Dozer
27-11-2006, 06:38 AM
As the headline suggests, this weeks farker is Quintin! Thanks to everyone who played "Random Farker". Some of the answers were very close but Quintin hit the money shot with his guess of 39.5.
The equation.....
-Subtract the amount of rear wheel travel ( 11 ) my DH bike has from the last two digits of my postcode ( 50 )
-Add the travel ( 7.5 ) that my forks have,
-Subtract the size ( 16 ) of my brake rotors combined,
-Add the amount of gears ( 9 ) on my DH bike.
The answer could've been taken in a lot of form but I made the 7.5" travel of my forks the clincher, I couldn't make it too easy!
Well done Quintin, he joins a list of elite members who are part of MTF...here he is!
1: What is your real name? Where are you from? What is your occupation?
Quintin Humphreys, I’m from Brisbane, QLD and I’m an ICT Manager
2: Why did you choose that username?
I wanted to be like Jared
3: How does it feel to be the first winner of the random farker competition?
Feels great you know, really great… ah jeez… just so good. But I owe it all to my calculator and Australia post online. And god.
4: What are your best and worst memories from Farkin?
Well my worst memory would have to be being banned for a few weeks. Like most I was only trying to be funny… just didn’t go down all that well.
My best would have to be the Yup Boys thread. It’s nice to have a small place to call home and I think a lot of people know me and recognize me because of it. From what I hear a lot of people read it fairly often. To be honest if I was on the outside I wouldn’t have the patience.
5: If you were a moderator on farkin, tell us what your banning stick would look like.
I think my banning stick would look a lot like a sawn off pool queue with 6 or 8 roofing screws through it. If anyone posted anything negative about my interview…. I’d throw down some beat down.
6: What is the best part of mountain biking for you?
Not that it happens very often anymore, (my friends are just obsessive upgraders, broken bodies, parents etc) but we used to ride at least once a week, with a full car; we would abuse each other and carry on. It was great.
7: What part would make your bike better?
A sexy Rohloff DH Chain Tensioner. Just saw it last night and I have to get one. Makes my home job monster look scary.
8: Funniest thing seen at a restaurant?
On the Saturday night of the Coffs state round 06 about 20+ of us hit up the local Thai joint and caused quite a stir. Farkin got the recognition it deserved and even a waitress got christened The Farkin Thai bride. Various other street furniture got branded and all in all it was phat!
9: Best person to go on a long ride with?
The only person I have really gone on a long (ish) ride with was EMF. A Farkin member less known for his online presence but has starred in various humor roles in our vids. Great guy, funny etc but unfortunately I would not go on a long ride with him again. He is a masochistic pain merchant! He pushed me until I almost died, then he pedaled back to me, circled me, laughed, got off his bike and kicked me off mine, then dragged me up the hill tied to his seat post by the ankle. And he was still in top gear!
In all honesty I think the best person to go on a long ride with would be Either Mr Plow or Toodles. I know for a fact that we wouldn’t even leave the garage. One of 2 things would happen: 1) we would upgrade something and then ride in circles in the street talking about it and arguing about it. Or 2) someone would suggest beer.
9: Best person to go on a long drive with?
I’ve done a few trips to Coffs from BNE (about 5.5 - 6 hrs for a normal car full of guys with stops etc)… if you go with Fallboy you will get there in about 3.5 hours and would have got some interesting stories along the way. And if you don’t go with him, he will get angry at you.
10: What is currently on the computer desk you log onto Farkin from?
Right now I’m onsite at an exhibition centre. Not much is on this desk, camera, phone, some keys, empty tea cup.. Boring.
Normally at home I have camera, mp4 cam (soon to be helmet cam) phone, some keys, empty tea cup, printer, extra monitor, scrap paper, bills and blood from me bashing my head against the desk wondering why I said id do that website! See much more interesting.
11: Worst vehicle ever used for shuttling:
I haven’t really shuttled in a bad car yet I don’t think. We have been pretty lucky and we’ve always had pretty good cars like utes or dual cabs etc to shuttle in
12: Most amount of dollars spent on a big night out:
When I was 18 I was able to do a couple of litres of goon at home and then go out with $40 in my pocket. I’d even get a cab home with that. Drinks were about $5 so I could get 5 or 6 drinks while out too.
