The Thread about Nothing....

classic1 said:

Richie Porte misses split shock. You’d reckon he would learn after the first fifteen times it happened.

It'll be news when it doesn't happen.

paulambry said:

Wow. That's really clever. I wonder why that didn't catch on.

It needed a unique drop out to mount the chain catcher. Not sure if you could retrofit them by drilling and tapping an existing dropout. Ultimately it took up space that could be used for a seventh sprocket. Using the levers for overdrive was a good idea before indexing came in.

paulambry said:

It'll be news when it doesn't happen.

You can take the boy out of triathlon but you can’t take triathlon out of the boy.

paulambry said:

Nice rockery cnut. How long did it take you to make that? The rest of your garden looks [censored].

classic1 said:

Nice rockery cnut. How long did it take you to make that? The rest of your garden looks [censored].

Hahaha. It's actually the fake one near Newcastle that the Leyland Brothers made. The fact that I got there just before it burned to the ground is a complete coincidence.

Too many posts to catch up on at this time of night. Soon.
Here's another one. An important one to me, because despite loving it, I never knew what Stax stood for until just now. And because Steve Cropper is my new favourite no [censored] truthteller.

paulambry said:

Hahaha. It's actually the fake one near Newcastle that the Leyland Brothers made. The fact that I got there just before it burned to the ground is a complete coincidence.

You're a pretty good liar.

classic1 said:

Talking about old [censored] gear as Lama likes to call it. Unusual [censored]...

Being old, unusual, and pretty [censored], I like old and unusual [censored] - From Perth many years ago...
C001 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

C002 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

Eeeewwwwww. Cotter pins.

I’ve seen derailleurs like that before, not in the flesh though. I think suntour actually came out with a derailleur that mounted on the chain stay similar to that.

Check this article for a good way to kill ten minutes, or 3 hours if you decide to do some searches and get lost down the rabbit hole. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2018/jun/07/10-weird-and-wonderful-derailleurs-and-how-they-changed-cycling

EoinC2 said:

Being old, unusual, and pretty [censored], I like old and unusual [censored] - From Perth many years ago...
C001 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

C002 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

Love the bike stand. Especially the yellow bit. What's that from?

Who here watches House Hunters International?

I dunno how old this episode is, but this Seppo couple want a 2br apartment in Sydney for $1500 a month. I’m assuming USD. The real estate agents face looked priceless as they stated their budget and she had to explain that they might have to set their sights on a 1br.

I’m now up to the bit in the show where she has to show them properties in bad neighbourhoods in Dubbo, Wilcanna and Walgett.

edit. Lolz at the agent getting [censored]. Never seen that on this show before

Australian cities are so expensive. Mind you, because of COVID, there are 30,000 vacant properties in Sydney right now. One of my colleagues just negotiated a two-bedroom rental at McMahons Point (right on the Harbour, just under the north side of the Coathanger) for less than what I was paying for my one-bedroom flat 25k from the CBD. When I gave up the flat at the end of the lease a few months ago, you could hear the anguish in the agent's voice.

They ended up just down the road from beepers by the look of it. They were playing with their dog at Rushcutters Bay Park, so I’m guessing they ended up in the Cross or Potts Point. It showed it on the map but didn’t name the locality.

Interesting that Bridie's step-father was instrumental in the Mabo judgement. His findings in a state-based case (in the Queensland Supreme Court) was referred to the High Court for a decision based on the facts of the case before him. It was the High Court - the highest Case in the land - who handed down the Mabo decision in a 6 to 1 majority decision in favour of Eddie Mabo and his co-plaintiffs. That extraordinary decision, led by Chief Justice Brennan, rejected the traditional doctrine that Australia was terra nullius ('land belonging to no-one'😉 at the time of European settlement.

The case began in 1982 and was finalised in 1992, by which time Eddie Mabo had passed away.

Bridie's step-father, Justice Martin Moynihan... legend. Chief Justice Brennan... absolute legend.

Of course, as soon as Mabo was settled, the lunatic fringe started their campaign of misinformation, asserting that we would all lose our freehold titles. Which was exactly what the High Court didn't say. Three of the 6 judges noted the circumstances in which native title rights and interests could be lost subsequent to European settlement, adding that, there were conditions which must be met to retain native title, saying: 'Where a clan or group has continued to acknowledge the laws and (so far as practicable) to observe the customs based on the traditions of that clan or group, whereby their traditional connection with the land has been substantially maintained, the traditional community title of that clan or group can be said to remain in existence.'

Pauline Hanson, the quintessence of that class of idiot who luxuriates in their ignorance, said (in a language resembling English):

[INDENT]"We thought we were signing over just to Mabo because his connection with the land. It's had so much impact on us with native title, that a lot of people have been dispossessed of their lands in Australia because of it."[/INDENT]

No freehold land titleholder in Australia has been dispossessed of their land.

Fitzroy cycles should sue Bahrain Merida for flogging their jersey.

Pauline Hanson, looking more and more like Ronald McDonalds sister, is a [censored] and grifter of the highest order and needs to get in the bin. That [censored] more than anyone imo has moved the Overton Window in this country so far to the right it’s ridiculous. We’ve always had a looney right, but she made it mainstream. Even more than Howard, as she was the instrument that allowed it to move as far rightwards as it has. He just jumped on the wheel with glee as it moved past, the [censored] rodent.

How someone so [censored] stupid got in to such a position of influence (not power, she has [censored] all and basically sits in the Senate as part of the dingbat fringe of the coalition) is beyond me.

Good stage. Cracker. [censored] Zakarin is horrible to watch going downhill. My [censored] look prettier descending through my lower bowel than Zakarin looks descending a col.

I reckon there are kiddies out there with training wheels who’d descend better than Zakarin. Pauline Hanson and Donald Trump have better English language skills than Zakarin has descending skills. Helen Keller has better visual acumen and is less frightening to watch on TV on a mountain descent than Zakarin.

I could go on for hours...

So, Classo, what's your opinion on Zakarin's descending ability?

I always wince at the footage of Gilbert going over the wall in that montage SBS play at the start of their coverage.

Yeah, it was a ripper stage.