Nonbikerelated talking thread. (nsfw)

[timyone]

thats a bit trippy that they banned the bonts?! seriously how much difference will the aero on shoes make?!! its aero into your ankle any way?! if they get it cleared it will have been good advertising, but yeah

[timyone]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-d ... -5/results
he won, im surprised I only found out that he had the lead by news paper, even cycling news only mentions he won it down the page?! they keep all the talk about the sprint jersy?!

[Toff]

I've already decided what I will be growing for Movember next year...

The Monkey Tail

[Peter T]

Oh yes! yes! yes!

On another matter Toff, the Ball Bearing Mystery of 2011 has not been resolved.

Further investigations tomorrow.

[timyone]

Nice!!!!

[Karzie]

I've already decided what I will be growing for Movember next year...

Don't you mean this year, Toff?

I think it will suit you.

[timyone]

Lowbrow Hipster Episode 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XnepDE ... ded#at=103
fixie vid

[Karzie]

Don't you mean this year, Toff?

I think it will suit you.

With a slim-line cigarillo...

[timyone]

http://bikecalculator.com/veloUS.html
aero calculator thing?

[timyone]

Far out check out this racing!!
http://video.smithville.net/?p=1762
single speed, cinder track, not really a break, team event, you actually swap on the one bike! and guys couldnt jump n like this!

“This is the only kind of race that has a single gear bike, on a cinder track, where every variable can be unaccounted for. One second you’ll be in the lead and the next you’ll be on the ground. Its a thrill, its a rush, that you can’t find anywhere else”

[T-Bone]

Same race as in the movie Breaking Away.

[Karzie]

Did anyone appreciate the cleaned up Cooks River path today? I carried my bike over the 3 week old mess 27 times before I stopped cursing the useless Canterbury council and cleaned it up myself. The broom was a write-off afterwards...

Photo and half-hearted sweeping by Stevan Radmanovic

[mikesbytes]

Thanks Karzie, I noticed it had been cleaned up

[mikesbytes]

Now that's a hill

[timyone]

Nice work Ian! And lol yeah that's a hill!

[timyone]

hey i posted pics and video of the 2nd day sprint at the end of the cootamundra thread if any one that wouldnt read the thread is interested

[Lizanne]

oh wow thanks ian!
i thought council had finally got around to cleaning it. i gave them too much credit.
THANKS!

[timyone]

The st George cycling club page has up to dateish news on it! all taken from other places though?
http://www.stgeorge.cycling.org.au/

[timyone]

maybe we should have a tribute on the main page to Ian

[mikesbytes]

I want it

[timyone]

wow!

[timyone]

heres a vid of the young american lad in the time trial down in victoria.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6-vIaT ... dded#at=72

Taylor Phinney rides for gold in the U23 time trial in Melbourne, 2010.

[timyone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6derUz9 ... 2-14-18-00


Triathlon is not a cult?

[Stuart]

For Sale: WATERPROOF CYCLING JACKET / INVISIBILITY CLOAK

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/190531521003#vi-desc

[timyone]

riding a bike in a airport!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUEcaAc ... r_embedded

[timyone]

The pros and cons of living with a cyclist

http://dailycycle.co.uk/post/2011/05/17 ... g-WAG.aspx

[mikesbytes]

The pros and cons of living with a cyclist

http://dailycycle.co.uk/post/2011/05/17 ... g-WAG.aspx

LOL Tim, I've decided to put this up on Facebook

[mikesbytes]

Looks like this Sunday's Waterfall ride is our last

End of the world 21-5-2011

[timyone]

yeah rapture party this sat? any one up for it? i was thinking after party sunday

[jimmy]

Looks like this Sunday's Waterfall ride is our last

End of the world 21-5-2011

Actually Mike, the end of the world is 6pm Local Time (every where), so god will be destroying the world time zone by time zone as it strikes 6pm 21st May whereever you are.

I heard someone called Family Radio (the company owned by Harold Camping who made the prediction, the fact that he's been wrong once in the past hasn't detered him), and offered to donate $10,000.

However, he wanted a cavaet that if we were all still here on the 22nd, then he wanted his money back with 10% interest. Strangly enough, they refused.

Kinda shows that they don't believe in it themselves.

But you can pretty much prove anything from the big book of multiple choice.

James

[Toff]

yeah rapture party this sat? any one up for it? i was thinking after party sunday

Well it's my daughter's birthday, so we're having a party! Theme is "pink and purple butterflies" rather than rapture, though...

[mikesbytes]

Actually Mike, the end of the world is 6pm Local Time (every where), so god will be destroying the world time zone by time zone as it strikes 6pm 21st May whereever you are.

I heard someone called Family Radio (the company owned by Harold Camping who made the prediction, the fact that he's been wrong once in the past hasn't detered him), and offered to donate $10,000.

However, he wanted a cavaet that if we were all still here on the 22nd, then he wanted his money back with 10% interest. Strangly enough, they refused.

Kinda shows that they don't believe in it themselves.

But you can pretty much prove anything from the big book of multiple choice.

James

Thank goodness we don't have daylight savings at the moment

[orphic]

I'll make sure I'm riding somewhere nice at that time just in case the world does end... Would be nice to die with a smile on my face.

