Australia - New Zealand - The Aussie thread. . . part cinq.

Only if you bear a striking resemblence to Suzie Wilks. . .


Mmmmm......

provided i can afford it, my next bike purchase will be a Tephra Ti.... I have allready started preparing Mrs HDT for the potential bill....


can you put some prices up on your site Thylo?
**** it pisses me off when sites don't give a price

I think I have a can of spray-on tan and a pair of King-Gees around here somewhere :lol:

Kotter, looking at a way to put the prices in there. Problem is, there's different prices for different countries. Here's some Tephra prices for the record (getcha pens out) -

Tephra - AUD2550
Tephra SL - AUD2765
Tephra Sc - AUD2895
Tephra Ti - AUD3670
Tephra Ti SL - AUD4670
Tephra CTi - AUD4995 (hush hush)

Why do you charge differently for other countries?
Should I get patty to reroute one through the states because its cheaper? :lol:

Exchange rates?

Why's the Ti SL a grand cheaper? Two letters are getting dear these days.

Exchange rates?




could always just charge Australian and let them figure out how much its gonna cost them?

Everything is priced differently in every country. Haven't you ever bought a coffee in Japan before? :D

The Tephra Ti SL is double butted Reynolds Titanium, the Ti is Ancotech straight guage. The Reynolds tubeset costs an absolute packet. The 6-4 version is even more....as in....downtube is 250 bucks. :eek:

Everything is priced differently in every country. Haven't you ever bought a coffee in Japan before? :D

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like the pre made ones that come in a self heating alu can?? now thats cool!

like the pre made ones that come in a self heating alu can?? now thats cool!

Shhh. That's what is special about the Ti SL. Self heating for Melbourne winters :D

Causes too many accidents. You seen what happens when you try to hug your frame at 40kph?

-CT scan $380
-MRI scan $540


Bloody hell. My local doctors office is free. Bulkbilled GP's, CT scans, ultrasound, pathology... no gap. Is that what a CT scan really costs?

i know with MRi;'s you can get 1 free scan i think its every 2 years? my one for my knee was free.

Bloody hell. My local doctors office is free. Bulkbilled GP's, CT scans, ultrasound, pathology... no gap. Is that what a CT scan really costs?


'm claiming the t1ts off both of them....gap's about $180 on each.

jeeez, this 'Beach Rd' thread generated a registration and response from Mercel Lema

http://www.cyclingforums.com/t352671.html

Umm...sorry to sound un-informed but...who's Mercel Lema ? Someone important?

this might give someone a giggle:

last night I rigged up some 'traction' by tying my rollerblades to one side of the bed, then hanging across, face down, with half my torso over the edge. Felt farkin grouse!!! :p

Some things perhaps shouldn't be shared 531 :lol:

Umm...sorry to sound un-informed but...who's Mercel Lema ? Someone important?


Former AIS.

Same vintage as Pat Jonker, Grant Rice, Justin Grindal, Darren Smith etc etc

A-ha. Thanks ed.

Only if you bear a striking resemblence to Suzie Wilks. . . I'm devostated...She bump me today. Has rescheduled for Tuesday mext week. :D :beer: :beer: :love: :love:

last night was a little better; 10 degrees, but less rain :p

I bailed, and only done 46km :( You're a machine!

this might give someone a giggle:

last night I rigged up some 'traction' by tying my rollerblades to one side of the bed, then hanging across, face down, with half my torso over the edge. Felt farkin grouse!!! :p

Kinky! ;)

Tephra CTi - AUD4995 (hush hush)

ok tell me all about it...

Ti and carbon unite. Worth it? prolly not, eh tigger. Ti does the job on its ownsome.

Sucks that SBS coverage doesn't start until 10pm. :( We have already missed the HC climb over the Tourmelet. From the cycling news live rport it looks like a few boys are doing it tuff today.

Sucks that SBS coverage doesn't start until 10pm. :( We have already missed the HC climb over the Tourmelet. From the cycling news live rport it looks like a few boys are doing it tuff today.

Sucks even more that we have to put up Garry Gatt and a half hour of absolute drivel before we get to any cycling. Why can't we just go straight into cycling? And while I'm on a roll, why the hell can't they show some of the stages in their entirety? :mad:

Bonjour moi petite madamoiselle

Alors, je t'adore tu, matagi. Voulez vous couchez avec moi? Non? Non jig a jiggy avec Gabriel? Merde!!!! Well ferque off then.

Au Revoir

Gabriel Gate

Gerro doing some good work on the front of the bunch tonight.

Gerro doing some good work on the front of the bunch tonight.

So is classic1 it would seem. Wait till Mr Matagi gets home!!!

jiggy jiggy indeed!

go voekler

... I'm going to have to add him to team OV as a mirror rider (his name starts with "VO") :D

what have I missed?

go voekler

... I'm going to have to add him to team OV as a mirror rider (his name starts with "VO") :D


Bugger, he's cracked within sight of the leaders

Don't sign him up too soon jock, I think his fuel tank may be getting very empty :)

Bugger. Menchov then??? :lol:

Bugger. Menchov then??? :lol:

I think so, I'm picking him for podium come next sunday.

marty

Sorry Marty, I'm not at all being serious. Team OV is in serious trouble this year.

