Jolfa Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) Well just thought I'd say hello.. Again My name is Rich, I used to frequent this forum as GiAnT, then as NoRcO, If anyone can remember me (which I very much doubt) I was a real little arsey b*stard! For which I now sincerly apologise!This was many years ago (6) when I quit trials due to breaking my face on a wall trying to tap my front wheel to hop up and a general loss of interest when I passed my driving test.. I since took up smoking, drinking and eating copius quantities of cheese, so something has to be done!Sooo, over the last couple of months I've been building the bike I always dreamt of back in the day - a full 2001/02 Martin Hawyes Giant replica with a few subtle personal touches, it's just about done just need a few finishing touches which I'm hoping someone on here might be able to help with once/if I get validated and it'll be nice to get back in touch with modern day trials at the same time Anyway, enough babbling, I'll get some pics up of my bike soon as so you can all have a giggle at the sheer retro-ness of it So... Hello! Edited January 23, 2008 by hellomynameisroger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRANK BRO Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 hi you nice to see you are back,how did they repair your face?look forward to the photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 I remember NoRcO!Speaking of which, nice Norco in the bike pics thread mate, loving the old school Welcome back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Wahey !!!More Oldschoolers !!!Welcome Back Jarrod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Dark Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Welcome back to the forum....good to see more oldskool bikes around !Follow the rules and you'll be validated soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 (edited) how did they repair your face?look forward to the photos Well, I used to pull a concentrating face, where I sucked my top lip (if you'd all like to do that now ) so when I went over my bars and smacked my chin I bit through my top lip, bit one of my front teeth in half and knocked the other so far back it was touching the roof of my mouth!!! After they stitched my lip up, they had to just use brute force to pull the whole one back into place and held them all together with a temporary brace, then once they were straight-ish took the nerves out of them (they had turned grey/black by this time) and rebuilt the broken oneNeedless to say I've never had any confidence whatsoever since As for my Norco, that's still the height of technology as far as I'm concerned, but I never did like the frame, geometry is aaalllll wrong for trials, hence the Giant Most of the stuff I've been watching in recent (within the last 3 years recent haha) vids is amazing! Edited January 23, 2008 by hellomynameisroger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladd Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Welcome back mate you will be validated in no time that was a really good topic you posted up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny.p Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hello and welcome back, your first post sounds a lot like me started smoking/drinking and genarally lost interest, but i only quit for about two years and am finding the fitness thing hard to get back!Nearly forgot, dont know how many people this will affect but my hands are absolutely ruind with riding trials again blisters etc, anyone else found this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Hello and welcome back, your first post sounds a lot like me started smoking/drinking and genarally lost interest, but i only quit for about two years and am finding the fitness thing hard to get back!Nearly forgot, dont know how many people this will affect but my hands are absolutely ruind with riding trials again blisters etc, anyone else found this?How long have you been riding again for? I can't imagine I'm going to be anywhere near as fit as I was again in a hurry!!Ha, My hands always used to be knackered, got that to look forward to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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