Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Right here.

Coppi - clue yourself up first. Contact details are removed from an advertisement when said advertisement is closed. This is to prevent further messages and phonecalls on the item itself. Have a look at his other items, and you shall see his details, in all their glory. I'll even give you a hyper-link to make it THAT much easier for you. My link

So you're promoting a system where the rules dictate that if one is selling an item on the hub, the hub is determined to be the sole holder of said item for sale, and said item cannot be advertised elsewhere? And insofar as the hub community system goes, did not another hubber, who made use of the listed cellphone number and CALLED the seller, buy the item concerned?

So. Let me get this straight. You expect a seller (regardless of whether the item is for sale on the hub or any other classified advertisement platform) to renege on a concrete, concluded deal, when he realises that someone else actually contacted him - not telephonically, rather contact by sms and/or PM, notification of which MAY NOT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY THE SELLER - before he talked to the guy he sold the goods to? Seriously? And as for nobody using the Hubs classifieds - you're clearly deluded on this subject. I myself sold my roadbike very easily, and know of countless others who have han no problem concluding deals on this platform. WITHOUT causing a fuss if somebody else got there first. And in my book, calling "dibs" on an internet forum, unless the OP responds, accepting said "dibs" does not count as "first"

SHOT dude!

:cursing: We'll just have to put it back, won't we? B)

Dude. Seriously. Think about it - if Gordon had never received notification, or not seen notification of the PM or SMS, how could he have known of the OPer's intent to buy the goods? Concrete intent - something more than the school-yard bound "dibs". If he had not seen the SMS, or PM notification, and somebody phoned him - USING THE SHOWN CELLPHONE NUMBER - how is selling the item to the guy that PHONED him, wrong? Phone him in the first place, FFS. Rule out any potential loss of translation. And what the hell is the relevance of your 1st sentence & point nr 5? Some sort of self-important, condescending bullsh1t that you put there to try and imply that you are worthier than the rest of humanity?

I personally vouch for Gordon here. Stand up guy. Known him for 15 plus years... DIBS does not count as "I will take it. Please send me confirmation of banking details" What if he had sold it elsewhere? Do you piss on the guy who advertises a car in Junkmail, only to sell it whilst you had said only "dibs"? Had you received confirmation that he received your PM's or SMS's requesting details on delivery? A sale is a sale, as soon as intent to buy has been voiced, and the seller ACCEPTS your intent to buy as tacit agreement to his terms. If he doesn't receive / become notified of your intent to buy (concrete intent, not "dibs") then there is no basis for this argument.

And what would the issue with you waiting for a clear space have been? You probably would have tried to avoid the rock on your BIcycle as well. If someone was behind you whilst doing that, would you have been the source of HIS anger? Grow up. It's just a ride. And if you were racing a uni for position, you must be SERIOUSLY slow or technically challenged.

Damn. Just watched it now... Absolutely frikkin amazing. No other words for it. Those tailwhips at the end!? Madness. Awesome, unadulterated madness!

I know! It almost kicked me off! Granted, I was confused and didn't have enough speed, but it neds to be refined so that you can use it for both left & right fork...

You can see it in person when we do the work at Tokai! Oh - dude - that new kicker on Vasbyt confused the HELL outta me yesterday!

n + 2". Where n = current height. The adoption of platform shoes might help to alleviate this problem, in the process of which you are swiftly turned into a nancy-boy.

Awesome, Wes - it's amazing the difference it makes to your riding when you actually trust the bike, and get used to it!

Multiple post fantastica!

Nah, I still dig the HT action. I'll just use it for any XC events that come up, as well as with some DJ action when I get more into it...

Yeah. Faster, I can do... It only really takes a couple runs to work it out.

thank goodness she changed med aids... previous one had a limit of 20k. New one - no limit.

not as much as a knee replacement! Eish! My mom's just had hers done. R126k later...

oh ja - full finger gloves with carbon reinforcement on outside knuckles (for those wayward trees/rocks/faces-of-people-who-annoy-me...

you won't be sorry!

kneeguards & fullface helmet for DH stuff. Maybe taking the kneeguards over for aggressive XC stuff. Still need to get elbow/forearm guards

Oh - and no way in hell would I have made it up to the mast today! 36 tooth up front & a v squatty rear ain't that great for climbing.. Not to mention a 20kg weigh-in!

I dig Mamba & vasbyt. Boulders is good as well. In terms of technicality, the DH track isn't that far removed from Mamba. It's just longer and the dropoffs are slightly higher, and there are more jumps. Which you can go around... They're mega fun!

was riding up the main fire road from 4 to 5, and then down the DH tracks. 5, 4 & 3 (vasbyt) until the last of the jumps. Then my roots. Where were you riding?