Nonbikerelated talking thread. (nsfw)

[mikesbytes]

hmmnnn... wondering what we could do with those shirts

Do you know if those 'Game Over' T-shirts are still available?

[Toff]

The secret to Alex's success is assisted thru the purchase of the right equipment

http://www.bikerumor.com/2009/04/17/big ... -the-hive/

Some of those hubs are bigger than a Shimano Nexus/Alfine 8-speed internal hub. They come close to the size of the Rohloff 14-speed hubs! - And yet... Nothing inside... What a waste.

[Toff]

Do you know if those 'Game Over' T-shirts are still available?

Still available in Phuket for about $5.

[Toff]

In the beginning God created the bicycle, saw that it was good, then went for a nice Sunday ride on the bike lanes He'd made the day before, and they were good, too, because they were new and He had the angels keep them clear of debris. Later, of course, God would get cross and have the flood wash all the good ones away.

And God said to Himself, Let us create man, because cycling is too much fun to keep to Myself, and so He created man, him did He create, create did He him do. And God put man in paradise, and commanded him, Glideth upon the earth anywhere thou wisheth, except for that big hill over there. For on the day thou goeth down that hill, thou shalt surely die.

And God said, Man needs a companion to keep him from spending too much money on new bicycles. So God caused man to fall into a deep sleep by asking him if he wanted to go clothes shopping at the mall, then took a rib from him. Then God said to Himself, Who am I kidding, I'll never hear the end of it when she finds out she was just a rib, so He created woman from frankincense and myrrh and a certain je ne sais quoi.

And God said, Let man have dominion over lathe drills and Philips head screwdrivers, and let woman have dominion over everything else, and as long as thou art naked and unashamed, thou might as well be fruitful and multiply.

Lastly, God created the chicken and the egg, in that order, which should clear up that matter.

Now the serpent, he was a wily one, and he said to woman, Yea, hath God said you may cycle anywhere but down that hill? And the woman said unto the serpent, That's about the size of it: go downhill and die. And the serpent said, Ye shall not surely die, you probably won't even fall off. For God doth know that on the day you go downhill, you will not need to pedal for a long time. Go on, give it a try.

And the woman saw that the hill was good, she did not need to pedal for a long time. She told the man about it, and he also went downhill. Their eyes were opened, they saw they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves into padded cycling shorts because sometimes it got bumpy going downhill.

And they heard the voice of God as He was offroad, fully suspended of course, and they hid their bicycles at the bottom of the hill and started whistling nervously. And God called unto the man, and said, Where art thou? And the man said, We art down here. And God said, Hast thou cycled downhill, whereoff I commanded thee that thou shouldest not? And man said, It was her idea.

And God said unto the woman, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow whilst climbing hills; in pain shalt thou perch upon thy saddle.

And God said unto the man, Because thou hast harkened unto the voice of thy wife, cursed is regular bike maintenance. The inner workings of the hub gear will be beyond thou to repair. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou service thy freewheel.

And God said, Behold, the man doesn't listen very well, so he kicked him out of paradise and guarded the entrance with a sign of a picture of a bicycle in the middle of a red circle. And He had a Cherubim with a flaming sword stop by a few times a week for good measure.

This is the book of the generations. The first bicycle was a single speed, Godspeed, but after that it got complicated. Sprockets begat sprockets and cables begat kinks. Celerifere begat Draisienne begat Macmillan begat Michaux begat Ariel begat Bayliss Thomas begat Lawson begat Rover begat Boneshaker begat Ordinary begat Raleigh.

And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth in a critical mass, God saw that the wickedness of man was great and he did not like to give way to anyone on the road even his mother, so He directed Noah to build an ark made out of renewable resources. There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark every type of bicycle: one to ride and one for spare parts. And Noah gathered two touring bikes and two mountain bikes; two recumbents and two tandems; two road racing bikes and two cross bikes; also four unicycles, just in case there was a misunderstanding, and a brace of Bromptons, as their folded countenance pleasethed Him. And God said there might be Some strong winds in the Southeast. And it rained for 40 days and 40 nights, then drizzled for another fortnight.

