Style 43

here we managed to catch up with the infamous “Emo” Dave, when he is not dodging STD’s or recovering from a hang over he in fact rides his work of art/piece of shit bike.

the interview was conducted via the World Wide Web, at his latest female victim’s HQ’s,
I’m now questioning the possibility that coincidence was not the only thing at play when i found out that her accommodation over looked the local skate park..

that is what i call a man with a plan,,

if “Emo Dave” doesn’t ring a bell probably because may know him as Ghetto Dave AKA Ginger Dave, colourful Dave and fightclub.

(Style43):your bike is not only ya “freestyle riding machine” but a blank canvas that changes more often than days of the week, whats the deal behind that?
(Dave):i get bored. plus i like to make myself laugh with stupid things on my bike. i like the funny looks ordinary folks give me as i ride by. fuck em if they think I’m serious.

you use ya bike as a means of transport from your house and to the pub, and you lock it out side! any bad ever come of that?
you forgot work…when i turn up, ha. loads of bad shit goes down to that bike. like the conspiracy against it standing up straight. its always getting knocked down. like one time it was on the floor and there was a hybrid locked on top of it. so i unlocked it and pushed the hybrid over. erm, what else. oh yeah, went to Newcastle so left it outside the local for a week and wen i got back an some cunts gone and nicked the seat clamp, 1st clamp I’ve bought in 5 years mind. they left me my seat least. oh yeah, my last bike got nicked, i guess that sucked.

any good?
always good. hybrids being on top of it so i can push them over. free bandanna’s being tied to it (i wrote them a note on my bike saying “thanks” in case they saw it again. don’t want them thinking I’m rude.) a fuck load of 9inch nails CD stickers. erm, snow spray, snow, people getting hassled by the 5-0 for picking my bike up off the floor.

you mentioned about the sad loss and found situation with ya FBM
ah yeah, basically, don’t buy a sucky lock and don’t go to chavy clubs with cock teasers. only reason my bike was out so long was i th0ought i was getting some. after it taking to long to happen i peeled right out of there and my bike was gone. turned up about a month or 2 later after sitting in bushy park pond and a scrap metal bin. only managed to save the front wheel, rear hub and stem. still got the frame in all its bentness tho.

your bike is very much a mish mash of the bmx time line your frame is almost as old as you, yet you have the new luminous wombat cranks which have barley been out weeks. how does this contrast come about?
basically not being bothered about bent stuff or stuff having to way less than a testicle. put your scales down and go ride. and fuck you, my frames only like, 3 years old, probably a little less. it rolls so its all good. i got the wombats cuz my profiles were bent with a bent Axel and they were loose even wen they couldn’t be tightened any more. and then they wobbled loose but not all the way cuz there was a dent stopping the bolt coming the whole way out. so now i have cranks that stay tight. plus i get shit trade so i might actually have a decent bike by this time next year. actually, the wombats come loose to. wombats suck. but they don’t cut my ankle at least.

i would say your riding is almost as random as your bike yet you are 1 of the smoothest riders at Kingston skate park, and on top of that come of the times i have seen you ride you best is the day you wake up in someone else bed or woken/disturb by police in a public park, all this and with driving licence ban levels of alcohol in you blood. does all of the above help or is there a secret?
man, when you’ve got a hangover you either wake up real quick and land or you hang on for dear life and hope for the best. id say i mostly ride with the latter even when i ain’t been out the night before. and thanks for mentioning the ban, I’m less embarrassed about the fat chicks I’ve fucked then that one. and i wouldn’t say smooth man, unless you’ve got your ipod up to loud. i got a video from wisley where i ride past and some dude says i look like thumper, ha.

whats given you more injuries? riding, alcohol or working?
hmm, that’s a toughy. riding i generally just break RIBS OR If the winds hanging around ill break a collar bone. alcohol just gives me cuts and bruises cuz i forget i cant manual and try to. working just means i break my hands cuz the cuntstermers are cunts and i get angry. maybe ill have a heart attack if I’m lucky. maybe i should stop being angry.

and lastly any vintage or NOS( New Old Stock) parts are you looking out for , to make an addition to your ride?
id like another mag wheel but they tend to crack easy. oh yeah i got a well old sketchily drilled out oddyssy seat clamp. it don’t fit the frame but it fits the seat post and stops it slipping! id love a TNT hwa fong daddy frame too. so much so id fuck a fat chick sober to get one. so if there’s a fat chick out there that wants a bone and has a hwa fong daddy frame I’m here, haha.

Frame:————s&m dirt bike. might be a next gen but i dunno
Bars:————volume regal beagles or powerlite 4 pieces if i get bored. small bars are where its at!!
Fork:————s&m pitch fork lites. maybe there not lites. but they take 14 or 10mil axles cuz i got bored half way thru grinding them out, ha.
Stem:————redneck lite. i ditched the ghetto redneck “lite” for a real one.
Headset:————4 different fsa pigs with far few less bearings then it should have. which means for 5 mins its loose and after a couple barspins its tight.
Crank:————oddy wombATS in bright yellow.
Spindle:————spindle? do u mean crank axle? its part of the oddy cranks. they stole the hollowtechness from shimano. thats right kiddies, your euro bb’s and 2 piece crank came from mountainbikeing.
BB:————dented hollow bite bearings from my old mongoose fuzz.
Chainwheel:————that we the peep complete u gave me. 30something tooth. it fits straight on to the massive wombo axle so itll do. it is paper thin tho.
Chain:————jonnys old chain. no idea wat it is apart from being slightly painted.
Pegs:————are for gays. ha, but i got a cut down “death” peg as its been called on the back. guess it makes me bi.
Front Hub:————khe complete massive thing. 48 tooth.
Rear Hub:————profile 36 with a prawl missing. dunno wat happened to it but it was missin when i got it.
Grips:————left is a hoffman hot green long neck rip off. right is a hot pink long neck.
Spokes:————not a fuckin clue. fronts are khe complete and the rears could be anything. 3 of em are sapim tho cuz jony put em in there. theres 2 less now to.
Tires:————Front:i got my fashion on and got a khe thing. rides real nice to. Rear:blue primo wall cuz ive lost my oddy path somewhere.
Rims:————fromts a khe complete and rears a sunn something. might be a rhyno lite. altho it aint lyte.
Barends:————aint got none to keep the weight down, haha!
Seat:————specialized rockhopper seat. dead comfy and its lighter than the gripper u gave me.
Post:————dk goal post cuz its green.
Clamp:————cut down khe complete. shouldnt have cut it down cuz with only 1 bolt it bites and the post slips.
Pedals:————are no longer odd. got gusset slim jim mags cuz they cost me 20quid. bearings are shot already after a month tho.
Tensionners:————no[pe
Weight: haha, i actually no this even tho i joked further up. toms got these scales at work. 27 something. might be kilos?

Photography by: Riding shot’s Mark Westlake bike shot’s James

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