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The Lounge / Re: Adam LZ/DIG

« on: December 08, 2015, 03:44:52 AM »

Isnt that kind of smart though of Rich, in a buisness side of things I mean. It seems like new BMX companies can make a reasonable big buck in the first two or three years and then the brand is forgotten.

With Rich it seems like his companies only last a short while until he starts a new.
I dont really look at bmx vids or care for pro teams so the camaraderie between bmxers in the same team is not something that interest me a bit..

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The Bike Shop / Re: Animal bpe, best pedal ever?

« on: December 08, 2015, 03:40:03 AM »

I thought the Kink pedal was an evolution of the design. But it was a nightmare to work on, coming loose and the rubber seals were brittle. I threw mine away after two months and my friend is forever working on his.

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Bike Gallery / Re: Daily Pictures v2

« on: December 07, 2015, 07:19:32 AM »

I'll probably end up using some smaller ares pegs, but it's getting there

Im curious. Why LHD and hub guard on a flatbike?

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The Bike Shop / Re: Animal bpe, best pedal ever?

« on: December 07, 2015, 06:10:50 AM »

Not sure if they revised the design, but I talked to my local shop and they said nearly all pairs sold were malfunctioned. They became loose or didnt spin or something. They dumped the prices down from ludacrisly high £80 to like £20 because noone bought them after realising they were so bad.

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The Lounge / Re: Adam LZ/DIG

« on: December 04, 2015, 01:13:09 AM »

I think I saw a video once of him going on some trip and it was cool, then went to his channel and left within a few min. Its just a daily vlog. Like keeping up with the Kardashians-bmx style.

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The Lounge / Re: Pretty sure I've invented this trick...

« on: December 02, 2015, 03:07:15 AM »

Hah I think I got fooled by the Shamco ads back in the days...

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The Bike Shop / Re: Sprag Clutch?

« on: December 01, 2015, 03:22:34 PM »

Laced so many wheels based on that tutorial! Never succeded at getting them especially straight yet though, blame it on the lack of tea.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Remember how a few arm-chair engineers called this out? Well who'd a thunk it..

« on: December 01, 2015, 03:03:48 AM »

I think I know a guy who works as a product developer for them. Not sure how long he has been at it or if he is the only one they have.

Update; yes it seems like it was him. Taken from his fb:

Left Job at wethepeople bmx
30 September — Product Designer
Cologne, Germany

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The Lounge / Re: Pretty sure I've invented this trick...

« on: December 01, 2015, 02:58:21 AM »

Thats pretty cool! Congrats!

I suggest cutting out everything besides the trick and Garth (obviously) and send it to tcu or dig or some random instagram thing and it will probably be posted.

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The Lounge / Re: Paris

« on: November 27, 2015, 01:06:26 AM »

Fine, I play along.

It is widely known fact that Turkey is politically edging towards a more islam-centric society driven by the current president. It was presented by my local news agencies as something negative. He won the election though, and if I remember correctly he won with a good margin.

It is in the Turkey rulers interest to contain the Kurdish seperatists and has been striking them hard after the previous attack, probably also delibralty the moderate Kurdish groups in Syria. I do believe that they have been holding back against ISIS in order to try and control the build up of Kurdish fighter (which they also regard as terrorists). Claiming however that they take ISIS side is just silly and something that sells articles.

Germany is not joining as an attacking partner, it is joining as a intelligence gathering player. It has been done by countries in similar wars before. You fit good cameras to jets and give the information to the ones carrying out the strikes. Essentially that means that they can join and seem like a contributor to the public and allies while at the same time not having to take on the negative sides coming from bombing.

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The Lounge / Re: Paris

« on: November 26, 2015, 11:18:32 PM »

You still at it? If people get annoyed how you compose your posts then make them interesting. I actually took my time to read the last two links you posted.

I do not see how a Italian far right politician's (who is known for weird public comments) weird comment is relevant or interesting.

I in the third link did not read anything connected to your link description. All links were also from russian news agancies.

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The Bike Shop / Re: Sprag Clutch?

« on: November 26, 2015, 03:56:35 PM »

Got to love this design

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The Lounge / Re: Paris

« on: November 26, 2015, 03:05:13 PM »

...and btw, even though Denmark and Sweden are a bastion of civilisation...

Not my intention to make any claim that scandinavia is above anyone else, not at all. The current political climate is much different than 10 years ago yes, I doubt Scandinavia will continue on the previous past and will soon be very different.

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The Lounge / Re: Paris

« on: November 26, 2015, 02:30:38 PM »

This thread is spreading in so many directions.

I speak more of a British english than american english. Also, democracy is not an american invention, and I dont prefer american politics.

Even though I am from "the west" I dont agree on how stuff are done. I do not directly notice an effect from the last wars waged apart from all the refugees coming to my city (transit city, thousands a day). I mostly fear a looming economic catastrophy and possibly a new world order due to countries going into extreme debt. The US in particular has insane debts and has defaulted twice in a short time. Waging costly wars which were doubtfully necessary in the first place might result in something much worse. If there is a economic crash, or if for example China (who lends the US huge amount of money) start putting preassure there could be a different world quite suddenly. A bit conspiracy sounding perhaps, but I can see how the US world dominance could fall rather quickly soon.

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The Lounge / Re: Paris

« on: November 26, 2015, 11:03:53 AM »

Lol indeed. Just because you live comfortably and free in the US doesnt mean that the foreign policy makes other countries similar