The Thread about Nothing....

Hitchy said:

...some awesome cooking smells coming from another, some bloke down there calling his thongs 'Jandals', ....I haven't been any further down the hall....anyone else explored any further?.....😄

That'll be the carrot cake. [img]cyclingforums.combiggrin.gifOpen ↗[/img] (Made shortbread and also malted milk biscuits last week)

If this site is run by Aussies, then I reckon we should support them as much as possible. Charity begins at home, I say. [img]cyclingforums.comsmile.gifOpen ↗[/img]

And that strange bloke with the jandals has just taken his Chilly Billy and gone tramping.[img]cyclingforums.comtongue.gifOpen ↗[/img]

existence said:

anyway im sort of liking this new home...seems nice enough...although perhaps we as a collective group have outgrown bikeforums.net and the like...would be nice to think we could all chip in and develop our own forum reality - god knows there is enough quality open source code out there!!!

Mmm bandwidth is still pretty expensive. Then we would have to have mods, a server etc etc, it would add up pretty quick, even if we just kept it to ourselves which kinda defeats the purpose.

do we know if this site is Aussie or not?
I did a tracert. The last hop makes it look like its Australian. But if you type their IP into http://www.hostip.info/index.html it seems if they are hosted in the USA.

Maybe hosted in the US, but Steve(admin) is from Ballarat(like me!!)... hell, I've always had ausbike.com hosted in the states cos it's cheap... it's always been an aussie affair though.

Kotter, can you change your sig blipvert coz it's starting to make me feel woozy.

Thanks for the update climbo, and a gold star for that nifty looking avatar!

1 hour, an OTB, a slow off + a major melt down after trying to follow a fresh B grader up the big climb on the 2nd lap HDT walked away with the award of 1st loser in D grade today, meaning over 4 races completed there this season i managed to collect all 3 coloured ribbons. Mrs HDT is so proud!

Only problem is its up to C grade for the club champs. Methinks that after that affair i may set my sights on B grade for next season. better to be getting my ass handed to me in B grade than endin up a major also ran in a 40 + person C grade field IMHO. C and B grade winners pretty much do the same times and it will take me the better part of next year to get to the pointy end of each.

oh, also secured 2nd in the Pointscore of the year after racing only 4 of 6 races, happy days 🙂

PS i vote we stay here.....

Onya HDT

and while we're on the subject of holdens....

was at my sister's place for a family shindig today and they all decide we should lob down to the park for a game of drunken soccer. Imagine my combined feelings of shock, envy and despair as the garage door opens to reveal not only the family commodore station wagon, but a shiny, new, and hardly driven monaro. Not just any, but one of the last 100 off the production line. :eek:

It's a shame everyone capable of driving it was too [censored], otherwise there might have been some rubber laid down, races for pink slips, and some possible police intervention.

nice, burnouts at Jocks sisters place, come one, come all!

existence said:

yeah i did the same the other week when i rode down to phillip island and back...it was hilarious to see some of the faces of the drivers as they went past me in the other direction...
ive heard the pros ride in snow even? is that true?

jeeez, fair ride!! "Conversely on the other flip side of the coin", I dunno how guys can rug up days like today (15 degrees)! Everyone I saw today had full winter stuff on.

yeah, they sometimes race in the snow, but some stages are cut short if the weather is horrible

531Aussie said:

jeeez, fair ride!! "Conversely on the other flip side of the coin", I dunno how guys can rug up days like today (15 degrees)! Everyone I saw today had full winter stuff on.

yeah, they sometimes race in the snow, but some stages are cut short if the weather is horrible

yeah its about 168km from my house down to san remo (return trip) - i didnt actually go over the bridge to the island as i could see the weather closing in and i knew id struggle to get home without getting wet!!! of course its farken hailed about 30km from home that day!! im trying to ready for ATB 250km.

today was windy as a [censored] so i just did hill repeats in a town curcuit...i didnt see anyone - i never do - its like im the only cyclist in the world...i wear 'skins' for winter time.

i still need to start tagging along on some pack rides...

sorry its 168km return trip to san remo - no i didnt ride 336km in one day lol as much as i would love to say i did!!!!

jock.c said:

but a shiny, new, and hardly driven monaro. Not just any, but one of the last 100 off the production line. :eek:

Mmmmmm Monaroooo, Don't see many around here🙁 . Unfortunately I see a load of (dare I say:eek: ) seppo pieces of sh1t.😠

hdtvkss said:

PS i vote we stay here.....

i hope everyone stays here too...i hope people dont go grovelling back to bikeforums...its about having principles in life and sticking to them - besides being on cyclingforums is like getting a new missus...so much to explore!!!😄😉🙂

existence said:

168km.......i still need to start tagging along on some pack rides...

168km is still a huge ride by my standards. I pretty much ride every day, weather permitting (which usually means ~6 days a week in the colder months), but my biggest ride ever is only 125km.

531Aussie said:

168km is still a huge ride by my standards. I pretty much ride every day, weather permitting (which usually means ~6 days a week in the colder months), but my biggest ride ever is only 125km.

lol its not that impressive if you had of seen my average speed for the last oh 45kms or so lol...if it werent for the hail storm i think i would of curled up in a ball in the long grass by the side of the road somewhere on the way home and cried lol

existence said:

yes i dont generally subscribe to the same mindblowingly intelligent foreign policy as the US or their baby brother Israel...id rather take the time to listen to the other side of the fence and maintain my own ethical integrity. koffee knows she has been a silly little girl and the best way to deal with silly little girls is to ignore them.

anyway im sort of liking this new home...seems nice enough...although perhaps we as a collective group have outgrown bikeforums.net and the like...would be nice to think we could all chip in and develop our own forum reality - god knows there is enough quality open source code out there!!!

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?😕

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?😕

on-road or off-road...hehehe off-road would be farken impressive lol of course you would DIE unsupported...but funny nevertheless 😄

Tom Stormcrowe said:

Would I have to be nuts to want to do an unsupported ride from Darwin to Adelaide through the middle?😕

GOD!!! I'm no traveller, but i'd say absolutely!!

Was that you asking about this a few months ago?