Olympics Spoiler!!!

hippy said:

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Well, Bayley got his revenge for the Melbourne Worlds...
http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/25/1093246544605.html

Woo Woo Woo!

hippy's gonna have to beat him though, at the
next Olympics.. ;-)

hippy
P.S. What is it with Aussies and wheelies over the line? :-)

In what race, hippy?!? The wheelie thing, put it down to either the Robbie Influence or the Aussie Childhood Riding Culture. 😄

hippy said:

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P.S. What is it with Aussies and wheelies over the line? :-)

Bayley does this all the time

i witnessed him doing this in his race against the french guy or was it Bos during the world champs and its rather easy to do on a fixed if you 'burst' momentarily,
(as i found out up a hill the other day LOL!)

Have seen a few mentions of his KFC and coke diet (apparently all the athletes have been given vouchers for unlimited coke till they realised how much was being drunk. They put a cieling of 50 per person per day, which apparently Bailey replied to "Yep. that outta do me!" )

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

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Bayley does this all the time

Yeah, as does McEwan it seems..

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i witnessed him doing this in his race against the french guy or was it
Bos during the world champs and its rather easy to do on a fixed if you
'burst' momentarily, (as i found out up a hill the other day LOL!)

Garne I think. Bos was too close at the Worlds.
Hmm.. I've not tried, but I don't know about being easy..
Hit 60+ and then lean back and pop the front up on the
flat? Like I said, I've not tried, but I'm not sure it's easy.
Hills already putting your weight back.. maybe that helps?

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Have seen a few mentions of his KFC and coke diet (apparently all the
athletes have been given vouchers for unlimited coke till they realised
how much was being drunk. They put a cieling of 50 per person per day,
which apparently Bailey replied to "Yep. that outta do me!" )

Urgh.. yuck.. I'm on unleaded (pepsi max) and even
then 2 cans a day can make me feel dodgy. Wonder
what's in the KFC that makes him fast? 🙂

hippy

flyingdutch said:

Have seen a few mentions of his KFC and coke diet

been wondering about that since KFC doesn't sell coke.

aeek said:

been wondering about that since KFC doesn't sell coke.

Isn't KFC owned by PepsiCo????

This newsgroup has been a bit quiet about the Olympics over the last
couple of weeks.. which is surprising considering how brilliant the
Australian cycling team is doing in Athens!! (or is everyone too busy
watching the events to write messages?)

Some of those events were amazing to watch - especially the team
pursuit, who looked like their wheels were glued together! 🙂
(it must take a lot of skill to ride so close to each other..)

I've been talking to a couple of people, trying to work out how much
each of those bicycles would be worth - any ideas?

Stuart Park
Melbourne, Australia

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Quoted message said:

-- SPOILER WARNING --

Well, Bayley got his revenge for the Melbourne Worlds...
http://www.theage.com.au/olympics/articles/2004/08/25/1093246544605.html

Woo Woo Woo!

hippy's gonna have to beat him though, at the
next Olympics.. ;-)

hippy
P.S. What is it with Aussies and wheelies over the line? :-)

"Stuart Park" <[email hidden]

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This newsgroup has been a bit quiet about the Olympics over the last
couple of weeks.. which is surprising considering how brilliant the
Australian cycling team is doing in Athens!! (or is everyone too busy
watching the events to write messages?)

I've actually managed to miss ALL of it thanks to
other stuff being on..

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Some of those events were amazing to watch - especially the team
pursuit, who looked like their wheels were glued together! 🙂
(it must take a lot of skill to ride so close to each other..)

Yes. :-)

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I've been talking to a couple of people, trying to work out how much
each of those bicycles would be worth - any ideas?

~$7k for one of the BT pursuit frames I think, plus
$5k for the Campagnolo Gihbli(sp?) wheelset plus
another couple of k for the driveline, bars, pedals,
post and saddle. Cheap eh? ;-)

hippy

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Stuart Park said:

I've been talking to a couple of people, trying to work out how much
each of those bicycles would be worth - any ideas?

You can probably hunt around the companies' Web sites -- bikes used in
the Olympics have to also be on public sale.

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Shane Stanley

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Stuart Park said:

I've been talking to a couple of people, trying to work out how much
each of those bicycles would be worth - any ideas?

You can probably hunt around the companies' Web sites -- bikes used in
the Olympics have to also be on public sale.

