Uh, no. I lack the motivation and anaerobic capacity at this time. That, and it's just too damn cold to race.

Apparently there was. A guy from work was going to do it but slept in

we can all appreciate a nice sleep in

Originally Posted by badsac
from reports on 26 inches.com it was carnage out there. hell its bad enough sometimes when you get off the train with 20 odd other bikers let alone 300.

what/where is Oaks ? and why is it so bad?

blue mountains, from woodford to glenbrook. not a bad ride, a little bland but OK. the issue isnt with the trail but the manners of those that ride it. you get a lot of people with little or no situational awareness that create some safety issues, cutting other riders off, collisons etc. most of which should be able to be avoided.

Apparantly the race on the weekend had a lot of young guys in the fun class who thought they were racing norba. read lots of reports of people shoulder charging, running people off the track etc. although, apparantly in the sport, expert and elite classes things were a lot more civilised.

Aussies get everywhere - Andrew Bogut was taken as the no. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.

Hasn't taken long for him to pay out on:
Luc Longley
Andrew Gaze
Shane Heal
Chris Anstey

or the aussie NBL (which he never played in)


but good on him anyway!!

was it the Bucks that got him? They NEED help. He's Aussie/Czech I think.

Yeah, the Bucks got him. He's been at University of Utah for the last 2 years, he had a great year this year and that combined with his play for the Aussie team hyped him into the no 1 spot. The fact that he's 7' tall helped too

not a bad effort at all considering a few years ago he was struggling to get a run in a starting 5 here in Australia...

now we just need to work out how to get him into the spurs!!

nah, 76ers need him !!

That's more like it. Aussies talking about basketball.

You sure they're Aussies Expat? Sound more like good old boys to me.

Don't know about Paul and HD, but Climbo is true blue.

[edit] Climbo is a fair dinkum Aussie

sorry I missed using the in the previous thread.
Paul is from CA, HD and climbo are both dinky di.

Paul's from Northern California. Practically Canadian.

G'day,

Ok, so with that 'bogie' bike race in France starting on Saturdee night....& being live & in full on SBS for the next 3 weeks.....anybody worked out a schedule for fitting in things like 'work', 'sleep' & 'training' into their day.......hmmmm...methinks some sickies be coming on...cough..cough........& I'm gunna have to cope with all the bloody chemists sold out of no-doze thanks to recent publicity......help!

Hitchy

Ahem, don't insult me, I'm English.

Appears you've just insulted yourself...

oooh you american you

Sorry. That was harsh. Here, have some oil.

I lost my yanky twang within about 2 weeks of arriving back home and hearing everyone say MATE !!!! you sound like a SEPTIC !!!!

Yes it's a worry. I've applied for hols. in the last week
I'm not sure how I'm going to manage the rest. Gotta race start 7.15 Sunday
How long is the longest vid tape???

I've gone 21st Century in recent months....DVD-R hard drive. 60 hours of storage or sumfing.