Melburn Roobaix 2011

It's on 26 June 2011. You can see a bit of info at http://j.mp/eY0dRt.

Registrations open this Friday at noon (at http://j.mp/hguJdl) and it normally fills up pretty quickly. It's $36, but in the past it's been pretty loosely organised, and as long as one person registers to get the route map, you're all sorted.

Shimano DuraAce 7900 12-23 NEW $165

Dear Bike track Commuter

I'm Sorry. I'm sorry I had just ridden through the mud for the past 20km and didn't look as clean cut, shaved and presentable as yourself. I'm sorry that I activated the lights for you whilst you hung back. I'm sorry that I wasn't rolling down the hill fast enough and you had to pass. I'm sorry that I jumped on your back wheel whilst we were going up hill. Yes you were doing an amazing 30km/hour (wow!) but on a MTB is a lot harder and I was after some help. But, to shake your head and bitch and moan that I was there ? So, I sat up and gave you a little clap. You are awesome. (The woman running enjoyed the clap) And I understand that you couldn't stop to see if the kid pushing his BMX was ok. You were in a race with yourself, to beat last Friday's time when you really nailed it on the bike track. Yes Trek man, you would of left work at 5.17pm (so you can get your rdo every fortnight) changed into your team kit and turned into Lance. Yes, I was on a fat ass mountain bike. Yes, I have a fat ass gut. And yes, I have a fat ass ass. But its just a b i k e t r a c k. However, should I see you on my road bike that is 5kg lighter with tyres 1/3 of the width, I will tear you a new asshole. That is unless the grade turns to anything greater then +3% where my chain will fall off or I will have some other weird mechanical.

Friday am

BIKE FIT

Yes, another bike

Ok, so I promised in my other post to put up a picture of another bike that I just put together. So, here it is. I got rid of several bikes at home, to create, in my opinion, my ultimate bike (at least for the next 6 months). It is a Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL3. Weighing in at a miserly 6.1kgs, it is decked out with Campy Super Record, and Zipp 303's. The frame came from R&A, the Zipps out of Texas and the Super Record out of the UK. Other bits and pieces were lying around the house.

The best part? I am still probably the slowest in the group! But it is one super stiff ride, and I mean the bike, not me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFrBkQNM1uY

Can anyone help?

Previous post's by GI Joe and Spanglish have me thinking.

Does anyone have an idea of what sort of frame this is? Or how to find out?

From the horizintal drops, it is a track bike with a flip flop hub. Cog on each side.

Has three little flip top lids where I assume you add oil. Front and rear hbs and the crank.

But then would a track bike have lugs for a pump? Or for that matter, provision for brakes?

Also has cable routing lugs if that the term.

Apart from that I have nothing.

Avanti

RIDES 4/11 - 10/11

Tuesday Beach Road 5:45 racer- BBTT Sanctioned Wednesday Beach Road 5:45 - SKCC Wednesday Boulevard ???? - BBTT Sanctioned Friday Beach Road 5:45 racer - BBTT Sanctioned Saturday The Counts Beach Run - ????? Sunday ??? - BBTT Sanctioned

Ah, teamwork

Just in case you haven't seen it

Just had to share

Last week this arrived for me from Italy and straight out of 1971, seriously. Took it for a ride on the weekend and was completely amazed at how plush the ride was, pure magic carpet ride stuff, I really understand now the love for old bikes and why so many people bang on about em all the time - converted.

For all you slackers

Comedy Festival

Cheap wheels

Ah Tom, we have a problem!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7xjsPqHg3o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

If this isn't the most perfect display of smashing a bike race into oblivion i'll eat my giro helmet

Big fabbo must be odds on to go back to back this year after getting stooged last weekend in Belgium

Cmon Spartacus!!

Paris-Brest-Paris 2011

An Interesting Comparison!

An interesting snippet in the Good Weekend in the Age, the average length of the penis of a sperm whale is 1.7 metres and the average length of the penis of a HAMSTER is 2 milimetres!

http://www.trainingbible.com/pdf/