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hehe, just had a CRAZY* idea....

we should all get together and organise a trip out somewhere to go mtb'ing! or do like an around the world thingy!  :P   ;)




*i think i'm feeling the effects of dehydration after ridin 2nite....  :P
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HAHAHAHAH that sounds like an awesome idea......... ;D

we soo should....hm a bit to organise, but hmm sounds like a plan.......
its be fully sick....i think my brother will like the idea.... :)
LOL that aint a crazy idea, sounds like an adventurous one hehe :D

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I don't think she could speak any English. English speaking is usually limited to big cities and major tourist attractions in Japan. You'll be able to get around ok just with basic Japanese, but the more you can learn, the more interesting it'll be.

An MTB meet sounds good. Dunno if my currant bike's up to it though: its not a real off-road one... not like the one that got stolen: that was a beast.

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hehe, after reviewing this thread, a general observation i've made is that this has predominantly become a conversation between 3 ppl:

1) bluebird_obsession
2) Taiwan Corsair
3) and ME!

hehe, "small things amuse small minds...."   :P

anywho, after me last post, perhaps not a "world wide trip"; but i rekon an "australia trip" is definately do-able!  ;D

now if i can find some time off work and a magical bag of cash-ola to fund this "adventure"....
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its be f00lly sik (yes i have a low IQ - or i'm taking the piss)...

WTH, i didn't say that , that is twice this has happened to me. Do ppl gave access to modify threads or something??? cos i defiantly did not type that. It's happened before when i first, came on this site. thats weird...... :-\

Anywho, yeah i agree, aussie trip would be awesome  ;D , yeah round the world, would be a bit expensive. Lol i have uni and work too, and money, money is always the problem.... :-\

I know another member on here who would be interested to go on a trip, if it ever goes underway.....maybe... not sure i haven't confirmed it with him yet, as he probably has work too.

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WTH, i didn't say that , that is twice this has happened to me. Do ppl gave access to modify threads or something??? cos i defiantly did not type that. It's happened before when i first, came on this site. thats weird...... :-\

Anywho, yeah i agree, aussie trip would be awesome  ;D , yeah round the world, would be a bit expensive. Lol i have uni and work too, and money, money is always the problem.... :-\

I know another member on here who would be interested to go on a trip, if it ever goes underway.....maybe... not sure i haven't confirmed it with him yet, as he probably has work too.


It's a language filter. If you type certain words, they are picked up and replaced by something else with the filter. Usually swear words or words that can be annoying. I'm guessing you typed f.u.l.l.y s.i.c.k??? lol
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LOL thanks teena, yeah i did type FULLY SICK in........ that most likely what i typed down last time.
Cheers now i know not to type that.
 How random that FULLY SICK can be morphed into yes i have a low I.Q or am on the piss,that word must be very annoying then ..... LOL


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Haha... its not a swear word, but it has been used by a lot of... well its gained a certain connotation that reflects badly on its users... though it is possible to use it in a different tone and context, as you did, and not affiliate yourself with the kind of culture that it is deemed by the makers of the swearing filter to connote.

Anyway... if we were to travel around Australia, with MTB's, where would the trip start/finish and how long would we be talking about? How much of Australia would you be talking about getting around? Its a big place... I think. Certain amounts of time off work/study are possible, but there are limits, really, at the moment. Very enthusiastic though.  :)

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Yeah i know what you mean why its an automatic language filter thing.....all good at least i know why its comes up and i know what to do to prevent it lol.  :)

Well we have to think of the best places to go
then create some kind of map and where we will start and travel through kind of thing for example we could meet in W.A., best three spots around there for like 1 week, then head to say melb.(take a look round S.A for a day) for a day or two then go down to N.S.W and go to like top 3 places for 1 week or something...then if QLD got any thing good  there for  like 1-2 days then go back to Sydney and go back home from there. This is just an example...... :D

yeah there is heaps to organize, times, money, etc so yeah...... :)

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yeah bl00dy oath there's quite a fair bit involved in organising. just think how long it takes us to organise a "cruise" - and that's only a handful off ppl who all live in the same state!

....tho i rekon accommodation wouldn't be a problem: we'll just crash (sleep - not literally crash as i do quite often on me pushy  :-[  ) at different ppls here from antrx from around the country!  :P   ;)

anywho, as much as i'd LOVE to do this rite now (i'm still in a ridin mood - raced 2nite  :P ), damn work/school/uni/tafe/other such committments tend to unfortunately get in the way  :-\   tho if ppl are still mustard in, say, 6 or 12 months down the track, then who knows!

anywho, "watch this space...."

oh yeah, not sure if anyone is interested, but here's an awesome bike store that's online that i've been using for a bit lately. if you need bike parts (road or mtb), stuff the local store, these guys are HEAPS - like up to 80% off - cheap!

www.torpedo7.com.au
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Cheers Jon, yeah i will check that out as soon as i have typed this thread,

 i mean it be all easier if we all just didn't have such commitments(uni,tafe,work etc) and accommodation lol just get some swags man, and sleep where ever we camp. The guy i have been talking to his names um Shaun (hope he doesn't mind me telling you guys  :-\ (sik_bb_trx) he is happy to do it anytime, and hes a got a rodeo which can carry about 5 bikes and a van on the back, so yeah, which would be excellent. :)

