We're racing at Mulgrave on Saturday Oz... usually get some Southerners roll up. You gonna have a crack?

Perv!

i doubt it was a 109, i think there are only 1 or 2 left and as far as i know one lives in the USA, the other in the UK. unless of course some Kiwi has gone and built one up

much more likley somthing like a mustang or a hurricane, even a spitfire.

eh, dunno. Maybe if I can get under 90kg by then.

Good old Dunlop Rd; I did my first ever criterium there in 1987. I don't think we even needed a license back then

Nah, it wasn't a Mustang or Spitfire, and I'm only assuming it was a 109. It was painted up in WWII Luftwaffe livery. It had a much lower revving engine than a Mustang or Spitfire if that's any help.

There was a historic war plane air show recently in the South Island (Warbirds over Wanaka,) so it may even be a visiting plane doing the rounds in NZ as I haven't seen it before here in Tauranga.

Looking at the Warbirds web site it may have been a Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun, but the pictured plane doesn't quite look like what I saw yesterday.

You watch Big Bruver!!!!!

Baseball glove most times

here's the drum on that girl from bb: her mum is also in the house. but they aren't allowed to let anyone know. yawn

and congrats to mr & mrs pshaw on the new sproglet!

+1 now the fun starts

Went to the nag races with some friends yesterday and found out the girlfriends of one of my friends had just got implants. It was completely bizzare as they were both offering me feels all day. You got to do what you got to do I guess.

[edit] Congrats Paul. Now to see how you go raising someone other than yourself.

Congrats pshaw on the new addition. I reckon I've got two years respite before the hassling gets serious.

Jasus!

On the boobie front, I'm a natural guy. There's nothing worse than a woman with fake hair, fake tan, fake boobies. Only purpose they serve is for something to laugh at (or look at naked picture of on the internet, then laugh at again).

Thanks for all the congrats folks, yep life has changed!

Hows the gimpy shoulder jock? Anyone else race calga?

Let's end the booby discussion before it goes someplace we shouldn't be going. Not that you guys haven't already crossed that line.

nobody from here raced Calga, was a good day out, nice and sunny, 46 turned up. Times were slow.

Tough titties

Are you trying to surpress the titivation of discusision?

Were you a marshall :ROFLMAO:

Who got the goodies?

shouldn't you be out changing nappies or somethin' ??

Place Name Club Time

A GRADE 9 Starters
1 Mick Curran Hunter Dist 1:21:12
2 Paul Worby CCCC "
3 Michael Frost CCCC "
4 Ross Hodgson Nth Sydney "

B GRADE 11 Starters
1 Michael Bolt Bicisport 1:24:16
2 Jeff Dhu Nth Sydney "
3 Peter Griffin CCCC "
4 Chris James CCCC "

C GRADE 18 Starters
1 Charles Dorron CCCC 1:27:05
2 Peter Smits CCCC "
3 Brett Stewart CCCC "
4 Steve Alperstein Peloton "

D/E GRADE 8 Starters
1 Daryl Telfer CCCC 1:35:04
2 Paul McDonald CCCC
3 Penny Rowbottom Waratah Vets 1:35:47
4 Kim Austen Nth Sydney 1:38:00

Ill be at calga on the 6th May for the RR. Will probably stay up the coast at the holiday house and do the TT on sunday on the way home.

tempted to have a hit out there next weekend as well, but dont want to compromise myself for WSMTB XC on sunday.

Just posted this on the main roadie forum, someone recommended I post it on the Aussie thread.

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/190961-41yr-old-occasional-commuter-turns-roadie.html

(PS Does silicon allow higher cadence?)

Congratulations on the new arrival pshaw! Cheers to you and the family!

Probably the best thing to do is call the shops that sell race stuff in the areas you wanna ride.
Most of the groups are organized through high-end shops.

What side of town are you on?

there's also this sub-forum:
https://www.cyclingforums.com/f126-au...w-zealand.html (check out the thread about rides leaving from Kennedy's shop) which is a part of this forum: https://www.cyclingforums.com/ This forum also contains the 'Aus Cafe' usenet forum, which takes a couple of days to register for, but that's where most of the Melbournians hang out.

On holidays at the moment and was cleaning out the cupboard when I came across my first cycling shoes. Thought they might bring back a few memories for ed073 or others?

^^ Yeah, what 531 said. The higher end bike shops are usually a good place to make enquiries. Mascot Cycles in Richmond has a ride down Beach Rd every Sat morning at 7am (I think) from the shop. This is a pretty relaxed ride and a good one to start with when getting into group rides.