[timyone]

oh far out! we missed it!!!

http://www.regretsy.com/2011/05/21/rapt ... /#comments

[timyone]

Hang on, is Toff still here? im assuming that if he is still here it didnt happen, he has always been a purist, im assuming he'd be first to go

[mikesbytes]

Hang on, is Toff still here? im assuming that if he is still here it didnt happen, he has always been a purist, im assuming he'd be first to go

We all know Toff's true religion

[mikesbytes]

OK, test to see who's awake, what's wrong with this bike

[Terry]

It looks ass though the drive train is on the left side rather than the right.

but maybe she is going that fast that she went through some kind of parallel dimension that switched everything around

[mikesbytes]

Spot on Tim

[Toff]

I'm still here. I'm a fundamentalist purist.

Mike, don't you mean "Spot on Terry"?

I actually don't think there is anything wrong with the bike, except that the seat is too low for the rider. I think that there is something wrong with the picture. It has been "flipped" horizontally, which you can do in the most basic of image editors. This gives the impression of the chain being on the left side. I have seen fixed gear bikes with the drivetrain on the left, but never a derailleur bike. There has never been a commercially available left-hand derailleur sold anywhere, and it is a big engineering job to make all the parts you need to run a left side drivetrain, such as reversing the direction of all the threads so that parts don't unscrew, reversing the geometry of the derailleur cage and parrallelogram, etc. Someone might be inspired to do it, but not for an old "step through" bike...

[mikesbytes]

Opps, sorry Terry

Correct the picture has been flipped, but that still makes Terry correct

[Toff]

Nutjob fundie already has a new date.

[T-Bone]

October 22nd "I made a mathematical error once again, the world will actually end on....."

[mikesbytes]

So we get to do the Grafton this year

[jimmy]

Nutjob fundie already has a new date.

Gee his dates are inconsiderate. The first one was for Saturday Evening, halfway through the weekend, and the next is for a Friday night.

Why can't they predict it for a reasonable time, like 9am Monday morning. At least that way when you don't show up on Monday you can pull the excuse "the world was going to end, I didn't see the point of coming in"

What's really scary with this, is that a lot of his followers are still prepared to listen to him. I wonder if anyone is going to read Deutronomy 18:20

But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.

James

[timyone]

Lol well if the guy is presumably Christian, he didnt read the bible for predictions etc well not the bits that Jesus had to say, because most of his end time teaching is about just being prepared, things could happen any time etc, emphasis on no one knowing etc

[mikesbytes]

By the looks of his photo, he may not make it till October

[mikesbytes]

Decker wins sprint

http://youtu.be/bXOpUaayNM4

[mikesbytes]

200mtr 58deg

[kevinllewellyn]

For those who know Mick he is in the RPAH Hospital for a few days.

[Karzie]

Mmmmmm... a graphene bike...

[timyone]

hmmnnn, if its for real, it could make some crazy looking bikes! but yeah, ill believe it when i see it

[timyone]

hmmnn ive found those muscle skin suits, they are 220 US

http://nitroshot.com/sh/index.php?main_ ... cts_id=189

[Karzie]

Nice one Tim. If only I was 35 years younger!

Here's a great new invention by a talented young British woman. I want one!!

[Toff]

Only $700 for the Cipollini version, here.

[mikesbytes]

Not riding in the bike lane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ

[timyone]

some thing, some thing some thing.. explosion.. some thing, some thine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nELqJwd ... r_embedded

[mikesbytes]

He's got nice wheels too

http://www.light-bikes.de/eng/2008/03/2 ... lingbling/

[Karzie]

On another matter.

If you want to keep up with what's really going on, i'm going to try and be a diligent blogmaster.

Kooweee.blogspot.com

Ian

[timyone]

Cool thanks for the link karz

[yewenyi]

pelaton in mintature:

http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/the- ... hotopaging

[yewenyi]

For those of you who keep your bikes inside:

http://cyclestyle.com.au/6222/nice-bike-rack

[timyone]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaOVNqA ... dded#at=62

check out this motor bike crash..

[Toff]

[mikesbytes]

Only had Man flu once this year

Believe it: man flu is real

[timyone]

109 cats in sweaters...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/109 ... n-sweaters

[T-Bone]

109 cats in sweaters...

http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/109 ... n-sweaters

Animal Cruelty!! Poor little cats.

[Toff]

Cats are the cruelest of animals. They will happily toy with any small creature they catch for their own amusement. Also, they will also happily eat your face off, as well as the rest of you if you die and your body is not quickly collected.

[timyone]

if any one likes just looking through amazing photos from around the place check out this blog?!!
http://pinkwineandpoetry.tumblr.com
I cant beleive how good it is?!

[timyone]

have we posted this up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJlJWR5 ... ded#at=165
shuttle bike!!

[timyone]

This video changed my life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COMWwwv ... r_embedded

[timyone]

Lol! I think blocking the thread about free speech was a bit much!!!! Over moderating! Sort of funny that it happened, but yeah maybe not that funny, I'm not really into all the thread locking etc

[mikesbytes]

Apparently cycling is safer than living, but not as safe as using guns

http://www.ecovelo.info/2011/08/02/nothing-to-fear/

[Toff]

The perfect chair for watching bike racing.
It will have you sitting on the edge of your seat!

