Funbrox#

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:43:41 +0000

From the LFNS secret marshal forum

There does seem to be something up with the bike, I don't know what. But it's not supposed to be fun riding it, it's supposed to be fun when it stops - last night it was all fun. Well, except for the fuckup in the Leftfield track, which was my fault

Won't have time to look at it before Sunday, but I'll see if I can find some time during the week to let a tyre down or something

The Firebrox is back on the road (has been for a few weeks, in fact) and seems to be holding up - though we really ought to have a look at the offside front stub axle, because I'm not actually sure the wheel attached to it is vertical. But that's an easy fix anyway: it's an M10 bolt, and we have spares.

The Leftfield track in question ("Open Up", feat. John Lyden) was slightly embarrassing: while going through the mix before the skate and adjusting levels to avoid clipping (we prepare mixes in Mixmeister, then make great big MP3 files that we transfer onto the bike on USB stick) I somehow managed to delete a 'bass' marker, so the whole track played with the bass turned down by 50dB. Tinny. Yes, of course I previewed it, but I previewed it on my computer speakers which have no bass to speak of anyway, and so didn't notice. Doh.