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by autumnleaves
Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:16 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Got myself a Chrome Ivan. Haha, it's massive! Gonna take some getting used to, but certainly built like a tank and I reckon will outlive me.
by autumnleaves
Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:34 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: Groundation
Replies: 5
Views: 1659

Re: Groundation

Anyone else going?
by autumnleaves
Tue Mar 06, 2012 5:31 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: Groundation
Replies: 5
Views: 1659

Re: Groundation

bump. next tuesday 13th at the hifi. anyone got any cheapies?
by autumnleaves
Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Nah, no such thing :) I'm a bit obsessive when it comes to buying new things, I like to do my research! You guys have been really helpful, thanks! Reckon the Ivan looks the goods, if I'm only going to be bring a little stuff I'll just use my messenger, so more space can't hurt, and as I said, could ...
by autumnleaves
Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:29 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Could you use the Ivan for a bit of light travelling too? Let's say I went to Thailand for a few weeks backpacking. Would it fill that role well? I'm a bit confused, since it looks massive in the pictures on the Chrome website, but it's only two inches longer than the pawn. How is it when it's not f...
by autumnleaves
Sat Mar 03, 2012 5:09 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Nice one guys!! The unintentional consensus definitely makes me think about putting in a little more cash and getting a Mission. Any particular recommendations from that brand? retzie: was wondering whether the pawn or Ivan is a better fit... how tall are you? I'm a 5ft10 male. are all new chrome ba...
by autumnleaves
Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Can anyone recommend a good backpack (not messenger bag) for riding? Looking for something waterproof, comfy, simple, and yeah a bit cool looking. Thinking of something like a Chrome Ivan, but they don't stock any in black at the moment on the Chrome website. Any recommendations for something simila...
by autumnleaves
Sun Oct 23, 2011 12:33 am
Forum: The Music
Topic: Photography at parties
Replies: 15
Views: 5417

Re: Photography at parties

I just don't get why anybody would want to have their photo taken at a club where you are probably gurning off your face and dripping sweat.
by autumnleaves
Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:06 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: THE NOMAD live dub set on Heartical HiFi // SAT 29 OCT //
Replies: 3
Views: 1709

Re: THE NOMAD live dub set on Heartical HiFi // SAT 29 OCT /

Cool. Live dub session as in actual instruments on stage?
by autumnleaves
Mon Sep 19, 2011 5:49 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

What's a protour? Has it got suicide gear levers or the.... handlebar ones...? Would I need to do stuff like replace saddle and all that minor stuff that adds up?

Cheers
by autumnleaves
Fri Sep 16, 2011 10:24 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Nah, it's helpful. Thanks. Prudency isn't my strong point, so I should listen since I don't have that much cash, either... What would you consider to be a good all-rounder that is good but not so good that it will disappear in 10 minutes. Should I get one new or secondhand? Obv I'd get a proper kryp...
by autumnleaves
Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:34 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Hey guys I've got an average single-speed commuter, but it doesn't ride that well and the gear it is in makes it tough to go up hills (I'm pretty unfit too). I'm going to start riding to work, about 10ks each way, so I'm wondering whether to buy a second bike, more of a road bike with gears so I can...
by autumnleaves
Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:22 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Hey guys I'd like some recommendations for a bike seat. Basically it's for a single-speed commuter, a flat-bar road bike. I'm a bloke. When I bought this bike, it had one that looked pretty cool, but after a few days of riding caused pain and it kept getting worse, not normal "getting used to i...
by autumnleaves
Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Gripe thread
Replies: 31832
Views: 2648187

Re: Gripe thread

what do you do there lilstormer?
by autumnleaves
Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:32 am
Forum: The Music
Topic: BBA - LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD // SAT FEB 19TH // @ BA
Replies: 51
Views: 9178

Re: BBA - LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD // SAT FEB 19TH // @ BA

how was it?

also, earplugs.. never leave home to go to dnb without em.
by autumnleaves
Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:07 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: BBA - LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD // SAT FEB 19TH // @ BA
Replies: 51
Views: 9178

Re: BBA - LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD // SAT FEB 19TH // @ BA

what's the door price?
by autumnleaves
Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:25 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: iPhone.. zomg
Replies: 1715
Views: 253230

Re: iPhone.. zomg

Got an iphone, and can't believe how bad the reception is. My Nokia got reception everywhere except inside a lift, and the iphone is struggling inside buildings. Kinda fucked considering the price.
by autumnleaves
Sun Feb 13, 2011 6:27 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

