what about your old man's pissed mates?

Re: Chamois cream thread - Awwww, his handle is 'tryingmybest'! You go little trooper!

Re: Briscolab - I think he's joking. They grow lots of corn in Iowa. And tornadoes.

Bloody hell! Tell me that's 3x10 minutes and not 30 repeats

Re Iowa, could well be, but you never know with these 'mericans

lol! yes, 3 x 10 it is..... im not into pain quite that much to be doing 30 repeats....

I reckon I'd say something like this: "what right do I have to inflict life and my genetics on someone who has absolutely no say in it? What's in it for them?!!"

Yeah, logical responses to illogical requests work real well on women.

its wierd, im all up for procreation (geddit??) but miss HDT says " NO! ", not till shes 30.... so another good free 6 years for me... ill be 32 so thats not so bad i guess.

for the guy looking to spend 4 grand on a bike, theres a really pretty black itallian malvern star, oh, i mean bianchi in the emporio armani windowin the CBD. like, that sticker would have to at least be worth 3 grand....

and i thought caddilac building bikes was a wank....

If you're over thirty and want a chuckle, check out my response to this thread

https://www.bikeforums.net/road-cycling/196730-important-idea.html

YEAH!! this is my bike #3, and it ain't a Bianchi -- I don't even know what it really is -- but the stickers were free.

don'tcha feel guilty when they're chuckin their guts up coz they had to take that 'morning after' pill.

more like 'over 35'

Atom ant?

Thanks Nev, thanks a bunch!

"So...unplug the juke-box
And do yourself a favour...."

hee hee hee WRONG!!"

it's this!!

"So unplug the jukebox
And do us all a favour"

https://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.n...2568B600271B63

Ahh... classic music. I'm still an 80's nut.

crikey!! the writer, creater, and voice of the main characters on the Family Guy was supposed to be on one of the planes that crashed into World Trade Center!! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532235/bio

I don't know where I'd be if I couldn't giggle at Stewie

nothin like flying down Beach Rd when the Flock of Seaguls', I Ran, comes on

Dammit!! I had it correct and then changed it before hitting submit I was only going from memory though.....

that's nothin!!! I used to think that Australian Crawl's Things Don't Seem chorus was "thanks sister; don't save her; oh, she's comin 'round"

No-one ever knew what James Reyne was singing! Geez , Adam ant, Oz Crawl.....is there a time warp going on today? Will the next discussion be about the Panasonic team or Pugeot bikes & the like?

Nope. It will be about Ultravox!

Off topic again, I bought meself a Tourmalet!

Walked down into Clarence St and looked around a bit. They hadn't listed what discounts they had on Tourmalets online, but in fact they were 30% off at $1400. They had about four out on display, including one with a 2005 frame (same frame, different colour) and one with all 105 (including the crankset, but also the rear der. which is normally Ultegra).

I told a nice guy my needs and he took me to the back, answered my questions well and stuck the bike into one of a few trainers they seem to keep there constantly - so it seems like their general policy is to fit people using these trainers - without any prompting. Then Kerry, who seems to have been more experienced at fitting and selling them (although the other guy seemed perfectly knowledgeable) went back, watched me pedal for a bit, checked my posture and explained gear changes and to avoid having the chain on high-high or low-low.

It was here I was happy that I had a guy that knew something watching me bang on the pedals for a bit - the bike felt quite comfortable save only that I felt the seatpost was much lower than I have it on my mountain bike. Unless he was spinning me a tale for no good reason, I have simply been having my seatpost too high all these years and my legs overextended. With this new posture my knees were coming up a lot closer to my stomach at the top of the stroke and pedalling felt less work.

Anyway, when I felt I had enough I got off and then he went through with me how to remove both tyres in turn - with him demonstrating and me then practicing - how to inflate tyres, how to strap into pedals etc. etc...

On pedals, while the first guy had recommended SPD over SPD-SL when I questioned him and told him what riding I'd like to do, the 'fitter' said I should really start with strapped pedals to get used to it, and then upgrade if I wanted to later on.

So, overall, I felt really good about purchasing from Clarence - I had gone in quite vulnerable, not knowing much about riding and fully ready to use their sale as an excuse to 'upgrade' to a Chambery and buy top quality pedals and shoes and accessories for $3000+. If I had met a guy who just wanted to upsell me, that's what would have happened. Instead, with helpful guys, I have a bike that was $1400 and all the extras I need to start cycling (spare tube, tyre levers, pedals, bottle + holder -- plus some other stuff I already own) for only $75 more. I realise the proof of the bike is in the riding, but am still happy so far

The only downside was that they wouldn't deliver - I got the impression that they don't deliver generally, but especially not because of the sale. So, I rather foolishly decided to walk the bike the whole way home - which is near Roseville on the North Shore. Took me 2 hours and gave me blisters with the shoes I was wearing, but it's enabled me to bond with my new Tourmalet.

I'll post pictures sometime when I'm fully 'recovered'. Thanks to everyone who gave me advice!