The Thread about Nothing....

TAN DEAD POOL 2016
Matagi - Phil the Greek, Bob Hawke
Lama - Bill Cosby, Bert Newton, Liza Minelli.
Paul - Michael Schumacher, Raymond Poulidor, Robert Pirsig
classic1 - Billy Graham, Olivia De Havilland, Nancy Reagan
62vette - Jimmy Carter, Keith Richards, Betty White
roshea - Muhammad Ali, Stephen Hawking, Zsa Zsa Gabor

(keeping 2 of 3 from last year)

Vette with Carter and roshea with Ali are the favorites imo

Billy Graham has been in the press recently. Apparently the second coming is imminent

Great work channel 9 cutting to an ad at 5km to go

WTF is Jack Bobridge on?

I slept in. How the fark did Bobridge get 45 mins ahead? :p Did they stuff around, or underestimate him? Both?

I tells ya, Keanon sounds like he's giving a eulogy most of the time, or reading John and Betty to kindergarten kids. Yeah, yeah, he's a good bloke (apparently), but his commentating annoys me 😄

TAN DEAD POOL 2016
Matagi - Phil the Greek, Bob Hawke
Lama - Bill Cosby, Bert Newton, Liza Minelli.
Paul - Michael Schumacher, Raymond Poulidor, Robert Pirsig
classic1 - Billy Graham, Olivia De Havilland, Nancy Reagan
62vette - Jimmy Carter, Keith Richards, Betty White
roshea - Muhammad Ali, Stephen Hawking, Zsa Zsa Gabor
(keeping 2 of 3 from last year)
Wilchemy - Jeannie Pratt, Jeanne Little, & Barbara Eden (gone with a theme this year haha)

The enormity of the potential pool makes me anxious just thinking about it, which is why I seldom participate. :p
Yeah yeah, I gots ishoos. Now who's coming for a ride? Maggitaggi? Yorv had nearly 2 months to pump up that tyre, which is odd, considering it takes me less than ten minutes to fix a flat on the side of the road. 😄

C'mon OzMan! Put up some picks for the Dead Pool! You can do it!

And yeah, I pumped up that tyre ages ago but I don't think I have the gearing on the mixte to keep up with you. :-p

posted elsewhere... worth a cut and paste here too.....

Just got home. Interesting race. Not sure how the story unfolded on TV but from what I saw.....

First split was big enough that nobody would chase (20-25 riders?). The first few laps in the pelo were pedestrian. Gap blew out to 7 minutes, back to 5, then back out to 8 over the next three laps. The break soon started to split with attacks, Bobbers and Solzzzzburger(?). Then by the time the word got back to the pelo that the teams were no longer sitting pretty and had to chase/help, they were 10min down, and the field of 130-140 riders went to bits all over the course. The guns took off up the road to get back into the action, those who were spat stayed spat.... and were soon pulled. Things were all 1, 2, 4, small bunches for a few laps. I was walking back off the hill and into town as Bobbers lapped Caleb just before the feedzone. Soon after GreenEdge got themselves organised and chased. Way way way too late. They imploded. Dennis and Meyer took off in pursuit when GE went nowhere. Bobbers had it wrapped up. Meyer took off solo in pursuit without Dennis. Dennis had a mechanical or just cooked himself. Lane was on the scene and stormed to 3rd. GE were... no idea. Never saw them.

The usual non pro hard-men who usually finish within the time cut had no chance today. They were effectively ridden out of the race by the teams early on, and left like lambs to the slaughter when the [censored] went down.

Conditions were very warm. It wasn't as brutal as a few years ago. Slight tailwind up the main climb helped Bobbers' cause. Felt like a nice warm Perth day, where I've seen Bobbers tapping around a few weeks prior to today.

Excellent day out. Let's do it all again in Adelaide!

Great ride by bobridge but not the most exciting spectacle on TV. When OGE started chasing they were only taking seconds off bobridge each lap. It was only the last couple of laps they pulled in chunks.

Needed more [censored]

The women's race......[censored] I get a sore head watching their retarded negative tactics. Mind you, the men weren't any better.

I've said it before, but I'd like to see a slightly less difficult course. Even the course/hill they use but with a bit of flat, say a 15km circuit. it could be every other year or something. Portarlington was a good course, generally with class winners, without being insane

classic1 said:

I've said it before, but I'd like to see a slightly less difficult course. Even the course/hill they use but with a bit of flat, say a 15km circuit. it could be every other year or something. Portarlington was a good course, generally with class winners, without being insane

Portarlington is closer to home, makes perfect sense IMO 😉

HA, what's going on here? Someone on Weight Weenies reckons that Jacko's team photoshopped "Segafredo", but is that shot taken later?

Croak: David Bowie
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/david-bowie-dead-legendary-artist-854364

So, David Bowie dead at 69 - didn't see that coming.

Ha Ha OzMan - SNAP!

yeah, jinx, ha

So I was flicking through last year's pics for an event I'm doing this weekend and came across this gem

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ouchies!

Did you take that photo, Vette? Nice one