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looks like I am out also, long story.

I own and ride a swobo, but just the frame and fork, the rest is custom, I like it, apart from the fact the bb is lightly lower than the pista to the ground, so if you have big feet or big pedals, expect the odd pedal, foot scrape on kerbs or the ground when pushing it, other than it is cool, and has served me well so far.

if a trade off in performance for the sake of convenience is what you value in a base layer, then fair enough, personally, I would rather stay dryer whilst I am doing my chosen activity and have to wash one extra base layer, have you tried HH baselayers yet?

p.s. I wouldn't really judge them on warmth as I wear them to stay dry when snowboarding etc, but generally speaking I only wear a base layer under my jacket and nothing else, apart from occasionally a back protector when boarding.

How difficult is to wash a base layer? I worked in an outdoor adventure shop
(think Blacks + Millets combined with high end ski stuff) for several years, and yes lots of people said exactly the same thing, you don't need to wash it as much, but the HH base layers are far superior when it comes to wicking capabilities, and really when it comes to washing, nikwax basewash, a sink, and about ten minutes or so of your time!
I've owned some expensive exotic merino layers which I got cheap, probably better quality than rapha, if the fact that retail at nearly double suggests anything. Firstly, durability sucks, the HH stuff lasts much longer and is tougher, and it just does not wick as well as the decent synthetic stuff, secondly fit, its easier to make decent stretchy synthetic stuff that stays stretchy over time, not possible with merino, it sags over long periods of time. It is good, it is better than a t-shirt, but not a patch on HH stuff or high end synthetics in my opinion and many others.

http://www.hellyhansen.com/product/baselayerHHDry/LSCrew/48833/view/635 Beats Merion Wool any day in my opinion, i've got 4 of them that have lasted nearly two years of paintballing, cycling, and snowboarding, better than any rapha crap......whatever that is.

Is this still going ahead? does anyone have a floor or sofa I could kip on maybe since I have to drive in to pick up my bike, and will no doubt be drinking so unable to drive.

indeed.

i'm seriously thinking about going to snowbombing again next year, anyone else going/up for it?

I think before 12 is probably a good idea, however after 12 we could have a drunken pedestrian skittles contest, they're so easy to knock over when pissed, extra points for chavs, and bonus points for chav couples.

A month or so.....bastard, where do you get so much time to be on holiday! I am just a little jealous.

Damn you Japan! you and your crazy powder dumps! shakes fist enragedly
That dutch dome place is looking awfully good the more I check out their site.....

Damn.... whats the park like?

1 purple tom
2 somebody
3 sheep
4 fiddy
5 CrazyJames

sounds awesome, i'm in, I need to make up for my lack of park riding on the last holiday!
Travis Rice»Shaun white tho, check out thats it thats all, amaaaazing!

yes I have heard of that place, to be honest i'd be up for a trip there also but would wanna do a weekend if I went, looks mental.... in a good way :) bracknell dryslope has chairlifts also, and probably the best dryslope park in the south east

Lovely, I just got back from a trip to Val thorens from 10 days with a mate

• lots of snow, great weather, good powder (for the first few days)
  
  

-both of us got really ill bad flu, stopped us ridiing for 2 days and left us weak and shitty for the rest of it, park consisted of one rail, 2 kickers and a hip, not finished but not much else to write home about anyway!
Big fan of austria, I prefer it to france for sure, haven't done USA yet but park city is on my list!

haha carpet boarding.....
don't tell anyone, but sometimes...I carpet board to. Where are you off boarding to ?

mooks I wouldn't mind a trip on freestyle night for a laugh, event post?

Cool, thanks for your feedback mate, think i'm gonna bite the bullet and get myself a skunk ape 157 banana board, (I ride size 12 boots!), as soon as my gnu 11up dies on me, also out of interest, why would you say you prefer the unions over relay bindings?

High gearing, schmigh gearing. Htfu. I've never had a problem stopping on my Track, and I ride like an idiot.

If you want some real help, I only ever used my front brake for about 2 months. Then when pissed one day I thought I'd try skidding on ice and it worked really well. So in one foul swoop I learned the basics of skidding. I can't skid every single time but the process of attempting it slows me down quicker. Plus if you read Sheldon he recommends leaning forward enough to the point of minimum contact between rear wheel and ground.

All this braking was new to me anyway, I'd ridden brakeless BMX for too many years!

Same hence why my front brake lasted about 4 days before it actually annoyed me, cut my thumb going over a pothole, so I took it off, and it felt much more normal :)
I think the rudeness of alot of these responses to this guy is a bit over the top though, I know it may all seem normal and funny to anyone who frequents this forum regularly, but it's a bit harsh to react to someone like that who we don't know, and who is genuinely asking for our help about something fixed gear bike related.
I think we should put up a sticky Fixed gear FAQ post in the general forum, it would stop alot of these posts cluttering up the board, and stop a lot of people like this guy from feeling stupid and embarassed just for asking a basic question, just because they have never owned a fixed gear bike before, it would also limit the amount of time that a lot of you guys spend acting like overly superior arseholes, and belittling people, because you know more about something than they do.

Dude...how the hell do you afford so many boards! thats crazy, are you sponsored or something, or just into collecting, great taste though....mervin boards are beautifully made, whats it like riding a banana board, i've heard mixed reviews from different people, some say its unstable at speed, and sketchy as fuck on big landings, and some say its simply amazing for ollies/butter tricks/anything that involves popping an ollie basically!
What do you think?

Is that the gnu danny kass board? I want a skate banana so bad....hmmm anyone up for a forum snowboarding trip? jan/feb maybe austria or avoriaz? somewhere nice and cheap lol

I used to bmx also, brakeless and pegless for nearly 10 years, loved the stripped down simpleness of it.. Wanted to get into cycling again, had been bike free for just over a year and it was killing me!
Looked on in envy at various couriers and trendsters thinking how zen like snd chilled they looked whilst bombing along on their bikes, decided to get a sexy custom build knocked up at BLB during one spontaneous and impulsive lunch break (conveniently less than 100m fom my office), 2-3 weeks later I found this forum snd here I am.

Snowboarding and tournament paintball ftw