Old School: Your Fav Socalmtb Moment

[g.c.]

Mike made me do it.... reminding me of old times with the knuckle dragging (now) grey hairs of socalmtb.

My favorite moments:

Freaky Franky's bike pics. That thing was pimp.

Peace outside (pee outside, peas outside, piece outside) from whathisface.

Any HLD story about crashing after a jump or huck.

Regis' flogs.

The "haunted" posts about Blackstar.

Good times, good times.

[Pain Freak]

Mac and Octo spats were pretty funny.

So many really. Biker Bonnie getting pissed was always good for a laugh.Man, she could sure let some of those guys have it. DaBreeze with his words of wisdom. And course there was always Stu to stir up the pot. And above all, lets not forget OPP 90210. Damn, I'm getting all misty eyed.....

[g.c.]

Originally Posted by Pain Freak

Mac and Octo spats were pretty funny.

So many really. Biker Bonnie getting pissed was always good for a laugh.Man, she could sure let some of those guys have it. DaBreeze with his words of wisdom. And course there was always Stu to stir up the pot. And above all, lets not forget OPP 90210. Damn, I'm getting all misty eyed.....

Mac and Octo... holy crap, I forgot!

Biker Bonnie's ex husband was a friend and riding bud back in the day. Great guy, great stories.

DaBreeze, what ever happened to the hippy?

Stu messing with people...

I'm misty with ya.

[spookydave]

Mine was the last day I clicked on the site years ago. I alway hated that site due to the people that bashed everyone on every thread. I have some thick skin and couldn't even stand to lurk there. I see alot of them are now over here posting.

Hopefully they won't run this one in the ground like they did that one.

flame away

[Pain Freak]

I don't think it'll ever happen here spook. True we have some of the folks from there, but lesson's were learned and Steve who owned the site was just plain tired of working at it. He was in it foremost for financial gain and if you don't pay attetion it can go to the dogs pretty quick. The mods we had were as bad as some of the flamers and Steve wouldn't change them, even though they were 90% of the problem. I liked the format they had and there were also a lot of good and lasting friendships developed from that site.

I'm not going to say it was to bad, because with it's failings this site might not never had come into being.

Once again, I got to say Thanks Godfather.

[spookydave]

That site went downhill years before this one was even thought of. At least in my eyes it did. This site has taken the place of RideMonkey for me. Back in 2,000 ~ 2,001 RideMonkey's So Cal section was great. Met lots of new people and am still friends with them to this day. But it has gone way downhill too.

So I guess my Ridemonkey is your SocalMTB. I'm sure it's someone elses MTBR. It's all good in the end when yer on yer bike right?

But what I do think is funny is you and I were talking about this very thing. You said so and so will never post here because they prolly don't even ride anymore. The very next day that guy starts a thread. lol

Hey, it's all good though. Back then you guys wanted to get a rise out of people. Well, I'll tell you, it worked. lol

[Collette]

I was a SocalMTB lurker for about a year and always waited for a dumba$$ remark from "BBB", and who could forget the famous frankenbikes. Oh, and the mention of a place called Fathers Office in every beer and ride report post.

[LBmtb]

Don't worry - this site will never turn into what socalmtb became. You have my word

[tkblazer]

the birth of the legend that is Steven Jackson... thats my fav fo sho

[Collette]

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[JoeTruth]

[SIZE=4]If you've been around long enough, you'll know everyone in the photo.
Name all riders' Socalmtb handles and win a prize. If you're in the photo, you may NOT reply!


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[STP]

Gawd! What a ride that was! Biker Bonnie, Dirtcrab, Endo, El Jefe, Papismo, the one who said Peace Outside!). Crossmax, Dirtshark99, Dusty Bottoms, Tom Kenney, Brahma, Chainsaw (Gus was always good for a chuckle!), Duggle, FFW (my best bud), Mac, El Santo, Aquaholic, Ebasil and UnrealTrip


I always loved seeing Freaky Franky's incredible collection of bikes. Do any of you remember Aka the Rut (?) Andy's collection of some seriously sweet ti and carbon two-wheeled goodies?

Looking back at the archive, we had Big Bad Ben (moto boy in disguise), Heckler aka Gringo, aka Nada, The Real Fat Cat, Mr Bonk and gawd, DeRanger (did he ever bury himself!), The Professor, Big, Mongoose, Dirtbag, OblaiD,


Who was at the very first Santa Monica Weekend gathering? I wish I could remember, DaBreeze organized it and what a party it was!

