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

Fatty rules! You should check it out sometime - heaps funny.

Fatty rules! You should check it out sometime - heaps funny.


I remember him doing a door-stop at a very tense time when Norths was about to merge with Manly. He came out of the meeting and said to the waiting journalists "Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make. I shot par today at Monash." Boom boom!:D

That's Fatty for ya.

Till next Monday my life consists of riding, going to the beach and small projects around the house like alphabetising my CD collection.

I also plan to watch some of 'The 4400' season 2 that I got on DVD for Christmas.

The league version of the footy show is the best. Who'd have thought that Fatty, Sterlo, The Chief et. al. would have careers as comedians after retiring from football?

The league version of the footy show is the best. Who'd have thought that Fatty, Sterlo, The Chief et. al. would have careers as comedians after retiring from football?

They played footy? :D

Was with Dave Macca (very briefly) on a Wednesday Ride and he hit it in 53x19.
.did you haul your 111kg around the Dandenongs?

did you hall your 111kg around the Dandenongs?

no no no no....

This was circa 1995. A whole lifetime ago.

Wednesday Ride used to leave from Ringwood clocktower at 8 on...well....Wednesdays. Headed out to Healesville down Maroondah, turn right at the sanctuary towards Woori Yallock (more often than not see The Bulldog coming the other way) and end up on the old course from the 1991 nationals. Return via the wall and home along Canterbury Rd.

Serious day...170km plus, depending on route and some serious hit-outs.

oh, on a Wednseday ride. I was gunna say it'd be tough, and pretty tough for him these days, too


can you fix my spelling mistake? :p

'HAUL'

do you know a guy named Chris Tymms?

is he 'anybody'?

do you know a guy named Chris Tymms?





Very well.

Great bloke. Naturally very talented.

There are some classic stories about training camps in Bright where he features heavily.

he's in farkin good condition, and say he's 68kg!!

he's fkn good on the hills

he's in farkin good condition, and say he's 68kg!!

he's fkn good on the hills

always lean....packs a decent sprint, too.



Ask him about the day I drove over HIS parked bike in HIS car....

Was with Dave Macca (very briefly) on a Wednesday Ride and he hit it in 53x19.

Impressive.

Ouch! Impressive indeed. I rememebr going up it a few years ago using my 39x21 coz it was the lowest I had, and having to stop coz my dodgy lower back was cramping from my efforts. :o I think I have improved since then though (*hopes*)

Ouch! Impressive indeed. I rememebr going up it a few years ago using my 39x21 coz it was the lowest I had, and having to stop coz my dodgy lower back was cramping from my efforts. :o I think I have improved since then though (*hopes*)

Tough berg at the end of a long day. Really saps the legs.

^^ nah, an A+ grade rider and one of the stronger dudes that used to do the group rides I sometimes do. Too many peanuts are now doing the group rides, so guys like him (semi-pros :p) tend not to do them as often.
I definitely can't shake him at all on Beach Rd, even with a strong tailwind, and on the Thursday 'hill' ride, he used to take off over the last 200m on each climb like he was just playing with me :p. How can I compete with a strong 68kg guy on a hill??? :p

after my tour of the 'Nongs for the first time in over a year, I nearly became a weight weeny for a day; figuring out how to lighten my bike. :p Can't believe it!! Me, the most anti-weight-weeny guy around!! Luckily for me, the Kreuzotter output calculator says that every drop of 1kg (roughly 1% of my total weight of body and bike) improves climbing time by approx 1%, so it's hardly worth it. I can afford the money to drop 1kg off my bike, but definitely not 2

http://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm

after my tour of the 'Nongs for the first time in over a year, I nearly became a weight weeny for a day; figuring out how to lighten my bike. :p Can't believe it!! Me, the most anti-weight-weeny guy around!! Luckily for me, the Kreuzotter output calculator says that every drop of 1kg (roughly 1% of my total weight of body and bike) improves climbing time by approx 1%, so it's hardly worth it. I can afford the money to drop 1kg off my bike, but definitely not 2

http://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm
Unless you're already at your absolute minimum weight, it's far cheaper and makes more sense to drop weight off the body rather than the bike. :D

Time for a name change, Nev? 531weightweenie? :roflmao:

Yeah....Nev makes Virenque look like Pieri.


:D

Nice one, Ed!

Speaking of Virenque, just reading "Push Yourself Just a Little Bit More" by Johnny Green - he most definitely does NOT like the little Frenchman.

Ed, did ya see this about the 1977 Burnie wheelrace.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/track/2006/dec06/SCAT06/?id=burnie

At least sunshine didn't sing this time.

I've seen a tape of the race. Incredible ride.