LOL yeah i hear cruise are a itchba to organize, but we'll be right, this will be awesome if it all goes under way, i can meet some of you guys lol......my brother would probably come too.... ;D

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....accommodation lol just get some swags man, and sleep where ever we camp. The guy i have been talking to his names um Shaun (hope he doesn't mind me telling you guys  :-\ (sik_bb_trx) he is happy to do it anytime, and hes a got a rodeo which can carry about 5 bikes and a van on the back, so yeah, which would be excellent. :)

haha! that'd be wick!  :D  actually never thought of a swag (and i did cadets for 3 years  ::)  ) which reminds me, i gotta get a new tent.... for occasions such as this!

....this will be awesome if it all goes under way, i can meet some of you guys lol......my brother would probably come too.... ;D

yeah fcuk oath it'd be awesome if this geos ahead!  8)  i'm keen just to go travelling - the furtherest i've EVER been away from home (melb) is merimbulla, nsw. and that was when i was like 10-ish - can't even remember the place. to go travelling around with me mtb would be sik as! i was actually thinkin of headin over to new zealand - as they have wicked mtb'ing there.

anyone is welcome along to this shin-dig....whenever it takes off  ???
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OMG yes, NZ is the best. My bro went there and said the trails were SICK....... I was also talking to Shaun(sik_bb_trx) he also wants to head to NZ, due to the awesome tracks.....lol so yeah i wanna head there someday....someday.  :D

lol YEAH i do a bit of my own camping(that why i brought up swags), just the bike,swag,some food, and me....hehe...LOve it, lol stuff getting a tent don't get to admire the beautiful starry night..... :)

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I wanted to get into freestyle and a bit of trail/downhill mountain biking riding, went and bought myself a GT Chucker V2.0 and now I basically only ride it to work and back, no trails where I live so it's kind of boring. The only thing we have in the area is a BMX track, but the bike don't fit in the skyline so there's goes that idea  ::)

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hmmm that's gotta suck.......where you live??? yeah im not really keen in BMX but if seen some pretty good tricks done by riders..... :)

Yeah i do freestyle and DH its awesome fun, hmm for some reason though i love my car dearly id rather ride around in my bike, due to the conveniences of getting into small places, basically better access around the place. I only use my car, for cruises or for a special occasion. I take her to work, but then take out the bike an ride around the city. Aham annnyywwwaaayyy..... totally off track there....sorry :-\

Hmm riding is good, as it keeps up your fitness, its fun and what i like most about it dangerous...hahaha  ;D

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I'm probably gonna have a lot of free time for the second half of the year if everything goes according to plan. If your gonna organise it then, I think I'm 90% committed.

Next couple of monthes are impossible though. I'm gonna be in Taiwan in a couple of weeks and studying flat out the rest of the time.

I know plenty of good spots for camping in the high country here in Vic. Got some good maps too.

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I live near Brisbane, I use to do a bit of BMX freestyle back in the days, but being 6ft 3" now makes a BMX feel like a clown's bike  :D

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Hehe... I'm just imagining a really tall guy on a tiny little BMX... ;D

I had a BMX before I saved the money for my first MTB. Used to ride 5km to school on it every morning and back in the afternoon. Problem was, back was mostly up steep hills on crappy dirt roades. The MTB made it a lot easier.

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Oooo Hail the MTB....................(oracle sound) hallelujah hallelujah......... hahahaha  :D

ah i love my MTB......never let you down.....(well hasn't in my case) :)

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I live near Brisbane, I use to do a bit of BMX freestyle back in the days, but being 6ft 3" now makes a BMX feel like a clown's bike  :D

You are a clown so it's only fitting!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D
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didn't want to start a new thread, so thought it'd just chuck this in here....

WISH ME LUCK GUYS - I NEED IT!

doin a 6hr mtb race 2moro at lysterfield park. was originally gonna do it solo, but then me mate wanted a partner, so i said i would as he couldn't find anyone else.

had a few last minute dramas from last thurs nite racin: track was uber wet and slippery, so i last about all of 5mins of the race when i crashed and buckled me front wheel and bent one of me levers on front shifter. to add injury to insult, frame bashed HARD against me stoopid left knee and couldn't finish the race  >:(

anywho, since thurs nite i've been callin up mates to see if they had a spare front wheel and/or SRAM X9 front mech shifter.... got one outta the two! was able to get hold of a simple XC wheel - just had to change the disc rotors on em. the shifters on the other hand.... decided to just race with 8 gears instead of the "usual" 27  :P   ;)   :D  was gonna get a new set of shifters, but i refuse to pay retail price on parts now that i've discovered www.torpedo7.com.au  (this company is nz based and wouldn't be able to get me the parts in time for sunday's race)

so yeah, preped bike 2day as much as i could and now gonna rest.

anyone else wanna go ridin?  :P   ;)   :D
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hey yeah i ride bikes but not mountain bikes bmx i have an eastern reaper n ive been in a couple of comps got third in foster and second in taree