For giggles, check out this post by Upchuck FOUR years ago! It's still a great story!

http://www.socalmtb.com/messages/all...sages/2589.htm

[JoeTruth]

Originally Posted by STP

Gawd! What a ride that was! Biker Bonnie, Dirtcrab, Endo, El Jefe, Papismo, the one who said Peace Outside!). Crossmax, Dirtshark99, Dusty Bottoms, Tom Kenney, Brahma, Chainsaw (Gus was always good for a chuckle!), Duggle, FFW (my best bud), Mac, El Santo, Aquaholic, Ebasil and UnrealTrip

I always loved seeing Freaky Franky's incredible collection of bikes.
Looking back at the archive, we had Big Bad Ben (moto boy in disguise), Heckler aka Gringo, aka Nada, The Real Fat Cat, Mr Bonk and gawd, DeRanger (did he ever bury himself!), The Professor, Big, Mongoose, Dirtbag, OblaiD,

Who was at the very first Santa Monica Weekend gathering? I wish I could remember, DaBreeze organized it and what a party it was!

[SIZE=3] Wrong ride, Reg. Who you see in the photo was it. No other riders in this group ride. I think you're getting this mixed-up with the SM-72 ride in Oct. 2000 (pic below) or The Chilao gathering, which I think you were MIA due to some domestic complications.




FranklyFreaky was/is a trip but a good guy. I'll never forget the time I met him and his little short chubby buddy (I think Rich) for a ride in the Verdugo's. After they walked-up most of the climb and the descend and even then, had a few yard sales, I couldn't wait to get back to my car like a little girl and call Matt, Dusty and Pete. We all were dying of laughter!

You're forgetting characters like AirBear, Misha, Brahma and Mister Chin. Some good threads right there! Someone asked what happen to Derek (DaBreeze). Well, he's now living in Sedona and has become a professional photographer and is no longer riding and hasn't in quite a while. He's got a good photo gallery on http://www.pbase.com/sedonamemories


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[Endo Verendo]

Originally Posted by JoeTruth

[SIZE=4]If you've been around long enough, you'll know everyone in the photo.
Name all riders' Socalmtb handles and win a prize. If you're in the photo, you may NOT reply!


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From left to right: El Santo, Brahma/ReFleX, Full Face Nate, DaBreeze, OPP, Dusty Bottoms and Joe IDiot. What do I win?

Originally Posted by STP

Who was at the very first Santa Monica Weekend gathering?

I was...SM72! Followed by the SD72 and the OC72.

[Pain Freak]

Damn, I had it too, but I would of refered to FF Nate as Sandy Utah. And of course Matt would of been OPP 90210. Kev will always be the infamous Dusty known by Homers worldwide.

You got to love Kev's cholo look.

[Endo Verendo]

This gem gets good about 7 posts in...

http://www.socalmtb.com/socal/messag...1769.htm#91825

[JoeTruth]

Originally Posted by Endo Verendo

From left to right: El Santo, Brahma/ReFleX, Full Face Nate, DaBreeze, OPP, Dusty Bottoms and Joe IDiot. What do I win?

[SIZE=3] You're a little off on one name but I suppose that's close enough. You're the grand prize winner! Your prize is to bring me dinner for 7 days straight (no fast food please) and get my car washed. Don't ya just feel lucky now!

BTW, don't be mean spirited. Please dig down deep and find some kindness in that little heart of yours. [/SIZE]

[g.c.]

Originally Posted by Endo Verendo

This gem gets good about 7 posts in...

http://www.socalmtb.com/socal/messag...1769.htm#91825

Classic.

DeRanger, what a guy. He ended up suing the county when they finally fired him again and fell off of the face of the earth. I remember his "Peter's Canyon Nazi" personality well; he acted like he owned the joint. Funny thing, two months after the first removal (the one where he yelled at the dog owner who happened to have some contacts high up in the county) something came out in Sunset magazine touting his "Peter's Canyon Kayak Tours". Why would you kayak in that puddle and what is there to tour?

Good old DeRanged.

[JoeTruth]

Originally Posted by g.c.

Classic.

DeRanger, what a guy. He ended up suing the county when they finally fired him again and fell off of the face of the earth. Good old DeRanged.

[SIZE=3]Man, DeRanged was a trip. Smart, educated, environmentally conscious but a total misfit. Everything he did rubbed people the wrong way. In hindsight, I guess we could've all been more mature and avoided the mud slinging but then again, how boring would Socalmtb have been if that were the case?[/SIZE]

[Endo Verendo]

Originally Posted by JoeTruth

[SIZE=3] Don't ya just feel lucky now!
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Woo!