Was talking to some "dude" on Beach Road the other day who said he had
to get rid of his LOOK because it was too flexy. :lol:
Ok, ok, it looked like an older one to me: off-white coloured, with red stickers -- sound familiar?

He now has an Orbea

No surprises there. the older KG frames go like cooked spaghetti after an alarmingly short period for elite riders. These are $3000+ framesets.

Jeremy Hunt said he needed a new one every 3 months. Jans Koerts couldn't ride them...needed a KG196 (read: block of granite) for the whole season.

...I think these coaching gurus all steal the best bits from each others stuff....exactly the same thing in 'The training bible' by joe friel.....the 'coaching nazi' gives us all these workouts which have little ID numbers & intensity...then on another sheet we get a description of 'how' its supposed to be done....all of carmicheals stuff is Edmund whatshisfaces & joe friel's

Hitchy

I'm gunna sprout that John Kennedy quote again: he reckons that the ZIPP
track bike was so crap and flexy that the chain sometimes came off on
velodromes with tight turns, but he had signed to use it for his world record attempt.

I've done some searches for those old bikes but Zipp seem to have swept
them under the carpet.

I've decided, (after much perusing of the bank statement...yes there was tears!), that the only way I'm gunna get a new 486 or 585 is if the currnet one breaks & i can get it under warranty.....I've got 4 years 8mths left...any ideas?

hitchy

Ed Bourke?

How much is your coach?

thats the dude......'coaching nazi' costs me 'nada'.....(well a good bottle of red)....but i have incrininating photos of him & a 'trannie'...lol.....he generally charges according to the program....depends what you want out of it...heaps cheaper than CTS or Mr. stern. He's actually taking over (with hilton) as coach at Caulfield/carnegie. They are developing some stuff with Miles Stewart & hiopefully will be online shortly...then the whole world can suffer with me!

Hitchy

On coaches and other "experts":

I've asked stacks of people about this medialis problem, and I've gotta say that some of the dumb crap that's come out of the mouths of a few coachs and many "experts" in bike shops is fukin laughable.

I spoke to a physio who said there's an unusual condition that cyclists can get
where one of the arteries under the groin gets squished, therefore blocking the supply
to the mediali and VMO

Stuey had this, as did one of the shiela's (can't remember which) & i think Cookie had soem work doen in this area not long back....coaches need to stay out of medical conditions, unless they have some expertese in the area....as they say...an 'expert' is only a 'drip under pressure'

Hitchy

WHAT!! WOW!! S.O'Grady? Any more info? I'm thinking if he had it then there
might be some information going around.

It's been driving me fukn nuts for over 2 years.
Just when I think I've got it "sussed out", it fuks up again

its called 'google' son! (in other words...I dunno!)....maybe big Ed has some more info...but I'm sure stuey had this...nearly ended his career....had an op which fixed the problem

Hitchy

BINGO! Can't believe that after all this time, this was right
under my bloody nose on Cycling News!!
http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/20.../?id=ogrady021

ahh....your post crossed with my PM....so hopefully you don't got that!...might be a starting point for investigation though!

Hitchy

sorry boys....sales training course. I'm back now.

Yeah, thanks heaps. O'Grady's obviously progressed to a serious stage. I luckily figured
out ways of managing it a while ago, but it's still annoying, and I didn't know it normally
requires surgical intervention.

Do you wanna know?....(boring, it's my injury, and no one else is interested :) ).....

It comes on like a cramp that almost forces the medialis in one or both legs to
lock up, but if I do a stop-start warm-up (effort, rest, harder effort, rest, etc) it
sort of "warms up" the artery, facilitating blood flow, which then allows me to
proceed. I've also noticed that if I'm in a competitive group ride, with a lot of adrenaline going
through me, it's much better. I suspect this is because of effect adrenalin has
om assisting blood flow.

sounds nastily similar to what Stuey had....I met up with him at the bay crits that year & he was telling me about it, he was very worried that it might be career ending. Top bloke, stuey, wasting hsi time talking to a nuffy like me...i probably spent about an hour with him, phil ligget, Phil anderson & Robbie...highlight of my cycling life (apart from warnie!).I wanted a 'look' frame from that day on after he told me his 361 was the frame he would have even if he wasn't being paid to say that!

Hitchy

ahhh...so you were doing nothing productive either?

Hell no...$$$$ spent on some whiz-bang consultant, Ed gets back onto baggygreen.com within seconds of getting back to his desk...

This seems as though it might be my holy grail that I've been looking for, on and off,
for nearly three years. I've really wanted to do some competitive 40km time trials
(ok, I've blown my cover: I'm semi serious about my riding :) ), but this has been stopping me
training properly.

Rah Rah Hitchyoheyoh-eee

think about emailing him. i know a few blokes that have sent him emails about various things & he's replied to (no i don't have the address)...he's such a top bloke I reckon he might reply if you asked him about the injury & the related 'injury management issues' he had with it.....cofidis are doing the TDU this year...so he might be doing the bay classic crits again.....maybe an opportunity to have a word in his 'shell like'

Hitchy

glad to hear that...for a minute there i thought you'd become conscientious & were making me look bad!

Did any of you blokes ever get the monthly newsletter from iteamnova.com? John Trevorrow emailed out the whole mailing list to everyone once by mistake.

EVERYONE was on there. classic!

so give!

deleted ages ago. He sent a follow-up "apology e-mail" a day later. Gold.

Na.


Was that his "Cogs" restaurant that went bust? What happened there?

It's kinda funny that Stuey's
web site has France all over it (http://www.stuartogrady.com.au) -- him being
such as Aussie, and all.