Hey Hitchy

What you've got to remember is that when you get out on the p!iss with a Tasmanian, TWO HEADS ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE -- there's the swiller on one side, and the designated driver on the other!

And you Vickos are always so easy to suck in... something to do with legends and lunchboxes :D

Ahhh. Its so good to read a thread that i can understand that everyone else in the world is like wtf?. Hehehe keep the Aussie spirit going boys!

Hmmm I think I'll have to put this one down in the book. Hitchy 0 ...taswegians 1.....

cheers,

Hitchy

10:19....PM :eek:?!?!?! And you're still up?!?!?! You get to stay up just 'coz you're not Hell Riding?

Give us your race review; I'll read it tomorrow at 3am. If you don't go, just make it up :)

All this race talk is inspiring me.

Hey guys! What's up? Weather too cold and wet for you? It's almost 10.30 and no posts yet.

I'm not sure that even I can understand some of the ***** that goes back and forth here!!!

hitchy
tour of the Midlands review? Fingers thawed out yet??

I was pretty busy on Friday , so didn't get a chance to retort... :p

So Hitchy, did you ride on Saturday? As I got on the bike on Sunday I chuckled to myself about how cold/wet it was the day before. By Frankston, I was b1tching and moaning about the cold/wet conditions.

After the ride yesterday I hosed and wiped the Trek down. I undid the cable guide screw under the bottom bracket and I swear that a third of a cup of water came out of the frame...Does anyone else find they get that much water after a ride in the wet?

Get the Ryobi onto that OCLV B/B mate....drill a nice drainiage hole!

Silly me put my arm warmers away two weeks ago.

There was a thread or two on this in the past fortnight. Apparently Trek have a solution -- a cable-guide bolt with a hole drilled down the middle of it. Check your dealer. Apparently, in the US, Trek supply it free. Check the thread(s).

I've got a solution....when the rain drops, the bicycle stops.

he he he!!!

Awesome, thx Rowan


A voice of reason...what are you doing here? ;)

too wet
too windy
too hot
too cold
too hungover
too sore
too tired
too busy

LOL ed, Sunday was too cold, too tired and definitely too hungover...maybe why I slept for 3 hours in the afternoon.

Me too!
V8 supercars and a comfy couch = snoozetown.

Scapin stayed in the garage all weekend.....a common occurence these days.

:eek: Yesterday was perfect: 13 and sunny

positively tropical.

Gidday fellas, hope you're not suffering too badly from Mondayitis like I am.

Weather report Melbourne - Once again, can't make up it's damn mind. 16 and sunny one minute, 9 and raining the next. My preparation of the 'Round The Bay in a Day ride isn't going too well, so I'm contemplating a jaunt down to Franger this arvo after the lunchtime noodles have time to digest. Anyone gunna be out on the road this afternoon? Wave to the big guy on the orange bike.

I should be out there........eventually.

Bring on spring: the last 3 days arround 23 deg's the best riding weather for week's, clocked up 171km's between the road and mtb bikes on the w/end ,wev got a good cycle path along the coast with great ocean views streching Fremantle to Burns beach, and a path around the Swan river app 50k's round trip from home,a section cycle groups like to ride.
Cycled into the city this mornin to donate plasma ,the nurse there is a keen mtb'er who's ridden the collie section of the Mundabiddi trail, great to have another girl on two wheels , here's a web site to check out www.mundabiddi.org.au.

That trail looks ace! I'll have to do it.

But first I gotta do THIS

And after that I'm doing THIS

And THEN I might be able to get out to WA to do that jem.

I swear, 2005 is going to be a doozy.

Crank'n, I think I chose to ignore your post...for no other reason than pure jealousy... :p :cry:

g'day all,

remind me never, ever, ever to think about doing the 'tour of the Midlands' again.....fark it was cold!...shoulda been tipped off when we arrived at the start at ballan & the outside temp on the cars guage was 4 deg....nope, that's to subtle a hint for Hitchy....what about when the copper doing the race briefing says he has just spoken to his collegue at Trentham & "conditions are deteriorating".....hitchy take the hint?....nahuh!....the constant drizzle?...the fact that we couldn't see the top of Mt. blackwood for the black cloud perched there....nah...to subtle hints for this little black duck!.......so Hitchy sets off in the 'C' grade bunch.......the boys keep the pace up early, probably to keep warm....I've got 4 layers on, so I'm warm even though I'm wet. 10km....pace is on, boys swapping turns, have shelled a few...fark it's gunna be miserable getting dropped today!....20km..been raining since the start, absolutely saturated, aalthough still warm...pace is high...can't see anything up front but the tail lights of the lead car....30km....joy of joys...it's now 'persistantly' coming down...it must be cold, every breath is steam coming out & fogging my glasses...not that i can see anything anyway...road is getting slippery & dodging the 'deeper' water is becoming a priority...pace still well up, we started with 30 in C grade, probably lost half already.....40km...tink, tink, tink fark...thats hail bouncing off my lid...its getting thru the vents in the limar...geez it hurts...I'm gunna end up with concussion...tink, tink ,tink, staying upright is a priority now...we lost one at the last turn, front wheel 'washed out'...hope he's ok...at best the 6-13 will need some 'panel beating'.....tink, tink, tink....PPPSSSHHHTTTT...fark, some poor bastard has punctured...double crap...... IT'S ME!......No bloody spares vehicle either...have to change it from scratch....g'bye bunch, maybe I can get this done in time to grab 'B' grade?....Ok don't panic...get under the trees to do this..its still hailing!...Ok wheres me tube, CO2...got the gloves off...fark it's cold now I've stopped....fingers in me mouth to keep them warm....can't get the tyre back on...can't feel the fingers...fark, fark, fark...don't panic....fark, there goes 'B' grade...geez it'll be hard trying to sit with 'A' grade......OK CO2 in the tyre......hey...it's stopped hailing.......yep....its actually snowing now!...wheel back in...get in you bastard...crap everywhere...is that really the 486 under this mud?....fark...there goes 'A' grade....well every bunch has shelled a few...I'll form up with the sragglers & finish anyway.....ok start riding...can't stop shivering...'A' grade disappearing over the climb...no chance of catching them...what does this guy in the car beside me want...ahh he' the sag wagon...."dya want a lift mate"?...."nah i'll be right pal, I'll stick with the stragglers behind"....says hitchy, "mate, you're it...all the others have turned back or got picked up".......Oh says Hitchy from chattering teeth, realising he's last on the road, 110km to go by himself, in the rain, hail & deepening snow...."maybe I will have that lift mate, thanks"!......Hitchy DNF

Another glowing endorsement of our sport for those thinking of taking it up.