Andy

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Orange = France Telecom = Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys. 'nuff said.

Eric actually has one of the largest private camera collections in Europe. His camera of choice for Trials is Nikon. Absolutely fantastic guy. Has some great stories and regularly turns up in press rooms with beers for those of us still working. I'd love to think I'd be as fit and active as him when I'm in my 70's, but somehow I doubt it! I have a Sigma 70-200mm that I got from Eric (which reminds me I still have to pay him for it!) that I use with the 1D to take the close-up headshots. Awesome lens, but not cheap.

Is that not Republic of Ireland? "Index" in what respect?

New topic merged with original

Caroline posts on these forums. I'm sure she'll be around at some point. <pulls up chair and waits>

Almost - Crawford Carrick-Anderson.

Is it Steve's birthday today?

Sure - I'll knock together a game in my tea break! In seriousness, there are plenty Trials games out there. You could take screenshots of your scores and post them in a thread on here if you wanted to have a bit of a competition, but I'm not aware of anyone with the necessary skills to develop one.

My understanding is that for contractual reasons, Bou will be on a Beta at Sheffield. I don't think his contract runs out till the end of the year. It will be the last chance, for the time being anyway, to see him on a Beta.

Is that your bike?

This did cross my mind. You don't tend to get trojans like that surfing innocent sites. Has NYL been a bit naughty?

--> QUOTE(John.B @ Nov 28 2006, 08:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Morning guys, I have been trying to register my original name John.B as a trials central supporter but the system refuses to allow the name as it has a full stop in it . I have therefore registered a new name scudo and paid my due fees to the site. I will continue to post as John.B but pay my subscription as scudo. Hope this is ok Andy and does nt' break any rules, just wanted to pay my

Pffft. Excuses, excuses. Should have been No-Award. End of story! Poor old Kinell missed a marker and lost out on his finishers award. At least he provided us with infinite amusement!

You mean you missed a hill? That, in those days, was disqualification surely?

The 06 model took a long time to grow on me. It wasn't till I was in the dealer getting mine serviced and saw an 06 in black that I thought yeah...I could have one of them. Have to be in black though. None of the other colours do it for me. Seen the pictures of the proposed hatchback and YUCK...

I can well believe it!

High points Englands poor footballing performance in the World Cup.

See this topic

If Caroline hasn't sent the boys round by now, I think you're okay

Bikespace does make a valid point (God I hate it when he's right ) apart from the sponsorship part. I'm not interested in that and want nothing whatsoever to do with them. It's the principal of it. The actions of B&B were taking the p*** and taking advantage of the goodwill of this site. That is what has angered me so much (more so than any of the hack attacks or anything else that have happened) The point has been made. Topic closed.

Forums can be a fantastic source of information, however in my opinion it's important that information is unbiased. Someone who makes a recommendation or points someone to a business when they have a vested interest in that business is not unbiased. Personal recommendations are absolutely allowed - after all there is no better recommendation, but when the recommendation you're making is for your own company (plus you hide that fact) then you can expect the full wrath of Andy to come down on you! Yes, Kinell is right in saying I would ask people to support those who support the site, but I would reiterate that sponsoring or advertising makes no odds to touting wares in forum posts. It's not allowed. Let's say it was. You post a topic saying you're looking for a mudguard for your bike for example. You'd have every dealer out there hovering waiting to pounce with dozens of replies, PM's and emails all saying "Call me" or "Email me". It just wouldn't work, would be a waste of Trials Central resources, annoy people and clog up the forums to the point they became unusable. The rule is there for the good of all.

For those who want to drool over it a bit more, the first studio pic: Click me Note it's a hi-res 3MB download!

Advertising makes no difference. Caroline posts here regularly and you don't see her trying to sell. John Hulme post here regularly and you don't see him trying to sell. The forum rules are the forum rules and they apply to all. They're not in place on a whim. If they didn't exist we'd have all sorts trying to sell anything and everything. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. I was pushed just a bit too far this time and voiced mine. Hopefully it will act as a deterrent to anybody else who reckons they can get away with it. They WILL get found out sooner or later.