National Film Institute?

:roflmao: nope.

Wow that is awesome!!!! I wish I could have a xmas like that one year. Now THAT is real xmas weather!!!!

ahhhh ok I didnt really know whether there was appearance money flying around or not. I can understand why gerrans might have better places to be than cronulla :) As for Brown, he has some extremely impressive legs!! I hope he gets more of a go in europe next season.

Indeed. Every woman in Utah county got 10 inches last night. :D Not much fun to drive in though.

Brownie is very quick at the pointy end of a sprint. Been racing in Europe for a while now (with Panaria before Rabobank).

Quite happy to go in hard with the body too. :D I think he and the commissaires have had a few "discussions" over the years. In the Bay Crit series a few years ago he and Robbie McEwan had an absoulte ding dong battle....(if I recall correctly)

ed073 might be able to correct me on this.

Brown nearly ran half the peloton into a parked car on the last corner at Williamstown IIRC

hey exxy, (forum-y just doesn't sound right :D ) haven't you got a fixie/fender equipped/etc hard-core winter beater so you can join the "how cold is it when you ride?" pissing contests that regularly appear? :)

hehehe that's right...Mr Popularity for the rest of the series. :rolleyes:

Wow you were busy then.:p

ahhhh i see. Is that tactic covered in the any of the 'racing strategy' books hehe??

...the old run the peloton into the back of a parked car at the last corner trick :)

or is it just a browny special?? lol

He's got those Voeckler/Gerrans/Sevilla squirrel cheecks.....not the lean Armstrong/McEwen/Laiseka look.

Uh, have you seen my avatar? Not a fixie, but it's only got one gear. And fenders. The day I swapped tires, I noticed there was ice on the tandem.

Can you please give me some advice? On a few of my rides down beach rd way (mainly south of frankston to sorrento) I come across 'group' rides. They mostly seem to stick to 33-36kmh and this is just a really frustrating pace for me. I normally will roll at 38-40kmh but am really a bit unsure of what to do...I feel really awkward passing them and sometimes I will sit about 10m off the back (hoping they will turn off somewhere) just to avoid riding past them. I usually wait for a set of red lights and I will ride through them to get away from the group.

I know this might be a stupid post, actually it definately is a stupid post. But i just dont know whats the right way to deal with pack rides that i have nothing to do with. :cry:

Yeah that was what was getting under my skin i guess. One day ill find a group thats just right for me :) I never know if people want to talk or not so I tend to ignore them but I would say hi if....arrgggg im thinking about this way too much :)

Oh yeah, so it does. I'd noticed it was a pic of bike in the snow, but hadn't checked it for the finer details. I think I'd rather just go skiing if there is gunna be snow involved.

You can't ski to the store for a 6 pack. Actually, you could have today. But they can't sell alcohol on Sundays here. :eek: Of course, the beer has no actual alcohol anyway.

atm im the opposite...if they come the other way then ill give a nod and raise a finger or two but if i go past them on my side of the road I just put the head down and get past. im yet to even have a conversation with another cyclist on the road lol pathetic!!

i'm having a "big" today, so I might see you down there.
This soueaster should pick up nicely, so I'll be mowing down small bunches like
ploughing through dry dandelions. :p It's grouse fun!

W@nkaaaa!! :p

+1 what 531 says regarding bunches... if you are going faster then pass them, or, if you are going roughly the same speed sit off the back a little bit... unless you feel like joining in & then just ask if they mind or not. (also watch them first to see if they look they know how to ride safely in a bunch - some are just downright scary)
I prolly wouldn't roll thru red lights to get past a bunch though.

I love it!!!!!!! its hilarious. and fun!!

oh i only roll through early in the morning if its clearly safe (famous last words?). I would maybe join a group if i was happy with the pace but then i have this silly ipod hanging off me and enjoy the music and so I dont think they would appreciate my presence in that sense.

if you are asking to join in with a group do you have to ask the guys at the front? or just some guy at the back? is there a 'done thing' in that sense?

rest day for me today!!! But i will keep an eye out for a fast looking bianchi sticker lol ;)

i reckon it depends on the size of the bunch: the bigger the bunch the less they should mind one more dude stuck on the back. If it's just 2 guys I usually won't sit behind them, or at least I won't so so for very long. If it's 4 to 6 people and I wanna sit there, I might break the ice with "are you guys all together -- hope I'm not gate crashing", then I might say some crap like I'm exhausted, or I'm scared of the traffic and I feel safer in a bunch. I sometimes really like riding close to the gutter behind a 'two abreast' group, because I can have a break from looking over my shoulder for cars for while.

People go on and on about Beach Rd being grouse, but it's not the safest road out there; there's not even a bike lane. I just like it because there are heaps on Freds to mow down :), otherwise I'd go elsewhere. It's nowhere near as peaceful as it was 10, 15 or 20 years ago.

:roflmao: Ive never really looked at other cyclists like that - im more likely to run the other way from them lol but its funny to hear you say that.

I wont ask you how far you ride in future, more like 'Hey Nev how many freds did you mow today?' :p