Melbournians, is there going to be a spot for anyone to catch the road race on the 26th?

the Punt Road climb will be nice, that will hurt after 10 laps. That is close to 15% I think in the steepest. It would be nice if the organisers put a Belgian beer garden in the tan, and Peiper can sett up a stall with frites mayo, and 10 day old mussels thant have salmonella breeding better than rabbits.

I'm in.

Can some clever person please post a map of the actual course?? Is it the same as the nationals from about 5 years ago?


Oh yeah....a small cup of garlic snails and a smoked eel roll from the van, thanks.

You blokes must have been asleep last week!

There are spots where you can see the race a few times per lap. Dad's mate lives nearby the circuit, so we'll probably have a night on the piss, crash, then stagger up the next morning.

Last time I remember the Aussie champs being there was in 1995 when McEwen beat Stephens, Serrano and Diaz-Zabala

https://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Spor...efault.htm#map

hey ed, one of me mate's has gotta go up bush.
What's the city end of the Hume like at about 5 o'clock to 5:30?

A living nightmare, I would presume.


Forgot to tell you.....that new Craigieburn bypass completley stumped me last week coming back from Yarrawonga. Was trying to get back to Mickleham Rd to go right to Sunbury, was funnelled off towards Broady!!

Nice road tough.

same here. I didn't know it was finished, so I didn't know where the hell I was.

Man!!! How long does it take you to get home?

I played at the Romsey Pub about a month ago........hmmmmmmmmm
Not as feral as some of the Frankston gigs or the Kalkallo (worst ever)

Kalkallo. Isn't that where all the serial killers stop to get fuel on the way out of Melbourne?

yep. Last pub out of Melbourne

They were just polite coz they knew Blijlevens would go ape shirt and challenge them to a stoush on the Champs Elysee.

Mind you, i think theres quite a few that would love to have a go at Julich.

Bludy hell! I haven't even left the country yet, and you guys are back to talking about nothing but bikes. Geez. I'm pretty sure cricket was on today...

pretty sure expat? You werent watching it. Well SA got smashed. Which is good because I dont like SA because of Tony Greig. Yes I hate a country because of one cricket commentator

Tony Greig is great. How great? He gives you a perfectly good reason to hate two countries.

you guys see this?

42 reasons why bikes are better than girlfriends

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/171416-42-reasons-why-lance-broke-up-sheryl.html

yeh I dont think im that into biking as yet

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Anyone heard of Dacord bikes? probably 20 years old, comes with dura ace cranks, F&R derails, record hubs, mavic wheels, 105 brake levers, dia-compe brakes. weird mix.

Frame is called a Tallcio? lugged steel?

https://www.daccordi-cicli.com/daccordi_eg/home.htm

daccordi, yes. dacord, no. tallcio, no. Why do you ask? buying again?

Looks like we need to work Phil harder on Monday nights

Men 4000m Individual Pursuit

Qualification

1 Mark Jamieson (Tas) 4.24.965 (54.35 km/h)
2 Peter Dawson (WA) 4.27.711
3 Richard England (Vic) 4.28.045
4 Michael Ford (Vic) 4.29.860
5 Miles Olman (Qld) 4.29.881
6 Zakkari Dempster (Vic) 4.30.575
7 Robert Lyte (NSW) 4.31.459
8 Sean Finning (Vic) 4.31.616
9 Phillip Thuaux (NSW) 4.31.707
10 Ashley Hutchinson (Qld) 4.32.113
11 Stephen Wooldridge (NSW) 4.35.390
12 Matthew Goss (Tas) 4.39.800
13 Kyle Bateson (Qld) 4.44.883
14 Amirrudin Jamaludin (Mas) 4.57.446

Good time by Jamieson! Shame Phil couldn't replicate his recent 4:29 form to be in the hunt for a ride off. How's Dale going?

Got it on DVD. Well worth watching.

Basso's phone call with Lance about his mum's cancer is very touching.

No way....I'm sure that year they went out over the Westgate to the You Yangs etc.....was a really hot day. I'm sure Robbie put the front group into the hurt box on the way back over the bridge. Unless I'm having a brain fade?

Franks-ganistan.

One morning on the Hell Ride, we were coming back through Frankston and someoen had been capped outside the 21st Century.....you could see the sheet over the body and everything.

Lovely.