cmannett85

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I didn't get my first computer until I was 12 (1997), but within a year I was messing around in Pascal in a free version Borland Delphi I got off a PC Pro promotional disc.

But very soon after Half-Life was released and then all I wanted was to be a level designer, so I spent the next 8 years learning various 3D and graphics applications. Once I hit about 20 years old I realised I could make better tools, so I downloaded Eclipse and started to learn Python, and then C++. It wasn't long before I forgot all about making content, and focussed all my efforts on programming. Never looked back.

I trained and worked in the VFX industry, but now work in pro-audio.

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Oct 19	comment	Optimal full-suspension design for mountain bikes? I downvoted you because your answer didn't address the question at all. If possible I would have downvoted you again for: "don't buy a full suspension (it will give far too much comfort with no skill)" - is that why some of the world's best XC riders and ALL of the best DH riders are on full floaters?
Oct 18	comment	Optimal full-suspension design for mountain bikes? Suspension linkage is often designed around a target shock (and front fork height, BB height, etc.), which has it's own characteristics as well. So choosing a bike by looking at the linkage arrangement in isolation is a bad idea.
Oct 1	answered	2009 Boxxer Team Dual Crown - Are springs different from 2010 + models?
Sep 30	answered	How to setup my 26er MTB for indoor MTB park
Sep 30	comment	could I mount a different manufacturer brand rotor to use with my brakes? You have to match the caliper brand. It's the fork/frame end of the adapter that is standardised, but the caliper mounts tend to be proprietary.
Sep 30	comment	Is it safe to Cycle with an Umbrella? I'm not a road rider, but the thought of riding next to cars, one handed, and with a sail in the other - doesn't strike me as a great idea. Wouldn't it be safer, dryer, but slightly less convenient to wear waterproofs and carry your work clothes in a backpack/pannier?
Sep 25	awarded	Enlightened
Sep 25	awarded	Nice Answer
Sep 22	awarded	Popular Question
Sep 21	revised	What features of a mountain bike's geometry gives it different characteristics? Added headangle.
Sep 21	comment	What features of a mountain bike's geometry gives it different characteristics? You're right, I'll update my post.
Sep 20	answered	What features of a mountain bike's geometry gives it different characteristics?
Sep 9	comment	Clacking noise as right crank goes 'over the top' once per revolution I'm quite sure he/she's capable of dismantling something with few parts and putting it back together again. At the very least, be able to type the make and model into Google and read a service manual. How else would you learn to service it?
Sep 9	awarded	Citizen Patrol
Sep 9	answered	Clacking noise as right crank goes 'over the top' once per revolution
Sep 8	comment	Short cage derailleur: how to find out maximum sprocket differences? +1 I agree with your first paragraph, but the last one isn't quite true: 'chain growth' isn't affected by travel, it's affected by the suspension linkage. On a single pivot (link actuated shock or not) bike, it's affected by the size of the gap between the BB centre and the swingarm pivot centre. Multi pivot bikes tend to adjust the rearwheel path to compensate (e.g. Lapierre's PendBox system on the DH series).
Sep 8	awarded	Yearling
Mar 15	answered	Which bus networks allow you to transport a bike?
Mar 15	answered	Charities that accept bike donations
Mar 9	comment	Why don't cyclists wear all-encompassing motorcycle-style helmets? -1 There are many different types of motorcycle helmet (just like bicycle helmets), the one you're thinking of (road motorcycle) is but one - just about every over type is for stenous activity.