I heard a rumour that T Mobile hired Mick Rogers for his ability to pull his way back to the bunch with a Musette stuffed full of roast chook and saurkraut for der Jans mid-race snack (think Obelix)
:D

Thunder had some good form during the classics but he is a Belgian hard man afterall. And just like the sprinters, he saw the parcours of this Giro and thought, this isnt a race for me. Soft.

Thunder and Ed have taken their secret love tryst to the next level. They've eloped to some seedy joint like cyclingforums i'll bet. :D

Well I plugged you earlier on. So if he hasnt come over here I dunno if hes for real or not.
Hey about that bike for $10k do you do a long term credit deal? :rolleyes:

Hmmm. Dr. Nick Riviera had a video...

Yep, use yer HECS $ ya student bludger;)

lol, its already high enough after one semester :eek:

Yoeki, there's two Thunders. The bikeforums.net one who must have found something better to do or his boss caught him goofing off and now has to do work during business hours, and the Norse god variant that flexes LOOK 585s for a living. The latter is doing the Volta a Catalunja or something in a week or two and building up for his Tour green jersey defence.

Sure. Just think of me as the Thylacine Credit Union. Granted, you get no interest and the Tellers aren't cute, but what other bank gives you a cool bike at the end? :D

I don't think that UncleBob guy is for real. Most guys with that sort of cash either like to pretend they're with Credit Agricole and get a Look, or will just end up with whatever Tupperware will impress their mates the most.
I reckon if I had that sort of cash I'd want something that blew minds. Something like a 953 tubed custom frame with some very clever parts selections to get it down to a very un steel-like weight would be an awesome project.

On the other hand, a Cervelo with Dura-Ace - appart from being out of fashion in 12 months - would suck when you roll up to Cafe Racer and see another one parked there.

Oh the humanity! :rolleyes:

This post is gonna suck but whatever, if I had 10k for a bike I would go a custom built something. At least then no one is gonna have the bike you have, and custom is always in.

well I've had a search on the forums and it seems as though the homemade paint job will do the trick. Since it's black at the back already, I may try for pink front to black rear end with flames cut in on the TT and DT. I suppose if I fark it up I can just spray over it.

Thylo, based on that description you gave on cyclingforums im curious what the point would be of putting carbon stays on a Ti bike would be? given that everyone says Ti gives an awesome ride and is very compliant + also lasts a lifetime, why would you put carbon stays on there which are much more fragile and seem to have a vastly limited, or at least undetermined lifespan?

careful~ willy likes flames, even pink ones! you might wake up one morning to find the little one's nice little bike lifted. :)

Pimp my Bike !

Hey climbo, you gonna buy an ultra-geeky commissaires uniform? :D

LOL, he may get to use those matching bibs finally !

for sure, I'll probably use my grandpa's bowling hat and brown shoes too. :p

Carbon stays virtually serve no purpose at all. It's pure fashion as far as I'm concerned. In fact, the biggest benefit is for the framebuilder - pay a couple of hundred bucks and bolt/glue the thing on - hooray, no having to cope those pesky seatstays.

Originally when they became more readily available for custom bikes, I was going to boycott them, but then thought....why? Sure, I don't think it improves the ride in the slightest, but if people like the look or whatever, where's the harm? They don't make the frame any weaker necessarily, so as long as you follow the rules to epoxy bonding, everything's apples.

I actually think that the Ti chainstays/downtube - Carbon seatstays/seat tube/top tube design should in theory have a really lovely ride. You've got the natural spring of the Ti, and the low amplitude characteristics of the carbon where it can be put to good use.

Now, whether that's worth the extra AUD1500 bucks over the Tephra Ti is debatable. Probably not from my POV, because I'm the poor bugger that would be hand carving those Ti lugs!

To be brutally honest, I think just a straight Reynolds butted 6/4 Ti frame would be the ultimate road racing frame. Significantly stronger than 3/2.5, only about 150g heaver than the current crop superlight carbon frames, and would have a pretty amazing ride.

Pretty amazing price, too. The downtube alone is 300 bucks. :eek:

Well, results are in for the dirtworks. I came 73rd out of 193 in my category and 169th out of 452 overall. Even considering I limped the last half with cramps, I'm really happy with that. My goal was to get in the top half of the field in both and I did it. Bit better training and nutrition and I might do okay.

BTW, Mr and Mrs Flemming are one fast couple. :eek:

nice going Saccy !! :) That's a good result.

Onya Saccy.

Top 1/3 with no cramping you'd hafta reckon.

Yep, top effort that...

Nice work Saccy. Now you'll just have to chow down more bananas and you'll be good to top that.

Man, it's a day of highs and lows. Sold my pink demo 221 and some forks, got pipped at the till by a Cinelli Super Corsa with Centaur.

Someone actually chose a Cinelli Super Corsa over a Tephra. OMFG. A pound lighter, stiffer, better quality and custom, but nooooooooo.

Ah well, lost the battle but the war goes on....

That's the trouble with choice: ppl tend to make one

LOL, i brought them today for my lunchtime ride down the M2!