And God remembered Noah and asswaged the waters, and Noah opened a door on the ark and set loose Japheth on a unicycle, and God said This is a covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature: that a man on a unicycle is a hilarious sight. The waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

A bit later, God spake unto Moses, saying, Here are a few ground rules, I hath numbered them for thou for easy reference:

I. Thou shalt hold no other races above the Tour de France.
II. Thou shalt not make unto thee helmets which cost more than £100.
III. Thou shalt not take My name in vain everytime thou gettest a flat tyre.
IV. Remember to oil thy chain, to keep it rolling.
V. Honour the Zebra Crossing and those walking upon the face of it.
VI. Thou shalt not ignore other road users, nor cycle recklessly upon the pavement.
VII. Thou shalt not steal bicycles.
VIII. Thou shalt not kill, except bicycle thieves.
IX. Thou shalt not hang onto moving cars.
X. Thou shalt not covet they neighbour's new Cannondale, nor his groupset, nor his £3000 mtb, nor even his stylish shades.

Forget not the Titanium Rule: Signal unto others as thou wouldst have others signal unto thou.

And moving right along, there came four horsemen of the Apocalypse, and they were the Taxicab Driver, and the Motorcycle Messenger, and the White Van Man, and the Man Opening a Car Door Without Looking.

Amen

[Lizanne]

here here

but the fixie/track and the great penny farthing bikes were left out of the two by two's

[Toff]

Yeah... I know. I felt like adding them in, but decided to keep the format original.

[timyone]

i like this blog by a girl off my facebook list

http://ridehappy.blogspot.com/

[timyone]

(she is funny and has also ridden for some cool teams, i dont know if any one recognises her name, as shes victorian)

I am a lawyer by day and a cyclist by... er, day. I've just returned to Australia after spending 2 months in Europe racing with the AIS/Australian national team. If you like coffee, bikes and miniature dachshunds, this is the blog for you.

[Lizanne]

[Toff]

Proably not appropriate, for language if nothing else...

[mikesbytes]

Think I'll stick to cycling

[mikesbytes]

Check out the Q&A

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 3D1&_rdc=1[/QUOTE]

[Karzie]

Hahahaha.... "Flux Capacitors are as rare as a lebanese bloke without a cousin"

[mikesbytes]

Chinese traffic accidents

[Karzie]

Australian traffic incident

[mikesbytes]

Health Quiz

http://www.abc.net.au/health/quizzestoo ... 086554.htm

I got 7 out of 10

[timyone]

i got 7 out of ten

[othy]

9/10. Got the mosquito one wrong, which I thought had no effect but guessed otherwise due to the presentation of the answers..

[Lizanne]

woot 9
the one about sea water ( i think it's bad for cuts, mine never heal during the surf season)

[Karzie]

10 out of 10

What do I win?

[othy]

10 out of 10

What do I win?

The internets.

[orphic]

I woke up this morning with the strangest craving for cigarettes, brussel sprouts and pakoras.

Oh, and a hang over...

[mikesbytes]

I'm still in bed

[timyone]

Lol it was a pretty good night last night hey! I'm guessing next year a place with seats would be good, but I loved the vibe!

[shrubb face]

I woke up feeling perfect, which is a little suprising.

Still a little shocked about Toffs tattoo...

[timyone]

Toffs tattoo? Is it some ones name..
I'm still stoked about my spoon

[Lizanne]

just got back from work... i feel like s**t
see you @ the track

toff has a tattoo?

[mikesbytes]

just got back from work... i feel like s**t
see you @ the track

You looked alright rolling around

[Lizanne]

I always look good

[Toff]

I took yesterday off. Wasn't the best really. I was really disappointed that there were no strippers at the Oxford Tavern. Regarding my "tatoo": what goes on tour STAYS on tour. Good news is that I now have a nice new track bike toy to play with during the Christmas Carnivals. Yay.

[Toff]

So I went over to have a look at the new DHBC Twitter page, and noticed that a picture of the DHBC trophy winners from the Christmas Party.

Naturally, I thought I'd have a look, but my computer was a bit slow to render the image. I decided to capture the image that got displayed on my screen.




It looks like DHBC only hands out awards to zombies! - Either that, or there were way to many drinkies had on the night...

[Toff]

[Lizanne]

the face jess is pulling is priceless

[mikesbytes]

Aliens

[Karzie]

Evil Aliens

[timyone]

what does the c in c28 stand for?

[christian]

That's bike related, and it stands for cruisers. That came about because they didn't like being referred to as slowies.

