is it raining yet ??

weather radar for Adelaide today....


https://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR463.shtml

Yeah, dun look too bad. Bit of a clearing shower. There's more cloud coming in behind it, but it might not bring much rain. Should get a result. With moisture on the pitch it should only take the pie-chucker a few overs to mop up.

so whats the motion?......"we the people, being of sound mind, (argueably, but only after morning coffee!), & bike, (fargin japanese tourists!), do hereby raise a frothy & welcome yonder expate,(even though he's a seppo & stole one 'o our wimmin & rides a tandem .....), in spite of the fact that his countymen elected a moron, (but at least he doesn't look like Mr. Sheen!) to these shores & to this thread, provided he doth contribute nothing of any significance, ( can't have him making the rest of us look bad!), doth ***** stir at every given oppotunity, (not just at taswegians & Kiwis, although they are easy targets!), doth not talk to bikeshop boys, doth fervently hope that Lance falls off in next years TDF,doth get frequent PM's from the mods regarding his 'behaviour'........all those in favour....say aye
(actually, anyone who votes loses their thread privileges, cos that measn you could 'be bothered', which goes against all the principles that made this thread great!)

Hitchy

Very l33t Hitchy, you can take that stupid white wig and ridiculuous red cape off now. And give me the sceptre. And the crown. And the fake moustache.

Didnt catch his name......he said he has been off the bike for six month from a knee injury......he was getting back into it

Good idea getting the S&S Coplers on that tandem. Can you imagine paying freight on it without them? Holy hell that would hurt. What brand did you get? I bet it cost you an absolute packet.

Man, I reckon retail, especially high end retail is dead. The only thing I buy locally is tubes on the rare occasion I get a flat, although I guess thats because I have a little bike company and can buy most things direct so I can avoid excessive levels of the chain of distribution. Every 'consumer' I speak to buys most of their high end stuff via US mailorder. The bottom line is, is that if you only have a 5% chance that you'll require a warranty, then why pay double the US price for the privalige of buying locally? It's a calculated risk.

They're still making a killing off the back of all the yuppies having a mid life crisis. Most bikes over $3K are sold to middle aged guys with fat wallets and no brains. Oh *****, that's us guys.

....HEY.....I resemble that remark!......seriously, all a highend bike means to me is that I've got (had) way to much money to spend. Doesn't mean crap when the 'flag' drops...actually, & I'm sure others feel the same about me & the 486, I get a perverse joy in trying to 'stick it' to every bloke I see on a C50 Ltd edition or a Dogma Ego.......


hitchy

I used a lot of parts that we had lying around, and had the frame made overseas by a custom builder. All up, I don't think we've spent more than AU$9k, but that includes about $1,000 in changes once it was rideable. Titanium brake rotors (203mm) look cool, but are a disaster. Unless you like replacing pads and rotors every 220k, at about $150 an end.

We started a little internet shop, and ran into the same story with nearly every company. They have their exclusive distributor, who won't sell to us as we don't have a physical location (um, my ass is on a chair, that's my location!). So now my bro walks into his LBS (Supergo is 2 minutes away) and orders whatever we want. The shop I used to buy from sells to me with about 5% markup. They even sent me the dealer's catalog! By the time shipping is paid, it's still less than half what the LBS here pays, so it works out well. All we have right now is some odd bits, because there's some holiday next month, and my kids are expecting presents, but early 2005, we'll be ordering up some goods. In the meantime, we also accept special orders. Not a sales pitch, sorry. I'd sell something at my cost just to stick it to the distributors that are jacking up the prices, and keep more bikes on the road. Oh, in case you guys want to know where to get the best prices, and to show I'm not trying to sell anything, try www.qbike.com. It will locate the best price in the states, nearly every time. Oh, Aussie "wimmin" are way better than American women. Hurts to say it, but it's true.

Tony just said there's a big storm coming.....presently over Kangaroo Island. About 2.30 it'll hit the Adelaide Oval.


I miss the Rexona weather-wall.....

When you ugly bastids going to learn how to compress a jpeg, and post some piccies of the Tour D' Farce anyway?

You seem sheepish about saying what brand of Tandem you bought. Why's that? ( Oh, and don't appologise about the sales pitch. I do it all the time! )

I have three pix on the camera, but the woman took it to work. Spewin' I can't post any pix of my bruised árse!

Lol...you've obviously already seen the pics!...you forgot 'fat'........dunno whats happened, wattsy was gunna do it after taking the pics with his 'you beaut 4 trillion mega pixel, makes toast & coffee too', digi cam....I think he's busy rippin' blokes off on ebay to be bothered with us!

Hitchy

Dunno, maybe familiarity breeds contempt.

Did you blokes know only one Aussie hasn't made a 50 against the Kiwis? Kasprowicz.

Only 4 of sheep-shaggers have got the 1/2 ton. Fleming, Oram, Sinclair, Astle

Nah, I've seen nothing. I've got strange images floating around in my brain of the Adams family on treadlies. So I wouldn't mind a dose of reality, no matter how horrid, to dispell it. Some come on Wattsy. Get orf your arse!

There isn't any brand, that's why. It's an OEM supplier to bike companies, we went straight to the manufacturer. Got me into a heap of trouble with one of their customers too. But it was the only way we could spec the frame exactly as we wanted it. They sent a CAD drawing to us for our approval, we made some changes and sent them back until it was exactly what we wanted. That's why there's no brand. Do you know of a manufacturer that makes Ti tandem MTB's? I know they build for Aerolite in Canada, but I don't know who else.

LOL...actually, it's not that far removed from the truth......Tiger could be Lurch, I'd be uncle festa, 531 has to be gomez, (flash as a rat with a gold tooth!) wattsy definately looks like a 'Pugsley'....so I guess that leaves SJP to be 'wednesday', 'Thing', or 'Morticia'....

hitchy

I'm underwhelmed by such a dubious induction. I will certainly try my best to contribute as little meaningful commentary as possible, while at the same time upholding your very high ***** stirring standards. Thank you all who couldn't be bothered, that means a great deal.

lol....

Have a captain's at this....it's Ric versus some idiot about weightlifting for racers.

https://www.cyclingforums.com/showthr...6&goto=newpost

Pleasure's all yours.

Apparently so. I just hope I don't get tortured with talk about cricket.

Oops.....my fault.

I'll lay off the cricket stuff.