Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby scatter on Wed 30/Oct/13 2:21pm

I dun a science and it was awesome :cool:
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby Colin on Wed 30/Oct/13 2:46pm

scatter wrote:I dun a science and it was awesome :cool:

This awesome?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXRTkteOXC0
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby DogsBollocks on Wed 30/Oct/13 9:18pm

Hey ! So here we go. Bought this beastie from a mate a wee while back when the new Cracknfail died and went back. Love it, dun dun 120k on it in the 6hr solo. Light, quick, a beautiful thing.
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So decided to upgrade the geared and import a new frame and do my 1st build to match.
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Identical frame (except for the colour !) 18" on-one inbred
Deore drive train
XT F & R ders
Deore shifters and new Shimano 615 stoppers
Thompson Elite post with Charge spoon saddle
Chris King headset & Salsa collar.
Race Face stem & Funn Fatboy bar & Grips
Shimano pedals.
Wheels from the old horse.
Dual Air Reba.
Set up with same geo as the SS. Had a ball, absolutely stoked. So much so her indoors & me are hitting up Hanmer this weekend.
Big thanks to Hedley for his advice and fettling skills. Learnt a heap. Cheers.
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby swtchbckr on Wed 30/Oct/13 9:46pm

colour of awesomeness
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby pushbikerider on Wed 30/Oct/13 10:15pm

Looks like a couple of fun bikes

Orange looks awesome!, Building your first one yourself is always a cool feeling

Hope you enjoy :thumbsup:
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby happybaboon on Thu 31/Oct/13 12:00pm

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industr ... ian-shares

w00t for the Bank of New York, which is apparently now a Mum and Dad NZ investor! That's good news for New Zealand, that out mum and dad investors have 150 million bucks to invest, and presumably some prime real estate in New York, and so on :thumbsup:
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby znomit on Thu 31/Oct/13 1:45pm

happybaboon wrote:http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9346647/New-York-bank-snaps-up-Meridian-shares

w00t for the Bank of New York, which is apparently now a Mum and Dad NZ investor! That's good news for New Zealand, that out mum and dad investors have 150 million bucks to invest, and presumably some prime real estate in New York, and so on :thumbsup:

You don't make any money by selling your own stuff to yourself.
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby phunk on Thu 31/Oct/13 1:51pm

happybaboon wrote:http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/9346647/New-York-bank-snaps-up-Meridian-shares

w00t for the Bank of New York, which is apparently now a Mum and Dad NZ investor! That's good news for New Zealand, that out mum and dad investors have 150 million bucks to invest, and presumably some prime real estate in New York, and so on :thumbsup:


So the regulatory risk is now bourne overseas rather than domestically.
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby Oli on Thu 31/Oct/13 3:40pm

Jason Bourne?
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby phunk on Thu 31/Oct/13 3:49pm

He is badass.
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby Malcy on Fri 1/Nov/13 12:56pm

My new laptop

WooT

32GB RAM, 256SSD, 1TB Spindle disk, 2GB video ram.

WooT
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby chuckie34 on Fri 1/Nov/13 6:51pm

Malcy wrote:My new laptop

WooT

32GB RAM, 256SSD, 1TB Spindle disk, 2GB video ram.

WooT



Whatcha get? and where from? :thumbsup:
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby shmoodiver on Fri 1/Nov/13 9:20pm

15mm of extra stem, MEGA wootage. bike was RAILING tonight.
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby E Dogg Capizzle on Sat 2/Nov/13 4:23am

Bump.
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Re: Things That Make You Go W00t

Postby Malcy on Sat 2/Nov/13 2:57pm

chuckie34 wrote:
Malcy wrote:My new laptop

WooT

32GB RAM, 256SSD, 1TB Spindle disk, 2GB video ram.

WooT



Whatcha get? and where from? :thumbsup:



HP Elitebook 8570w. It's bloody quick, but I tell ya, running it side by side with it's predecessor (Elitebook, i7, 16GB, spindle disk) I was impressed by how fast Win 8 loads on both of them! Crazy.
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