the nerd Posted May 7, 2020 Share Mine. Bornmann pulled two spokes clean through a new Enve rim - I subsequently discovered he didn't believe in using a strain gauge. The wheel was egg-shaped (IIRC the tension on some of the remaining spokes was 3 times the recommended tension) and the rim was stuffed. The Sherriff rebuilt it after I had the rim repaired but the damage was effectively irrecoverable. Bornmann refused to accept any responsibility, blamed it on a "poorly designed rim" and had the audacity to demand I pay him for the spokes he supplied. I told him to go fark himself. JB was an opinionated ex-IT techie without any engineering skills but a unshakable belief in his own omnipotence. Whenever I recall WB Yeats' line "The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity." I think of Bornman. He is not missed. edit: Removed my real opinion of the charlatan... Anton and I were just talking about this the other day... so weird it pops up here! eddy and Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the nerd Posted May 7, 2020 Share We have had some great times and people here on the hub... Been mentioned above but Burrys passing was huge and then Barrys passing.. Rouxtjies rules, which still stand today! DJR, WeekendWarrior80, eddy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted May 7, 2020 Share Original Boring Old Guard / Original Gangster Not so boring / Heading in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted May 7, 2020 Share WTFlip has happened to Scotty, has anyone seen or heard from him? Last post from Scotty was on 26 March I'm number 1830, joined Jul 2007. https://community.bikehub.co.za/user/2-matt/ I'm guessing user number 1 got killed offhad a look at the oldest threads i could find still viewable, anything less than 100 was in the first 6 months it seems.first 1000 was probably a year in 7-Scotty edit: i'll update those under 200 (maybe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted May 7, 2020 Share Haven't spoken to the big guy (Scotty) in a while but he must be OK as he's logging lots of Strava miles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowbee Posted May 7, 2020 Share Haven't spoken to the big guy (Scotty) in a while but he must be OK as he's logging lots of Strava miles! , thnaks NSBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted May 8, 2020 Share Mine. Bornmann pulled two spokes clean through a new Enve rim - I subsequently discovered he didn't believe in using a strain gauge. The wheel was egg-shaped (IIRC the tension on some of the remaining spokes was 3 times the recommended tension) and the rim was stuffed. The Sherriff rebuilt it after I had the rim repaired but the damage was effectively irrecoverable. Bornmann refused to accept any responsibility, blamed it on a "poorly designed rim" and had the audacity to demand I pay him for the spokes he supplied. I told him to go fark himself. JB was an opinionated ex-IT techie without any engineering skills but a unshakable belief in his own omnipotence. Whenever I recall WB Yeats' line "The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity." I think of Bornman.He is not missed. edit: Removed my real opinion of the charlatan... Yup. eddy and the nerd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted May 8, 2020 Share I'm number 1830, joined Jul 2007. https://community.bikehub.co.za/user/2-matt/ I'm guessing user number 1 got killed offhad a look at the oldest threads i could find still viewable, anything less than 100 was in the first 6 months it seems.first 1000 was probably a year in 2-Matt7-Scotty11 - Buff21-AndreZA25 - spinnekop30 - brakkies sport Fotos43 - I Fly50 - Eddy51 - sias55 - ewep63 - the guy in pink71 - bateleur91 - cvancoillie105 – dirt Rider126 - NotSobigben160 - tumbles/holy roller RIP (probably still winning on post count)182 - SwissVan edit: i'll update those under 200 (maybe) You missed me (don't worry, it happens often) Member 87. Joined 15 Dec 2004 edit: corrected date. Edited May 8, 2020 by Wannabe The Guy in Pink 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted May 8, 2020 Share You missed me (don't worry, it happens often) Member 87. Joined 15 Dec 200 And you think it is a coincidence or an oversight...….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted May 8, 2020 Share And you think it is a coincidence or an oversight...….. Nah, on purpose. eddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted May 8, 2020 Share You missed me (don't worry, it happens often) Member 87. Joined 15 Dec 2004 edit: corrected date.i didn't look that hard to be honest, but funnily i did look for you and there are a crapload of wannabe variants that come up on member search. plenty of wannabe wannabes I'm sure I missed plenty, was kind hoping admin would just post the list already, but he's obviously quite busy as he just got married and is having the best honeymoon ever Wannabe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalahari Vegmot Posted May 8, 2020 Share So I'm a pretty new Hubber, however reading all the stories about the Sheriff and the "days of old" etc is something I find quite interesting. I remember a few years ago I searched some of the ooolder threads way back when everyone was still riding 26ers and the 'Male Sexies' thread(whatever it's called) was still active... There were some really interesting days on here I'm sure.... I would be quite interested in maybe an article(or post) about the history of theHub/Bikehub. How did it start? How did it grow? When did it become a full-fledged business? Etc. Etc. ? Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted May 8, 2020 Share So I'm a pretty new Hubber, however reading all the stories about the Sheriff and the "days of old" etc is something I find quite interesting. I remember a few years ago I searched some of the ooolder threads way back when everyone was still riding 26ers and the 'Male Sexies' thread(whatever it's called) was still active... There were some really interesting days on here I'm sure.... I would be quite interested in maybe an article(or post) about the history of theHub/Bikehub. How did it start? How did it grow? When did it become a full-fledged business? Etc. Etc. ? Prior to theHub the primary Forum was the Supercycling forum which was hosted/moderated by Cyclelab. But there were some very heated debates especially in the days with the rivalry between Winningtime and champion chip and various other politics and quite often Cyclelab was also involved with the politics and members often got gagged. So somewhere between these fights theBikehub came into being (Mat can give more info on this) and there was pretty much a mass exodus from Supercycling to bikeHub and after that Supercycling was pretty dead as far as I can remember. montyzuma, DawieO and Kalahari Vegmot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I FLY Posted May 8, 2020 Share Prior to theHub the primary Forum was the Supercycling forum which was hosted/moderated by Cyclelab. But there were some very heated debates especially in the days with the rivalry between Winningtime and champion chip and various other politics and quite often Cyclelab was also involved with the politics and members often got gagged. So somewhere between these fights theBikehub came into being (Mat can give more info on this) and there was pretty much a mass exodus from Supercycling to bikeHub and after that Supercycling was pretty dead as far as I can remember.There was also a Spinman forum at about the same time as the Supersport one. Terry Kobus was the moderator of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted May 8, 2020 Share Popeye got me onto the hub years ago. He was really pissed off when he got his "magazines" Captain Fastbastard Mayhem 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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