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.

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.

Were you sneaking around at the custom frame builders convention a coupla weeks ago? Looked like a bloody good perv (if you're into bike frames, tubing, and stuff)

To answer the first question, I decided to get married then disappear to NZ for two weeks to go 'Tramping'. Little did I know it didn't involve any Tramps, but instead involved walking 55kms over a mountain.

Oh yeah, and the '06 Thylacine website is sort of up and sort of running.

Not the perfect start for Graeme Brown in his new Rabobank colours....
https://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?...tar06/qatar061

Congrats on the nuptials, Thylacine.

he started a few days before and did OK.

3rd Doha International GP - 1.1
Doha, Qatar, January 27, 2006

8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank

So he did. I missed that result -oops

I'd like to see him do well with Rabobank. Has some talent, and some good agro too!

CRAP!

Yep I fully understand. Got a good tow into the prime sprint last nite only to leave my jump a half bike length too late, then picked the wrong wheel in the finish sprint ... but managed a third.
Way too much to know

A place is better than a feeble excuse young berny, well done on getting third!

Congrats to you, Tiger.

[sucker]

Finished packing the contrainer Expat?

Been boning up on Joseph Smith?

Here is the Commonwealth Games road course.

https://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Spor.../Cycling+Road/

What to you reckon fellas?

Tanx Jock. I been werkin hard lately. The new M7 c/w is proving to be a very good asset. It's exceptionally convenient for me being just 5mins down the road and allows me train more frequently. The northern ride has some challenging (for me) hills and has a nice latte' stop at the turnaround
I rode it Oz day, Satdy with a young 38yo, raced the boat Satdyarvo, rode the Vets 2hr enduro Sundy for a 7th and did Penrith yesterday and I really do feel great today, good enough to even do Marcony 2nite. ..............well maybe not.
Must be doing something right though.

Well on the face of it it has to be one of the wierdest and flattest road courses I've ever seen.

But aside from it looks like it could be a whole lotta fun. It's like a hybrid road/crit course with plenty of technical aspects and two hotdog sections. Plenty of places for people to try to 'run and hide', and two nice long sections for riders to guage how far away the break is.

Definitely a course for the strong men. Nothing in it for the hill freaks. Sprinters will be licking their lips because all they have to do is hold on and get their team mates to close down any little breaks.

Time trial's on beach road. Wonder if that'll interfere with Hell Ride

oh, I thought you'd been here, which is why you know about cricket and "singles"

O.............M................G.........!!!!!!!