Ed, did ya see this about the 1977 Burnie wheelrace.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/track/2006/dec06/SCAT06/?id=burnie

At least sunshine didn't sing this time.

I've seen a tape of the race. Incredible ride.


I've got the tape too. Amazing turn of speed.

The call by Tiger is incredible....

I think on the same tape I have Patey going for professional 1000m WR at Launceston....and the match sprint he did against Neiwand at Northcote in about 1989 where he went down at 70kmh in the back straight in a shower of sparks. Gotta love the leather hairnet.

Nice one, Ed!

Speaking of Virenque, just reading "Push Yourself Just a Little Bit More" by Johnny Green - he most definitely does NOT like the little Frenchman.


I love him.

From the "tears" of the Festina affair to his win at Paris-Tours.....one of the peloton's great entertainers.

Who cares if he was lit up like a Xmas tree? It's a Pro Tour prerequisite.

I've got the tape too. Amazing turn of speed.

The call by Tiger is incredible....

I think on the same tape I have Patey going for professional 1000m WR at Launceston....and the match sprint he did against Neiwand at Northcote in about 1989 where he went down at 70kmh in the back straight in a shower of sparks. Gotta love the leather hairnet.

lol. The commentator is nearly crying on the commentary. 'A magnificent performance'. :) Theres a heap of crap like that at my dads, 'borrowed' off the TV. It's ripper stuff.

See the photo Clark is holding on cyclingnews. He's got his European Madison champion shirt on. Cool.

I was there that night Patey hit the deck. Cary Hall pulled a similar manouever on another occassion. Hall was one of if not the tactically smartest match sprint racer going around. He just didn't have the speed of the Pates and Neiwands. Patey should never have raced Neiwand in the 10 race match sprint series (or whatever it was) when he was world champ. He'd been on the piss for 4 months after his win and had more to loose IMO.

lol. The commentator is nearly crying on the commentary. 'A magnificent performance'. :) Theres a heap of crap like that at my dads, 'borrowed' off the TV. It's ripper stuff.

See the photo Clark is holding on cyclingnews. He's got his European Madison champion shirt on. Cool.
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That's the one....big pin-on number flapping in the wind like a spinnaker....could've shaved another 2 seconds off without that. I love his apporach to the line....frontmarkers going at 10/10ths, chewing the stem and Clark comes past, arms up, like they're stuck in sand. Gold.

I missed Newiand v Pate at Northcote....but rode out there the next day and snagged a program that had blown up against the cyclone fence. :D

Met Carey on Beach Rd one day....he was out with Marcel Lema.

Neck like a tree-trunk.

So would that make me a peanut if started doing them? lolNot if you look like Boonen. :p If you look the part, you can blame any peanutism on everyone else

:roflmao:

What are you tipping the scales at Nev? Are you in the 90's?:(nah, after a ride on a hot day I dehydrate down to about 87kg.:) I've never been 95

anyone seen Carey Hall in recent years? He's half the size!

anyone seen Carey Hall in recent years? He's half the size!


Laying off the winstrol and deca will do that to ya....

Laying off the winstrol and deca will do that to ya....yeah.

When i first saw him in the shop I couldn't believe how short he was -- he'd
be no more than, what, 5'8"/5'9"?

yeah.

When i first saw him in the shop I couldn't believe how short he was -- he'd
be no more than, what, 5'8"/5'9"?


Not tall. Similar height to Pate, but a fair bit broader.

You should've seen Darryn Hill in his prime. Frightening.

Hilly's thighs were so big he couldn't walk properly.

Hall won a Victorian road title before he found out he was diabetic and went into the sprint events.

in the old days I only saw Hall in mags and the newspaper, and always saw him as a big, tough, fast, world class tracky, then, a couple of years ago I see this tiny guy with glasses!! It was weird

That's the one....big pin-on number flapping in the wind like a spinnaker....could've shaved another 2 seconds off without that. I love his apporach to the line....frontmarkers going at 10/10ths, chewing the stem and Clark comes past, arms up, like they're stuck in sand. Gold.


Same thing with that Austral he won in 1990. Farking impressive in full flight. He's a tough mofo - loved to win.

Same thing with that Austral he won in 1990. .


I was there for that one!!! Me and a couple of mates watched him in silence put his immaculate carbon Alan track bike together straight out of the bike bag....then absolutely rip it apart out on the track. Stellar ride.

[QUOTE=classic1]Hilly's thighs were so big he couldn't walk properly.

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First time I saw him inthe flesh was at the Superdome....he crouched to get something out of his toolbox/gym bag or something and this humungous hamstring nearly split his knicks. Out of control.

Billy-Joe told me he was fairly handy under the bench press, too.

Fairly handy punching on at the boozer by all accounts too. Apparently there was a Kelly v Hill clash of the titans. Would have been a battle and a half IMO.

