just a thanks to the forum really

crispy1980
crispy1980 Posts: 310
edited July 2012 in MTB general
as per title, i have been on various forums ( usually car related ) and i have to say this is the best by far. i have posted lots of questions, usually bone as well, and have always received quick and helpful responses with none of the sniggering remarks about what i do/dont know like you can get on other forums. big thumbs up

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Snigger, you said bone.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • bennett_346
    bennett_346 Posts: 5,029
    crispy1980 wrote:
    and have always received quick and helpful responses with none of the sniggering remarks about what i do/dont know like you can get on other forums.
    Wow, dunno how you've pulled that one off :lol:
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    crispy1980 wrote:
    with none of the sniggering remarks about what i do/dont know like you can get on other forums.
    Boll*cks.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    crispy1980 wrote:
    with none of the sniggering remarks about what i do/dont know like you can get on other forums.
    Boll*cks.
    Yeah must have slipped under your annoying radar.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • crispy1980
    crispy1980 Posts: 310
    yeah yeah, im all up for the banter, but dont like being talked down to, im new and trying to learn about my bikes and how they work, im glad that you guys take the time to give advice.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Yeehaa can't talk down to anyone. He's a Welsh dwarf.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • crispy1980
    crispy1980 Posts: 310
    welsh and a dwarf, poor lad
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    cooldad wrote:
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    crispy1980 wrote:
    with none of the sniggering remarks about what i do/dont know like you can get on other forums.
    Boll*cks.
    Yeah must have slipped under your annoying radar.
    My RADAR isn't annoying. That's all me.
    And I'm not a dwarf. I'm just compact. I come from a long lineage of, er... gold miners.
    Like my dad, Blick. And my grandad, Flick. And my great grandad, Glick.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    More like Sleepy, Grumpy, and Dopey. Which I guess makes you Snow White.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    Nope, Snow White was a gold digger.
    Being "compact" has it's advantages. For example, mountains seem bigger, so every ride becomes an epic.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    At least Snow White is an improvement on Lola.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    crispy1980 wrote:
    yeah yeah, im all up for the banter, but dont like being talked down to, im new and trying to learn about my bikes and how they work, im glad that you guys take the time to give advice.
    Some reading for you. See the links in my sig?

    A quick way to know more than Yeah and Dad.

    And don't forget that great saying there are never stupid questions just stupid answers.

    And don't get me started on cars...... My thesis was on suspension systems.

    And I have built a few race cars.n :D
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    nicklouse wrote:
    And don't forget that great saying there are never stupid questions just stupid answers.
    I beg to differ - but I also want to add that I know a LOAD of stupid answers. and 7.8 stupid questions.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    As long as you sound authoritative people assume you know what you're talking about.

    The Parktools link is extremely useful but some of the beardy guy's (RIP) stuff is starting to date a bit.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    cooldad wrote:
    As long as you sound authoritative people assume you know what you're talking about.

    The Parktools link is extremely useful but some of the beardy guy's (RIP) stuff is starting to date a bit.
    It is still being updated with new info.

    But yes it ain't the same.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Yeah on a purely technical level, but he was a character and the fun was in his opinions.
    I don't do smileys.

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  • VWsurfbum
    VWsurfbum Posts: 7,881
    bennett_346 wrote:
    you've pulled that one off :lol:
    Well hello, keep that talk in the Crud!
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  • handful
    handful Posts: 920
    cooldad wrote:
    As long as you sound authoritative people assume you know what you're talking about.

    I also think that there's a tendency to attribute those with the highest post count with the most knowledge. In fact, I'm surprised that the marketing departments don't start to try and get them on the payroll.

    Then again it may already be happening, maybe GT got to Supersonic when they launched the Zaskar. :wink:
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    Unicycles rule and are far better than any AM bike off road......
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    That's good advice, must be as 6148 posts say so.
  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    it is... honest :lol:
  • timpop
    timpop Posts: 394
    cooldad wrote:
    Yeehaa can't talk down to anyone. He's a Welsh dwarf.
    Ha ha. Kick him... :P :P
    Many happy trails!
  • timpop
    timpop Posts: 394
    bennett_346 wrote:
    crispy1980 wrote:
    and have always received quick and helpful responses with none of the sniggering remarks about what i do/dont know like you can get on other forums.
    Wow, dunno how you've pulled that one off :lol:
    That's what she said.
    :lol:
    Many happy trails!
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    timpop wrote:
    cooldad wrote:
    Yeehaa can't talk down to anyone. He's a Welsh dwarf.
    Ha ha. Kick him... :P :P
    Or toss me. You know, like dwarf tossing.

    kick? where's the humour in that? :roll:
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    i thought nobody tosses a dwarf?
  • Chunkers1980
    Chunkers1980 Posts: 8,035
    Dwarf are easier to toss.
  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    Thewaylander wrote:
    i thought nobody tosses a dwarf?
    No, Dwarves get tossed a lot. It's just me that doesn't, on account of me being an ugly fu**er.
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  • Thewaylander
    Thewaylander Posts: 8,594
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    Thewaylander wrote:
    i thought nobody tosses a dwarf?
    No, Dwarves get tossed a lot. It's just me that doesn't, on account of me being an ugly fu**er.

    Just made me think of the Dwarf in "in Bruges" withthe hookers and blow! lol

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