FS and autumnleaves: it sounds like what you are trying to say is "cockheads are really annoying." Doesn't really matter if they are on a fixie, dragster or magic flying carpet. Mebbe there are statistically more cockheads per unit fixie population, but I still don't think it warrants tar...
by autumnleaves
Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:17 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

quick wrote:sounds pretty cool tbh... but also stupid and dangerous... but those 2 things often combine
it actually was a pretty sweet move... i kinda lol'd when he held on to the tram, but only in a "i can't believe he's actually doing this" way. it was very dangerous.. and now I feel like a grandma.
by autumnleaves
Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

narrow handle bars are a city thing. when things get tight the thing most likely to send you flying from your bike is clipping your handle bars on somebodys rear vision mirror or a fence or whatever you get sandwiched between. Biek couriers have been doin it for years, defintely a life saver in cit...
by autumnleaves
Fri Feb 11, 2011 7:18 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

bad analogy. lamborigini's have brakes. i have nothing against fixies apart from the fact that lots of people don't install brakes on them.
by autumnleaves
Tue Jan 25, 2011 3:04 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26 JAN
Replies: 90
Views: 17143

Re: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26

safire wrote:
autumnleaves wrote:BBQ! Will there be a vego option?? Please!!
yep we're gona get some veg burgers for the vego's :)
:clap:


now, just have to watch the clock.. come on tomorrow.. :clock:
by autumnleaves
Sun Jan 23, 2011 1:02 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26 JAN
Replies: 90
Views: 17143

Re: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26

Hardy wrote:
autumnleaves wrote:BBQ! Will there be a vego option?? Please!!
lol vegos
well.. if I'm gonna be there all day I'd like to have the option of eating something.

seriously though, will I have to leave to get some vego food? is there anything around the venue?
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26 JAN
Replies: 90
Views: 17143

Re: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26

BBQ! Will there be a vego option?? Please!!
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:31 am
Forum: The Music
Topic: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26 JAN
Replies: 90
Views: 17143

Re: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26

locked and loaded. marky was the first dnb gig I went to, and that was about 6 years ago. haven't seen him since, I've missed him a few times in Melbourne since I was overseas, and when I was back here he was playing overseas. that gig at the prince pretty much got me into dnb (that, and some sweet,...
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:33 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Flood aid
Replies: 42
Views: 9547

Re: Flood aid

Not to minimize their suffering, but there are many, many people in the world who could use a fundraiser who have no option of buying insurance and no government to support them, and who are in serious life or death situations all the time. If we're talking about effectiveness for money, then donat...
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:13 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Flood aid
Replies: 42
Views: 9547

Re: Flood aid

Not to minimize their suffering, but there are many, many people in the world who could use a fundraiser who have no option of buying insurance and no government to support them, and who are in serious life or death situations all the time. If we're talking about effectiveness for money, then donati...
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:25 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Flood aid
Replies: 42
Views: 9547

Re: Flood aid

Won't the government be helping these people out?
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 13, 2011 12:54 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The MB dubious ethics and P.C. police thread.
Replies: 77
Views: 14899

Re: The MB Ethics and morals thread.

there's a difference between ethics and etiquette.. etiquette is manners - social codes. ethics is a system of doing good. you can have good etiquette, without being ethical, or vice versa.. i.e. belching at a fancy restaurant, or not putting the toilet seat up, isn't unethical, it might be just bad...
by autumnleaves
Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:48 am
Forum: The Music
Topic: Big Bud?
Replies: 1
Views: 1088

Re: Big Bud?

do want
by autumnleaves
Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: BBA - LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD // SAT FEB 19TH // @ BA
Replies: 51
Views: 9178

Re: BBA - LTJ BUKEM & MC CONRAD // SAT FEB 19TH // @ BA

Is this gonna be a 'Logical Progression' set? I see that they're doing an oldschool LP set in Amsterdam a few days before. So stoked for this either way, but an oldschool set from Bukem would blow my mind.
by autumnleaves
Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:48 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND/ANDY C/MARKY/PLASTICAN+MORE! 26 JAN
Replies: 90
Views: 17143

Re: LOST IN BASS @ NEVERLAND // AUS DAY PARTY // WED 26TH J

wow.. i haven't been swayed to go to a dnb event for some time, but as said above: lineup, venue, time.. amazing. never even heard of this venue until now but it looks sweet as fuck. also, DJ Marky + Stamina on the lineup made me go from, pretty good, to wow I'm there. well played BBA & co. are ...
by autumnleaves
Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:31 pm
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: the thread about earplugs
Replies: 130
Views: 70554