Nowadays its hard to see much change from $100. I think the most id have spent lately would be about $200? Nothing too impressive but I don’t do it much. I think its better off in my pocket.
The equation.....
-Subtract the amount of rear wheel travel ( 11 ) my DH bike has from the last two digits of my postcode ( 50 )
-Add the travel ( 7.5 ) that my forks have,
-Subtract the size ( 16 ) of my brake rotors combined,
-Add the amount of gears ( 9 ) on my DH bike.
The answer could've been taken in a lot of form but I made the 7.5" travel of my forks the clincher, I couldn't make it too easy!
Well done Quintin, he joins a list of elite members who are part of MTF...here he is!
1: What is your real name? Where are you from? What is your occupation?
Quintin Humphreys, I’m from Brisbane, QLD and I’m an ICT Manager
2: Why did you choose that username?
I wanted to be like Jared
3: How does it feel to be the first winner of the random farker competition?
Feels great you know, really great… ah jeez… just so good. But I owe it all to my calculator and Australia post online. And god.
4: What are your best and worst memories from Farkin?
Well my worst memory would have to be being banned for a few weeks. Like most I was only trying to be funny… just didn’t go down all that well.
My best would have to be the Yup Boys thread. It’s nice to have a small place to call home and I think a lot of people know me and recognize me because of it. From what I hear a lot of people read it fairly often. To be honest if I was on the outside I wouldn’t have the patience.
5: If you were a moderator on farkin, tell us what your banning stick would look like.
I think my banning stick would look a lot like a sawn off pool queue with 6 or 8 roofing screws through it. If anyone posted anything negative about my interview…. I’d throw down some beat down.
6: What is the best part of mountain biking for you?
Not that it happens very often anymore, (my friends are just obsessive upgraders, broken bodies, parents etc) but we used to ride at least once a week, with a full car; we would abuse each other and carry on. It was great.
7: What part would make your bike better?
A sexy Rohloff DH Chain Tensioner. Just saw it last night and I have to get one. Makes my home job monster look scary.
8: Funniest thing seen at a restaurant?
On the Saturday night of the Coffs state round 06 about 20+ of us hit up the local Thai joint and caused quite a stir. Farkin got the recognition it deserved and even a waitress got christened The Farkin Thai bride. Various other street furniture got branded and all in all it was phat!
9: Best person to go on a long ride with?
The only person I have really gone on a long (ish) ride with was EMF. A Farkin member less known for his online presence but has starred in various humor roles in our vids. Great guy, funny etc but unfortunately I would not go on a long ride with him again. He is a masochistic pain merchant! He pushed me until I almost died, then he pedaled back to me, circled me, laughed, got off his bike and kicked me off mine, then dragged me up the hill tied to his seat post by the ankle. And he was still in top gear!
In all honesty I think the best person to go on a long ride with would be Either Mr Plow or Toodles. I know for a fact that we wouldn’t even leave the garage. One of 2 things would happen: 1) we would upgrade something and then ride in circles in the street talking about it and arguing about it. Or 2) someone would suggest beer.
9: Best person to go on a long drive with?
I’ve done a few trips to Coffs from BNE (about 5.5 - 6 hrs for a normal car full of guys with stops etc)… if you go with Fallboy you will get there in about 3.5 hours and would have got some interesting stories along the way. And if you don’t go with him, he will get angry at you.
10: What is currently on the computer desk you log onto Farkin from?
Right now I’m onsite at an exhibition centre. Not much is on this desk, camera, phone, some keys, empty tea cup.. Boring.
Normally at home I have camera, mp4 cam (soon to be helmet cam) phone, some keys, empty tea cup, printer, extra monitor, scrap paper, bills and blood from me bashing my head against the desk wondering why I said id do that website! See much more interesting.
11: Worst vehicle ever used for shuttling:
I haven’t really shuttled in a bad car yet I don’t think. We have been pretty lucky and we’ve always had pretty good cars like utes or dual cabs etc to shuttle in
12: Most amount of dollars spent on a big night out:
When I was 18 I was able to do a couple of litres of goon at home and then go out with $40 in my pocket. I’d even get a cab home with that. Drinks were about $5 so I could get 5 or 6 drinks while out too.
Nowadays its hard to see much change from $100. I think the most id have spent lately would be about $200? Nothing too impressive but I don’t do it much. I think its better off in my pocket.