I see the carb loading was successful

Abso-bluddy-lutely. Hic!

Mebbee we should sneak in the back door at Advocacy and Safety!!! heehehehehee titter-titter heee-hee

I've been reading ignorant tech questions. Really now, who needs a torque wrench?Just guess on your Alu/Ti/Carbon bike, I'm sure you'll guess right.

As riders expect more and more from their bikes the manufacturers have to make more and more compromises in an effort to lose weight/increase preformance. This equates to fragility. So you will find manufacturers demanding that torque wrenches being used on many more items than you might have previously been used to. Time to emerge from the dark ages. I'm still struggling with the enormity of it all

Hey, I've done 60km/h on pavement with my wife on the back, I can assure you that every nut and bolt is torqued to the manufacturer's specs. Maybe not as critical on a road bike with no suspension, and no disc brakes, but it's not a risk I'm willing to take. BTW, do you still use Look cleats?

My wife didn't come with a handbook. Can you lend me yours as I think a few items need tightening up

Yes, I have no fear. It is my.... destiny (dah-dah-daaaahhh).

Out of carbs. Need sleeeep. Must.... not... post .... any .... mooooore

I hope you meant the handbook, not my wife. She'd like me to mention that I cured her constipation that day too. On the subject of cleats, she completed her first ride with them, absolutely trouble free, and then forgot to unclip in the driveway. D'oh! Yeah, we have better things to do now too. You still coming this way Sunday? Street Festival on King St. Heaps of foot traffic, but should be nice for cyclists.

Waaaat!!!!? You make it sound like you're an old bugger. You know your hero Lancey boy is born in 1971? And he's still winning races. Get off yer arse and have a go.

Me, I'm a child of 72, and I'm going to win the tour next year (oh, okay maybe the year after, I didn't buy my bike early enough). We're still whipper snappers.

Y'all are just a bunch of kids. 1969 for me. Kids!

Hey Expat, I'm not riding up from Gosford tomorrow, but I'll be riding down from Maitland!! If you're keen for a ride I'll crooze through the Jesmond Park cycleway at about 7:30 tomorrow morning then onto Lambton Road and into town for a cuppa. Meet you at the lights on Croudace St if you're keen.

If you don't see a dork on a Gitane by 7:45 then it's probably because I've slept in/had a flat/been squashed. You can swear profusely and carry on without me!

Actually, Thylacines were found on the mainland as well as PNG, but died out from those places first. Musta been the dodgy lamb Kebabs. Tasmania's a cool place though, I highly recommend getting a Kombi, taking it over on the boat, and spending a week or two driving around. It's the best holiday.

Also, I'm not a framebuilder, I'm the guy that tells the framebuilder what to do. I think the official title is 'smartarse', but I'm not sure.

ALSO, I was busy this week, so didn't post as much on this or other forums. Actually I was busy admiring the massive bruise on my arse that Hitchy caused. It's a multi-coloured rainbow of delights. I should post a pic of it and take a poll of how many people lost their lunch while viewing it!

Yeah, if you don't see a slightly overweight and outta shape nutter on a blue Cannondale, then go. That's a good 3-5 minutes from my house, so I'll either be there or not, no chance of being late.

Oh, I just listed a computer/HRM on ebay. Somebody go crazy and bid it up real high.

https://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....e=STRK:MESE:IT

Well, watcha do to hitchy. Bite him on the way down, and he's finally died from septecemia?

Good idea on the picture. Might scare off a few of the weight weenies... but then again not. They'd use it as inspiration to throw up before a ride and therefore gain another 0.00001 seconds on their next time trial.

PS: I'd delete the bit about telling other guys what to do. Makes you sound like a theorist. And we know what hitchy (and 531 and rocky and others) think about them.

PPS: Another Tasmanian victory -- Marcos A wins the touring car championship. No wonder you mainlanders ride bikes, you can't drive!

PPPS: And I really am joking. Even about being right for the first time!!!

Rowan, do you have, (or know anyone that does) a pair of clip-on type aero bars for cheap? I'd like to try some on our tandem. Thanks

No, but I will sniff around even though the circles I move in are somewhat less elite than the other on this thread. I have a couple of contacts in the vets world, as well as the road racers. Not hopeful, though.

Hey, I've seen your posts on other threads, but don't worry, your secret's safe with me. I'm just wondering how much faster we could go on the flats if I wasn't acting like a parachute. I think the bars on the tandem are about 20cm wider than the average road bars. Thanks.

.......I don't know...leave you blokes alone for 3 days & what do I come back to?.......a thread that has disintegrated into Taswegian's rabbitting on to Seppo's in NSW no less.......bugger me (let's not take things TOOO literally around here either!).....so I 've just managed to read 3 days worth of posts & I've gotta say I'm proud of you blokes........not a molecule of stuff that could be even vaguely accused of being interesting!.....Go you good things!........

now, onto the bad news....$350 later I've got the 486 fixed.....bent derailuer hanger & spoke, turned into bent derailuer, hanger,spoke & 4 bent chain links......cos Shimano won't sell ya 4 links will they!...bah...anyway, she's all better, 'cept for the scratch (sob)......does anyone round here speak japanese?....I wanna post the bent derailuer on Japanese EBay as "3 months old" etc, etc....get some of me money back off the bastards that caused the bingle in the first place!

Hitchy

Good to have you and your bike back. I'm going to encourage all my American friends to join this thread

You taught us everything we know

Hey Expat, how far did we roll this morning? One of the great features of my Polar HRM is the AUTODELETE function. It erases any knowledge of you having done any form of riding if you leave it monitoring and it doesn't hear from the transmitter for more than 5 minutes.

Looks like 23.8k, Avg speed (shhh) 19.1k. That sounds about right to me, but I'd still like to know where it came up with the Max speed figure.