Author Topic: Your fatbike (Read 81191 times)

Aushiker · « **Reply #200 on:** 18 April, 2016, 11:43:55 am »

Salsa Mukluk 2015 by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

PaulF · « **Reply #201 on:** 18 April, 2016, 12:20:13 pm »

Nice!

bumper · « **Reply #202 on:** 18 April, 2016, 06:06:42 pm »

lovely, miss my Mukluk!

Moultonaught · « **Reply #203 on:** 18 April, 2016, 06:35:52 pm »

Very nice indeed!

rogerzilla · « **Reply #204 on:** 20 April, 2016, 09:33:28 pm »

"Your fatbike" sounda as if it could be a playground insult along the lines of "Your mum".

"Jurek, what was that I saw you riding last night?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what do you think you're doing in the shed?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what was it that broke the Forth Road Bridge?"
"Your fatbike."

C-3PO · « **Reply #205 on:** 20 April, 2016, 09:37:09 pm »

Masters,

Some posts have been moved to a quiet place of contemplation and a termination took place.

My humble apologies if any of your marvellous words were lost on the bonfire of profanities.

Your humble, shiny, grovelling servant.

hatler · « **Reply #206 on:** 20 April, 2016, 10:03:55 pm »

Nice work C-3PO. No worries from this quarter.

Jurek · « **Reply #207 on:** 20 April, 2016, 10:06:09 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 20 April, 2016, 09:33:28 pm

"Your fatbike" sounda as if it could be a playground insult along the lines of "Your mum".

"Jurek, what was that I saw you riding last night?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what do you think you're doing in the shed?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what was it that broke the Forth Road Bridge?"
"Your fatbike."

Rog,
WTF are you on about?
J

Jurek · « **Reply #208 on:** 20 April, 2016, 10:07:34 pm »

Quote from: hatler on 20 April, 2016, 10:03:55 pm

Nice work C-3PO. No worries from this quarter.

+1

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #209 on:** 20 April, 2016, 10:47:50 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 20 April, 2016, 09:33:28 pm

"Your fatbike" sounda as if it could be a playground insult along the lines of "Your mum".

"Jurek, what was that I saw you riding last night?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what do you think you're doing in the shed?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what was it that broke the Forth Road Bridge?"
"Your fatbike."

SPLORT!

The very first recorded example of a "Your Mum" response was the reason why Gazza started blubbing during the 1990 World Cup. The phrase was uttered by a Mr Gary Winston Lineker. Trufax.

Jurek · « **Reply #210 on:** 20 April, 2016, 10:52:04 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 20 April, 2016, 10:47:50 pm

Quote from: rogerzilla on 20 April, 2016, 09:33:28 pm
"Your fatbike" sounda as if it could be a playground insult along the lines of "Your mum".

"Jurek, what was that I saw you riding last night?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what do you think you're doing in the shed?"
"Your fatbike."

"Jurek, what was it that broke the Forth Road Bridge?"
"Your fatbike."

SPLORT!

The very first recorded example of a "Your Mum" response was the reason why Gazza started blubbing during the 1990 World Cup. The phrase was uttered by a Mr Gary Winston Lineker. Trufax.

Don't start Mr.L
I want to go to bed, not engage with stuffs from the interwebs.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #211 on:** 20 April, 2016, 10:58:53 pm »

The ~~East is Red~~night is young

Jaded · « **Reply #212 on:** 20 April, 2016, 11:03:41 pm »

I didn't kno the foreth bridge was stil broke

rogerzilla · « **Reply #213 on:** 22 April, 2016, 02:26:44 pm »

Your bike's so fat that, when it fell down the stairs, we all thought EastEnders had started.

Your bike's so fat that, when it ran over an iPod, it made an iPad.

Your bike's so fat that, when you parked it at the fairground, a little child asked "How much to ride the elephant?"

bumper · « **Reply #214 on:** 22 April, 2016, 02:54:06 pm »

in the pub early today?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #215 on:** 22 April, 2016, 07:40:23 pm »

Sort of.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #216 on:** 07 July, 2016, 03:40:24 pm »

Quote from: Aushiker on 18 April, 2016, 11:43:55 am

Salsa Mukluk 2015 by Andrew Priest, on Flickr

That's got to be the ideal machine for outback touring. Might even roll over a double-gee without puncturing (well, one can hope)
But best off all, the corrugated gravel roads would just be smooooouth. Could make touring on forestry tracks an absolute joy.