So is classic1 it would seem. Wait till Mr Matagi gets home!!!

jiggy jiggy indeed!

That was Gabriel. I speak French like the Swedish Chef speaks Swedish!

hmmm Cadel had problems keeping up at the end. He didn't crack but he couldn't keep up. Whats Menchov's Time trial like?

What was Horner doing? Cadel's protection man finished almost last !! Bloody Yanks are gonna ruin our Cadel's chances of the Yellow !! :D

hmmm Cadel had problems keeping up at the end. He didn't crack but he couldn't keep up. Whats Menchov's Time trial like?



Geez.....Cadel had the hurt face on 100%.

i thought he did pretty damn well. no real need to chase even though i dont think he oculd have followed at the end. plenty of climbing left in the tour.

didnt discovery just blow up, no 8 straight for them.

Bonjour moi petite madamoiselle

Alors, je t'adore tu, matagi. Voulez vous couchez avec moi? Non? Non jig a jiggy avec Gabriel? Merde!!!! Well ferque off then.

Au Revoir

Gabriel Gate

Gabriel, je regrette, mais je non parle pas francais. Monsieur Matagi demande - ou habite tu?

What was Horner doing? Cadel's protection man finished almost last !! Bloody Yanks are gonna ruin our Cadel's chances of the Yellow !! :D

I thought it pretty funny after the interview he gave at the beginning of the coverage, "Im Cadel's protection blah blah blah." Then he basically doesnt make it over the first climb with him. Hopefully he'll come good in the Alpes. He bloody wanna, or he'll have an angry bunch of Aussies after him.




i thought he did pretty damn well. no real need to chase even though i dont think he oculd have followed at the end. plenty of climbing left in the tour.

didnt discovery just blow up, no 8 straight for them.


Cadel even says he favours the Pyrenees, so for him to finish like that, is interesting. Cadel isn't the most aggressive rider in the tour either.

Looks like discovery is having a year off this year. Hincapie is funny to watch. He gets dropped the motorbike is filming him, and you swear Hincapie looks like he is just going to the coffee shop.

M. Matagi n'est pas heureux. Gabriel est dans une pile de merde

Sur votre vélo Gabriel

Cadel even says he favours the Pyrenees, so for him to finish like that, is interesting. Cadel isn't the most aggressive rider in the tour either.

Looks like discovery is having a year off this year. Hincapie is funny to watch. He gets dropped the motorbike is filming him, and you swear Hincapie looks like he is just going to the coffee shop.

So finishing 4th on a stage that fractured majorly isnt agressive? :rolleyes:

So finishing 4th on a stage that fractured majorly isnt agressive? :rolleyes:


not when he didnt make an attack :rolleyes:

he didnt need to attack? its a long race and he wasnever going to drop Landis on this stage... leipheimer was looking for a stage win, hes well out of contention for GC.

the further down the order of theline you are the harder it is to respond to an attack. he did v well.

Cadel even says he favours the Pyrenees, so for him to finish like that, is interesting. Cadel isn't the most aggressive rider in the tour either.

Finishing climb was only 6%,he likes it steeper. Pyrenean stages are usually steeper and shorter climbs, his style. The final climb was a power climbers climb, long not too steep, allowed ryhtm. LAndis just dominated. Very strong.

Evans has to make a move on alpe d'huez if he wants to win. The 8% climb is in his strikezone.


Alps are better quality roads, wider, not as steep, but longer and higher. Evans prefers the Pyrenees, probably a legacy of his MTB days. Steep, more narrow roads, less quality bitumen.

Not sure the realtive swtichbackness... but if switchbackness implies less % steepness, Alps might have more switcbacks, but they can break up rythm, depending on the tightness. so another contradiction,

Gabriel, je regrette, mais je non parle pas francais. Monsieur Matagi demande - ou habite tu?

Err Gabriel live in Greenland. Very long way. Unfortunately I unable to meet avec Monseuir Matagi.:o


:D

So playing around with the bike last night changing the old cables cause the old ones were a bit rusty. Undid the cable stay on the front derrailleur and filings drop to the floor...uh oh, that can't be good. Anyway, I change the cable and went to tighten up the cable stay when, "Oh Sh*t, the screw has threaded itself". I then got the screw out and lot's of filings fall to the floor... The bracket has also threaded and now doesn't tighten up..."OF F*CK!!!" Spanners etc bounce off the walls while I try and work out what to do.

That's strong.

George Gregan is freakishly powerful....can squat 400lbs. Tiger Woods can bench 300 as well.



Triple jumping preacher Jonathon Edwards + 300lbs bench

He was all of 65 kgs and skinny.