairs.
fav. music.: industrial, electronica, hip hop, trip hop, alt rock
which component represents you the most?: my saddle, if you sit on me, I’ll put a dent in your &#!
where would you like to ride? In the jungle, any natural jungle.
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Old 12-26-03, 08:40 PM
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Age-23

Location- colorado springs soon new paltz new york

Occupation- bicycle mechanic of 5 years, co-owner of www.laserlips.com

Hobbies other than MTB- collecting records (mostly diy 7 inches), making 1 inch buttons, building fixed gears, welding

Riding habbits- downtown riding on my fixie, trying to avoid large hills, riding to manitou to the mate' factor

Fav. Music.- diy hardcore, indy rock mostly. i like lots of stuff i try not to be close minded about music

Which component represents you the most?-track cog i guess

Where would you like to ride? (that you have never ridden before).- south america, pac northwest. BC, san fran
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Old 12-26-03, 10:02 PM
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Age- 23
Location- Cookeville, TN
Occupation- Bike mechanic and saute cook
Hobbies other than MTB- movies, girlfriend, car and drumming
Riding habbits- anything I can get into that will challenge me
Fav. music- European metal
Which component represents you most?- a brand new broken frame. nothing is perfect
Where would you like to ride?- D.C. (lots of steps) and Tsali
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Old 12-29-03, 11:06 PM
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Age- 19
Location-In bed, sleeping, just kidding! Fairview Illinois
Occupation-Truckloader for Fedex Ground(Kids, there is no Santa,there's just a bunch of dudes getting assailed for 5-6 hours a night with boxes of your crap that you probably won't even care about 3 days after christmas). Also a student in welding.
Hobbies other than MTB- road riding..No time or money for anything else.
Riding habbits-look out for that tree...or, "crap, not another mechanical."
Fav. Music-Music sucks, I listen to Michael Savage
Which component?- A mal-adjusted derailluer that skips around in the gears alot. In the words of Lotek,"indecision may or may not be my problem."
Where would I like to ride?-The transalp challenge..
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