had a great view on the top of the passThylacine said:
but the last day which was a 21 k walk
was v wet 200mm at least I reckon
want to get to Wanaka next time I'm over there for the pinot and the beer
had a great beer at the Cardona
In the lodges there were no novels no radios no TV no papersmatagi said:I love keas I reckon they're cool!
but there were nature books, you know Ferns of NZ and the like
there was this classic book on Kea s.
I reckon they're Parrots who think they've become falcons. They learnt how to hunt sheep in packs, one flew down onto the deck outside our lodge and ran along the deck at night, and in one lodge they've had to put full on locks on the doors to stop them coming in!!!
Funnily enough, I was watching a doco called Four Alps on the ABC yesterday evening and Keas featured on that. Yes, what they do to sheep is pretty horrible, they even had some footage on the doco showing a kea sitting on this sheep's back digging through the wool, etc. to get to the fat around the kidneys.46kgToDate said:
They also showed them absolutely trashing the rubber bits on a car. Funny little creatures.
I know it doesn't always work out this way as a comparison but here are the Olympic qualifying and final roundsgplama said:
qualifying
1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4.15.031 (56.463km/h)
2 Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 4.18.990
3 Alexei Markov (Russian Fed) 4.21.498
4 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukraine) 4.21.530
5 Steven Burke (Great Britain) 4.22.260
6 Antonio Tauler (Spain) 4.22.462
7 Taylor Phinney (United States) 4.22.860
8 Alexander Serov (Russian Fed) 4.23.732
9 Bradley McGee (Australia) 4.26.084
10 Sergi Escobar (Spain) 4.26.102
11 David O'Loughlin (Ireland) 4.26.102
12 Brett Lancaster (Australia) 4.26.139
13 Jens Mouris (Netherlands) 4.27.445
14 Vitaliy Popkov (Ukraine) 4.30.321
15 Fabien Sanchez (France) 4.33.100
16 Carlos Alzate (Colombia) 4.35.154
17 Alexandr Pliuschin (Rep. of Moldova) 4.35.438
18 Jenning Huizenga (Netherlands) 4.37.097
Medal rounds
Gold medal ride
1 Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) 4.16.977 (56.036 km/h)
2 Hayden Roulston (New Zealand) 4.19.611
Bronze medal ride
1 Steven Burke (Great Britain) 4.20.947
2 Alexei Markov (Russia) 4.24.149
Memo to : People who know a hell of a lot more than me about road and track... which is basically everyone on here... but particularly the road experts, Classo, Hitch, Jono, Lama, thunder, Nev, etc. (that "etc." hopefully gets me out of jail)
From : Cycling Layman Cranky
Why didn't Wiggins do better in that 2007 TdF Prologue in London? It was basically set up for him it seems. Is it because he doesn't handle anything technical on the road that well? Or because he's dynamite over 4km but not nearly as good over 8km? He came 4th (-23 secs) which is obviously good (beaten by Cancellara, Kloden, and Hincapie)... but he seems to be very dominant on the track.
23 seconds would be a long way back on the track.
From : Cycling Layman Cranky
Why didn't Wiggins do better in that 2007 TdF Prologue in London? It was basically set up for him it seems. Is it because he doesn't handle anything technical on the road that well? Or because he's dynamite over 4km but not nearly as good over 8km? He came 4th (-23 secs) which is obviously good (beaten by Cancellara, Kloden, and Hincapie)... but he seems to be very dominant on the track.
23 seconds would be a long way back on the track.
Local crit action today... everyone willing to chase, no-one willing to work. Sat on the front most of the race with a few hit outs to see what would happen, but with only 5 in the bunch, everyone was willing to sit on. Fine by me i'll get my exercise on the front (245 watt avg for an hour) and jumped about 15-20 metres from the final corner with the road pitches up it's hardest (not that much, mostly flat crit) and into a head wind.
Gave the jump everything to force the group out into a line. Rounded the corner, looked under my arm to see who had come with and there was one bloke coming, so I eased up and got him to come past. I got on his wheel and had a few seconds break and hit him again 40 metres from the line taking todays win.
1650 watts in the initial jump
Gave the jump everything to force the group out into a line. Rounded the corner, looked under my arm to see who had come with and there was one bloke coming, so I eased up and got him to come past. I got on his wheel and had a few seconds break and hit him again 40 metres from the line taking todays win.
1650 watts in the initial jump
Holy frucking ****. He went a second quicker in the final
Men 4000m Individual Pursuit Final
Gold & Silver Medals
1 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Aust Nat Squad 4.18.80 (55.65 km/h)
2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Aust Nat Squad OVL
Bronze Medal
3 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Aust Nat Squad 4.27.10 (53.92 km/h)
4 Jason Allen (NZl) New Zealand 4.31.70
Men 4000m Individual Pursuit Final
Gold & Silver Medals
1 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Aust Nat Squad 4.18.80 (55.65 km/h)
2 Mark Jamieson (Aus) Aust Nat Squad OVL
Bronze Medal
3 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Aust Nat Squad 4.27.10 (53.92 km/h)
4 Jason Allen (NZl) New Zealand 4.31.70
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