The Thread about Nothing....

531Aussie said:

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!😄 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.

...Some changes over the last 18 months, as you'll see!

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.

Tom Stormcrowe said:

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!😄 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.

...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.

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. 🙂

Gusboh said:

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.

jock, a typo? tsk, tsk.

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

How long before they test Landis' B sample?

Checking in lads....morning all.

Thanks for the PM, Nev.

I had a PM from Koffee this morning saying TAT will be restored today.

miyata610 said:

I had a PM from Koffee this morning saying TAT will be restored today.

who cares? I need to get my post count up over here....

😄

Did anyone send a PM to Pshaw?

Morning Ed, back on the bike yet?

matagi said:

Did anyone send a PM to Pshaw?

He's a scot. It could take a while for the message to get through 😄

jock.c said:

Morning Ed, back on the bike yet?

That's a negative. To tell the truth, at 107kg, I'm a bit scared I'll actually break it. It's a Columbus UIltrafoco compact, with about a foot of carbon post hanging out.....so I'm thinking sub-100kgs only.

Swimming, walking and dietary restraint at this stage.

Plus the weather is a bit too Belgian at the moment. 😄

Is that enough excuses??

ed073 said:

That's a negative. To tell the truth, at 107kg, I'm a bit scared I'll actually break it.

Thylo, better lend this man one of those unbreakable contraptions you carve out of steel.

jock.c said:

Thylo, better lend this man one of those unbreakable contraptions you carve out of steel.

I hear titanium is very strong....

😄 😄

ed073 said:

I hear titanium is very strong....

😄 😄

Nah, steel is real dude, steel is real. [img]cyclingforums.comtongue.gifOpen ↗[/img][img]cyclingforums.combiggrin.gifOpen ↗[/img]

bah! its all about alooominum

Sitrep BF - there is a poll in Road Cycling started by Expat about returning TAT to the RC subforum. TAT is currently in FOO and available for posting, there has been some friendly banter with a braindead individual from the MTB forum but other than that, all is quiet on the Western Front.

Reckon this is a better location, more Aussies to interact with over here.

Tom Stormcrowe said:

Well, if you do develop your own forum, definately let me know! That way I can get my fix of Oz humor! 😄

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?😕

I can put you in touch with someone who did that trip unsupported in the other direction if you want. But yes, it's nuts!

I reckon Expat would be better off writing an epitaph and closing the thread. What would be really nice would be a "best of" TAT thread.

There were some classic moments, like the time Hitchy rolled in late on January 2 and solemnly declared "ooohhhh my head!.......I found out WAY to late that the contents of a 15 "C**k sucking cowboy" shooter thingies do not go well with a slab of crownies & 1/2 bottle of Johnnie walker!...who knew?....think I'll go back to bed!"

Or when Koffee split the thread for the first time: "The Aussie thread is a little out of control... It's a little difficult to wade through posts when someone does something like report a spammer.... we don't know where the heck to look in the thread! " Personally I thought the whole thread resembled a tin of spam: plenty of meat 'n' jelly but absolutley zero substance.

theres meat in spam? :eek: