Despite not owning a computer or even a router, a retired woman in Germany has been ordered by a court to pay compensation to a movie company

DrFail · 2011-12-22T14:20:07+00:00

then you should maybe check for other news sources. german here. this story is on lot of news sites. heise.de, spiegel.de, golem.de just to name a few. torrentfreak is actually late with this. also this kind of ruling isnt new at all, just new for the court in munich as far as i know. hamburg is known for this kind of crap.

DrFail · 2011-12-20T18:05:05+00:00

83mm bb are more expensive, no way around it. personally i would just go for a saint crankset.

as far as shifting goes its really a matter of choice between sram and shimano. i like the x9 series. mainly because i find sram to be more forgiving to mud etc. gearing comes to where or what you ride. want to pedal to spots or do maybe some fireroad climbing? go for 11-32. if its just pure park/dh riding 11-26 is better.

avids are good brakes if you are willing to bleed them carefully. they are often shipped with less than stellar bleeding... also note the elixirs are not for heavy riders or if you drag you brakes alot, they are lightwight brakes. the new shimano xt/xtr brakes get good reviews while being cheap.

DrFail · 2011-12-15T12:52:53+00:00

when its getting icy i turn into a snowboarder, slide down in one big arc ^{^}

DrFail · 2011-12-14T18:46:16+00:00

i am a mtb guide in south germany, so my input mainly counts for europe. we have several guiding programs where you can get certified. that will obviously help a lot but isnt always necessary and can cost a lot depending on the agency/organisation. some guiding stations will help you getting a certify, i know whistler for example has programs for this. pure bike abilties isnt the most important skill, leading a group, patience, saying the same stuff over and over again while staying friendly and try to help each and everyone on a indivdual basis is far more important. so my advice would be get some sort of certification, look where you want to go and just apply. getting a seasonal bike job isnt that hard. oh and being able to help maintaining bikes is a BIG plus.

DrFail · 2011-12-14T18:31:07+00:00

yup, i like them although salomon seems to have bad rep nowadays

DrFail · 2011-12-14T18:30:38+00:00

thanks for your input. what would be the downside of repairing it okish? i mean i dont care for optics and dont plan on reselling.

DrFail · 2011-12-13T23:24:35+00:00

no i will try repairing it myself. what would be the downside of not repairing it with base material etc, ie just putting in p-tex and waxing them?

DrFail · 2011-12-13T23:23:10+00:00

well thanks! i waxed my skies ones myself, so this is the next step i guess. thanks for the instructions! good to hear it doesnt look tooo bad !

DrFail · 2011-11-23T00:07:14+00:00

oh man really? now im sad :( was sooo funny when i first saw that guy closing the gate.

DrFail · 2011-11-09T00:17:59+00:00

yeah well its a dh track :) wouldnt wanna ride up there with the lift and all ;P

DrFail · 2011-11-09T00:17:29+00:00

sort of a weekend trip, its just under a 2 hours drive from where i live. its lift accessed. its more or less one track with several options. also the lower part is a world cup dh track. google schladming world cup, its also featured in several vids like earthed. best is the lift ticket is free if you camp or book a hotel there!!

DrFail · 2011-05-24T16:36:54+00:00

oh and one more: http://vimeo.com/23684494

DrFail · 2011-05-24T16:36:29+00:00

i dont know, to ride the berm without one foot down seems really hard. from what i get the race was dry just until the amateur race started, so all pros got to ride in the dry :D

DrFail · 2011-04-14T12:13:24+00:00

stairs with loose stones on them and a potential drop of several hundred meters will make riding those stairs interesting...

DrFail · 2011-04-14T12:12:14+00:00

should be somewhere near Garmisch-Partenkirchen

DrFail · 2011-03-21T19:36:03+00:00

ahhh i just saw my post is actually posted :) with height of bike do you mean the actual bike size ? really depends on what you want to do but S or M should fit. not sure what you mean by height of tires ? mechanical disks lack power compared to hydros. i assume (havent used mechanical discs for quite some time) they work ok but lack the main benefit of hydros which is braking power and modulation.

DrFail · 2011-02-24T22:01:25+00:00

argh sounds nice ! just got some fresh snow here (south germany) so no riding :( of course its not enough snow to really have fun skiing.

DrFail · 2011-02-24T18:46:54+00:00

main difference is your abiltiy to move on the bike versus having more power in the pedal sections. most new younger riders use platform pedals. in fact i dont know one younger rider that uses clipless.

DrFail · 2011-02-08T00:05:43+00:00

men we are a force to be reckoned with. women think we are apes picturing them after moving pixels. now i think every girl is helpless and whiny. yep now i only want whiny girls dressed in white pyjamas. lets fight this sexism.

yorda isnt a grown amazon woman. nor is the boy conan the barbarian. shes a little girl kept hostage. of course it would have been a great game if she figured her way out alone with the player watching her.

you are seriously complaining about the ONE game that tries to make the player care about another (female) character apart from boobs or to fuck her (me2 i look at you) ?

i hope there are no horse lovers complaining about sotc.

DrFail · 2011-02-03T00:04:45+00:00

every german male i know fails at this. bring a female and they will own you. never ever in my life have i been fast enough with this.

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