yeah.

I had a Malvern Star Mosco 80, which was a hunk of junk. Did they actually make "proper" bikes after Sid Patterson retired?

I had a red Malvern Star as my first roadie circa 1986. Next cab of the rank was a Centurian Ironman - Tange steel, white with black splatters, Ultegra group......

hey speaking of Ultegra, I just replaced my 105 cluster & chain with ultegra and the LBS reckons that Shimano say not to put 39/53 Ultegra ring combo on because the jump is to large. Summint about "no pickup on Ultegra like there is on 105".

Anyone else heard of such nonsense?

are they saying 52/39 is ok?

Yeah. 40/53 or 39/52. Makes perfectly no sense to me.

I could understand it (maybe) if had a >25 on the cluster and the rear dereilleur was straining to give enuf slack to the chain. but really...

Maybe Shimano are talking about the front derailleur cage -- has it changed?

mmmmm, can i hear it again..... Campagnolo !!!

https://bike.shimano.com/catalog/cycl...=1112241918353

Says on the Shimano site that Ultegra comes in 53/39 or 52/39

Dunno. But my dereilleurs are 105. The other confusinating thing is my new bike is all Ultegra and comes out with 39/53 from the factory.

Maybe its only a problem if you mix Ultegra running gear with 105 dereilleurs

BTW, I was looking at the programme for the upcoming masters games in Adelaide and they mention a track event called the Derby. Any idea what its format is?

Gday climbo. I love that italian stuff, but hey the Jap crap seems to be just as sweet these days. They've even worked out how to keep prices artificially high so that converts don't feel like they're buying an inferior product

G'day all. I can't be bothered reading a months worth of posts. I'd guess nothing much has happened in here as usual though

Gawd yeah. Expat and Wattsie both got jobs , an MTB uprising came and went , and a few newbs were sighted briefly. There is some hope that they might return one day

.....and you'd be correct.

Ok ok.....someone help me.

When people refer to "SoCal" as a place in a thread, wtf does that mean????

It's driving me nutz.

isn't it southern california?

So what was your excuse for missing the ride on beach rd the other week?
did hitchy and 531 mention they chased down a guy named ed, on a scapin?

There was a song about it once. Apparently it never rains there... it pours, man, it pours.

I've also seen California referred to as Kali. Dunno why.

Good for them. Does that make things a lot quieter in here now?

[edit] Yes HD, daytimes are much quieter

Goodnight all. Time for my intervals. :retch:

Have you tried my anit-puke technique, which is to do a couple of 95% efforts (after the "normal" warm up) before any 100% efforts?

As I've said before, I can't warm up at 60 to 80%, then go BANG into a 100% interval. That's puke city

SoCal dude !! Surfing dudes and Valley Girls

or Nor Cal also if you live up top of the state.

Expat is one of these, SoCal I think.

I am getting lazy, I think if I jumped on the bike at the moment I would puke no mater what effort I put in. Damn this end to day light savings, damn this infernal 9 hour day they require me in the office for, Damn this horrible 1 hour drive each way... hmm Basically weekends need to be longer so we can do all that we want to do

derby equates to some sort of keiren event, behind a motorbike and then a sprint finish.

I hear you brother!

Actually, I have more time to waste now...hehe