Oi dave,

I could be up for it....I'll confirm a little closer to the date. we could do the famous Saturday morning beach Rd session. more cyclists out there on a saturdee than there is people in tassie!

Hitchy

Oi you blokes,

what is this the farkin NSW thread nowadays...geez....well i s'pose you blokes will just have to do for giving me some sympathy. The farkin 'coaching nazi' had 'steep hills' on my program tonight. I've had these before...but tonight was a little different.....he came too!.....be afraid, be very afraid!...any session when the coach lobs is bad news, especially if it's supposed to be a hard one. Surfice to say, my lunch came back to visit after about an hour of efforts up to 185HR...(max HR for me is 186 & I've seen that about twice in my life!). Well, I'm to shattered to even eat some dinner now...contemplating another spew as I type!...& i've been finished an hour!.....the coaching nazi goes to me after. "you're going ok at the moment, but you need to push yourself a bit harder in these sessions".......I shoulda spewed on him!

Hitchy

I don't know whether to be serious and say maybe that's what it takes to be a top athlete, or suggest that maybe he wants you to vomit more forcibly?

Sounds like fun

I could sympathise, but I got the same treatment on Saturday. Then raced Sunday. And this week is my hard week

So you'd better just choke back that vomit and push yourself a little bit harder

Ah the sweet taste of vomit, bird flu has offically left me, unfortunately my legs remain like a chickens
Just got way too much work on to train!

Anyway munchie, as this is your hard week, I dont expect to see you for the coffee ride on Saturday or lap of Calga tomorrow arvo?
I got a wedding on saturday night so Sunday will be a write off. Still if you're racing a might venture out with my hangover and throw tacks on the road
P

Like I keep sayin', I reckon nobody warms up properly, which is one of the reasons they feel like spewin'.
I reckon you can't just warm up at 70% to 80%, for how ever long, then go "BANG": 95-100% effort...BLAH.......SPEW!! You gotta do a couple of 85s and 90s before you go to max efforts.

but who really cares?

Ahhh, hitchy, hitchy, hitchy. Your stardom is legendary. Two posts, and the response from your fans is overwhelming.

So when is Mr Saxa going to restore your privileges so you can restore this (new sticky) thread with some respectability. It's not as though some have tried to inject some excitement into it, but you really do seem to be the "glue" that keeps it all together!!



And now I feel like spewing for all that gratuitous sucking up.... who gives a stuff about some nazi coach who drives you to vomitsville.

Perhaps I'll post less about BMX, and you guys can keep your spew to yourself?

When the time comes, Grasshopper, you too will spew.

Bring on the 40 second warrior

Have another beer Rowey

You've been outbid!

Wine, actually, except on Thursdays and Saturdays when I am sailing (then it's beer).

Hitchy, that's insurrection! Munchie has dissed you, too (by inference because I jacked you up). Am I the only one supporting... oh forget it. Back to terrorising whatever other thread and forums I can.

Online registration for 2005 Aust Masters Games is now open: https://www.australianmastersgames.co...cleID=33&sID=1

Its on in Adelaide (wine, cheese, bradwurst anyone?) in October, and they have a full complement of cycling events.

I was into some thinking this morning, and it would appear that this thread flies in the face of Godwin's Law. For those unfamiliar:

The longer an Internet discussion becomes, the more likely it is to disintigrate into a flame involving comparison with Nazis or Hitler. As the thread ages, the probability approaches 1.

There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, the thread is considered over, and whomever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress.

Godwin's Law guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length. There is also a widely held codocil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law (in order to invoke its thread ending effects) will generally be unsuccessful.

I contend that Godwin's Law is flawed as it does not deal with threads that have no known topic, purpose, or for that matter interest, and fails to accomodate social groups (eg. aussies) who see flames for what they are and dutifully ignore them for the most part, regardless of whether that occurs through diligence or apathy

In the newsletter for our club, some Bathurst club memer said the dirt was smoother than some of the roads out there.

Better keep the tyre pressure up by the sound of it, no pinch flats !!

Well yeah, saying it's smoother than some of the tar out here isn't saying much. Having a look at my rims the other day. There's all these little hacks around the outside surface, I guess from hitting the big bumps. Amazing I haven't pinch flatted yet. I must be doing something right.

I was thinking inflation at the lower end of the recommended range would be better for more compliance (give). Either way I'd recommend packing a false sidewall in your kit just in case you tear a hole in a tyre.

Speaking of Bonnet Hill, I didn't see you there on the last couple of TT's. What's the excuse? You missed the slight tail wind on the last one, I manged to break the 16 minute barrier, 15:48. Amazing what a little training can do

Bugger. I tried to sneak home but that didn't work. You get an extra coupla bucks tho

"give" is nice until you hit a hole you can't see at 40k and pinch flat. I race on singles so it's less of a problem for me. I don't even know if I'm going out there yet anyway. It does sound like fun though !

I would have just sold it to you outright if I knew you wanted it. I may have one red one left though. Crumpets for brekkie today, I feel like an Aussie.

you'll be up that early after a wedding?

So you like the orange kits then ?

BTW, the dirt bit is up a hill. I've been up there on mine and was spinning for a fair bit of it. You fellas will be all over the place.

You were standing, right?

Yeah bright is good, but did they have a competition to see how many times they could fit 'Central Coast' on the kit? No chance of being mistaken!