what do you really look like?

[Dayvo]

My avatar was initially only temporary, but I've gown attached to him it.
Besides, I wouldn't know which one to go for!
I think Noodley's got the best one; Fletch was/is THE daddy!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Well, I've been around so little that you've probably forgotten who I am anyway, but here is me off the bike:

self-portrait

 

[Kirstie]

Well, I've been around so little that you've probably forgotten who I am anyway, but here is me off the bike:

Nice bike, FM!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Nice bike, FM!

I just removed the one on your lovely Ventana... largely because it linked to a work site which is no longer kept up to date. I'll see if I have another saved version...

 

[Kirstie]

There's a nice one of you in our AZ pics you could link to...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

There's a nice one of you in our AZ pics you could link to...

Here you go - me at Mountain Mayhem 2006

SSMM2006

 

[bonj2]

Nice bike, FM!

'tis, aye. What make is it/what forks?

 

[Fnaar]

Thought long and hard about joining this thread, like a lot of people, I hate most pictures of myself. I think this is the only one on my site where I am not an indistinguishable feature somewhere in the middle distance.

So that's you sat on the rock, right?

 

[Kirstie]

'tis, aye. What make is it/what forks?

It's a Ventana X5 (5" travel all mountain jobby). Current build is:
Rock Shox Revelation (the forks in the pic are Pace RC40s and were really unreliable)
Mavic X317 on Chris King
XT drivetrain and transmission
Hope Mini brakes
Thomson in line seat post
Azonic CF1 bars
Conti Vert Pro 2.3
Hope bits and bobs - ie skewers, seat clamp

And I've added some decals to the downtube now as the original owner took them off!

 

[bonj2]

It's a Ventana X5 (5" travel all mountain jobby). Current build is:
Rock Shox Revelation (the forks in the pic are Pace RC40s and were really unreliable)
Mavic X317 on Chris King
XT drivetrain and transmission
Hope Mini brakes
Thomson in line seat post
Azonic CF1 bars
Conti Vert Pro 2.3
Hope bits and bobs - ie skewers, seat clamp

And I've added some decals to the downtube now as the original owner took them off!

hmmm... never heard of ventana, but looks good spec! (esp. wheels)

 

[Kirstie]

hmmm... never heard of ventana, but looks good spec! (esp. wheels)

Ventana is one of those US niche brands like Turner used to be before everyone bought one (and then they sold their rear suspension design to Trek)... www.ventanausa.com
Build quality and lateral stiffness are absolutely unparalleled on the X5 IMO. It's absolutely bombproof and will take anything you throw at it. It's a joy to ride - i've raced on it and ridden down sundry alps on it too, all without incident. Lots of people don't like the X5 because of its looks, but the ride is just unbelievably good.

 

[bonj2]

Ventana is one of those US niche brands like Turner used to be before everyone bought one (and then they sold their rear suspension design to Trek)... www.ventanausa.com
Build quality and lateral stiffness are absolutely unparalleled on the X5 IMO. It's absolutely bombproof and will take anything you throw at it. It's a joy to ride - i've raced on it and ridden down sundry alps on it too, all without incident. Lots of people don't like the X5 because of its looks, but the ride is just unbelievably good.

I think it looks nice....functional and strong

 

[alecstilleyedye]

mine's in my profile. i am indeed sticking my tongue out!

 

[Smeggers]

BTW- assuming you were being serious, I'm curious to know what made you think that?

Dunno - some subliminal link with Marion Jones the runner or summink!

 

[Arch]

mine's in my profile. i am indeed sticking my tongue out!

I was at a theme park a couple of weeks ago, and they had a sea lion that had been trained to stick its tongue out, it was very funny, partly because of the expression it had to pull to do it - with it's nose all sort of screwed up...