Then kick the team out if they're supposed to be so all knowing. Chain an employee to the riders 24 hours a day and make them ride in a sidecar when the rider is out training so the rider don't get up to mischief. Or else admit they can't expect the teams to control every little thing the rider does. I stand by what I said earlier. I can see no good reason for a team and honest riders to be left short for something they had no control over.

That makes sense.

BTW, I'd guess the dry biscuit (rice wafer?) would represent those ultra vain americans who eat cardboard to try and lose weight. So it'd be an american car. The way it smashes fairly mimics the dodgy design and build quality of the things they make.

[QUOTE=existencebut which country car producer does the dry biscuit represent???...i know its probably very obvious someone please please help me out lol!!!!!!!!!!! any ideas? its pissing me off[/QUOTE]


Itsa Lada

Beach Rd., especially between Mordy and (at least) Bay Rd. is pretty much dead on week nights after 8:30/9:00pm, except, of course, for a few hot nights in the middle of summer. It's ghostly after 9:30pm, and very safe. I saw a guy on his bike down there when I was driving home a couple of Fridays ago at about 1am!!

Some of the group rides are detailed here:
https://www.skcc.com.au/index.php?opt...d=11&Itemid=30
I think here are at least 3 weekday group rides a week on Beach Rd., around 6am.

I liked doing the Thursday night 'hill' ride, as described in the link. I used to jump on the group on Earl St., Kew, at the bottom of the Princess St. hill, after they'd crossed the Eastern Fwy, around 7pm. I haven't been able to do it lately. No slipstream on the hills (obviously) really sorts everyone out, but, no matter good you're going, there'll always be some little 55kg kid who leaves everyone behind in the last 200m

The Tuesday night ride comes down New St. anywhere from 6:35pm to 6:50pm, depending on the wind, then they turn around at Parkdale/Mordy anywhere from 7:10pm to 7:25pm. The ride down is half to 2/3 pace, then they hammer all the way back to the Elwood BP servo, on the cnr of Dickens St. and Marine Pde., which I guess is the "finish line" The standard and numbers has dropped a little in recent months, probably coz more and more dangerous peanuts have latched on, but it's still a good 'tosser-fest'

thanks. I've always had vague answers, like, if it was a rep's car it could have a touring tank....or whatever........but I thought it would be standard.

hmmm...that's some of the "lingo". Have you had some time in the 'biz', or a really big garage?

I was desperate for a scrap where I could sink the slippers in, and when the weather's dodgey, it gets rid of the peanuts, drops the numbers right down, and only the corehard dudes are out

i was wondering that too, i thought, do the Norwegians make cars?

French roll, farkin soft isn't it, supposed to be crunchy on the outside, I wouldn't buy it.

Expat - nice Silca for HDT you had there, is that the Super Pista model? Got any more?

PS> Had a nice run-in this morning with a tradies ute (farkin plumbers, shoulda stolen his tools ). As I bounced of the side of his truck as he came passed me int he roundabout, he was pissed off that I'd obstructed him, he slammed on the brakes and the passenger screamed something out the window at me as I came past, with raised fist and a Jim Beam and Coke can in the other hand. WTF !!

So Robbie was second to Freire? I missed the finish. Fell asleep and woke up 30 mins too late.

Hint: It is a crispbread, which is traditionally associated with Scandinavia. So which Scandinavian country produces cars?

Sheesh, guys.

I thought a 'Cracker' was a white American?

Hehehe

Cracker is too obscure. They should've exploded a pickled Herring.

We've only managed to stay awake for one stage so far. Most nights we're snuggled up under the doona by midnight.

If you have Foxtel, their highlights package at 7am, repeated at 5pm isn't too bad.

They should obviously move the TdF to a better timezone - I reckon the South Island (NZ) would be the go.

Except that pickled herrings are also very popular in Germany, so that would have confused things a bit.

As are crackers. Crackers are the universal language. They bind us all. Without crackers, we'd have nothing to put stuff on.

Okay, what about exploding Sven the Masseuse? That'd work for me.



Listening to RRR - Andy McDowell and Ja Ja Binks have been voted the most annoying people in the US recently.



It's funny....because it's true.

Not all of us boyo, not all of us.
(fargin idiots) wait, can I say that?

Same here. From letour.com:

The Liguigas and Quickstep teams controlled the peloton in the final two kilometers. O’Grady launched an escape with 1,800m to go but a bunch sprint concluded the final stage. Oscar Freire rode the perfect finale to hold off a late charge by McEwen who had to dive from the right of the road to the centre to get passed Zabel and Boonen who claimed third and fourth.
Honchar finished 32nd with the same time as the stage winner. He will wear the yellow jersey in stage 10

Only a bees dick in it. Might be worth watching the highlights tonite after all. Good to see Stu having a go too.

You can watch it right now on https://www21.sbs.com.au/tdf/?pid=vids

That was I think the best sprint finish I've ever seen (except maybe that one where Abdujaparov put his head down and rode straight into the barriers). 10cm in it if that, and Robbie had to come a long way around to even get to the front. Infact, if you look at the shot of the finish from the chopper, it's almost like Freire, Boonen and Zabel are standing still and then McEwan shoots off to the left through a gap and darts to the front. He's so much quicker in the last 20m than anyone else it's actually pretty mind-boggling.

Awesome sprint finish, just awesome.

Here, you can just about anything...as long as it's sarcastic!!

Hey guys, I just got invited to a business lunch with Suzie Wilks...YEHAAAA!!!

Sorry to hear that, Wattsy.

What do you do for a crust? Not infect the world with purile Queensland-centric lifestyle programes I hope.

When I read this the first time I was thinking..how the hell did Climbo manage to pick up a can of JB&Coke?....Doh!

Anyway, a long overdue "Welcome to the Central Coast"

Negative, I don't give a crap about her shows, I want her accounting work.

I guessed Volvo not becasue of the crispbread/Scandanavia connection, but because Volvos are about as bland as a dry biscuit. (Sorry climbo)

I want her out of her shorts...