The Thread about Nothing....

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can any one help
I recently bought a claud butler alpina 2.7 2015 through cycle to work scheme, I had problems with brakes and gear slipping , the brakes I upgraded at a cost as they were not stopping me very well . upgrade from clarks exo skeletal to shimano deore , but I was charged a little fee, but im still having gears slip all time- when I take it back they tighten cable and it happens again. they said my deraileaur arm was bent straighted it up but still doing it- Im not doing any extreme riding just mainly flat trails for fitness so im not throwing bike around and I am carefull when I put bike away , any one got any thoughts

Is doping rife in the local cycling scene? Discuss.

The answer has always been 'ofcourse it isnt. People cant afford it and why would they bother?'.

What if people can afford it and what if their motives are down to a lack of self esteem?

Then I thought - meh who even cares about the local cycling scene these days.

Heaps of riders doped at club and combine level when I raced. From caffeine to handfuls of no doze to amphetamine to steroids. Even a bit of epo in 2000-2001 at open level. Thats 15 years ago and 25 years ago. I doubt anything has changed.

Where is Ozman?

Kidnapped by aliens?

I hope he hasnt been knocked in beach rd. Giving you good vibes Ozman!

Im sure he is just in a weather watching vortex somewhere.

VadarStrikesBack said:

I hope he hasnt been knocked in beach rd. Giving you good vibes Ozman!

Im sure he is just in a weather watching vortex somewhere.

Well, there are a lot of rainfall records being broken at the moment.....

Email relating to a rejected work trip hotel booking I just received.

Quoted post said:

Unfortunately the service that has been requested is unable to be confirmed.
Please contact AOT Hotels on AOT Hotels Customer Care 1300 767 869 or log onto the website aothotels.com.au to arrange an alternative.

Best regards
Brijesh Poojary
AOT Hotels

No [censored] way is that a real name.

So did you get another hotel classic, or did you have to sleep on the street?

Sleeping in the street seems to be a popular option in Melbourne at the moment. Why don't they just build more hotel rooms or something?

Another Dead Pool Fail - Bill Mollison, father of permaculture died today.

Geez, can't believe no-one had him, matagi 😄

Hey, about as good as some of the minor celebrities we've missed. :-p

matagi said:

Another Dead Pool Fail - Bill Mollison, father of permaculture died today.

He can now return his nutrients to the earth and grow us a nice crop of potatoes.

DPF? Arnold Palmer

At least he is someone we've actually heard of.

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)
531Aussie - John Goodman, Henry Kissinger
Steve - Kirk Douglas, Clive Palmer, Val Kilmer

So much fail. I thought we were on to a stack of winners this year .

Damned inconsiderate oldies! Don't they know they're in our Dead Pool and should hurry up and cark it?

Maybe we will have a big final quarter for the year.