That sucks for Sanderson, but I think the insurance thing will be what buggered it up.

I was all but signed up with a pro-team till they discovered I am a 43 year old fat bastid on cholesterol medication. That and the only cycling race I have won was the sprint to the beer tent.

Morris Iemma visited our office today to talk to the kids on the School of the Air (because it went 100% satellite based interactive multimedia computers instead of UHF radio).

One little kid (about 9 or 10 yo) was asked what sort of stuff they get up to outside of school.

Answer: "Oh, just the usual stuff. Help on the farm, ride my motorbike, and I've got a new paddybasher: its a V8!!"

Concerned Minister: "That's a bit different to what city kids get up to, don't you think?"

Answer: "No, I don't think so."

Kid must read the newspaper

Mcewen's thinking, this was not written into the fine print in my contract, was it?

Davitamon: just a bunch of clowns!

Very nice work Odin

awesome Odin, I am forwarding you fine work.

R McClown

From: Robert Arnold <rob@ridemedia.com.au >
To: Chris Tunnock <chris_tunnock@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Robbie McClown
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 16:45:57 +1100
>Chris,
>Very funny. I've just sent it on to Robbie... I'm sure he'll
>appreciate the joke.
>Cheers
>Rob

So Robbie sees the full handiwork. I attempted on putting a nose on him, but it did not look as good.

Good work. I suggest you aim for the top next. Merckx or Armstrong

"No sorry, I don't want any fries with that.....oh, is that you Robbie?"

the new Dirtworks profile is posted - it's got nothin' !!

Numbers look a lot smaller than the Alpine which is a bonus. Slopes look steeper though. Still, I'm a lot better at short and steep than long and moderately steep.

Have you done one of these before climbo? How long it take you to finish?

far canal!

Willy and I did this one back a few months, 6 hours it took.

I hear Brad Scarfe is going well. Anyone know what bike he is currently riding???

Far cough!

The have you riding up redwoods or something? That looks much worse than the dirt works. Did it kick you in the arse or you do okay? You'll be doing this one in 4 hours!

I rode up halfwayhill past all the bludgers who were walking to cries of "get of and save your energy" my response was something like "It's a farkin bike race, not a walk".

Still, I wasnt feeling the best as they all passed me on the next flat section with my legs feeling like they had fallen off

Best part was the dude dressed as groundskeeper Willie, who told me he thought my accent was really good and was amazed that I could keep it up :ROFLMAO:

"Thank you for entering the Dirt Works 100km Classic. "
No goin back for me either!
Think I might try and beg/borrow/build a SS

Henk

See, I rekon walkin's cheatin. You got wheels, you got to use them. But then again, coming last (or not making it to the finish "again") sucks. Is walking up the hills what all the smart people do?

Rekon I'll have to give it a go. Got to give this new bike a workout.

Saccy, how didja go with the BB and headset?

She's in the shop at the minute. Been in for 3 days so far and haven't heard back from them yet. Usually a bad sign. Hope they aren't putting crap in it without asking me first. I'll give them a call tomorrow and find out. Hopefully they've just farked up something at the service. I'm never that lucky though.

no real arse kicking - very average time

winner of the Fling was just under 4 hours - me 6 hours, last person in about 8 ... on a moderately hilly course, only one real difficult riding section.

winner of last years Dirtworks was 4:45 >>> means course is harder, tougher rockier sections etc... makes for slower going in those areas. But that's why we do it, fire trails can get pretty boring.

only ever done 3 long distance races.

Other one I did was in the US, 101 miles, 10 hours worth of riding when I was much fitter than I am now.

Come now climbo. Stop being so humble. Even Jocko of the "108 km/h passing cars up hill into a headwind" fame rekons you're to crazy fast for him up the hills. Admit it. That 6 hours was with Expat on his tandem with Expat sightseeing with his feet up?

I rekon I could give that 8 hours a shake.