"The frames are directly available in Australia from BT in Melbourne
(61 3 9459 3525) and in the USA, try www.usauzziesales.com. The
price? In the USA, the official distributor lists the frame and fork at
US$4395."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2004/features/BT_road

hippy

hippy said:

"The frames are directly available in Australia from BT in Melbourne
(61 3 9459 3525) and in the USA, try www.usauzziesales.com. The
price? In the USA, the official distributor lists the frame and fork at
US$4395."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2004/features/BT_road

hippy

So if your bike's called 'vegemite', what would you call a fixie built up outta one of dem?

'Plastic-fantastic'
'curly-surly'
'i-cum-from-de-landownunder'

"flyingdutch" <[email hidden]

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hippy said:

"The frames are directly available in Australia from BT in Melbourne
(61 3 9459 3525) and in the USA, try www.usauzziesales.com. The
price? In the USA, the official distributor lists the frame and fork
at US$4395."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2004/features/BT_road

So if your bike's called 'vegemite', what would you call a fixie built
up outta one of dem?

'Plastic-fantastic'
'curly-surly'
'i-cum-from-de-landownunder'

IBBW - I Better Bloody Win!
Emptied The Bank
Stiff One
BT - Bloody Tops!
I'm Broke
If Only I Had Legs To Match
Hope I Don't Crash
Aussie Bike Aussie Boy
Holy [censored] That Guy's Riding a BT Around Town!! ;-)
I Live On KFC Too

What about Vitamin Injection? :-P

Hmm.. my brain ain't pushing on all pedal strokes
today.. I've got nothing better.

hippy

In aus.bicycle on Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:27:19 +1000

flyingdutch said:

hippy said:

"The frames are directly available in Australia from BT in Melbourne
(61 3 9459 3525) and in the USA, try www.usauzziesales.com. The
price? In the USA, the official distributor lists the frame and fork
at
US$4395."
http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/?id=2004/features/BT_road

hippy

So if your bike's called 'vegemite', what would you call a fixie built
up outta one of dem?

"conspicuous consumption"

Zebee

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Urgh.. yuck.. I'm on unleaded (pepsi max) and even
then 2 cans a day can make me feel dodgy. Wonder
what's in the KFC that makes him fast? 🙂

hippy

Chicken Growth Hormones ?? :-)

Parbs

What's with that rear wheel flick Ryan Bailey did in a couple of his races?

DaveB

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Stuart Park said:

I've been talking to a couple of people, trying to work out how much
each of those bicycles would be worth - any ideas?

You can probably hunt around the companies' Web sites -- bikes used in
the Olympics have to also be on public sale.

I saw and interview with one of the British track cycling coaching staff.
He had said that they had made all their own bikes to their own design.
Some company associated with Formula One made all the carbon fibre bits and
pieces for them. You may notice that their bikes are plain black with no
logos or stickers on them.

Don't know how this fits with the above statement.

Stephen.

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Shane Stanley

DaveB said:

What's with that rear wheel flick Ryan Bailey did in a couple of his races?

It's to unnerve the opponent and put them off coming around too close.
Make them take a wider line takes them longer to pass/slows them down.

hippy

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Stephen Holt said:

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You can probably hunt around the companies' Web sites -- bikes used in
the Olympics have to also be on public sale.

I saw and interview with one of the British track cycling coaching staff.
He had said that they had made all their own bikes to their own design.
Some company associated with Formula One made all the carbon fibre bits and
pieces for them. You may notice that their bikes are plain black with no
logos or stickers on them.

Don't know how this fits with the above statement.

Me either. I guess I should say that I was quoting cyclingnews.com.
Maybe they can't put a brand on them if they're not for sale.

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Shane Stanley

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Stephen Holt said:

I saw and interview with one of the British track cycling coaching

staff.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

He had said that they had made all their own bikes to their own design.
Some company associated with Formula One made all the carbon fibre bits

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

pieces for them. You may notice that their bikes are plain black with

no

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

logos or stickers on them.

Don't know how this fits with the above statement.

Me either. I guess I should say that I was quoting cyclingnews.com.
Maybe they can't put a brand on them if they're not for sale.

--
Shane Stanley

From Cyling News regarding the Olympics

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/aug04/aug23news2

"One thing is for certain, the UCI stipulates that any machine used in
competition must be commercially available, even if the price tags may be a
little stratospheric for the weekend warrior."

Marty