I can grab air, just not lots of it! Six inches off the ground is a heady altitude for some of us

If the weather is bad before the scheduled start, some directeurs and race officials will go out and reconoitre the course...esp. climbs, cobbled sections, descents etc. Ice on the road is a big no-no, as is heavy snow or the prospect of more snowfalls during the race. It's just too dangerous for the riders.

Often a decision to cancel will be made moments from the scheduled start time....like the 2004 Het Volk. Other times it can be made the day before if the situation is hopeless.

hmm...I see

but they always ride if it'd just raining, don't they?

Bloody vets at Kooragang don't always. Rode for over an hour for a race on Sunday morning, past all the cones and signage already laid out for the race, only to be told "no race today" by the race committee! Bugger :mad:

It was a cold, wet, and windy ride home (into the wind, of course) :(

yes. I rode a dutch criterium that started in a downpour once...200 starters. Blokes were warming upon rolers behind the start with their girlfriend's holding umbrellas over them. 3 laps in I hit the deck cornering on a section of clinkers, foot went through a crowd control barrier and I loked like a **** trying to get it out, 1 mangled Dura-Ace lever.

Those Dutchies love the rain.......and mangling the 12 cog. :D

holy Toledo

funny times...then they all fall about like fairies when it hits 31 degrees!!

did you "pass the Dutchies on the left hand side"? Sorry, I couldn't resist. :D

If you're confused then think back to the 80's and a band called Kids in the Kitchen. [Edit] Actually they were called Musical Youth. Kids in the Kitchen were an Aussie band.

Now that was bloody fast 531!!

nice one....lol.

They are good for the sit though...every dutch bloke seems to be 6'2" plus and has no issue doing 1000 metre turns into a 40 knot headwind off the North Sea.....then Ed rolls through for a 150m turn before heading back down the string....he he!!

I look for those blokes in our Sunday crit, but they always seem to be behind me... I just can't figure it out :)

Pete the canadian must have some Dutch in him :p

There's a joke here.....but I'm not gonna say it. :)

Or maybe a dutch moose?

Yes Pete tries hard. It's a shame there are so many losers who are willing to hang him out to dry. He's actually getting stronger for it though, so maybe he'll be able to kiss them goodbye sometime soon...

Two countries separated by a common language? This ain't no bush pig.

Hey Ed, seen the 2005 Scapins?

http://www.scapin.com/

http://www.scapin.com/inglese/prod05/big/08.jpg

That is a very ugly bike 531.

I kinda like the understated look of this one :D

http://www.gitane.com.au/2005mach2200.html

Holy she-ite!!!!


That thing is sick!!!

dodgy website though........too many friggen pop-ups and new windows.

Looks like 531 will have to trade his white boots in for some nice shine black and red numbers :D

No way....The Sonny Bill white boots would set those FSA wheels off nicely.

take the stickers off those wheels then it would be quite nice.