I've had that thought too....lol

Ah yes fellas, Summer has arriven!

I do have a confession regarding todays ride though. I got passed by a Pom on a fukkin Seven Axiom Ti with DA and Ksyriums while tootling along at a leisurely 28kph today, who then decided to drop back to 26 just to annoy me I think. So I thought.....hrm.......I'll pass him, sit on 30 and see what happens. So he passes me again.

Then it was on for young and old. My easy turn the legs over ride turned into a race. Unfortunately, I couldn't drop the bastard! I was hammering the last few k's into Mordy, full tuck, 42kph and the bastard was sucking my wheel! AAARRGGGHHH!

Obviously this means that Titanium must be faster than Steel ( both of which are faster than carbon, judging by all the Treks I passed today ) and I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I weighed about 20kgs more than this guy

Need.....more.......power.......

Okay, beer'o'clock. Later. Oh yeah, go for a ride tonight. Major eye candy on Beach Rd. Yes, I am a Heathen.

I'll be out there later, on the old dark blue 531 -- I'll keep an eye out for ya.

You should've done my patented "Beach Road sucker punch', where you pass the dude, sit on about 35kmh, but pretend that you're going at about 98% HR. Then he thinks: "easy meat", so he passes you, then he's the one who sits on 42kmh, then you suck his wheel.....works every time.

I like it.

I passed him on the last substantial hill thinking I could put some distance into him - he didn't seem like the best climber and I find most guys seem to slow down a few kph on the 'hills' of Beach Rd. Well, the bastard managed to hang on, and when I upped the ante to 42kph on the run down to Mordy, he just hung onto my wheel.

Doh!

Yesterday was also my first day on a Flite Ti Genuine Gel. It was okay for the first 20k's, but I appear to have a sore butt this morning ( not sure where the Gel comes in, that's one hard saddle ). Seems as though the quest for the comfy saddle continues. What do you guys use? Any of you close to 6ft 4ins, 90kg?

g'day,

Hills?...on beach Rd?....gimme a break!......as far as the saddle goes, I'm a larger guy & am rapt in my Fizik Arione.....looks weird at first glance because of the length, but I'm a fan. Quite a few of my mates have also got 'into' them & are happy. The length provides a whole heap more 'positions' on the bike...so you can move around depending on whether your climbing, cruising or eating bar tape...check them out...not cheap though

hitchy

G'day,

I see Wil walker has signed with Rabobank for next year......another Aussie to a Division 1 team!......Go Wil.....I can remember the little prick kicking my arse when he was only 14, (not that that is too difficult!)......must be in the genes...his little brother Nick is only 14 now & blitzed 'D' grade at the 'Tour of the Grampians' earlier this year....they wouldn't let him ride 'B' grade cos they had a 110km stage & juniors aren't allowed to race that far....but he probably woulda won that as well!

Hitchy

Team Rabo??? Fair dinkum? tha'ts awesome!!!! Good on him.

I saw their service de course in Holland. Incredible. No shortage of C40s, or boxes and boxes of Dura-Ace.

from the description, it looks like their 'development' squad...but if this pro tour thing gets off the ground...you can pretty much guarantee that everyone is gunna get a ride in the main team at some stage of the year......he climbs like a mountain goat too....maybe a polka dot jersey chance in a few years!

tha't right...coz of the stoopid Pro Tour, the Rabo TT3 team is being wound up.

Good on him.

I've gotta say, a couple of months ago, when you were saying you rode with TFM, for some reason I was thinking "TVM", so naturally, i was thinkin': "jeez, this guy's a total gun -- it might even be Phil Anderson"

I don't think I'm gunna do that Fitzroy Cycles ride anymore. After they ran the third red light last night, I stopped at Head st. and let them go -- too dangerous. It gets worse when the weather improves because there's a billion parked cars along the the beach....anyway....whatever

Ha!!! What a pisser!!!! TFM = TVM!!! With Adrian as Cees Priem and me as big Phil Anderson.....better get started on the ponytail now...lol...

Aww c'mon...you'd just got me interested & now your pulling the pin?.......must be 'kal' pub flashbacks!

Hitchy

You'll be right. If you're used to the Hell Ride, then the Tuesday ride would be a piece of p1ss.

But it wouldn't be as much fun without the 'muso' on the stinky red Cervello!

Jeez, it's a k'nightmare! You know the scenario: we're flying along, taking up the whole inside lane while a car is queezing past on the right. Then, suddenly everyone yells, "car up, car up", obviously beacuse of a parked car, so we all fly into the right lane while this car is trying to get by...........YIKES.

Being old and sensible, all I can think is: "hmmm, imagine if a car door opened right now."

Why is it..............

if you shoot off the front of these bunches for a few minutes -- suppose you then get caught by half a dozen guys, why do they all take my fukn nose off as they swerve past me? A while ago, one little PR1CK nearly put me into the gutter.

how many are they getting to the ride?

It's a very 'fair weather' bunch. Nice day like last night might get about 40 or 50, but last week, when it as 30 degrees, there woulda been 60.

But when Tuesday racing starts, the numbers obviously drop a bit, but then we get more "weekenders" because it's warmer. There's still a few strong riders over the racing season -- mainly (so I've been told) guys that can't get to Sandown by the 6:30 race time. I think that's is why the ride began in the first place.

A common scene I see on the roads is when a car is behind you and approaching their turn they speed up and cut right in front of you. This one dickhead took this corner in his 4x4 his wheels crashed into the curb and he was almost on two wheels he took the corner so fast. And another dickhead forced me to basically come to a stop to avoid crashing into him when he turned in front of me.

It's funny; sometimes when you're really fired up, you could KILL someone for doing that, then other times, when you're rolling home at 25 kmh after doing a hard 70km, no don't give a stuff.

I'll probably make some enemies over this, but sometimes when I see this about to occur, I'll start doing the bushman's hanky of the guy's bonnet -- fuk 'em, some need to be taught

I've launched a zefal into a few panels.....and been on a training ride where a couple of elite (read:very well known) track cyclists smashed the windows on a bus

LOL....the best & worst thing I've seen, behaviour wise, was last year. Racing out the back of Romsey, middle of nowhere...a bunch of about 50...single lane road...this car comes up behind the bunch...everybodies yelling 'car back' & trying to make some room, (pretty hard with 50 riders on a single lane road)...well this character just leans on the horn & refuses to get off it...revving the engine..going absolutely beserk...(we're still trying to get over).....he's almost touching the back of the bunch, (which mean't we couldn't stop for fear of being run over).....this blokes got his head out the window...absolutely screaming abuse at us.....when one guy turns around & turfs the bidon at the car......musta hit exactly in the right spot...cos the windscreen explodes!......car stops.....he musta had a mobile cos a copper was waiting for us at the end........guy had to pay for the windscreen & lost his csv licence for 12 mths.....but fark it was funny....car driver got what he deserved for mine

Hitchy

John Kennedy reckons him and Pate once wrapped a seltbelt around a guy's neck.