thegringo OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW BETTER,YOUNG ENOUGH TO RIP.
Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
Male / 35
Member Since: Nov 5, 2009
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Bike I ride: my main bike is a x small G.T Ruckus 1.0,custom build.Its set up with 5 gears and a neautrel gear,sram x.9 shifter and rear mech.I run a single 32 tooth ring up front on a Shimano deore lx hollowtech crank with a saint bash guard.Sun rhinolite/shimano wheelset on geax tattoo slicks.Charge stool saddle,Hayes hydros back and front.Truvativ,D.M.R and odi finishing kit.
Favorite Trails: The Cleveland hills,Marske woods and Guisbrough when i can.But mainly street as my bikes are set up purely for street and hardpack dirt.
About Me: I'm a 34 year old kid who dreams of owning a better bike one day,don't we all. I don't get out anywhere near as much as i'd want as i have no car license and i live on a council estate surrounded by chemical factories and shit.street riding is what you make it with the abilities you have,anyway thats me in a nutshell.
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thegringo commented under DobermannBikes's photo ( May 4, 2012 at 18:51 )
quotes unreal.i want one in polished aluminium.just to hang on my wall,along with my M1,and Yeti DH9.Though they both had weld damage.Hence on the shed well,pride of place,i couldn't do it with this though,it would be tantamount to bike treason.Sick frame. Gary. :drool:

thegringo commented under weeze's photo ( May 4, 2012 at 16:52 )
quotes that is one of the sickest 4x rigs i've ever seen.proper gorgeous.

thegringo commented under Sapki's photo ( May 4, 2012 at 16:41 )
quotes i've seen this done before,2 single speed converters sort the back hub drive out,though when i saw it,it was 2 half link chains,and the owner claimed it was better for chain grinds.Just a waste of a chain,chainring,and ss converter i.m.o.But hey each to their own eh?

thegringo commented under curtalcorn's photo ( May 4, 2012 at 16:31 )
quotes Curtalcorn,now then,long time no hear.Are you just doing a symathetic engine rebuild of this Z series motor?Or are you upgrading it all over,i,e springs,chassis,brakes the whole car?What's the story with it,cos i drove one of these when they where new,it was a m8's,and if i'm not mistaken it was a 3.0 lite twin turbo motor,and i was touching 150mph along the local motorway,and this was in the early 90's,and at that speed it was real quiet,it didn't feel like i was going anywhere near 150,very smooth.By the way that motor and bay is looking well nice,good work me old m8.Keep me posted. Gary.

thegringo commented under IanHylands's photo ( Apr 27, 2012 at 20:57 )
quotes I'll bet it is,it's a carbon nomad isn't it Ian?It'll be good to see ya set up.Cos as you well know,these frames are capable of so much.Lovely m8. Gary. :beer:

thegringo commented under IanHylands's photo ( Apr 27, 2012 at 16:47 )
quotes Proper mint frame Ian m8.Can't wait to see what ya do with it.Beatiful. Gary. :drool: :beer:

thegringo commented under knoxrider's photo ( Apr 26, 2012 at 15:35 )
quotes fcuking twats eh m8.theiving toe rags wont have even known what they had.thats what winds me up,they'll end up selling it for peanuts.Anyway at least ya've got this bad boy.

thegringo commented under IanHylands's photo ( Apr 24, 2012 at 19:51 )
quotes Yeti 4x does it again for Gravesy,or should i say re-jigged Yeti 4x,a prototype,railed Yeti 4x.Hope he really shines on this rig,as much as he did on the original 4x.Cos that was his favourite Yeti rig..I hope he has a good season focusing on Worlds and World cup DH's.Wicked shot Ian m8. Gary. :camera: :beer:

thegringo commented under faultlinetv's photo ( Apr 24, 2012 at 19:46 )
quotes love this shot.nice work m8. Gary. :camera: :beer:

thegringo commented under knoxrider's photo ( Apr 24, 2012 at 19:36 )
quotes very nice m8.

thegringo commented under knoxrider's photo ( Apr 24, 2012 at 19:35 )
quotes thats the cleanest bike i've seen in a long,long while knox-rider m8. Gary. :beer:

thegringo commented under brule's photo ( Apr 20, 2012 at 20:42 )
quotes Entertaining but ultimatley a pretty big waste of some good components.imo.having rode a regular tandem,they're quite wierd,so having dh size tavel is a waste,cos this can't go too steep,on pure common sense grounds.I mean imagine the rear rider going over the bars on a technical steep part.that bike might be 14/15 feet long and that's how high off the ground the rear rider would be having went over the bars,so taking in the decent said rider would be on that would be a 20ft drop for no particular reason.Cool looking but just too impractical,i don't mind when i see them sep ut with xc kit on them.But dh tandems just do my head in,and i believe i'm in a majority.Just my opions though. The Gringo. :?2: :beer: :lol:

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IanHylands wrote
Jan 26, 2012 at 21:43
Thanks Gary! Camera

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keeton wrote
May 23, 2011 at 22:08
Gary thanks so much for the great comments,and yes if i ever get to be that good you can have one of my old frames! lol cheers and my buddy kai has got some kool night shots today, so keep and eye out for them comeing soon!!

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IanHylands wrote
Apr 7, 2011 at 22:01
Thanks!!!

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rmarques79 wrote
Mar 2, 2011 at 11:10
I feel you brother!

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rmarques79 wrote
Mar 1, 2011 at 22:44
Wow Gary, a Rocky Mountain Switch? That's one of Canadian's best bikes! I love it! You're gonna have a very cool riding summer man! thank you so much for the cool comments on my Force and I can't wait to see your new rig man!

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rmarques79 wrote
Mar 1, 2011 at 10:32
Hey brother! How are you man? Do you like my new rig, from GT? Been riding much?

Cheers! Ricardo

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whattheheel wrote
Feb 26, 2011 at 14:15
Palme is and alwaysbe one of my hereos! Gold Jacket FTW. Just bummed he was a dick. Know what I mean? Now Peaty on the other hand is the shit!! Watchout tho he can drink. Lots. Found out the hard way!

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whattheheel wrote
Feb 23, 2011 at 16:44
Never noticed you were a Palmer fan. Man I gave that guy the biggest forearm shiver in Vegas 3 years ago. Tried to cut in front of all of us getting out of the disorder premiere. Realized who I checked and then felt bad....


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