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ed073 03-17-05 05:08 PM


Originally Posted by climbo
take the stickers off those wheels then it would be quite nice.


I reckon even I could hit 50kmh on that thing.

climbo 03-17-05 06:20 PM

yeah ed, it looks about that fast ! swirly red stickers on the wheels always helps. :)

ed073 03-17-05 06:31 PM


Originally Posted by climbo
yeah ed, it looks about that fast ! swirly red stickers on the wheels always helps. :)


+ white boots and a kickarse suntan.

bonesx 03-17-05 06:50 PM


Originally Posted by rockmuncher
That is a very ugly bike 531.

I kinda like the understated look of this one :D

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

all true, muncher, but the white shoes / bike combo might be a bit much.

i'm happier with this....

http://www.gitane.com.au/2004mach2200.html :beer:

531Aussie 03-17-05 06:54 PM


Originally Posted by ed073
No way....The Sonny Bill white boots would set those FSA wheels off nicely.

I dunno if you were winding me up by saying white shoes were cool, but I farkin love 'em!:p

531Aussie 03-17-05 06:56 PM


Originally Posted by ed073
dodgy website though........too many friggen pop-ups and new windows.

don't get me started

I think I started a thread ages ago about wankey web sites with all that flash crap -- farkin shits me

The Wilier one's annoying too

ed073 03-17-05 06:56 PM


Originally Posted by 531Aussie
I dunno if you were winding me up by saying white shoes were cool, but I farkin love 'em!:p


Like I said about 8 pages back...I love white shoes. The white Stu O'grady Carnacs are still gathering dust in my garage, size 45.


Anyone? Anyone???

ed073 03-17-05 06:57 PM


Originally Posted by bonesx
all true, muncher, but the white shoes / bike combo might be a bit much.

i'm happier with this....

http://www.gitane.com.au/2004mach2200.html :beer:


broken link. Ed sad.

bonesx 03-17-05 07:10 PM


Originally Posted by ed073
broken link. Ed sad.

bugga, try again

http://www.gitane.com.au/2004mach2200.html

climbo 03-17-05 07:12 PM

white shoe owner here too, road and MTB shoes white :D

rockmuncher 03-17-05 07:16 PM


Originally Posted by bonesx
i'm happier with this....

http://www.gitane.com.au/2004mach2200.html :beer:

Me too... or at least I will be when I finally pay the beasty off... although I might get murdered when I take it home...

bonesx 03-17-05 07:17 PM


Originally Posted by climbo
white shoe owner here too, road and MTB shoes white :D

it's punishing enough cleaning the mtb after almost every ride, but shoes as well....or are they to scare off the snakes :D

rockmuncher 03-17-05 07:18 PM


Originally Posted by ed073
broken link. Ed sad.

Feeling a bit technophobic this morning Ed? You can always copy the URL text of a broken link and paste it into the Address box of your browser.

rockmuncher 03-17-05 07:32 PM

I see Cofidis has nabbed another Aussie to do some slave work for them. Chris Sutton joins Stu and Matt for this year's season. If you want to know what his form is like you can check him out at the WTC in LA next week.

ed073 03-17-05 07:33 PM


Originally Posted by rockmuncher
I see Cofidis has nabbed another Aussie to do some slave work for them. Chris Sutton joins Stu and Matt for this year's season. If you want to know what his form is like you can check him out at the WTC in LA next week.


Son of a Gun.

He'll do well.

rockmuncher 03-17-05 07:34 PM

Is he related, d'ya think?

ed073 03-17-05 07:43 PM


Originally Posted by rockmuncher
Is he related, d'ya think?


An acorn never falls far from the tree......or some sh1t like that.

climbo 03-17-05 08:23 PM


Originally Posted by bonesx
it's punishing enough cleaning the mtb after almost every ride, but shoes as well....or are they to scare off the snakes :D

that's what a hose is for, bike, then shoes, then the knicks...all clean again :)

rockmuncher 03-17-05 10:28 PM

hey climbo,

your topica list has gone berserk today. Imagine what it'd be like if you had more than 15 members!!

climbo 03-18-05 03:02 AM

well, yeah, because of you it's fired up ! This is what it's supposed to do :)

Brian 03-18-05 03:19 AM

Turns out this work thing isn't that bad. You guys are boring without me though.

Hitchy 03-18-05 04:40 AM


Originally Posted by Expatriate
....... you guys are boring without me though.

hmmm....I thought it was the other way around!...:D

Hitchy

Brian 03-18-05 02:35 PM

Is that it? OK then.

badsac 03-19-05 04:23 AM

What's the go with Ebay and pushies? Always read about you basids pushing up the price of crap and scaming. JUst bought some golf crapola off ebay and ended up very pleased with the whole deal. I take it in my quest for a mountainbike, if I look for something off ebay, Expats breatheren will rip me off? Sell me something with a snapped frame and square wheels for $8k? Guess it's a bit hard to check the state of something you're buying until you've done your dough?

Brian 03-19-05 04:46 AM


Originally Posted by badsac
What's the go with Ebay and pushies? Always read about you basids pushing up the price of crap and scaming. JUst bought some golf crapola off ebay and ended up very pleased with the whole deal. I take it in my quest for a mountainbike, if I look for something off ebay, Expats breatheren will rip me off? Sell me something with a snapped frame and square wheels for $8k? Guess it's a bit hard to check the state of something you're buying until you've done your dough?

No, we only sell square wheels to the Kiwis. I think 531 has a cracked frame for you. And there's no scamming, only the occasional "Prompting bid" where there's 20 watchers, and they're all waiting for someone else to make the first move. Feel free to email me for my opinion on anything on ebay. I'm just under 800 feedback with my secret buying account, and over 120 with the new selling account, so with nearly 1,000 transactions, I consider myself a bit experienced. That and all those years investigating fraud.

Did I mention I got my BMX through ebay? But I had a friend pick it up in Penrith and pay cash. Secure payment and the right of inspection.

On the subject of ebay, I talked to my dad today, and my brother kindly donated a bunch of gear to my cause. It's funny to hear my dad try to describe the parts:
Him: "Some kind of arms, with gears?"
Me: "Dad, does it say 'Ultegra'".
Him: "Yeah, and there's some kind of hub thing too".
Me: "Um, dad, does it have threads and splines?"
Ultegra crankset with BB maybe? It goes on and on. A hubset, some shifters, bars, stems, seats/seatposts. Most of it is coming surface mail, so it may be several weeks, but worth the wait.


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