[Closed] What would you like to ask Mark and Chipps?

Is travelling through hyperspace much the same as dusting crops?

How is Hannah's headache this am?

[quote=stevenmenmuir ]Re my column in issue 39. The cheques in the post yeah?

It'll be in the same postbag as my "free" subs T shirt 🙄

Does Chipps have any photo's of Keeley Lockey racing XC from the late 90's?
Karrimor, NEMBA, Skinsuit. Nuff said.

Will i die?

Why does this thread have a "Volvo for Sale" Tag?

Why does this thread have a "Volvo for Sale" Tag?

Because someone is selling a volvo?

Who annoys you most on the forum?

Manicure?
Pedicure?
Facial?
Or
Bikini Wax?

Which One?

How many times a day do you feel like shutting the forum down?

Whats the opposite of opposite?

Given your experience of the industry, attendance of trade shows and years of travel for the best MTBing on Earth... what was it that Meatloaf wouldn't do for love, and, would you do it?

Why would you shut a forum down? Industry economics point in exactly the opposite direction. Print is not where the strength/value lies in journalism - look at Top Gear's version (just for STW!)

How many times a day do you feel like shutting the forum down?

...and lose all that sweet ad revenue?

How many times a week do you look at the forum? Or are you far too busy sipping champagne at bike industry 'receptions' so leave the staff to do that?

To Mark: Do Northern lads really like gravy on their chipps?

To Chipps: How do you feel about that?

To Chipps: What ever happened to Whizzer?

Is it Henry, the mild mannered janitor?

Is it [b]P[/b]enry, the mild mannered janitor?

Could Be !

Seriously - If you could undo any of the developments in riding in the last 15 years what would it be?

Unseriously - where's Shaun?

What's your favourite new unnecessary mountain bike parts standard?

Do you think the staff in the Tod Oddies are a bit up themselves?

P90 soapbar or humbucker?

What's the T in MTB stand for?

(Yes I know it's terrain)

Is surfmatt actually awesome?

With the speed of change in the mtb industry are reviews becoming pointless?

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That's the sound of the Countdown clock...I reckon that there's at least 15 good questions in here. I'm going to [s]go back to[/s] start ignoring your suggestions soon so I can interrogate Mark and Chipps.

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That's the sound of the Countdown clock...I reckon that there's at least 15 good questions in here. I'm going to go back to start ignoring your suggestions soon so I can interrogate Mark and Chipps.

Question:

Does that count as a flounce?

How many bottles did you get through? How's your head?

How many bottles did you get through? How's your head?

Are you still seeing double?

What does a person have to do to get banned around here?

Discussing freeloading usually works, danny 😉

That's nothing LIKE the sound of the countdown clock.

How do you pronounce Quinoa?

Is it;

Keenwha?
or
Kqunowa?

And..

Do either of you know what it is?

How difficult is it to come up with truly honest reviews and feedback when you have to balance it with advertising revenue and sponsorship?

One bike, which one and why

Who are Mark and Chipps?

Who are Mark and Chipps?

A more succesful comedy double act than Spencer and Fish?

Who are Mark and Chipps?

They work in the Planet-X paint shop

They work in the Planet-X paint shop

what tyres for...
how much is my bike worth
what SS gear ratio

Is lycra ever justified?

Can either of you do a no-footer endo?

What is the best trick you can do on a bike?

I reckon that there's at least 15 good questions in here

That's being generous.

Would you like some Chamomile tea?

I just searched 'What would Mark and Chipps like to know?'

[i]No results found.[/i]

If you could only ride one trail before you died, what would it be?

If you could only ride one trail for the rest of your life, what would it be?

In view of the contributions to the Brussels airport thread, could we have TJ, TSY, Don Simon etc. etc. back, please? The STW eco-system is like Yellow Stone when they killed all the wolves - the bears took over as the main deer predator but with a preference for baby deer rather than sick deer.

What would Jesus do?

They work in the Planet-X paint shop

Should have been the perfect finale - if a little cruel 😉

Kylie or Jason. Who would be the best MTB rider and why?

On a serious note: if you could have a whole magazine issue to cover one aspect of MTBing what would it be?

No idea if this has been asked already or not...

