When is that Dirtworks Classic? I need some motivation after last weekends stupidly p¡ss-poor effort in the Bendigo 8hr. What a disaster that was - two infected bites on my arm, and a broken rear derailleur later meant a premature hometime for me.

Pshaw, how tall are you man? Might have an SS you can borrow

Okay, scrap that last request. Went to the Dirtworks site and looked it up. May should be enough time for me to pull my finger out.

May 7th - why not join us then. Camping is free with entry.

https://www.maxadventure.com.au/dirtw...c/whatisit.htm

She's run on the 7th of May and St Albans. A nice little spot north west of Sydeney.

How you bust your deraileur?

Infected bites on your arm? Should spend more time riding and less time with dubious ladies in the bush.

[edit] Climbo's smarter cause he knows linkies.

well saccy, lookie there, he used his own knowledge to find it, we shouldn't have bothered

Brad is killing it (and me ) at the moment. About time too. And he's currently riding a New bike

Hey berny, which Waratahs team are you riding in on Saturday?

Imagine that. Someone looking up there own crap around here. Will wonders never cease?

Thanks Tiger, I'm about 5'8', ride a M (17.5) Klein.

Jock, what gear are you running? in the Olympic sprint last night you looked like you were big Jan grinding along with Scarfe spinning about 500RPM

As for my performance 6/4/3/5/-
Still, back aint aching as much

96.4"

couldn't be bothered changing from my setup for the pursuit on Saturday. Was never going to get over the top of it, but was interesting to see how useful/useless it was in all the different race formats. Perfect for some styles of racing, but really slooooowwww acceleration. Totally different feel on DGV.

My 48x15 gives an electric start, dropped page and holly like they were standing still
Funny realising my pace in the olympic wasnt fast enough for Brad to get on top of his gear, hence why he used the banking for a sling at the end of my lap.
Funny part was I thought it was the other team on a catch not possible but i didnt expect to see someone on my outside...

hey Willy, saw Tony the other day, he's doing the DW100 also, and he's doing the NZO 24hr thingy. He gave me a deal on a helmet so now I'm Aussie standard helmet approved.

Think I busted it with a stick. Dropped the chain off the front, stopped, put it back on....3 seconds later, I hear a *twank* and my chain is busted and so is my rear derailleur! I tells ya, those Rohloffs are looking pretty good right about now. Pity about the weight, price, and dinky twist shifter.

Pshaw, yer a bit too short for my demo singlespeeds, which is a bummer. I should do one for all the average guys out there one of these days. Maybe when I finally find a cool warehouse to set up shop in?

Just got back from the doc about these bites. Came this close to chucking my bickies - ended up having to give me some local and attack them with a scalpel. Should've seen the one on my wrist....it was the pus version of Mount Fuji!

Just let me know if that's TMI, okay fellas?

Tiger boy, was it a SRAM or a Shimano derailer? if its SRAM its the 3rd unit i know of thats had a stick - shortend lifespan. they seem to be prone to it for some reason.

Page was taking it very easy last night, just a gentle hitout before Saturday (he's the engine man on their team), and Holley was on 90". All the older guys on the pursuit teams had a very quiet night...

since you guys do a lot of track racing, do you ride fixed gear on the streets?

used to, yes, did it a lot when I commuted in NJ.

why do you ask?

I don't ride track, but my 'townie' is a singlespeed. Think most of the trackies on here would be too old and too sensible to ride their track bikes on the street.

Now this is funny !!

AMERICAN rocker and writer Henry Rollins was reported to the National Security hotline during his recent Australian tour because of a book he was reading on a flight to Brisbane.

A furious Rollins was informed he was "nominated as a possible threat" for reading Jihad: The Rise Of Militant Islam In Central Asia, writes Kathy McCabe.
The incident happened on a flight from Auckland on the recent Big Day Out tour.

Rollins told Australian fans during his tour that he received a letter from a "nice woman" who worked "in one of those government areas that deals with anti-terrorism matters."

He posted the letter on his website.

"Please tell your Government and everyone in your office to go f... themselves. Baghdad's safer than my hometown and your PM is a sissy," he wrote.

I thought our Molly Meldrum getting chucked out was funnier.
Or giving the yanks the ****s by paying off the Iraqis for our wheat.

This is pretty funny as well Who got shot by Dick Cheney
enter your details and get a (fake) CNN report of you getting shot by Dick Cheney

that Dick Cheney one is good too, The Daily Show had a field day over that one... made for comedy !!

Molly Meldrum, chucked out of? what?

the states, it was a little while back. I cant remember why but it made the news.

Might have told this one before, but here it is anyway....

I was doing the Akuna Bay run with the Peleton Sports lads on Saturday. At the end of it there's a high speed paceline down Mona Vale Road, with a three nasty little hills to sort the legs out. We caught and passed some geezer in a WC shirt and he was riding a fixie.

Well bugger me if he wasn't there at the end of the 10km run, waving goodbye as he SPED OFF into the distance

Does anyone else find the visuals of a group of fat old Yank Polies, running around with shotguns shooting Quails just a little disturbing?

best part is it's given Letterman's crappy wirters enough material for 6 months.

Could be worse. Could be Southern rednecks running around with shotties asking you to squeal like a pig