Almost makes me want to move back to WA.
(except they wouldn't have me)

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #217 on:** 07 July, 2016, 04:02:58 pm »

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Gee

Australian Slang   No Dictionary Found
1. charm or attractiveness in trying to talk to a female; "Your gee ain't strong enough to get dat"
2. a mild oath euph. for jesus!
3. a girlfriend
4. to have sexual intercourse

Australian Slang   Australian Slang
1. exclamation of surprise, wonderment, etc. (from âJesus!â); 2. thousand dollars; $1000 (from âgâ, standing for âgrandâ)

exclamation

1. incite; urge: âhe was geeing up the crowdâ; âall geed up and raring to goâ; 2. a lift (as of spirits, enthusiasm, etc.): âThe big crowd gave the players a gee upâ

1. exclamation expressing surprise, admiration, etc.; 2. (of a device, etc.) technologically sophisticated: âgee whiz computer gameâ (euphemistic variation of Jesus)

(in children's speech) horse

horseraces

Australian Slang   Low Life Glossary
noun. One thousand dollars.
See also: Vedgie , O.E. , Ma , Zad , J. Arthur

http://www.slang-dictionary.org/Australian-Slang/Gee

None of those seem to make sense in this context. Care to translate for us Northern hemispheroids?

(I can see, I think, what you mean about the corrugated roads).

Dibdib · « **Reply #218 on:** 07 July, 2016, 04:05:14 pm »

I'm guessing it's one of these spiky buggers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emex_australis

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Emex australis, commonly known in English as southern threecornerjack,[1] devil's thorn,[citation needed] or double gee[2] (also doublegee, from the old Afrikaner name dubbeltge-doorn - 'devil's thorn'), or three-cornered jack, is a herbaceous plant of the Polygonaceae. It occurs indigenously in South Africa and is also an invasive species in Australia & Texas in the USA.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #219 on:** 07 July, 2016, 04:10:02 pm »

An Australian plant with an Afrikaner name! Excellent!

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #220 on:** 07 July, 2016, 04:31:07 pm »

Not australian plant - introduced from South Africa and it is a curse. Not at all common but incredibly hard to eradicate.
As someone who ran around habitually barefoot, it was my job to locate and eradicate any of the bloody plants on the farm. This usually meant pulling up the plant, putting it (and it grows with bramble-like runners) in a metal drum, digging out the soil where it was found, then burning the lot. Then spending every evening running around the area where it was found looking for (ie standing on) stray thorns.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #221 on:** 07 July, 2016, 04:41:03 pm »

They look like botanical "dancing girls". What's the usual name? Caltrops. Nature's own caltrops.

Aushiker · « **Reply #222 on:** 07 July, 2016, 09:08:22 pm »

Quote from: mrcharly on 07 July, 2016, 03:40:24 pm

That's got to be the ideal machine for outback touring. Might even roll over a double-gee without puncturing (well, one can hope)
But best off all, the corrugated gravel roads would just be smooooouth. Could make touring on forestry tracks an absolute joy.

Will be testing it out bikepacking in a few months ... planning on completing the Holland Track from Hyden to Kalgoorlie.

mrcharly-YHT · « **Reply #223 on:** 08 July, 2016, 08:07:35 am »

Sounds quite an adventure.

I've wondered a few times about the viability of the Canning Stock route on a fatbike. Sad to read that most of the wells are now disfunctional. When I was a kid we went on a school trip up there (via bus) and camped next to the wells for several nights. I was struck by the utility and history of the route.

Not really a fan of the outback (prefer the forest) but the stock route is interesting.

Aushiker · « **Reply #224 on:** 08 July, 2016, 08:13:55 am »

Quote from: mrcharly on 08 July, 2016, 08:07:35 am

I've wondered a few times about the viability of the Canning Stock route on a fatbike. Sad to read that most of the wells are now disfunctional. When I was a kid we went on a school trip up there (via bus) and camped next to the wells for several nights. I was struck by the utility and history of the route.

Not really a fan of the outback (prefer the forest) but the stock route is interesting.

Holland Track is not quite in the league of the Canning Stock Route

Tom of Bicycle Nomad fame and Scott of Porcelain Rocket have ridden the Canning Stock Route.

I have a Mr Fusion v2 sitting at home awaiting my return from the UK from Scott hopefully. Next part of my bikepacking build.