What are the proportions of STW revenue and profit from mag sales (physical/digital split would be interesting), clothing/gifts etc, and forum advertising? Percentages are fine as a answer rather than actual pounds and pence.

[quote=fasthaggis ]I just searched 'What would Mark and Chipps like to know?'
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[quote=scotroutes ]When are we getting the new version of the forum (one with a search engine that works)?

If you could go back 15 years, knowing what you know now, would you do it all again?
Chipps - have you still got your smokey bacon Fuquay?

You are asked to see a 25-year-old white man who experienced marked weakness and dyspnea 4 days after being admitted for a compound arm fracture after falling from a tree. Estimated blood loss from the initial fracture .......................compatibility tests show no new erythrocyte antibodies in the patient's serum and that, when they attempted to elute antibody from the patient's RBCs and test against normal RBCs, the results were negative. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Frankly, I come here to get a break from work, however, if this is real life then the answer is that the diagnosis is whatever the on call consultant haematologist tells me it is.

What is the most likely diagnosis?

I know this one, Cat Aids (the bad type).

If a train is travelling north in a bath of water being filled by four men wearing hats, then who is my mum?

How has this job affected your enjoyment of mountain biking?

What's the life expectancy of the the mag specifically and print journalism generally?

Is mtb'ing's lack of diversity the greatest threat to its future viability or is there a greater one?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

I reckon it's just a sticker.

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia?

It's not a question of which diagnosis is most likely (ie what is the most common diagnosis among those asked to diagnose the patient), it's a question of which is the most appropriate diagnosis. And the answer to that question is lupus, because this is real life.

I know this one, Cat Aids (the bad type).

Right, I'm closing the book on this one. You're all wrong. The correct diagnosis is of course....

'You're probably allergic to wheat'

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Can you think of 15 questions off the cuff?

What bike did you want when you were 15?

How long until we get 15 speed cassettes?

What's the worst thing you've experienced from a 15 year old?

How much would someone have to pay you to ride a bike with 15mm stanchions down the Fort William DH track?

15 best destinations you've ridden?

15 tastiest beers you've sampled?

Over the last 15 years, what is the craziest forum post you've seen?

15 worst products of all time?

You have 15 days to live, where and what do you ride?

You have £15 to spend... what do you buy?

What would you sacrifice to get a 15lb bike?

15 minute descent... what brakes?

What are the 15 craziest freebies you've been sent to review?

What inspired the ker-azy banter of the last 15 Fresh Goods Fridays?

HELP I'm locked in the Coffee Forum

What's been the biggest technical advance in15 years

What does Enduro mean to you.

And the biggy....

Why is orange jam called marmalade?

Just watched the interview video on the site and ,to be honest, it's left me with a number of conflicting emotions.

Firstly - [b]Elation![/b] They picked one of my questions. Yay!
The dumbass one about the pies. Go Me!
As I consider it a personal mission to derail most threads and send them down a bizarre but humourous tangent, I feel a warm glow of satisfaction for a job well done.

....but wait a minute, here comes [b]Greed![/b] They used my question. Do I win a bike or five pounds or something?

They've answered the pie question.
What? Full pastry enclosure? I'm filled with [b]Horror![/b]. I'd always believed that this was an inclusive and welcoming place but instead , it turns out we've all been enslaved under the yoke of some pastry cased hegemony.

Considering a full on flounce at this point. I'll probably get over it though.

There was also some bike stuff in there too. Which was nice.

All in all a good job.

Finally - [b]Confusion![/b].

WTF? why is this guy...
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a load of questions about mountain biking? ...and pyjamas?....and pies?

had to hunt for it.
http://singletrackmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/video-singletracks-15-year-interview/

Perchy. This is LIBELLOUS! But you are far, far from the first to mention me and Nick Knowles in the same breath. Although your photo of Alex Horner (I believe) resembles art chap Rob much more than it resembles Mark...

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And you are so, so wrong about pies. There's nothing wrong with a behatted casserole, but it's not a pie, and IT NEVER WILL BE

Naw! Art Chap Rob was excellent in Superman II.
It's clear to me now that our pie overlords are oppressing us with evil Kryptonian Superpowers.

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When is Tandem Jeremy coming back?