Depends if you're talking about hydrogen embrittlement or some form of embrittlemant caused by shot peening.

If you have any specific questions, drop me an e-mail and I'll be happy to fill you in.

You can buy beer in the grocery store here. I think you need to go to Wyoming or Nevada for the other.

Budwieser does not count as beer.

Plenty of varitey, don't you worry. I've my bottle of Bundy OP.

Have you got your genuine Bundaberg Ginger beer too so you can mix up a "Dark & Stormy"?

Red or Orange cap?

Expat, they had the southpark - Mormon episode on last night. made me wonder about how (in)sane ppl are down that part of the world. quite fruity.

Orange. No South Park - I'm too busy pissing away time with you guys.

Shame. Red cap is the 'true' Bundy OP. Just a capful can run a Hummer for about a week.

Hey Exxy, are you anywhere near the salt lake where they do the car racing?

The Salt Flats? Nope, but we've had some fries from Maccas.

Oh. That's one place in Utah I remember. And SLC, but the salt flats were cooler to me.... unfortunatlely missed seeing a motorbike rocket effort by one day. The cars are probably hotter than any fries from Maccas!

There was a joke about a lot of salt in there somewhere...

You went to Sunshine Ladies College?

Will be travelling to Sydney in October to see some relatives, was tempted to bring the bike and do some racing while there... does anyone know what category I would be in as a US 32 y/o Category 3 road racer? Tried to find it on the NSW cycling website but could figure it out... any ideas?

Larrikin. Did I spell that right?

ok Thylo, I'll be impressed if you can answer this guy's questions

https://www.cyclingforums.com/t338900.html

he wants to design and make his own frame, but knows nothing!

jock?

Jason. At Club level you'd be in A or B grade. Our grades vary here so if you do a State Open race, you may be graded in C or D as the competition is much stronger.

I raced Cat 3 in the US and race A grade at our club races when I'm in shape.

Climbo forgets to mention that he's a sick bastid that can kill us all on a SS MTB. Or maybe I'm just a fat bastid with poor nutrition and lack of exercise.

G'nite you bunch of bogans.

We had a cat 3 rider from SoCal do a crit in A grade in January. He finished with the bunch after working hard to get a little break only to be caught. Race was won by 500m that day by Phil Thuaux who was riding for the Wismlak Team on the Asian circuit in 2005.

Now for the tricky bit: our club grades are 1/2 or even a full grade lower in standard than some of the Sydney Metro club races. That's due to the higher number of State Open riders who join in to make them a thrashfest. So you might end up being better off in B Grade if you race the bigger Metro clubs.

Also you might be able to hire a bike over here instead of paying freight/excess baggage costs to bring your own trusty steed. There was a discussion about it on this thread a while back when koffee brown was looking for some help for a friend who came over for a visit. I'll see if I can find it...

OK Jason the info for travellers starts with Koffee's post waaay back in part II of the Aussie Thread at https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...end#post915867

climbo posted URL's for some of the local bike clubs, and there might be references to training rides and where to hire bikes.

You'll be more impressed by my non-scientific response

Okay, quick poll - do we think the guy in this thread is for real, or is he just a stirrer? UncleBob/Dave, pop in here and say hello mate if ya listening.

Hmm...perhaps not - athough the sun was shining at the time. The tour guide did make mention of a lower age of consent in Utah than the rest of the in country though - have no idea if this is true or not.

Jason, Cheeky Monkey hires bikes out https://www.cheekymonkey.com.au/transport%20home.htm

call +61 2 9212 4460 9:00-5:30 Mon-Fri or 10:00-4:00 Sat

BTW: It's 3:15pm Wednesday over here at the moment

Might be a real question, but looks like he has paraphrased a few of the weekly "what bike should I buy?" threads into his own starter.

Just PM him and offer to take his cash in exchange for wikkid Tiger stripe special.

LOL at your answer to Mr. Engineering via the backdoor" too