lol.

You're not wrong!! I'm 90kg ('at the moment'....as they say....ha), and I did one of the w@nker, bike shop boy, hill rides a few weeks ago, and every hill was like hitting a farkin brick wall!!

Hey 531, what do you ride?

Ed's lumpy all right. He looks like this:

https://hoback.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~prajlic...ke_strauss.jpg

Isn't that 53-11 from the Top Gun School of W@nkers?

Well, I'm such a geek that I listed all my bikes/frames in my "public profile".

My main bikes are a 2004 Cervelo Superprodigy, a locally made(?) Kennedy Dedacciai 7003 (alu) bike,
my trusty old 531 that I've had for 12 years, and a Paconi 531 that I use as a commuter.

I have 2 other hunks of junks for commuting, and 4 other frames: a cracked 1999 Specialized Allez,
another Kennedy Dedacciai 7003, a really old 531 frame, and a 1998 Giant TCR Team alu that was given to me.

I bought the Specialized frame for $100, 2nd hand but barely used, and it is so smooth I still
can't believe that such a cheap hunk of a frame could be so nice. It's not light either; the frame
alone is 1727g

So you're saying it ain't the weight of the bike slowing you on hills?

That was me yesterday, absolutely. I was so farken pissy - had that headwind for an hour an a half from my place all the way to Werribee South. Even sittin' on 43kph in the tailwind up Duncans Rd. didn't bring a smile to my face yesterday.

What a tough day. *sigh*

Have any of you guys ever caught the train out to Lilydale and gone out to Healesville-Toolangi-Kinglake-St.Andrews-Hurstbridge.....or South from Lilydale down Monbulk Rd through Silvan-Monbulk-Emerald-Upper Beaconsfield?

I'm looking for something different to do, gettin' a bit bored of the usual haunts.

Ha!! Definitely not, although the lighter bikes do feel quicker up the hills, but I suspect it's only a perception -- how much difference can 1kg make on a bike? I dunno.

At the risk of sounding like a hero/w@nker/tossa, there are guys that can barely hold my wheel on the flats, but when we get to the hills, it's the other way around with the exact same guys, and it's gotta be coz I'm 20kg heavier than them

Nope. Never.

Nah, but I often rode to Lilydale in the old days, before the traffic got hideous -- really nice out there.

I hear that. Even in the bush, I can't climb a grinding hill. A technical one, yes. On the flats, I do ok. But through the rough or downhill stuff, I put heaps of faith in my brakes and whoever certified my helmet, and just go for it, and I'm mostly untouchable. I weigh in the (upper?) 90kg range too, and always figured bike weight was more of a psychological thing. Within reason of course.

Cool. Yeah man, it's all about weight in the hills. All the hillclimbing weenies are under 70kgs, we don't stand a chance in the power-to-weight stakes. Even if you were on a 15lb bike, those guys would still leave us for dead once we hit the hills.

No chance of making your bike 20kgs lighter either

Yeah, I suspect my lighter bikes feel faster coz they're stiffer, and have newer wheels, etc.....who knows.....

Some of the guys would be under 65kg!! 25kg is A LOT OF EXTRA WEIGHT, even if
some of it is in my legs and my @ss

Ridden that route plenty of times (the ol' Wednesday ride from the Rngwood clock tower).....never caugh the train out there tho....

Hey, if they're under 65kg, invite 'em to play footy sometime...

I've gotta re-post coz I reckon you might've missed your portrait


Ed's lumpy, all right. He looks like this:

https://hoback.ncsa.uiuc.edu/~prajlic...ke_strauss.jpg

Back to the serious stuff:

Michael Slater has dropped a few bombshells in an interview with Inside Cricket.

I hate it when i here about a hot rumour going around on email, and I'm never invloved!!!
Apparently there was a rumour that "Slats" was the father of Gilchrist's baby.
I NEVER GET THESE EMAILs

And what was the other one about someone bangin' heaps of chicks on tour, or something?

When I was 21 I was 68 kg. A fit fighting machine I was. 6 weeks ago I was 90 kg. Never really lost more than 2 kg at a time in my life. After 6 weeks of feeling like I have to ride my (for me) flash bike, I'm down to 82, and proud of myself. I really was getting to fat. So those hill's will be in trouble soon.

Didn't really read the article, but I know of what you speak. Help when you work with an ex state/ODI umpire to keep you up with the goss.

As for slats pleading his case (and remeber I didn't really read the article), why is he and Gilly still not good friends, and why does he feel betrayed by his teamamtes if there was no substance to the rumours?

it's spooky and quiet in here. Two solid hours of silence. That can't be healthy. It's almost as if everyone is doing real work!

I guess Aussies actually do work, huh?



All's quiet on the Aussie home front...

Koffee

Jeez...you gotta get some sleep.

What time zone are you on? East, west, central?

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html?sort=1
Actually, it's not that late: 12:09 am in the east

ROFLMAO.

There's an old saying that some Aussies wouldn't work in an iron lung

Like I keep sayin': who is Rolf Mao?