I think if we make it a 100km hammer fest we might do ok :) Pull Grant out of retirement and get him fired up...hitchy can pretty much lead out the train for most of the day...odin and wilchemy can take a pull or 3...me and nev can sit in and discuss hot chicks...and then call on big ed to fire us home...too easy ;) Of course the Vic team will all be riding free custom jobbies with full kit from tiger...I can just see it now...oh the hilarity :roflmao:

awww Gus thats just going TOO far ;)

I need 8 months to loose 30kg. I'll have to put in for long service leave. Even then I'll have to do the first turn.

No problems ..... how about we set it up for spring then?:D

Why do I get the impression you would need more incentive than we are currently offering... ;)

Well I could be racing around then so if you can work in with my plans that would be great....

http://www.lavuelta.com/07/ingles/recorrido/index.asp

:roflmao:

Aye Carumba!!! Habla Espanyol?

+ 1 000 000 000 000 000 000

;) Hey did you hear how walker went last year? Didnt they pick him over Brown for the Vuelta?

I'm one up on you ed. My bikes are actually dust free and in working order. Tyres are even pumped up!

yeh....late call up from de Rooij. There's a good photo of him on grahamwatson.com on one of the 40 degree days back at the Rabo car shoving bidons down his jersey....covered in a sheen of sweat.

"welcome to 1st grade, son."

:D

washed it last week. Even put a few psi in the Clements. :)

I'll be damned. Did you actually ride it? (even if it was just up the road). Those Scapins are classy looking beasts. Them and the Baums were the best things at the bike show IMO

Clements? La di da :p

are the sidewalls dried up and cracking?

Hope you did it while hidden in the back yard or your neighbours might dob you in to the water cops! :D

And does this mean it might even make it out on the road sometime this summer??:eek:

Tough tour to start out in isnt it? I guess at that level it doesnt matter which tour you do at level they will all bust your balls?

I put the 4th fork on my BMC today: a Columbus Carve!
Still not stiff enough, but I'm sick of changing them! :p

Negative.

He he!! I was a bit worried about the water Nazis, but I was well shielded by the garage and side fence.

Could've said Iwas washing the dog???

She was sure smokey out this morning :(

Same down here. Looking out the window at work I can't see more than 200m.

http://grahamwatson.com/gw/imagedocs...rm&06vueltaSt3

This must be the pic you were talking about....poor bastard!! (think its the fifth pic down...)

I was out on the bike before dawn but as soon as the sun came up it was shocking and I almost should of had my reflective gear on :eek: :eek: :eek:

I need to sort out this joining a club thing. Ive been looking at all of the main clubs in Melb. All of them are basically out of my way. What im mainly interested in is joining the club with the most amount of people who could help me develop as a cyclist in a serious manner. Im also interested in the club that takes itself as serious as possible in every aspect including running extra training camps etc and has a good social scene too. Oh and the club kit has to look good too.

Right now Im leaning towards SKCC. I wouldnt race in their crits much as they are in Port Melb. I'd just turn up and race at Mulgrave or Sandown or Casey. I can do that right as long as I hold an open licence?

I know I have raised this issue previously but any advice would be great :)

One thing to consider (particularly in winter RR season) is that there are two different "Combines' of clubs that run races, & as decreed by Cyclesport Victoria you are supposed to be a member of a club within the combine (or an "invited" club) to do their races, unless you hold a letter of exemption signed by the club saying you can race outside your patch etc etc....
St Kilda is a member of Northern Combine along with Brunswick, Coburg, Hawthorn, Sunbury & a few others
Carnegie-Caulfield, Blackburn, Chelsea & mornington are Southern Combine (the crit venues you mention are all run by Southern Combine Clubs)

Glenvale Cres is known for the biggest & fastets crits in town. This is where any "names" usually turn up if they want to race while in town.