Mmmmmmmm. Presteeeeeeeeege. But well earned from the brief description of all your rides. Onya.

Weeeeeeee.....new highest speed: 84kmh in Foote St, Templestowe.

WhAAAAAAAAT... 50 time trials??!!! That would have to be
about 49 more than the average Carnegie Caulfield rider!

Why so many?

What's your best flat stage time?

Its not really that many....most 'tours' have a T/T stage, do 3 or 4 of them a year, plus the odd club comp, vets titles etc....its soon adds up. Dunno about best times.....A TT is only a measure of an individuals pace over a given course ,on a given day...weather conditions can play havoc with T/Ts. i di one last year...coming up plumpton rd at diggers (ed will know it)...the wind was that strong...I was pushing 39-23 HR @ 180 doing about 14 kph. if i did say the same course today, I'd be doing 35kph thru the same part of the TT....i guess I can hold 95% MHR for an hour or so......so whatever speed that means...I'm happy with high 30's low 40's I s'pose

Hitchy

BTW...caulfield carnegie dudes are in for a rude shock...my 'coaching nazi' has been appointed coach down there...suffer in your jocks boys...i do!

hitchy

Hmmmmm, now there's a challenge that's actually worthwhile. High speed bragging rights. There's nothing better than a little bit of highspeed hijinks to liven up your day. I got pulled over once for passing a cop car on the left. The mongrel stopped 400m behind me just to prove a point and made me walk all the way back up the hill just to tell me that it wasn't a very sensible thing to pass cars on that particular bit of road. He was right, but since when did common sense come into downhill runs?

103 on Mt Hotham

112 on Terry's Ave

Both way too fast.

96KPH.....calder fwy...down gap hill........so how was Pt. Doug?

hitchy

Faaark!! Imagine the road rash if you came off at that speed

Very nice, tyvm. Had to go to the the gym yesterday to admire my tan in all those mirrors!! lol....

Nearly caught a barra, saw Ian Thorpe at the airport.

Those are the highlights of a very slow week by the pool.....put on 3kgs....mostly XXXX Gold!!

Hotham was sh*t scary.....crosswinds.

.....well the 3kgs will come off this saturday......the first ATABFR was held over cos we all wanted a 'perve' at the scapin. (& the tan of course!). 1.00pm @ cafe racer 27/11/04. Who else is in?

Hitchy

Sounds good......I'll spend the rest of the week trying to secure a leave pass. lol.....

Jeeez Hitchy, "3 or 4 stage races a year" ??!!!! You're a semi/neo/part/portional PRO!!

with big @ss thighs!


I'm up for Saturday...I'll be waiting at Le Nicks for the 'pack' to come past.

c'mon, we're not talking TDF, giro or Vuelta's here....more like ' Tour of cardinia', 'Tour Of Sthn Grampians', 'Tour Of bright', Nth combine Tour' etc etc......most of 'em are 4 stages over 2 or 3 days......not exactly racking up the UCI points!

hitchy

....get your fat AArse to the start @ racer!....no short cuts!

hitchy

Sorry: "fully-fledged profesional"

Farkin $145 for "bibs" (or whatever they're called) at Le Nicks!!!

geez they'd wanna be nice......still i s'pose the cheap Assos' are over $200. I got some 'Gist' at Ivanhoe recently for $120, (which i thought was over the top!)

hitchy

Shorts or bibs? How do you take a p1ss wearing bibs?

Paid 146 NZd for my Santini Bibs

On the ride the other night, one guy had a TIME something or other (bike), and I've gotta say it didn't look all that spectacular. I dunno what year it was, but it had the usual colour scheme, and I think it was sloping.

It looked almost grey, and I actually think it looked a bit cheap. It definitely didn't look
like a $4000 frame.

WOW

I reckon Gilchrist should pull his head in!!

What is he, a "born again"?



Don't forget, "Cricket in the 80s: part 2", tonight ABC 9:30pm