Agreed, in fact I used to get on the juice just to watch it. That's how widespread it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
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Agreed, in fact I used to get on the juice just to watch it. That's how widespread it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Floyd Landis suing Lance Armstrong to recoup sponsorship money on behalf of US Postal Service (he's stands to personally get about $30m).
Armstrongs defense: "US Postal should have known I was doping, don't they read the newspapers?".
The Chewbacca defense is in serious danger of being bettered.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nd13ARuvVEQuote:
Originally Posted by Gary Fish
:rof:
cancellara's motor lolol
The Sponsors and the Teams should be the target of peoples criticism - not the riders.
And people ignored me...
You do realise that in the 90's people were saying the same thing about the 70's and 80's...do believe the 1st cheat caught was on ''ether'' in 1903....cocaine+chloroform was the 20's and 30's....and my old man tells of stories of the original EPO in the 60's....Things will never change.....Fill em up to the eyeballs on whatever shit they can get their hands on I say,lets see some true mountain climbing stages.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Absolutely. A drug free tour would be as slow and boring as bat shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by seldom
sweet whip dunster, i just cleaned up my schwinn automatic, put some slicks on it, ****ing boss down the pub
bmx is great for yer legs
Cheers Q. The Schwinn Automatics are a nice ride. Do you have a gyro on yours ?
nah, no gyro - ripped the rear u brake off the other day cause it was borked, only running a front brake at the moment while i wait for fleabay to deliver my new kit
prior to that i was running no brakes...that was interesting
Something for local cyclists, my Opinion Piece in the Herald today.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/16...-users/?cs=308
Can we still ride Grass Tree, Easy Way Out, and Big Dipper ? Or have they been closed ?Quote:
Originally Posted by sammydog
Note: I probably only ride my MTB five days a year anyway so no biggie.
Those trails are fine. Anything currently signposted on the totem poles and on the trail map will be retained.
The stuff being closed is all south of the lagoon. I'll be meeting again with NPWS on monday though about the closures.
Looks like I could be getting a new bicycle in the next couple of days.
Swear I haven't rid one in 2 or 3 years been unbelievably long.
Anyone do the furnleigh track much?
I ride the Fernleigh track twice a week or so weather permitting. It's a nice easy ride with no major hills / gradients.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/9...a67b89e783.jpg
Was going to put this in the random image thread but thought it might be better appreciated in here.
http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress...antis-bike.jpg
Great pic Mr Fish. :lol:
PK ripper was the beez but if you had one of these you in the cool crowd.
http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/...a_kz-01_cp.jpg
I ride bike
Wheels go round
Perth afternoon headwinds are ****ing brutal, especially by the river
The Kuahara KZ-01 and KE-01 were the choice of Extra Terrestrials back in 1982.Quote:
Originally Posted by hawk
They were a good cheap race bike that sold like hot cakes on the back of the ET movie.
too right
mate had one of these when he started racing
http://bmxmuseum.com/image/p7050003_lg.jpg
Anna Meares is the greatest Australian female athlete of the past 50 years.
Discuss.
easily.
she got steamrolled by some **** on a training ride, laid up in a brace with a busted spine, then came back and blew away victoria pendleton - who is one of the greatest sprinters of all time, at her home olympics mind you
add that to the rest of her palmarès and there you have it. a dominant feature in a cut-throat sport, for longer than your ****ing dawn frasers or whatever.
war anna meares
legend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkmmXSs-ooQ
Yeah this issue came up at our bi monthly 'women in sport round table' ('twas actually just a few lads sitting round having a beer). My unfettered love for Anna is well known amongst my mates as is my hate for Dawn Fraser (long story).Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
The only other name that warrants it was Karrie Webb who was by far the best when in her pomp but I argued Anna's career has gone longer and with her added setbacks made her better. Once Webb got overtaken she fell off the earth.
We couldn't even come up with a 3rd place.
Also if she doesn't carry the flag at Rio I'm going to set fire to AOC headquarters.
3rd place would have to be a swimmer (no, not Rice), e.g. Susie O'Neill, Sam Riley etc
we've had a couple of good female surfers over the years too.
Yep, good point.Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Layne Beachley was a name thrown up. We gave her 4th.
Heather McKay came 3rd in our rankings.
Tracey Wickham > Dawn Fraser.
I had never even heard of Heather McKay but clearly her record speaks for itself, geez
Possibly the greatest cycling video ever
http://youtu.be/HhabgvIIXik
That was pretty good. Down side is that apparently I'm even more of a princess with my bike than I realised. :D
Sad that he suffered a spinal injury in a trials exhibition before filming finished and another rider had to complete it for him.
The first video was insane as well.
How he holds the wheels together I will never understand. my Mtb wheels stand up to much less, and my roadie wheels......they imploded riding up a hill last weekend. Speaking of which, anyone got a nice set they want to sell.
danny macaskill's bit in that is ****ing INSANE
re wheels - i ride mavic CXP-22s and i brutalise them on sydney roads. they can only be stopped by removing the head or destroying the brain
what brand are you riding? carbon?
Jacqui Cooper?Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
The skill of the person building the wheels is far more important than the components used to build it. In general factory built wheels are usually woeful and the majority of shops couldn't build a wheel to save their life.Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
Most common problem I've found with factory built wheels is the complete lack of spoke tension. Some are so bad you can hear them rattle when they aren't even under load.
Re the video above; Colnago:wub:
yer those new colnagos with the discs are outrageous
can't wait to see your nibalis etc descending in the wet with them, will be epic
the new SRAM red gruppo with hydraulic brakes look brilliant as well