Sano (Samsonite) Dude on an MTB with slicks (and massive wide bars) scoots between us, clipping us both and squeaks to a halt a couple of feet in front.
I told you they were pillocks. :-)

Glad your wheels are OK, StarrerGang. My wallet breathed a sigh of relief for you. The last thing you need after a spill is a chip or a scratch to remind you what happened.

Starrer, I've just read your post in the "Explain your username" thread. I didn't realise it was you under a different name. I didn't realise it was that orange bike. It would've been a bloody shame if anything had happened to it.

Soweto888 Starrer, I've just read your post in the "Explain your username" thread. I didn't realise it was you under a different name. I didn't realise it was that orange bike. It would've been a bloody shame if anything had happened to it.

yeah thanks, I take that as a compliment. Have you been riding next to me today on Euston Road. Or have we met ??
Was thinking about getting the frame sandblasted and clearcoated though.. But I somehow started to like the EasyJet Bike Style

Ha-ha! No, we've not met and I wasn't riding next to you today. It's not very likely either, unless you're planning a more circuitous route through Glasgow. :-P

I've seen a few photos of your bike, that's all. Enough for me to take a fancy to it. The saddle goes nicely with the frame. And, of course, orange frames are few and far between. I ride in a world of black bikes... How Goth is that? :-)

i had just about the stupidest fall yesterday. Standing one foot in clips and straps and one on the floor, forget that i'm not using clipless- try and twist the other foot out, vigorously shall we say, and went straight onto my side. Ridiculous.

yeah i do that a lot with clipless :( esp these new proper cleats...

eyebrows i had just about the stupidest fall yesterday. Standing one foot in clips and straps and one on the floor, forget that i'm not using clipless- try and twist the other foot out, vigorously shall we say, and went straight onto my side. Ridiculous.

Most painful accident I ever had:

Ingredients:

1994.
Clips and straps.
Brand new shoes with fresh unworn grippy soles.
Drum machine in shop window.

I coasted up slowly to have a look at the drum machine in the window, started to pull my feet out, they wouldn't budge, over I went straight on to my knee, chipped a tiny part of my knee cap off, it is still loose to this day and can be painful if I kneel (while begging) on it at certain angles.

Conclusions

New shoes don't come out of the clips/straps as easily / software based rhythm generators are superior to hardware based rhythm generators.

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Alesis SR16?

RPM Alesis SR16?

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Hell yeah ! It was the SR16 !!!!!!!!!

That is some psychic ability you have there !

I didn't get it in the end, I got an old secondhand HR16.

better than

??? I know which one i'd prefer :)

tynan [quote]RPM Alesis SR16?

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Hell yeah ! It was the SR16 !!!!!!!!!

That is some psychic ability you have there !

I didn't get it in the end, I got an old secondhand HR16.[/quote]

the date 1994 seemed right.

I used an SR16 for three years in place of a seriously moody and out of time drummer !

RPM I used an SR16 for three years in place of a seriously moody and out of time drummer !

The words 'seriously moody' are redundant in the above sentence.

fucking right

heh.

yeah, have you ever known a drummer (with his own transport) who can actually play but isn't:

a, a moody fucker
b, a dick
c, useless at showing up on time
d, addicted to something that everybody else in the band is against
c, against something that everybody else in the band is addicted to
e, always in the throes of some personal/relationship/commitment upheaval that gets in the way of the gig/practice at every oportunity.
f, too busy, because being none of the above he is in far too many bands already.

and if you have found a drummer that doesn't meet these criteria and can keep time, play well and all that, then it's probably fair to say that his image "doesn't quite fit" (too short, too fat, too bald etc) but it's "ok because he's behind the kit all the time"

that or you are a drummer yourself.

g, and why do they always take their shirt off at gigs?

even the fat ones.

p.s, what time is it? - i am confused...

it's 0855 GMT

OK, my clock changed automatically, cheers.

cos its quite sweaty work drumming :)

A lot of pro drummers are using SRM power meters on there bass drum pedals. Need to be able to sustain 100watts+ depending on what cab the guitarist is using.

you forgot:

h) insists on whacking their drums really loud every time you try to speak to another member of the band

g) in the studio, will play across the whole kit, making the engineer spend ages micing up obscure little tomtoms and cymbals, despite the fact they are not used at all for the songs being recorded.

'have you done a sound check for my cow bells?'

i) is a fucking emotional retard, selfish cunt, and my brother.

i play drums. i am all of the above.

actually, i'm pretty restrained. one time we were playing at the garage and the sound man was such a dick i ended up saying "i can't work under these conditions" and regretted it once i'd said it, and for eternity when my bandmates bought it up at every practice, suggesting i was some kind of diva.

which i am.

oh, and the drum shop is the only place WORSE than the bike shop for retarded, bearded, tattooed, drooling, atavisitic, troglodytic salesmen (and women). bike/drum shops are the only places where i have experienced utter disdain from someone ugly enough to be an aborted conjoined twin that somehow survived, solely because i didn't know the exact thing i wanted, i.e, the precise diameter of each allen key in a set, or that there are actually 3 different types of shimano freewheel remover, yah de yah.