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Old 06-08-06 | 05:28 AM
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Thylo, I give up - just suggested to another person looking at titanium frames that they look at your stuff. Guy nearly had a heart attack at the price apparently.

He's an architect, our cheap Chinese import friend is an accountant .... hmm, must be something about professions beginning with the letter "A".
A$$-hole
A$$-wipe
A$$-hat
sorry exy, can i say A$$? FWIW, just finished work so excuse my poor sens of humour
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Old 06-08-06 | 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by pshaw
I was on scorpions and thought they were v.average....just upgraded to Maxxis Rancheros!

Great tyres, ridden in mud & hard-pack. Roll really nice, cant rap them enough!
Talk to Tony, he's got wire-ons but ordered 3 sets of the nice light ones as well. I got a set, he got a set. Theres one left with your name on them!

Another mate put cross-marks on and didnt rate them, roll nice, didnt hook up well.
i like the scorpions just fine, ranchero's only come in a 2.0, might be a bit small on the rigid. I'l try yours first.
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Old 06-08-06 | 06:57 AM
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And B.

B is for beige.
a tertiary colour,
an amalgamation of all the bright things that came before.

I like beige.
Well, more than Architects.
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:25 AM
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From: well it sure aint Kansas
While we're on A types
i'd like to add Architeks.
Also known as A'kid'nyas.
Spiky, awkward buggers
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Old 06-08-06 | 04:35 PM
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I don't hate anyone, I just love havin' a dig!

Fellas, here's some entertainment for the lads on this frosty Friday. Involves two of our favourite things, but mildly NSFW. Matagi, don't clink this link.

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Old 06-08-06 | 04:46 PM
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I'll be up in the Newcastle/Hunter Valley area over the long weekend doing some seriously long rides (at a liesurely pace TYVM). If anyone wants to join in the fun then send me a PM so I can plan times and routes.

And don't be givin me any of that "I've got homework" cheek this time Kotter!
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Old 06-08-06 | 05:01 PM
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test msg...
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Old 06-08-06 | 05:02 PM
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I tell you who I hate...the ATO, cause they're current giving me an audit enima and AAMI cause they are absolutely screwing me with repairs to my car. They recently sent me a letter congratulating me on being a 10 year rating 1 with no claims in 12 years of being a customer. I gave them the car to be fixed (noting that I have a certificate from them telling me it's a no-fault claim) and they've decided to fix some of the damage caused by the accident and not others. In this case I have a small crease in a panel about 30cms directly above the area hit and because the paint hasn't cracked in the area the assessor has decided it was there before the coillision. AAMI SUCKS!!!
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Old 06-08-06 | 05:02 PM
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anyone else having probs with the forums? yesterday none of the threads refreshed when they had somthing new in them, and today it says that jock posted somthing but i cant see it?
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Old 06-08-06 | 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
Engineer - (noun) An often bearded social ****** with bad dress sense that has extreme difficulty in dealing with the world unless he or she can break it down into small managable pieces that can be explained through the use of an equation. Often arrogant and dismissive of anyone else who isn't an Engineer, Engineers are also characterised by the ability only to think in absolutes, which is ironic considering shades of grey appear to be their prefered colour of choice, whether it be corduroy jackets, cardigans, overalls or the hulls of ships.
You forgot to mention they are noted for their capacity to consume alcohol as university students and also their propensity for attemping sexual congress with anything that stands still long enough.
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Old 06-08-06 | 05:14 PM
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Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.

wtf is going on with this forum today? An entire page of posts appears to have...vanished.
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:14 PM
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Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.

Nope, it's not just you HDT.

Oop.....there it is, working again.
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:16 PM
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7 weeks sinse my crash today and finally, last night, I got my bike back.
New frame and fork, new bar tape, and ultegra name plates still on there way.
All I can say is it's a good thing I had insurance.
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:20 PM
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Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.

Hey Dave, let us know if you see a matte red-brown Thylacine scootin' around down there. Guy's name is Adam, say 'Hi' for me if you run into him. It'll spin him out. (First Thylacine in Tassie! Yay for me!)
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by HobartDave
7 weeks sinse my crash today and finally, last night, I got my bike back.
New frame and fork, new bar tape, and ultegra name plates still on there way.
All I can say is it's a good thing I had insurance.

Touch it down on the descent after setting a PB for the Mt Wellington hill climb, mate??


Would be bloody cold up there this week...
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
(First Thylacine in Tassie! Yay for me!)

....struggling to compute that.....
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Old 06-08-06 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ed073
Touch it down on the descent after setting a PB for the Mt Wellington hill climb, mate??
Would be bloody cold up there this week...
If only it was just bloody cold. it's fark'n freezing this week. Except for today, it's 10 whole degrees already... Scorcha

Nah, no records up, or down Mt Wellington on that bike. it was too new for me to have even taken it up there. Ran into the back of a station wagon. Then they took me away in a white and red wagon

Thylo, have you got any pic's of the frame, so I know what to look for?
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Old 06-08-06 | 08:39 PM
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Um, it's the one with the stripes?

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Old 06-08-06 | 09:09 PM
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Why'd he choose ***** brown as a colour? Why'd you do it for him?
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Old 06-08-06 | 09:16 PM
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Just got back to work from a ride in this:



Bluddy Beaudifal
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Old 06-08-06 | 09:19 PM
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Very nice. Is the temperature in double figures though?
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Old 06-08-06 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by pshaw
A$$-hole
A$$-wipe
A$$-hat
sorry exy, can i say A$$? FWIW, just finished work so excuse my poor sens of humour
Hey dumbass, that word's not censored.

About that link someone posted - eeny meeny miney moe, catch a camel by the toe...
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Old 06-08-06 | 09:44 PM
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yep forum was wierd last night.

How gorgeous was that copper 40GT? And with modern gt40 underpinnings. Absolutely spectacular.
It'd be a superfragile body though. I just did some boxgutters and downpipes in .060 copper, it's beautiful to work with but very easy to damage.

Thanks for the wickedweasel link thylo! I used to rent in Bondi and one of my flatmates and her friend Coralie (who was the kiwi chick in that latest Warnie threesome, definitely a setup) were wickedweasel fans. Always a delight to watch them parade around in it.
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Old 06-08-06 | 09:47 PM
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The Details
When: September 8 & 9, 2006
Who: Lance Armstrong, Eddy Merckx, Phil Liggett… You.
What: Two days riding and hanging two of the biggest names in cycling:
- luxury ground transportation to/ from Calgary Int’l Airport
- 2 nights all inclusive accommodation at 5-star hotel in Lake Louise
- “team” gourmet dinner
- all meals
- custom cycling gear and other special treats
- two day fully supported rides – approx distance 130km and 50km
- luxury coach transportation to/from rides as needed
- mechanics, bike assembly, delivery provided by Calgary’s superb Ridley’s Cycle
- tax receipts available for Canadian and US citizens
- Minimum donation: Cdn $25,000 + $20,000 staging costs per person

$25k is only the minimum !
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Old 06-08-06 | 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by badsac
Very nice. Is the temperature in double figures though?
It's a full on heat wave down here today. 13 degrees
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