[mikesbytes]

Bicycle Bungee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLeBHI3LYAo

[Lizanne]

i totally need this when riding with my boyfriend. but would it be to embarrassing for him to have a chick on a pink fixie pulling him along in sydney?

[mikesbytes]

Home fitness test

http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tes ... pushup.htm

[Anthony]

Will do the home test, when i'm not so tired after racing. I can achieve excellent in all of them except for sit and reach and verticle jump.

[timyone]

i totally need this when riding with my boyfriend. but would it be to embarrassing for him to have a chick on a pink fixie pulling him along in sydney?

just pretend hes your coach, doing some sort of endurance coach, building power?

[mikesbytes]

Girls bikes are safer than boys bikes

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01 ... -safer.php

[Eleri]

Girls bikes are safer than boys bikes

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01 ... -safer.php

That's why I ride the Townie. Much more suitable for us older types (apparently).

[mikesbytes]

New CF product

[timyone]

i dont know if this has been posted, but Brian Yap just posted it on the net, its the budgy smuggler ride on slowies to music!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kucfy9HC ... r_embedded#!

[timyone]

i didnt realise graeme brown was actually a randwick rider now! hes listed as theirs for the national titles!

[Toff]

Isn't he a Queenslander?

[mikesbytes]

[Karzie]

I want a magic helmet too.

[timyone]

im guessing not a qlder any more :S well not in club at least

[Toff]

[mikesbytes]

[christian]

Crazy guy on an R1

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/09/27/vide ... d-commute/

[Hung]

that dude was orsum
makes ghost rider look like a noob

[timyone]

hung, i think you need to re watch the ghost rider vids, this guy does some trippy stuff between traffic, but you cant actually see his speedo, and ghost rider has done some trippy things, and beaten a lot of police chases. The first half of the video you could do on my bike pretty easily (i cant wheelie, so cant do it )

[Hung]

hung, i think you need to re watch the ghost rider vids, this guy does some trippy stuff between traffic, but you cant actually see his speedo, and ghost rider has done some trippy things, and beaten a lot of police chases. The first half of the video you could do on my bike pretty easily (i cant wheelie, so cant do it )

true

but it seems Ghostriders one were done in less crowded areas
im not saying his was not good
but
this guy has you hanging on the edge or your seat with ur butt squezzed tight all the time
well for me he did

then again who I am to talk
I get excited doing 60km on a 50cc vespa

[Karzie]

that dude was orsum
makes ghost rider look like a noob

Hahaha - He's a pussy. He's actually using his clutch to change up.

[mikesbytes]

[Toff]

That place won't be getting flooded anytime soon! Haha.

[mikesbytes]

[Toff]

[timyone]

im not sure about this when in doubt lead out thing toff.

[Toff]

So, what should one do when in doubt, Timy?

Here's one for the penny riders.

[timyone]

If its long, keep sitting on?
If their dumb, ride their bumb?
I can't really get one with a ring to it, but I like that last one..
Unless I'm a lot fitter, orits a club race where the guy I'm trying to beat just pulled to the back, I wait for some one to go and sit them though there may be a point that I know to go from, hmmnnn this isn't that simple, I don't have any one rule for this really.

[NOOG]

You've been coming up with some pearlers lately Tim...

If their dumb, ride their bum

I dont know Johns preference but I really feel like a man after that ride.

[timyone]

just keeping our forum and club sydney. Sydney is the gay capitol of the world (well apart from sanfransisco, so maybe of Australia), and we have newtown and petersham in our club area. I personally am only into girls despite enjoying the humour

[mikesbytes]

I feel a bad case of N+1 is about to occur

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO0VLouJ ... r_embedded

[mikesbytes]

Just when you thought every product existed, someone thinks outside the square

Chain ring that is both 110 and 130BCD

http://store.icyclesusa.com/origin8-10h ... p6666.aspx

[mikesbytes]

carbon vs alloy vs steel

We all need to buy steel bikes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvk63bmV ... re=related

[timyone]

hey what was that program every one was getting on their new phones so they could go on the forum easier etc?

[christian]

hey what was that program every one was getting on their new phones so they could go on the forum easier etc?

Its called tapatalk.

[mikesbytes]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-R151-Road-S ... 2eb3a5ca9c

[Karzie]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-R151-Road-S ... 2eb3a5ca9c

If you had a prosthetic you would hate to have to buy a shoe you didn't need. Nothing else for it. Sell it on ebay to someone who's had their other leg off!

