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LittigatorLittigator Posts: 1,262
edited August 2008 in The bottom bracket
Right

Albeit that I'll no doubt get loads of abuse (at least some of them amusing though hopefully), how the hell do you calculate your FCN?

:oops:
Roadie FCN: 3

Fixed FCN: 6
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  • atticaattica Posts: 2,362
    http://www.citrusskies.co.uk/fcn/

    Also, discuss your scalps here

    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12575770
    (might take you a while to read the whole thread though!

    Welcome to The Game!
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • 2wheelzgood2wheelzgood Posts: 373
    oo nice I like scalping roadies! :wink::lol:
    FCN4: Langster Pro
    FCN8 Dawes Audax
    FCN13: Pompetamine dad and daughter bike

    FCN5 Modded Dawes Hybrid R.I.P.
    FCN6 Fixed beater bike (on loan to brother in law)
  • LittigatorLittigator Posts: 1,262
    So far I'm 10 pages into the link you sent Attica, thanks for that!

    Citrus Skies starts me on 2 (Shaved (like a lady) Roadie), but the FCN quoted on the Bike Radar post starts me on 4.

    I'll go with the 4 but adjust as follows, let me know if this is right...

    Shaved (like a lady) Roadie: 4 (-1 for clipless pedals) FCN: 3
    Roadie FCN: 3

    Fixed FCN: 6
  • 2wheelzgood2wheelzgood Posts: 373
    hehe.. you'll have to read on. There is a kinda on-going reclassification. I think roadies got elevated as certain ladyshavers were complaining about singlespeeders being as easy as a prostitute in the redlightdistrict.
    FCN4: Langster Pro
    FCN8 Dawes Audax
    FCN13: Pompetamine dad and daughter bike

    FCN5 Modded Dawes Hybrid R.I.P.
    FCN6 Fixed beater bike (on loan to brother in law)
  • LittigatorLittigator Posts: 1,262
    Ker-rist! I didn't realise this was going to get so complicated. I might have to leave the other 45 odd pages until later this evening! Methinks a spot of work might be judicious before the boss spots me!
    Roadie FCN: 3

    Fixed FCN: 6
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    what tha' fupps this FCN shizzle dude?
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • atticaattica Posts: 2,362
    fast as fupp wrote:
    what tha' fupps this FCN shizzle dude?

    <sigh> read above <sigh>
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • Greg TGreg T Posts: 3,266
    http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12575770

    Food Chain Number...

    Your place in the great Cosmic Food Chain of who you will allow yourself to be dropped by and those that you would rather die than see riding away from you......

    If on your last dregs of energy a dude does you on 6 K of Carbon nothing with legs like granite and an Aero helmet going at 30 mph - you might say - "Oh well that's fair enough then"

    If however some dude passes you on a rusty full sus MTB you'd bleed from your ears rather than let it go.......

    Commuters keep a secret score as to their wins and losses. It's a game.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • boyfridayboyfriday Posts: 103
    Apologies for failing to grasp this but with a FCN of 1, how do i get myself some points?

    By overtaking people in a similar category? Is that correct?

    If i am overtaken by someone much further down the chain, do i move into negative points? Is it permissable to throw a hissy fit and throw your bike away a la David Millar?

    (Roadie with hairy legs (like a man) / SPD's / Team Kit / Power Meter/GPS).
  • NuggsNuggs Posts: 1,804
    FCN: 3

    Do I win something?
  • heavymentalheavymental Posts: 2,024
    Love it. Best thread on bikeradar no doubt.

    I'm 3 but don't think there's anyone playing The Game out here in the sticks. I might do a weekend hunting trip to London....
  • LittigatorLittigator Posts: 1,262
    AGGHH!

    So on the Facebook page there is also the rule of -1 for coloured tyres, so does that mean my blue walled PRO3s take me to FCN 1? That just cannot be right!

    If it is I'm switching back to greys (whilst running home and crying to my Mum obviously)
    Roadie FCN: 3

    Fixed FCN: 6
  • boybikerboybiker Posts: 531
    Somehow Ive got a FCN of -1 which I think means I have completely disappeared up my own censored
    The gear changing, helmet wearing fule.
    FCN :- -1
    Given up waiting for Fast as Fupp to start stalking me
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • boybikerboybiker Posts: 531
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?



    Do you speak English at all? 'cos I have no idea what the censored you are on about.


    erk..... perhaps fast as fupp will put a cap in my censored or something as he is clearly a gangsta ragamffin or some such bollocks :cry::cry:
    The gear changing, helmet wearing fule.
    FCN :- -1
    Given up waiting for Fast as Fupp to start stalking me
  • robbarkerrobbarker Posts: 1,367
    Hmm I scored between 0 and 5 depending on which bike I'm on..
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    Do you speak English at all? 'cos I have no idea what the fark you are on about.


    erk..... perhaps fast as fupp will put a cap in my censored or something as he is clearly a gangsta ragamffin or some such bollocks :cry::cry:[/quote]

    hahaha!

    iz 'POP A CAP IN YO censored ' dude!

