cmon, you and i both know he runs the lawyers!


in other news, i propose a new charity is set up. " save a bus driver " , yes, just for a dollar a day, you can help a bus driver learn what in indicator is and why he should use both it and a mirror before cutting across an 80 kph road when hes doing 20 kays an hour....

It's a toss-up what the Song Of The Day is going to be today. I was thinking something by Slayer, but how can you go past Iron Maidens 'The Number of the Beast'?

No idea what that Ti frame is. I wouldn't ride it though, looks scary - esp the forks.

I'm temped to just to post dribble for the next 4 posts just so I can have post #6666

id be happy to go but im going to a farewell dinner for SWMBO before she goes OS for 3 weeks ( think of all the riding i could do if if it wasnt raining cats n dogs..... :( )

so want to spill the beans on what band you play in? tim rogers? yer hes good. very good.

the J's just played mother F@#$er from hell by the datsuns, which i thought was pretty fitting!

I'd like to teach a few things to the ignorant school bus driver that thought overtaking a cyclist in a roundabout this morning was a good idea - not :( His passengers were slightly bemused by the rabid man in red pounding on the side of the bus and gesticulating at the side mirror with a middle finger.

First real frost here this morning, 2C overnight and fully kitted out with beanie, booties and woolly gloves. Needless to say the nose was running like a tap for the whole ride - snot-rocket-arama.

am i evil?

Are you vomitting jets of green vomit?

It would only have been a jinx if you got soaked SIX minutes from work - 5 minutes broke the run. :D

no, but my heads spinning around, i seem to have spawned a goats hind legs and all of a sudden its very hot in here....

Just another day on Bikeforums then:p

Stuey strolled over the line for 11th (+13 sec) in Stage 1

you'd betta learn to love riding in the rain ! 3 weeks, you'll have plenty of time to ride. I'd kill for 3 days to have time to ride. :p

so i take it that calga will be on rain hail or shine?

yep.

Only time it's ever cancelled is when visibility falls below 100m or the wind is too strong (ie. the safety signs get blown over!). Most wussy riders usually pike it before conditions get that bad.

So you stepping up to B Grade this week HDT to do a lazy 75kays

okies then. racing in the rain, could be fun. havent got a lot ( any!) experience riding in a paceline in the rain.

bah, b grade, if i was doing that id still be out there the next week waiting to finish my 3rd lap! plan to race D grade and play it very aggressive, differing from last time when i folowed wheels and waited till the final time up blood to make a bit of a move. i tend to race very agressive in a MTB race and just rolling around in the paceline was a tad mind numbing, esp at the pace we were doing.

actually , if by the end of next year i was a competitive B grade rider id be stoked. definatley making road my focus from now on, just need to make it exciting for myself!

Racing in the rain is the same as racing dry, except you get wet! Logical , eh? :p

Your booties will keep all the moisture out for a total distance of about 30m. After that they keep you feet warm and wet, so your skin goes white and swells up massive inside your shoes. You get used to the squelching in your shoes after a while/your feet go to sleep.

You have no brakes. Neither does anyone else. Carry on.

You will be able to identifiy various parts of the course by taste.

Your glasses will fog up plenty and get covered in **** all the time. You will run out of rinsing water at about half distance. After that you'll be forced to try to wipe them clean. This will only scratch the lenses and smear grease all over them, making them useless. As soon as you take them off in order to see the rider ahead will flick a tiny bit of road grit into you eye.

A bunch sprint is not a desirable thing.

When you get back to your car you will discover that one of your windows was slightly ajar and all your warm clothes and the seats are now cold and wet.

Oh yeah, and you will need to clean your bike when you get home. Level 3 water restrictions are in place: don;t waste water :roflmao:

sounds great, where do i sign up~ !

1st MTB race ever was in torrential summer rain. i wear glasses, so of course they fogged. bad enough that i had sweet FA idea where i was or even if i was on the race course any more.

oh, and id just had the LBS tdo a rebuild on my bike the week before including new chain, casette, cables and wheel bearings. all of which were not worth a pinch of poo by the end of the race.

Jock, how long have you been president of the optimists club?

So after a few OTB's at the weekend you've quit MTB racing:eek:

Sounds like cyclo-cross is your go ;)

crikey, strewth, by jingo. Lemme guess: 33? Crikey

I'd go for one of these instead

http://www.scapin.com/inglese/prod06/big/5.jpg

At least in 'cross it's easier to argue that the dismount was planned

Now, let me see how I can improve that horrible Italian bike....hrm.......yes.......tweak a bit here......bit there......

Damn....that's tasty.


BTW......new thread quality in BF.com today has hit an all-time low. There's some rubbish out there.

Samples?

Whatever do you mean? Someone fell off using clipless pedals, someone shaved their legs, and yet another needs to discuss double vs triple...... How much better can it get?!:rolleyes:

Happy belated ed. :beer:
Nice av classic... "New boots and panties" innit?

yeah, as I think you or Wazza predicted, Armstrong brought the nuff-nuffs here, but they didn't leave with him.

+1.

cheers mate.

33-Adam McPhee



edit: I'm officially off the Bombers for a month as I become a soccer expert. Maybe they'll win a game in my absence. :(

you forgot bikesdirect.


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