32sixteen :: Autobikography

December 23rd, 2004

Autobikography - updated

1968

Born.

1971

Red and blue tricycle. It’s front wheel drive.

1973

First chain driven tricycle. Learn to ride on two wheels, but seeing as only the right hand wheel has drive tend to go round in circles.

1975

Raleigh. One speed. Rod pull brakes.

1977

Cycling proficiency test.

1978

Too young for punk and jealous of all kids on Raleigh Tomahawks or Choppers.

1980

Wassell trials bike.

1982

10 speed racer. 24″ wheels.

1983

First trailer on the Tour of Mull.

1984

Racer loses drops and gets cast off Renthals.

1986

College.12 speed racer.

1989

Finish college. 12 speed tourer.

1990

First paycheque. 14 speed racer.

1991

Race road. It hurts. Borrowing mums mountain bike. Then buy a GT Karakoram.

1992

Race mountain bike. It hurts more.

1993

Lands End to John O’ Groats over 9 days. Race mountain bike again. Only faster.

1994

Dave Yates Swamp Donkey. Still racing. Only slower.

1995

Cross bike. Trailquest.

1996

Convert GT to singlespeed. Polaris. On a tandem. Then again. With a trailer. Singlespeed championships on a cross bike. Buy tandem for Xmas.

1997

Race tandem DH and XC. Buy BOB trailer. Tow it round Polaris. Dave Yates singlespeed - Hello Uncle Tufty. Finish 3 Peaks. Ace Race.

1998

Red Bull 24 hours. On singlespeed. Finally get a Raleigh Chopper for 30th. Spot singlespeed.

1999

Red Bull again. No new bikes this year. Bye Bye Uncle Tufty. Two would be greedy.

2000

Polaris. Red Bull. Outstock.

2001

Uncle Tufty is back. 700c wheels. Fixed Gear. At the other extreme full suspension Turner shocker. Marry and the wife buys her first singlespeed. Hello Honda. Bye Bye GT (given away), racer (no room), cross bike (bent), and tourer (nicked).

2002

Red Bull solo. Wife buys her second singlespeed. With gears. Kona 100 and a month of illness.

2003

Racing again and even managing quick. Hello fat boy slick Rocky Mountain Hammer circa 1993. Swamp Donkey stripped for respray.

2004

The solo year. Suspension and gears are the way to go. Hello Maverick ML-7, Fan.Bye Bye Stolen after 3 rides. Go back to one speed in a huff. Do rather well. Swamp Donkey still awaiting respray. Three Peaks again.

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things we ride

Actually we‚re lying about the Maverick since some low-life stole it.

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singlespeed and gears
Turner
Burner, Twin Burner, Five Spot, Flux.Horst Link and TNT.
Maverick
ML-7
Dave Yates
Diablo and Swamp Donki
Rocky Mountain
Hammer
Lemond
Maillot Jaune
Raleigh
Chopper
BOB Trailers
Yak
Honda
Firestorm
Horses
Piebald
Fluid Juice
7'2" hybrid
Tiki
7'6" minimal
Specialized
Langster London

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A dogs dinner of links to stuff that we have arranged in an apparently random manner, though I assure you it made sense at the time.

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web shit

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tape time

The things we listen to are occasionally logged on Last.fm

New! iPod updating courtesy of iScrobbler.

It doesn't update from the wheels of steel though :-)

Remember kids, vinyl can't carry Digital Rights Management.

people are people

Antarctic Diary | A year in the Antarctic
Bez
BikeBlogs | Ride Vicariously
Cellarrat | Dave Pine - GDR racer
Chainsaw Panda | one speed and fixed gear shennigans from Austin, TX
coogle | no, that's right
DaveP
dR j0n's wanderings | hard riding scotsman
Furious Cycling | stever
Hexten | Andy gets Geeky
Hunky Male Cyclist | Tom Levell
Life In The Bus Lane
Matt Magic
Mike Davis | Pro Elbows ™
MojoCrash | Andy waffles on about this and that
Olly Hodgson strikes back
Pickled Hedgehog | you'll laugh, you'll cry
Rich
Rothar | Chris
Samuri
Seb Rogers | how to use a camera. properly.
Shaggy | Will Ride For Beer
Sheep Are Great
Shitshifter | too fat to get up, too gay to go down
Sideways Cycles | everyday tales of life in a tin-pot bike shop
Simon Barnes
Spitting Cat | Kelvin
The Hidden Trail
The World of Dave
Wandering Gav

other places to go

in no particular order...

Bollocks to Blair
King Surf | surf lifestyle
Surfers Against Sewage
Surfaid
Cheeky | respect the Cheeky code
Sideways Cycles | Precious Things
Three Peaks Cyclo-Cross | the classic Yorkshire race
Lodestar Eventing | dangerous XC stuff by the wife
eventriders.com | arms that at east european shot-putter would die for
Eventix | Equine Photography
Pop Will Eat Itself | Grebo Gurus
UK 24 Solo | endurance required
apple
my del.icio.us
Singlespeed Videos | rather splendid
Training Planner
Magic Seaweed | surf forecast
Fairtrade | Ethical Buying
Worn Again | 99% recycled footwear

toilet material

For all that we like the up-to-the minute offerings of the web there‚s nothing like a proper badly photocopied A5 fanzine or a glossily printed proper magazine to keep you occupied on the throne. Here, in no particular order, is our material of choice.

Singletrack