Oooo. Bludy 'ell. Went to his site and there's some nice looking frames there. After reading that article, make me guilty for buying taiwanese feces. Then again, I aint rich.

yeah

you read the local papers? :)

do you miss this place?

Oi Saccy,

I just got back from that 'Blast furnace' called Bright. Cheer up, I didn't finish the 200 either...my S720 said 44 deg coming up tawonga gap...arrived at Bright & was heading out to Buffalo when I saw about 30 bikes leaning up against the front of the 'Star' hotel....including me mates....that broke my spirit!.......10 pots later I didn't feel like riding up buffalo anymore!...fark it was hot....we were there 10 days & the coollest was 34 deg....there outta be a law against riding in that weather.....or at least beer at the check points! :D

Hitchy

Tomalaris watch, seems to think cycling is not truly international without a Protour race outside Europe.

Guess which race he thinks should be Protour. Tour Down Under.

Does this man know anything about cycling? *rhetorical.

You were doing the Alpine this year? Poor bastid. Probably one of the maniacs trying to take me out as I was climbing falls when they were descending. I rekon 10 beers after going out to falls and back would have killed me. You obviously still had a lot of steam left. Oh well. You probably would have just stacked it on some wet tar coming off Buffalo and went off a cliff, so best to kill your kidneys instead. :)

in my experience, Fizik arione = sore balls for a week.... :o

Killingworth race dates published.

http://www.hmba.tk/

there was a race on sunday wasnt there? from what i have heard t went well. hopefully will get up there for a race this year.

kottr, did you paint your bike green, how'd it go?

looks like we all missed it then...next time :)

Last I heard, it was painted, and he was starting the reassembly. Don't know what colour. Oh, the beloved Frenchman is still being difficult.

so why does anyone shop there? and how does he make any money?

He used to sell a lot of second hand & refurbished stuff, dunno whether he still does. Big market for beach cruisers in that area, so refurbed single-speeds with rear pedal brakes are ideal. Guys who lug boards under their arm are particularly fond of step thru's. Could be just a fettish, I dunno.

painted green, 3/4 of the way through, cant find front cones that fit so Im gonna have to use the old (had it) ones until I can find ones that do.

Frenchy sells a lot of his older bikes rebuilt, and makes a bit doing repairs, he was the only guy that would true my rear wheel. I think he's specialty is wheels seeing how many he has. He stocks a lot of older school stuff where Hadleys, Civics etc dont. I would see him about ss/fg bikes. Ill probably buy my next set of tyres off him

By the way Im not too sure on gear cable tension, any links/tips?

I admit I hated mine when I got it, (came with the new GT) but I thought I'd persevere cause everyone reconed they were goos and now I luv the thing. Better than my Italia Flight TT :eek:

You ride on the w/e Jock?

Geez Kotter. Shift into the smallest gear, and pull the cables tight. It's all you need to know. And there's 100 threads in the mechanics forum that say the same thing. If you want to come over and help pack for a few hours, I'll put your bike back together for you. Should take about 25 minutes, if I don't talk while I do it. :D

There was a lot of buzz about this on the Serotta Forum (where Dazza posts?)

miss this place? nah I've been schulking around just not posting much.

nah, I meant Australialand

Haven't really been. I do miss South Africa though.
Wouldn't mind some time on bondi beach or some extended
dive time on the barrier.
was supposed to go (work) but contracts fell through.

Marty

stfu

nah its too wet today to go walking, Ill have a play myself. Now Im off to do a thread search ;)

Yup, I finally got a race in, but not before missing the start of the Hunter Districts crit on Fri night. Knocked off work at 2:30 and careened up the hwy, only to run low on petrol 15 minutes from the start line. Pulled in and topped her up only to have to wait in a queue for 12 mins while the numb-nuts behind the counter plodded along at his own merry pace. Game over.

Anyway, had a solid hit out on Sunday. Tried a few things out and had a pretty good chance at a win until I fell for the oldest trick in the book like a C Grade noob. Got suckered into bridging a little gap at the top of the climb on the last lap and they sat up. Momentum took its course and yours truly inherited the honour of leading the pack to the line. Not enough legs left to charge away from them. Oh well, another day another lesson learned. Getting sick of learnin stuff. :(

Boonen unstoppable already this year I see, 2 out of 2.

Jock - all that way for no race, that really sucks. How was the crowd on Sunday - usual numbers?

Numbers down on last week, but the racing was bloody excellent

Okay, I'm back in Oz. What did I miss?

dribble dribble dribble where's tiger? dribble dribble Tour Down Under dribble Expat's leaving dibble dribble

I think that about covers it. :D