[mikesbytes]

I discovered that if you log into ebay.com.au, put your shoe size in and select worldwide, it doesn't pick up the shoes on ebay.com as they ain't classified in euro sizing.

Is it my imagination or have bike shoes actually got more expensive, especially considering how strong the aussie dollar is

[Toff]

I haven't noticed bike shoes getting more expensive, but I am vigilant for the deep discounts that pop up every now and then...

I would suggest looking for bargains in UK & Europe before USA, on Ebay or elesewhere. For a start, Cycling is almost as much a fringe sport in the USA as it is in Australia, whereas Cycling is pretty much mainstream in Europe, and rider numbers in the UK leave Australia for dead. This results in substantial volume discounts from many sellers, which Aussie retailers can't or won't offer. The other problem with the US is shipping costs, which are astronomical. It typically costs 3 times as much to ship anything from the USA as it does from Europe or the UK.

In my experience, shipping is very cheap from Italy, UK and spain. Germany and France can be cheap for small items, but not for large items. Switzerland is at the expensive end.

[Lizanne]

i want shoes like these!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-90s-NIKE ... 4cf596b34c

[timyone]

i want shoes like these!

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Vintage-90s-NIKE ... 4cf596b34c

ooo I dont know what size my fee are, but would like them!

[Toff]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shimano-R151-Road-S ... 2eb3a5ca9c

Looks like there are lots of size 43 riders out there who are careless with their left shoes...
http://cgi.ebay.com/DIADORA-ERGO-CARBON ... 1&x=38&y=3

[mikesbytes]

$30 Carbon road shoes. Guess you get what you paid for

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/200900/ ... shoes.html

[mikesbytes]

Now that's a serious pot hole

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011 ... 169379.htm

[Hung]

food for champions

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8227316

[mikesbytes]

food for champions

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8227316

He didn't eat enough, think about how much his daily calorie burn would of been

He consumed 24 chicken snack wraps, 23 hamburgers, three filet-o-fish burgers, an Aberdeen Angus burger, 63 cookies and 91 hotcakes in the month before the race.

[T-Bone]

Definitely not enough food, unless they haven't mentioned the kilos of chips.

[mikesbytes]

From another forum, bicycle slang, who's the guilty party? Amy, Camilla, Joanne, Lizanne, Victoria, Jessica, EMT?

Being Chicked : This is where a male cyclist has his doors sucked off by a "chick". This can be very traumatic for the male cyclist.

I can't claim credit for this though. I saw this on Lisa Jacobs hilarious "Ride Happy" blog. Hat tip to Lisa's Mum.
http://ridehappy.blogspot.com/2010/11/l ... s-mum.html

[mikesbytes]

20k without a bike saddle
http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... /1.1000639

[timyone]

I was looking through a girl off my facebook list todays pics when i payed more attention to the comments on her page, and it turned out she has actually dies in an accident in south africa, she was a htc rider and was heaps into charity work etc, heres her web page

http://swartms.org/

[mikesbytes]

Sugar is poison

[simon.sharwood]

[simon.sharwood]

From the rather NSFW and naughty http://hipsterhitler.com/

[mikesbytes]

2.75kg roadie

http://www.mobilemag.com/2010/09/28/450 ... -6-pounds/

[Toff]

Downtube shifters! - What is old is new again!!!

Actually, for several years after brifters first came out, numerous racers used a downtube shifter for the front derailleur, and a brifter on only the right side. This was a happy compromise between weight and performance.

[Stuart]

want to buy Cadel's BMC used in the World Champs? Money to some charity or other - bidding now at $14,100!

https://secure.auctiondesq.com/index.cf ... OrgID=7613

[timyone]

ooo now thats some thing i wouldnt mind riding! (50cm? i think i ride a 53 top on the bmc)

[Stuart]

the top tube is 535 Tim - go on. make a bid!

http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/04/ ... 1-auction/

[Stuart]

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot - A French Cycocross, Road & MTB rider and a Junior World Champion it seems ... I love a girl who likes to get dirty - Boom Tish!

[mikesbytes]

hulla hulla !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Toff]

Zut alors!

[mikesbytes]

Bont banned

http://www.bont.com/cycling/products/crono/crono.html

[Stuart]

BMC defending the lead at the Tour of Romandie

http://twitpic.com/4s1sn0