The old man (tactical guru and master joke organiser) gave him the brief on how to win the ride off for 5th at the 93 worlds. He didn't know the old man well and blanked him. Sutton was standing there and just said 'listen to him and do it'. :D

I was there for that one!!! Me and a couple of mates watched him in silence put his immaculate carbon Alan track bike together straight out of the bike bag....then absolutely rip it apart out on the track. Stellar ride.

Those Alan track bikes were things of beauty. Probably not very good bikes, but looked great!

Fairly handy punching on at the boozer by all accounts too. Apparently there was a Kelly v Hill clash of the titans. Would have been a battle and a half IMO.




Yep.....could go plenty.

I don't care to be thumped by either of the two aforementioned.

Geez, you blokes are bringing back memories of knocking back VB cans on assorted freezing nights at Northcote while watching Patey, Kelly etc go ballistic on the concrete.....ahh...good times! :D

My best performance at that venue was the hat trick of goals I scored playing hockey in the middle of the track! :)

Geez, you blokes are bringing back memories of knocking back VB cans on assorted freezing nights at Northcote while watching Patey, Kelly etc go ballistic on the concrete.....ahh...good times! :D

My best performance at that venue was the hat trick of goals I scored playing hockey in the middle of the track! :)

That bloody hockey sand would blow out onto the duckboards and bottom of the track on the home straight....interesting with the Conti Sprinters at 150psi.

Two funny Northcote stories.

1 - Sid Patterson pissed as a newt abusing Neiwand over the fence calling him weak as piss and show pony. Neiwand was standing at the bottom track abusing the great man back. Sids bellowing was too much though.

2 - Ross Forster abusing a WA pairing at an Aussie Madison title who'd lost about 6 laps in 20km. They started slinging one another back and forth up the straight playing to the crowd. Roscoe yells out 'get off the track you dickheads' or something and the crowd of 6000 fell about laughing.

Hey ed, did you used to go drinking at "The Circuit" sportsbar or whatever it was called (I think the pub was actually the Loaded Dog) in St Georges Road back in early/mid 90's? Used to be a fair amount of riders drink there & they had various bikes & skinsuits adorning the walls...

Hmm...a quick Google search shows the venue has a slightly "different";) focus these days - although lycra and shaved limbs are probably still popular :D

That bloody hockey sand would blow out onto the duckboards and bottom of the track on the home straight....interesting with the Conti Sprinters at 150psi.

What about that slightly wobbly panel coming into the straight. Thump, thump. I farking hated racing at Northcote. Never liked that track. Then again, I only went well there a couple of times so that probably explains it:p

Another one I saw there was when 14 blokes fell in a C grade scratch race one night on the very last bend - right in front of us. One bloke lost half his finger and another was choking on this tongue. Gruesome.

That bloody hockey sand would blow out onto the duckboards and bottom of the track on the home straight....interesting with the Conti Sprinters at 150psi.

That would have been nasty for sure. Always wondered about the thinking (or lack of) behind putting a sand based ground inside a bike track. in truth it was a pretty ****house hockey ground too.

Hey ed, did you used to go drinking at "The Circuit" sportsbar or whatever it was called (I think the pub was actually the Loaded Dog) in St Georges Road back in early/mid 90's? Used to be a fair amount of riders drink there & they had various bikes & skinsuits adorning the walls...


Yeah....Circuit a few times. Is that the one with all the sports memorabilia around the place?

Skinny Dog in Kew was good...

What about that slightly wobbly panel coming into the straight. Thump, thump. I farking hated racing at Northcote. .

Boards?? Concrete in my day, grasshopper.

Two funny Northcote stories. (snip)


I have a lasting memory of Patey & his mates sitting in a gold Mercedes Benz that had been lowered to the weeds, windows rolled up and playing doof doof at earplitting volume - presumably to get pumped up ready to race. :eek:

Two funny Northcote stories.

1 - Sid Patterson pissed as a newt abusing Neiwand over the fence calling him weak as piss and show pony. Neiwand was standing at the bottom track abusing the great man back. Sids bellowing was too much though.

2 - Ross Forster abusing a WA pairing at an Aussie Madison title who'd lost about 6 laps in 20km. They started slinging one another back and forth up the straight playing to the crowd. Roscoe yells out 'get off the track you dickheads' or something and the crowd of 6000 fell about laughing.



1. JFK being carried out to the start in a sedan chair, pink lycra clad luvlies throwing bidons into the crowd.

2. Cameron Sharpe's saddle rails breaking and the seat falling off in an aces scratch with 200m to go.

Boards?? Concrete in my day, grasshopper.

Nah, the last couple of years the last concrete slab on the final bend was stuffed and used to make a noise when the bunch rode over it.