Not if you look like Boonen. :p If you look the part, you can blame any peanutism on everyone else

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!

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"?

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

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

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.

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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

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

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! :)

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

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 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.

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

Skinny Dog in Kew was good...

Boards?? Concrete in my day, grasshopper.

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:

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.

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.