The Thread about Nothing....

[classic1]

Originally Posted by bbp

World's

A mate of mine went, under sufferance. His missus was dead keen to go. He drove her up, flew home, then flew up Friday night to drive back Sunday night. LOL.

I rang him and he says 'I'd rather be at work than watch stupid farking mountain bike races'.

Originally Posted by bbp

Oh and I won a gold medal too. You might not be familiar with the black rainbow jersey in the XCC.

hahahaha. I had a 'Plum Vainqueur' black rainbow jersey when I was a kiddie. Don't tell Vadar, he'll pay out on me after I spent six months hanging sh1t on him about his Quickstep rainbow jersey.

[46kgToDate]

Originally Posted by matagi

Not a good weekend ...... went to Queanbeyan to attend to family matters, and while I was there I got the news that my dog Matagi had died.
I is sad.

VSad. Myself Still not over the death of our last dog well over 2yrs ago. Murdered by Rotweiller next door. Issues many issues.
Sympathies Ma.

[bbp]

Originally Posted by classic1

A mate of mine went, under sufferance. His missus was dead keen to go. He drove her up, flew home, then flew up Friday night to drive back Sunday night. LOL.

I rang him and he says 'I'd rather be at work than watch stupid farking mountain bike races'.

Whatever. He's quite obviously a fukctard in the first place, based on your description of his journey. There was a lot to appreciate if you were willing to climb the mountain.
Hopefully she enjoyed herself.

[classic1]

Originally Posted by bbp

Whatever. He's quite obviously a fukctard in the first place, based on your description of his journey. There was a lot to appreciate if you were willing to climb the mountain.
Hopefully she enjoyed herself.

Actually, I'd say he's a pretty good bloke driving her all the way up there and back with her being keen to go but under doctors orders not to fly at the moment and him having fuk all interest in it. The things some people will do for love. I'd have pointed my missus in the direction of the train station.

[matagi]

Allow me to share this entertaining little site with you ......

textsfromlastnight.com

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by Thylacine

I doubt anyone 'cept me knows what they hell you're talking about, beepers.

I watched a big chunk of it on freecaster.tv this weekend. The Seppos are going crazy about some chick from Buffy the Vampire Slayer who came third or something. Apparently she was riding a 29er which of course validates anything, including Waterboarding and Crumping. I thought it was nice of the Euros and Aussies to allow them a token placing. In something.

Hahaha...

Crumping - hip hop dancing for black kids with no sense of timing and a desire to look like a complete spaz...

What really is the deal with dugast tubulars? I never heard of them back in the 90s - but apparently they became extremely big with the cross guys a while back. They moving into the mountain bike thing too?

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by 531Aussie

Thanks. What's the general consensus on taste of bourbon vs scotch?

Scotch - anything is drinkable, especially with a mixer like coke.

Bourbon - the cheap stuff leaves an aftertaste like acetone or what you get from huffing 108 octane racing petrol. If you must drink it then get the expensive stuff.

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by matagi

Not a good weekend ...... went to Queanbeyan to attend to family matters, and while I was there I got the news that my dog Matagi had died.

I is sad.

Sorry to hear about your four legged friend matagi...

[Thylacine]

Originally Posted by swampy1970

What really is the deal with dugast tubulars? I never heard of them back in the 90s - but apparently they became extremely big with the cross guys a while back. They moving into the mountain bike thing too?

Yeah people are experimenting with MTB tubulars. They make some sense in that they're almost immune to pinchflats, which probably account for more than half the flats you get. The whole setup would also be very light....to be honest I haven't looked into it too deeply.

Dugast have been making track and 'cross tubs for ages. They're not really that well known mostly due to the cost and lack of distribution I guess.

The knobbies are pretty basic looking. (read '80's rejects'). Didn't seem to stop Schurter though.

[swampy1970]

Trapped girls call for help on Facebook - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) in Adelaide says it is worrying that two girls lost in a stormwater drain raised the alert on a social networking site rather than ringing triple-0.

The 10- and 12-year-old girls updated a Facebook status to say they were lost in a drain on Honeypot Road at Hackham in Adelaide's southern suburbs on Sunday night.

Glenn Benham from the MFS says it was fortunate a young friend was online at the time and was able to call for help for them.

"It is a worry for us because it causes a delay on us being able to rescue the girls," he said.

"If they were able to access Facebook from their mobile phones, they could have called 000, so the point being they could have called us directly and we could have got there quicker than relying on someone being online and replying to them and eventually having to call us via 000 anyway."

DOH!

10 year olds are already starting huffing glue and making the boys happy down under? Why would they be down in the storm drains?

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by Thylacine

Yeah people are experimenting with MTB tubulars. They make some sense in that they're almost immune to pinchflats, which probably account for more than half the flats you get. The whole setup would also be very light....to be honest I haven't looked into it too deeply.

Dugast have been making track and 'cross tubs for ages. They're not really that well known mostly due to the cost and lack of distribution I guess.

The knobbies are pretty basic looking. (read '80's rejects'). Didn't seem to stop Schurter though.

I can see why tubs would be great for mountain biking and I'm surprised they didn't take off back when the sport first started but given the tire technology available from MotoX, you have to wonder why hand made tires are still considered the thing to have...

[531Aussie]

Originally Posted by swampy1970

Scotch - anything is drinkable, especially with a mixer like coke.

Bourbon - the cheap stuff leaves an aftertaste like acetone or what you get from huffing 108 octane racing petrol. If you must drink it then get the expensive stuff.

Righto, old chap

[531Aussie]

I can't BELIEEEEEEVE the pro cross riders use deep aero crabon rims to ride through mud, sand and snow

[531Aussie]

[swampy1970]

Originally Posted by 531Aussie

I can't BELIEEEEEEVE the pro cross riders use deep aero crabon rims to ride through mud, sand and snow

Sh1t don't stick when there's nowhere to stick too... aero rims don't collect the mud like V section rims. Carbon is lighter...

Dunno about the braking aspect though. Carbon rims and cork pads in the mud?