    YOUNGSTAZ FFS!

    *sucks teeth*

    p.s. i like your hair-can i stalk you?
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • Greg TGreg T Posts: 3,266
    boyfriday wrote:
    Apologies for failing to grasp this but with a FCN of 1, how do i get myself some points?

    By overtaking people in a similar category? Is that correct?

    Roadies and Singlies get to predate each other....

    However - there's a "honesty box" working with you and your ego. Is that hairy roadie really on a par with you? What do the subtle indicators suggest? Is his drive train cleaner than the inside of your dishwasher? Are those Oakleys? Do they fit and "up for it".

    Your inner respect-o-meter will let you know when it's on. In addition you know when you been done and you've let yourself down.

    The biggest rule of the game is to play safely - the red mist should be guarded against.... as the advert says "Power is nothing without control"......

    Play safe.
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

    What would Thora Hurd do?
  • atticaattica Posts: 2,362
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?

    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • a_n_ta_n_t Posts: 2,011
    hmmmmm......

    my commuting fcn = 6
    my roadie fcn = 1


    :?
    Manchester wheelers

    PB's
    10m 20:21 2014
    25m 53:18 20:13
    50m 1:57:12 2013
    100m Yeah right.
  • atticaattica Posts: 2,362
    How on earth do you get down to a 6 on this?

    rib.jpg

    Nice Wilier BTW, I have carbon envy
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • boybikerboybiker Posts: 531
    ooooooHH I always wanted a stalker
    You can lurk in the bushes outside my house if I can call you George, I always wanted a stalker called George.
    The gear changing, helmet wearing fule.
    FCN :- -1
    Given up waiting for Fast as Fupp to start stalking me
  • Clever PunClever Pun Posts: 6,778
    Attica wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?

    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?

    he's either been watching too much of the wire or like Snoop too much and is getting into some proper wiggery
    Purveyor of sonic doom

    Very Hairy Roadie - FCN 4
    Fixed Pista- FCN 5
    Beared Bromptonite - FCN 14
  • DavidBelcherDavidBelcher Posts: 2,684
    Attica wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?

    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?

    Alternative checklist questions;

    (a) Are you actually called Tim?
    (b) Have you ever been a BBC Radio 1 employee?
    (c) Has your Dad ever used the signature "Petriburg" rather than his proper surname?

    Not that I was thinking of any broadcasters in particular. :wink:

    David
    "It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal
  • Mystery ShopperMystery Shopper Posts: 49
    edited July 2008
    boybiker wrote:
    ooooooHH I always wanted a stalker
    You can lurk in the bushes outside my house if I can call you George, I always wanted a stalker called George.

    Tourist Tony's sig used to be "If I had a stalker, I would hug it and kiss it and call it George...or censored ".

    I don't think that you're Tourist Tony though, he was an old bloke with a beard.

    So, you want a stalker, Huh?
    Bikes are traffic.
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?[/quote]

    no

    yes

    no

    no

    not unless birkenhead has moved to surrey

    TRY AGAIN!
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    boybiker wrote:
    ooooooHH I always wanted a stalker
    You can lurk in the bushes outside my house if I can call you George, I always wanted a stalker called George.

    youll have to give me your address i cant find button moon on google maps :D
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    DavidBelcher wrote:
    Attica wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?

    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?

    Alternative checklist questions;

    (a) Are you actually called Tim?
    (b) Have you ever been a BBC Radio 1 employee?
    (c) Has your Dad ever used the signature "Petriburg" rather than his proper surname?

    Not that I was thinking of any broadcasters in particular. :wink:

    David

    a) no

    b) no

    c) he cant write his name hes been dead 10 years
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    DavidBelcher wrote:
    Attica wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?

    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?

    Alternative checklist questions;

    (a) Are you actually called Tim?
    (b) Have you ever been a BBC Radio 1 employee?
    (c) Has your Dad ever used the signature "Petriburg" rather than his proper surname?

    Not that I was thinking of any broadcasters in particular. :wink:

    David

    a) no

    b) no

    c) he cant write his name hes been dead 10 years
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
  • fast as fuppfast as fupp Posts: 2,277
    fast as fupp wrote:
    DavidBelcher wrote:
    Attica wrote:
    fast as fupp wrote:
    am swervin this shizzle- my geekometer's going off the scale :?

    I spot just a touch of linguistic geekery going on here - are you actually called Jeremy? over 25? Still live with your parents?

    In a massive 6+ bedroom house?

    In Surrey?

    Alternative checklist questions;

    (a) Are you actually called Tim?
    (b) Have you ever been a BBC Radio 1 employee?
    (c) Has your Dad ever used the signature "Petriburg" rather than his proper surname?

    Not that I was thinking of any broadcasters in particular. :wink:

    David

    a) no

    b) no

    c) he cant write his name hes been dead 10 years


    THIS IS FUN! :D
    'dont forget lads, one evertonian is worth twenty kopites'
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