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jock.c

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Kotter, can you change your sig blipvert coz it's starting to make me feel woozy.

Thanks for the update climbo, and a gold star for that nifty looking avatar!

hdtvkss

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1 hour, an OTB, a slow off + a major melt down after trying to follow a fresh B grader up the big climb on the 2nd lap HDT walked away with the award of 1st loser in D grade today, meaning over 4 races completed there this season i managed to collect all 3 coloured ribbons. Mrs HDT is so proud!

Only problem is its up to C grade for the club champs. Methinks that after that affair i may set my sights on B grade for next season. better to be getting my ass handed to me in B grade than endin up a major also ran in a 40 + person C grade field IMHO. C and B grade winners pretty much do the same times and it will take me the better part of next year to get to the pointy end of each.

oh, also secured 2nd in the Pointscore of the year after racing only 4 of 6 races, happy days :)

hdtvkss

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PS i vote we stay here.....

jock.c

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Onya HDT

jock.c

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and while we're on the subject of holdens....

was at my sister's place for a family shindig today and they all decide we should lob down to the park for a game of drunken soccer. Imagine my combined feelings of shock, envy and despair as the garage door opens to reveal not only the family commodore station wagon, but a shiny, new, and hardly driven monaro. Not just any, but one of the last 100 off the production line. :eek:

It's a shame everyone capable of driving it was too pissed, otherwise there might have been some rubber laid down, races for pink slips, and some possible police intervention.

hdtvkss

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nice, burnouts at Jocks sisters place, come one, come all!

531Aussie

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yeah i did the same the other week when i rode down to phillip island and back...it was hilarious to see some of the faces of the drivers as they went past me in the other direction...
ive heard the pros ride in snow even? is that true?jeeez, fair ride!! "Conversely on the other flip side of the coin", I dunno how guys can rug up days like today (15 degrees)! Everyone I saw today had full winter stuff on.

yeah, they sometimes race in the snow, but some stages are cut short if the weather is horrible

giantcfr1

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but a shiny, new, and hardly driven monaro. Not just any, but one of the last 100 off the production line. :eek:

Mmmmmm Monaroooo, Don't see many around here:( . Unfortunately I see a load of (dare I say:eek: ) seppo pieces of sh1t.:mad:

531Aussie

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168km.......i still need to start tagging along on some pack rides...168km is still a huge ride by my standards. I pretty much ride every day, weather permitting (which usually means ~6 days a week in the colder months), but my biggest ride ever is only 125km.

Tom Stormcrowe

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yes i dont generally subscribe to the same mindblowingly intelligent foreign policy as the US or their baby brother Israel...id rather take the time to listen to the other side of the fence and maintain my own ethical integrity. koffee knows she has been a silly little girl and the best way to deal with silly little girls is to ignore them.

anyway im sort of liking this new home...seems nice enough...although perhaps we as a collective group have outgrown bikeforums.net and the like...would be nice to think we could all chip in and develop our own forum reality - god knows there is enough quality open source code out there!!!Well, if you do develop your own forum, definately let me know! That way I can get my fix of Oz humor! :D

By the way, just a general question for you Oz cyclists...

Would I have to be nuts to want to do an unsupported ride from Darwin to Adelaide through the middle?:confused:

531Aussie

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Would I have to be nuts to want to do an unsupported ride from Darwin to Adelaide through the middle?:confused:GOD!!! I'm no traveller, but i'd say absolutely!!

Was that you asking about this a few months ago?

Tom Stormcrowe

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GOD!!! I'm no traveller, but i'd say absolutely!!

Was that you asking about this a few months ago? Yes, it was, and I'm still looking into it! It'll be an onroad tour, if I can work out the logistics tail to my satisfaction as far as caching supply drops, etc. It's looking good for it thus far, and I think I'll have the $$ together by 2008 latest. As to trying it offroad? Not bloody likely!:D I know it's been done, but there are some other factors that would work against me as far as my medical history is concerned.

This video might just help with the reason (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DVtAepKGY8)...Some changes over the last 18 months, as you'll see!

Gusboh

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Have you seen the thread as Koffee put it back? All her comments are gone. I suppose that is the power of being a mod.

Yes, it was, and I'm still looking into it! It'll be an onroad tour, if I can work out the logistics tail to my satisfaction as far as caching supply drops, etc. It's looking good for it thus far, and I think I'll have the $$ together by 2008 latest. As to trying it offroad? Not bloody likely!:D I know it's been done, but there are some other factors that would work against me as far as my medical history is concerned.

This video might just help with the reason (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DVtAepKGY8)...Some changes over the last 18 months, as you'll see!
Good work Tom - there are a few tour diaries on crazyguyonabike.com that do the Adelaide to Darwin route. Crazy buggers if you ask me. I'd rather be on the coast with something to look at most of the time.

jock.c

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Whatever you do stormy, just keep ridin! As for down the centre... hmmm, only for the certifiable in my books!!

Oh yeah, and excellent choice of soundtrack from Geddy too. :)

jock.c

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Have you seen the thread as Koffee put it back? All her comments are gone. I suppose that is the power of being a mod.OK, so the thread's back. Let it die (as in don't post there).

And FFS cut Koffee a break. She had her momentary lapse of reason, got a toepoke from someone, and will be in a (self made) world of anguish right now. Don't stride on in and make it worse guys.

climbo

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jock, a typo? tsk, tsk.

they put the thread back on BF and there's already a few wankers over there talking about us. I'll only ever post there to piss them off but the Oz Thread can stay put AFAIC.

How long before they test Landis' B sample?