[Lizanne]

http://nyan.cat/

do it!

[timyone]

Why on earth has that cat thing been created...

[Lizanne]

so many funs!

[mikesbytes]

A little old, but check out the photo and see how it relates to the story LOL

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cyclists-say- ... 1e6u8.html

[Karzie]

Hahaha... don't let Toff see the label on Campagnolo's new electronic drivetrain

[Toff]

It's an appropriate name for an electronic drivetrain. When I'm on a long ride, I often find my thumb and index finger get really fatigued. It's then that I am so glad that they have finally created a system to save me so much effort on my tired digits. Really happy to lug a heavy battery and cabling too, for the effort my fingers save...

[mikesbytes]

It's an appropriate name for an electronic drivetrain. When I'm on a long ride, I often find my thumb and index finger get really fatigued. It's then that I am so glad that they have finally created a system to save me so much effort on my tired digits. Really happy to lug a heavy battery and cabling too, for the effort my fingers save...

Never have that problem with my Shimano leavers

[Karzie]

It's an appropriate name for an electronic drivetrain. When I'm on a long ride, I often find my thumb and index finger get really fatigued. It's then that I am so glad that they have finally created a system to save me so much effort on my tired digits. Really happy to lug a heavy battery and cabling too, for the effort my fingers save...

The Japanese call these inventions 'Chindogu'.


The 10 tenents of chindogu

1. a chindogu cannot be for real use.

iIt is fundamental to the spirit of chindogu that inventions
claiming chindogu status must be, from a practical point of
view, (almost) completely useless. if you invent something
which turns out to be so handy that you use it all the time,
then you have failed to make a chindogu.
try the patent office.

2. a chindogu must exist.

you are not allowed to use a chindogu, but it must be made.
you have to be able to hold it in your hand and think:
'I can actually imagine someone using this. almost.'
in order to be useless, it must first be.

3. inherent in every chindogu is the spirit of anarchy.

chindogu are man-made objects that have broken free from
the chains of usefulness. they represent freedom of thought
and action: the freedom to challenge the suffocating historical
dominance of conservative utility; the freedom to be (almost)
useless.

4. chindogu are tools for every day life.

chindogu are a form of nonverbal communication understandable
to everyone, everywhere. specialized or technical inventions,
like a three- handled sprocket loosener for drainpipes centered
between two under-the sink cabinet door (the uselessness of
which will only be appreciated by plumbers), do not count.

5. chindogu are not for sale.

chindogu are not tradable commodities. if you accept money
for one you surrender your purity. they must not even be sold
as a joke.

6. humor must not be the sole reason for creating a chindogu.

the creation of chindogu is fundamentally a problem-solving
activity. humor is simply the by-product of finding an elaborate
or unconventional solution to a problem that may not have
been that pressing to begin with.

7. chindogu is not propaganda.

chindogu are innocent. they are made to be used,
even though they cannot be used. they should not be created
as a perverse or ironic comment on the sorry state of mankind.

8. chindogu are never taboo.

the international chindogu society has established certain
standards of social decency. cheap sexual innuendo, humor
of a vulgar nature, and sick or cruel jokes that debase the
sanctity of living things are not allowed.

9. chindogu cannot be patented.

chindogu are offerings to the rest of the world, they are not
therefore ideas to be copyrighted, patented, collected and owned.
as they say in spain, 'mi chindogu es tu chindogu'.

10. chindogu are without prejudice.

chindogu must never favor one race or religion over another.
young and old, male and female, rich and poor, all should have
a free and equal chance to enjoy each and every chindogu.

---

[Karzie]

Wel, re-reading it it's not perfectly chindogu, but you know what I mean....

[Toff]

Putting an 11-tooth sprocket on your race bike would be Chindogu, Karzie, especially if combined with a 56 tooth front chainring~!

[Karzie]

I liked the chair with the drops and bar tape. That's definitely chindogu.

[mikesbytes]

[mikesbytes]

[Lizanne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ3C2_0BZG4
how to ride a bike!

[timyone]

9-11 conspiracy theories in 4mins and 55 seconds
\
http://www.fatherdave.net/9-11-12

[mikesbytes]

Centennial park from a training perspective

[mikesbytes]

I need some of that stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfIOq6s0Qew

[T-Bone]

Just don't take them if you're not with your bike.

[Lizanne]

i want some one to cheer for me while i go hills! who wants a honey shot?

[timyone]

Huh? What is going hills?

[Lizanne]

*do

[othy]

Cool mountain bike video

[Lizanne]

http://cudo.com.au/sydney/its-hands-fre ... 0:29184532

cool sunnies???

on sale!

[rhys]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ3C2_0BZG4
how to ride a bike!

If something I ate turned my bike into a Trek, I would be utterly distraught.

[Toff]

I think you're referring to the honey shots vid, not the Goofy one. A Scott turning into a Trek is still an upgrade in my opinion.

[rhys]

Yeah, whoopsies.