Occy smashed him. You bloody beauty !!

I reckon Occy v Slats for the final. Go Occy!

Have to give props to Slats tho...dude is one seriously good surfer.

Gawd, how did that thread of Koffees blow out to 3 pages overnight?

How do I put this nicely? Um....maybe get a beater/townie and a U-Lock?

Well hate to say it: its true. If someone is making a buck out of something, they will look after it, so they can continue to make money out of it. Basically they exert property rights over it. Thats why whaling/fishing etc in the ocean doesnt work. No one owns the ocean so no one has property rights over it. No one has property rights no one can make money out of it.
Think of the communal farms in Russia, never worked because freeloaders could just come in and take what they like. The people who put in the hard work got less. (this is of course excluding the fact Stalin sent all the rich/good farmers off to Gulags, but it still works as an example)
Property rights = people looking after stuff because they can make money off it

Yeah as someone says who the heck rides such a nice set of wheels around and then doesn't lock them up. I wouldnt even do that here where only a few people would recognise the wheels

DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hate to restart the thread, but if you read thru, it was a one-off time she didnt lock securely cause of a bunch of reasons but probably there was a tiny bit of faith in human nature that the bike would be ok in front of a security guards office, and that leaving something locked/unlocked isnt an open invitation for it to be taken away.

Jeez, yeah, she's an ass for saving up and riding a nice bike, and not locking every part of it down...

Shouldnt your point be - who the heck steals a nice set of wheels from someone who worked hard to save and buy them.

Call me a dreamer but....give the girl a break.

I'm sure Ugo will buy her a new one.

I read her reply to your suggestion on the other thread, must say I can see her point of view - she wants to get where she's going as fast as she can and have fun doing it. No beater is going to do that for her, so she has to be extra careful with securing her bike at her destination. The one time she stuffs up, goodbye wheel - what can one say .... stuff happens.

And in the latest surfing news....Kelly Slater wins the Ripcurl Pro at Bells Beach, beating Aussie Joel Parkinson in the final. No shame in being beaten by Slats.

Ladies and gentlemen! And the rest of you lot, give me a break. Do not use any obvious variations of a shortened version of the word "Firetruck". Although I do think fark is ok, as in the website, farkin.net. Also, while Winnie The Pooh is ok, any other references to the other "Poo" are generally not allowed. If you absolutely must, just spell it properly, and let it come out ****, ****, John Howard, or whatever other obscenity you'd like. It takes quite a bit of time to edit this stuff out, but I can't leave it, because the forum rules do need to be applied evenly to all members. I probably missed a lot in the last few pages, since I was busy eating a nice chicken breast stuffed with lamb and wrapped in a nice Porterhouse steak, with a tasty salad of fresh green tossed with baby seal and bottle nose dolphin bits on the side.

Thanks for your cooperation.

Hi expat.

Hey Jock, how's the world treating you?

What Race - road tyres are you guys using / recomend? have been told that bang for back the Continental 4000's are the way to go, with the vitorias being better but with much less durability. any comments?

Also, a while ago somone posted a link to a tyre shop that i think was based in the states that had rediculously good prices for tyres, anyone know what it was? i thought i saved it in my links but no such luck.

Expat, want to export some tyres?

We've only got tires over here, but I understand that once they're exported, they become tyres. The only ones I can send are folding ones, the wire bead ones are too big. Also, they have to go by ship (4-6 weeks) in order for the freight to be reasonable.

On the other hand, I may be securing a deal to get all sorts of non-bike stuff at wholesale. I'll keep you guys updated on that. PM if you need a quote for anything.

so do you have a website up and running yet expat?
Sorry for getting around the swearer preventer, those things **** me off!
I hope you enjoyed dinner. But evn I thought you wouldnt eat dolphin

Dude, I've got 2 different sites in various states of development, and I'm shooting for a wholesale on ebay thing too. But it's past my bedtime. Take care of Jock. He's old and brittle, but wise. Jock= the Yoda of cycling.

the yoda of cycling?

<-- gives expat a queer look [TT]o_0[/TT]


riddle me this... if i'm so wise why is it that i have an immobiliser sling on my left arm?

a short balled wrinkled muppet who lives in a swamp , controlled by an unseen man via a stick up his clacker?

I don't want to hear anything out of you Jock unless you are speaking like Yoda

So your post would be something along the lines of:
Cycling the yoda of?
Queer look Expat is given
this me riddle, Imboliser sling on left arm I have, wise does this make me?

now you're making him sound like Dicky Knee

or John Howard, PM

Ahmahhhhhh! Jock said a swear word!

I thought you hadn't met Jock?

I'm gussing perhaps you meant "short, bald"? But what you have written is much funnier!