Originally Posted by ed073
Lol!!
Did you ever race there in the early 90s with big John Kennedy on his Softride, disc wheel in back, deep rim HED in the front? He was so huge (and ripped....veins on top of veins) that when he wound it up, that beam on the Softride would just bounce like a spring....
He had one of those Marx Bros horns on the h/bars and he'd give it the occaisonal squeeze for comic relief.....
After quiting for a while, I did a season in 1992 but never saw John at the track.
You can see him coming down Beach Road from about 4km away because his shoulders are 3m wide.
I never saw the Softride, but I've heard the great story about the Zipp bike and his world record. If you're ever in his shop, try to get him talking about the Zipp. It's pretty amusing how keen they were for him to use their bike, and how crap the bike was for sprinting, etc, etc.