Ummm...can you educate this Aussie on any other way to pronounce shaw?

and more often than not, Dick Cheney....

whats the matter, worried about backing up after " riding" the day / night before? and cmon, are you really asking for advice or just showing off? :P

Well, okay. Maybe a little bit of bragging that I actually do know of, and perhaps might even be allowed in such a house. But honestly, after the farce of the Alpine Classic, I just want to finish this one. :(

if i was doing it id offer you a place to stay / lift, but unfortunatley for you i wont be attending. have you thought of maybee looking up some pub accomodation or cheapish motels? theres a pub in glenorie, shouldnt bee to expensive there and its only round half an hour trip to Wisemans from there.

Yeah, pick on the Aussie accent. This from the guy who buys his knicks at a "bake" shop.

Tiger, somewhere I have a pic of my little Aussie Princess holding a shotgun.

I'd kind of assumed all the accomodation around the area would be booked out so close to the event. You're right though. I'll have a phone around next week.

BTW, with you being a mtb freak and all, I'm a little surprised you're not doing it.

too expensive for moi. if i want to go and hurt myself on hills ill do it for free thanks :P im alos not a huge fan of long distance races like that, i prefer club level XC type racing. personal preference.

maybee next year, but it hasnt really been on my radar at all at the moment.

i wonder what they are going to do with the highland fling this year seeing as penrose is now a smoking logged out wreck. :(

eh, I reckon it's just my 3rd or 4th midlife crisis that motivates me!:p Is that self 'defecating' enough?:). My first midlife crisis resulted in me going back to play cricket when I was 32. ........

......And wives are THE WORST thing for the kms, unless they're married to somebody else!
*boom boom*

Homewrecker ;)

Ow. Just found out where that 53kph went yesterday - straight to the lower back. *twinge*

My problem is is that I can still remember when I could go out and hammer 100kms with no training and still survive. Problem is....that was 10 years ago. :rolleyes:

*knock, knock* Is this thing on? *cough*

Has everyone gone away for the long weekend already?

Anyway, I'm having lunch and I'm bored, so let's play 'Thylacine's Hypothetical'.

Say I wanted a new roadie and could pretty much do anything. Do I go 'tech' and be a w@nker and do a Carbon/ti frame, or do I be classy and do a lugged steel frame and forks and go sick on the paint?

Oooh! Oooh! I can answer this one. Do a steel frame, with no paint at the lug junctions, just polished and clear coat.

If you're gonna be a w@nker, use both hands. Carbon/ti frame with an Army paint scheme. Oh, yeah.

Go high tech. Push yerself. Don't worry about that old foggey steel crap. You've been there, done that. You can still throw a bit of paint on the titanium carbon jobbie. Make sure it's flowers, or red with a hammer and sickle, then start a thread on it. ;)

[edit] Actually hammer and sickle's a bit old. How about red with a bunch of yellow stars? That'd work. Except probably no one would get it.

953 stainless

what's the latest with that?

Methinks I spoke to Stubacca on the telephone recently :)

953? If people want it, we can do it. Same price as Titanium plus whatever it costs to heat treat it, so you're looking down the barrel of sub AUD4000 frame only.

Oh yeah, there's a huge queue at the door :rolleyes:

Tigger, go with scandium frame + carbon seat stays + steel forks + ssteel dropouts + carbon seatpost + carbon bars. Put a retro leather saddle on, and double strap toe clips for added effect.

Then paint it in a star spangled banner effect with "I'm horny for George" decals everywhere

you guys see the steel Wilier being used in Classics? 'Bout time!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006...roubaix_bikes1

I had no idea until Classic posted it somewhere else.


Apparently, Paris-Roubaix highlights are on 'ABS' (that's what some "new" Australians call it), Sunday, the 23rd of April

LOL.

Or an Aussie flag with 'I love Cronulla'

More like "Cronulla is fully sick, moit!"

Speaking of which, pretty picture of Carbon/Ti concept I'm messin' around with....

http://www.thylacinecycles.com/album...Ti01.sized.jpg

Might happen sometime when I get rich and famous :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, the Aussie chicks who were involved in that car accident in Germany are on Denton next Monday. Cycling on telly two days in a row? Wow, what did we do to deserve to get that?

Go steel.
*insert corny steel line here*

on Denton, bit late isn't he?

Wazza, you can't give us all this bul**** about NEW bikes and how the choice is so hard and the like when we can't afford one... your killing me !!!

Anyone know what these albums are (title and artist)?

Jock, on my crappy work computer monitor they look like dyed easter eggs, plain & simple. sorry.

The one on the left's familiar... have to have a bit of a think about it...