Re: the thread about earplugs

huge wrote:i wear em at all gigs.
yeah I think I'm gonna start doing the same.. not worth it. it's like wearing a helmet, I mean, it's not that cool, but if it saves my life (or hearing) then it's cool enough for me.
by autumnleaves
Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:44 am
Forum: Production & Technology
Topic: the thread about earplugs
Replies: 130
Views: 70554

Re: the thread about earplugs

do you guys wear earplugs when you go out to any gig? I'm a casual musician and wear them whenever I jam, but have started thinking about the damage I do to my ears when I go out to gigs or dj nights. drum and bass is obviously loud, but even other types of music can get pretty loud. i went out to a...
by autumnleaves
Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: The Music
Topic: BASS JUMP NYD // + D BRIDGE DUBSTEP SET! PRINCE COMPLEX NYD
Replies: 324
Views: 54780

Re: BASS JUMP NYD // PRINCE OF WALES COMPLEX - SET TIMES UP!

Get High Contrast on board. He's doing NYE in Sydney I think.

Or at least get him down for a side show!!!! It's disappointing that he's not playing a show in Melbs.
by autumnleaves
Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:22 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: the youtube thread.
Replies: 2362
Views: 315593

Re: the youtube thread.

autumnleaves wrote:I want this to go viral: it's incredible

Watch the posted video on YouTube.


holy fuck, ask and ye shall receive. I think when I added that views were less than 10,000. Now over nine million.
by autumnleaves
Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:49 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Big Up Thread
Replies: 29568
Views: 2450316

Re: The Big Up Thread

Starting a new university course soon, got a new job in the field I want to get into, got a new bike that was exactly what I wanted, and this will be my first Christmas at home with the whole family for a couple of years. After a really shitty year, things are finally looking up for now.
by autumnleaves
Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:01 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

deviant wrote:that bike looks good... nice seat!
the flames make it go faster :)
by autumnleaves
Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:51 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

good score. if you went to buy those bits separately you would be up for more than the bike cost ya. wow.. awesome.. I wasn't 100% sure if that was just sell-speak or if it was just a good deal! if you want any upgrades you know who to call :winkteef: hehe will def keep it in mind once I get a bit ...
by autumnleaves
Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:57 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

ended up buying this: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330507114364&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT what do you guys think? I picked it up tonight and it rides quite smoothly, not too much trouble on hills or anything (I was a bit worried I'd struggle with a single speed).. tha...
by autumnleaves
Wed Dec 22, 2010 9:46 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: The Over 30's Crowd.....
Replies: 248
Views: 45363

Re: The Over 30's Crowd.....

Image


think that summarises this thread up fairly well.
by autumnleaves
Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:47 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Don't rule out a bike with gears just yet. Keep your options open, look around and see what you can find Will do. Are there any places that sell second hand bikes that I should check out? Buying online is a bit... difficult.. for me since I don't really know what I'm looking for, at least if I can ...
by autumnleaves
Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:05 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Saw your post on BNA forums 8) You just gonna be using it for short trips around town (no hills)? If so single speed might be the go. Less maintenance and lighter. That said, a geared drivetrain is pretty bloody simple to maintain. Wipe the chain down and give it a lube every couple of weeks and yo...
by autumnleaves
Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:25 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: bikes
Replies: 1399
Views: 475303

Re: bikes

Hey guys I'm looking to get a reliable commuter bike that'll get me to and from work/uni in the inner city. Thinking a flat bar road bike, either single speed (free wheel only) or with gears, I imagine it'd probably be something like an old bike that someone's done up a bit. Not looking to spend too...
by autumnleaves
Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:38 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Travel Insurance?
Replies: 44
Views: 9713

Re: Travel Insurance?

Just for everyone's information, we have a reciprocal agreement with a few countries: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/tips/travelwell.html Australia has health care agreements with Finland, the Republic of Ireland, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Belgium, Norway, Sweden and the United Ki...
by autumnleaves
Mon Oct 18, 2010 3:53 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Gripe thread
Replies: 31832
Views: 2648187

Re: Gripe thread

Not quite sure if this is a gripe, but it's got me a bit riled. So Ms Fraser-Kirk settled with David Jones for $850,000, and points out that her recent pledge to donate to a sexual harassment education charity only was to apply if she received punitive damages, which, because it was settled out of c...