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?

Australian Road Racing Categories
 

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 :p

http://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. :D

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 http://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 :eek: - have no idea if this is true or not.

Jason, Cheeky Monkey hires bikes out http://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

BANG!!!



I thought I burst his bubble in post #92, telling him that while $10K = ~7.7US, that cash IN the US buys A LOT more bike :p

Lessee now, what would 10k get you......................Tephra Ti SL with Reynolds carbon stays, True Temper GS30 forks, Full carbon Record, Zipp 303 wheels, Look Keo pedals, Thomson stem and post, any carbon bars you like, Zero Gravity brakes....

do you Melb guys know Deluxe Bicycle Club? They are running cyclo-cross races this winter.

know the club (was a member last year).
dunno if there running cyclo races. i know their dirt crits are no longer happening.

Thy there website for details
http://www.deluxebicycleclub.com

Can anyone please help?
I really want to do my own open heart surgery on uncle Bob, but I haven't been to medical school and I don't have time to do all the study. Can someone please tell me where to make the first incision. I should be able to find my way from there.

Where has Thunder gone? Seems to have vanished around the same time as the spring classics started.
And not a Giro post in sight? :rolleyes:

Is McEwan hot or is he the only sprinter in the race?

Dumb Question: where are all the other sprinters?

Boonen is worn out from all the Spring Classics, Petacchi is out with a broken leg, and....err.....Cookie is no longer on the juice?

Buggered if I know. Maybe they're saving themselves for the Tour? Isn't that how it works these days?

And enquiring minds wish to know .... wo ist der Jan?

McEwen is the only top tier sprinter there, there was only ever 2 and Petacchi got injured. For McEwen, hes no doubt in good shape but winning Giro stages are what hes paid to do. So he really should be in top form. He's by far the best sprinter left in the race and it was realistically only ever going to be between him and Petacchi. He has had it over Ale jet for the past year or so too. Except for Boonen hes probably going to beat all the other sprinters anyway, cept maybe Hushovd who might of gone up a level this year.

Cooke might of ridden had Unibet got an invite and he wont ride a GT all year. Other sprinters are doing the right thing and watching the Giro at home. Good reason too. Just one look at the parcours and you see why. Its intimidating even for the climbers and theres not many stages for sprinters. Even Petacchi had to be talked into riding it and was planning to quit early. A deal had to be struck to exclude a climb in MSR for him show up. Poor bugger, didnt get his MSR win and now badly injury in the Giro.