Guy leaning on the fence with old ST.George jersey; Freddy the Fib from Bondi
The Waratah jersey sleeve is probably someone I know but I'd need a tad more info.
Third pic is definitely a red Porsche,
and the bloke with the blower/vac is old Bill the gardener (Bob's bro).
Glad to help.

I just love being able to contribute here.

When you can ride like she does it matters diddly what you look like.
I'd much rather be able to ride well than be the stud that I am

Tomalaris just interviewed Liggett. A tool and a senile English twit. Give me David Duffield, atleast his tangents are amusing in droll unintentional manner, and then you can lose Gabriel Gate because Duffers sums of the cheese and win from that region

Yes I see what you mean

(can someone please tell me WTF he's talking about?)

Berny, since Thunder started posting abour real cycling, I dont have a clue what's going on, only Ed appears to know. Although Climbo & 531 have been chipping in too.

I think we need to reverse the trend.

Any of you sydneysiders making the trip to Newy for Expats leaving doo?

sorry fellas

Food packages? We already have McDonalds out here repat, deport, I mean expat

Only joking, i just wonder where you amassed the knowledge?

You chaps seem to be well in with the cycling fraternity in general..?

Thunder researches by cyclotouristing Brakel and rummaging through Gates's vuilnisbak.

He has also been known to read on occasion.

Well, well, well, if it isn't Captain Bonk. One tiny little hill and you're toast.

No matter, Gary and I plundered on regardless and did a couple of standing 250's. You would have loved them, their like Kariong Hill only they farnarkle you in 20 sec instead of 10 mins. As punishment for your heinous crime (ie. not turning up coz yose a ***** [since when is a cat derivative worthy of star treatment?] you are sentenced to do 10 of these mogrels in 60mins while me and Gary sample Belgiums finest as we record your times.

BTW, next time you organise a session at the track and then change your mind you might wanna text me to say your not coming. Let's not worry about the fact that I abandoned my ride home and caught a bloody boring train from Hornsby just to get there on time. Lets focus instead on the stunning TRAINEE NURSE that I met on the train. Only my dedication to getting to the track for me mate saved her from having her temperature taken with the ultrasensitive thermal probe. That and the fact that she recognised me as an old and shagged out geezer. But that's not important right now.

So, next time your sphincter and tongue unite, use your free thumb to send a text with some useful information. Otherwise I'll post more embarressing *****e on our favourite thread, read by millions of mulletheaded bike riders world over. Wait till your sponsor find out...

nah, not me, just follow the pro scene. I would get shunted out the back of any decent bunch. I am definitely not in the fraternity, but I follow the pros, mostly Euros, and the Australian amatuers a little.

It's been good reading, and it's given Ed's braincells a rest from the mind numbing drollness (club racing drivel) that he normally has to put up with. Like the format too: workday afternoon magazine. Fargin brilliant

Gentlemen, I have found even more value in the hours spent at my LBS. Tonight, I fitted a customer to a road bike, and did a damn fine job. It helps to have the guidance of someone with over 30 years experience fitting and racing. I have learned a lot about fit. Well worth it to me that they pay me to learn too.

You got Robbed?

BTW, well done on satisfying your customer

Yes, I got Robbed. Best thing that's happened to me, bikewise.

No sweat, it's good to see someone who supports our local talent.
Now if I had the time.........................

Rob is my kind of bike rider. State champion, holder of many state, national, and specific records. And yet he has always been just 'some other guy' in the pack, willing to chat or offer training advice on the fly. Should be knighted or awarded the purple heart or something.

On a side note, I went up to Kooragang on a VERY windy day for a central div champ race and there was this bike flailing about and about to come a super special gutser. So I moved it down the rail a bit to get it out of harms (winds) way. Bloody thing weighed in at about 4.5kg, I kid you not. Not exactly UCI legal, but hey, its only district level racing.

About 20mins later I bump into Rob and say gday. He thanks me for saving his bike! Apparently he was caught by ear by someone and all the while he was watching his bike teetering on the point of destruction. But he wouldn't interrupt the potential/valued customer to save it. 20 mins before the start of a champ race!! How fargin cool is that?

Speaking of beer, just stepped into a nice bottle of Chateua Claire 1986 Cab Sav Port that I bought at a winery sojourn during the 1989 Adelaide Grand Prix. Clouded a little, but very nice across the tongue...

Not as good as the now defunct Tim Knappstein Port tho. That stuff was liquid gold. Dunno why they stopped making it.

I was told it is 500m. Incredible to ride on. The surface looked and felt similar to emery board.
I will be on another track here in a couple of weeks and can't wait.
For anyone interested in my Keirin Pics:
https://photobucket.com/albums/y214/g...n%20Fun%20Day/
The Vigore Fixie is my training partner's. Coincidently he also works at Vigore too.
Steve.

nice pics

check out the Tange Panasonic and the crappy-looking head-sets.
Sun Tour or MKS pedals?
I bet the top sprinters barely lose 1/100 of a second over 200 on those good old clunkers

That is Rob, to a T- a very down to earth guy. Not only do they have a very successful business, but they seem to be held in very high regard by their peers. The one thing you cannot buy is respect, and they get plenty of it. And there's some sick light bikes in that shop.

David Duffield is the Eurosport commentator for English speakers (or at least he was....been out of the loop for a while!). If you watch the SBS 1 hour Worlds highlights, it's often him doing the talking. When he gets excited, it just starts flowing out....we are always only minutes away from hearing about his record tme from Lands End to John-O-Groats on a tricycle again....

Sean Kelly was his co-pilot for a while....talk about chalk and cheese. One's a blubbering dandy who has more trouble identifying riders than Phil Liggett with Vaseline smeared on his glasses.....the other is the quintessential hard-man who speaks only when necessary.

But I guess when Sean Kelly talks cycling, you listen.

now it is Dave Harmon and sometimes Duffers, who head up Eurosport and Kristy(Christy) Anderson sometimes, Phil's wife. she knows her stuff but her opinions and predictions are wrong. Like when she also said Mcewen could not win in the 2004 tour and was intimidated by Petacchi and goes on to win stage two by about 3 clear lengths with Petacchi mid bunch for the sprinters. Mcewen had a great tour then with little help, probably his best tour.

Tanx.