bikemonster

Now that is a ten out of ten, industrial strength non sequitur if ever there was one!

Those "stupid" thumb shift buttons are just brilliant. I ride Campagnolo (previously on 105), and I love it. Yes, it's different, yes it takes 5 minutes to get used to. The sensation of changing up a gear with a flex of the thumb is just plain lovely. And even if Campagnolo sucked...hey, it's an Italian bike, it needs an Italian gruppo. ...and start saving up for a pair of Sidis too!

I may be in Struis over New Year with a MTB. I'll keep an eye on this thread...

If you can scratch it and sniff it I'm in!

Not enough information. Please post a picture of your wife.

Eh? I asked the question after a pic of a team riding an echelon across a double wide line going around a corner. Just the one team, no overtaking going on. Ronelle asked (on the thread) if we could keep the chat to the pics, so I deleted my comment, and IM'd Ronelle to tell her that I had done so, and I IM'd a Hubber who had quoted me. No belligerence from me, nor from anybody else that I could see. And no, I don't feel ashamed for asking the question either. FFS, we want to see cyclists treated better by other road users, doesn't that mean we ought to be keeping our noses cleaner than clean?

Look on the bright side - now you don't have to lie on your arm for 45 minutes to make your hand go numb first.

Fair enough - your guy points have been reinstated. With 10 bonus points for being ballsy enough to say "magenta" to people who really don't know any better. That would be me.

I am assuming that magenta is some sort of colour. And if it is, I am docking you 75 guy points for even knowing colours other than red, blue, white, black, green and yellow...oh, and pink, which is colour that other people wear.

I remember when the Internet was all just fields....

It's not difficult - look for a number printed on the frame, usually on the seat tube.

Plenty people will be away from the 16th. How about bringing it forward to the weekend before? Make it a REALLY easy ride, and I should be able to organise a 7 year old Hubber-let too.

Leaf him alone! (Thangew, thangew...I'm here all week! Cleaning tables.)

Better on a waffle!

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...full of jam. ...deep fried in oil. ...'cause you always want a second after the first one is finished. ...'cause you end up with sticky fingers. ...with extra jam. Q: How did Bob Marley order his doughnuts? A: Wi' jam in! Q: What did Bob Marley say to the Wailers when he arrived with the doughnuts? A: I hope you like jam in too!

Sa-weet!

I will never cease to be amazed just how far removed your cute avatar and "grandfather of..." sub-title are at 180 degrees from your hub persona and - it seems - your real world personality too. How many moons orbit your home planet, that you believe that brake-testing people sufficiently that they crash is acceptable behaviour?

It would be very easy to delete all results "achieved" by chips which started in groups other than their own. That would also do away with guys sneaking into "better" start groups and make start marshal's lives a lot easier. Want to start ahead of your seeding? Go right ahead, but don't expect to see any results!

What's he got in his pocketses? What my precious?

WW, if your avatar is a pic of you 5 months after your daughter arrived, then the guys around you were just intimidated, that's all.

If there were people close by, then yes you were one. Try this analogy: I never drove with you, but drove home p!ssed often - does that make me one, even though no-one was hurt in the process? If nobody got hurt due to their luck, rather than your judgement, then yes you were one of whatever the insult du jour happens to be. If you did your handsfree-ness when you riding alone, then go right ahead; fill your boots!

This set of rules may help... http://www.velominati.com/blog/the-rules/ Don't take them too seriously though. 'Cept Rule 5. Take Rule 5 very seriously.

A lot of the fun of cycling consists of mild self-deprecation around such lofty subjects as: Should I save my legs? Should my tyres be colour coded with my bike? Are a white cycling pant socially acceptable? What is the optimum length for my cycling socks? My bike has Campagnolo, my friend's bike has Shimano. Do I need to actively shun him, or is it enough if I just ignore him? When riding with hayfever, should I carry a silk handkerchief or should I perfect the art of the snot rocket? When is it OK to admit that I struggled up a hill? Of course, the last one is a fake - it's never OK to admit to the hurting. Almost everybody, maybe absolutely everybody who posts on the Hub rides their bike purely for fun. Don't take any of it too seriously.

Yes - don't post the same topic in different fora at the same time! And eat a LOT more carrots!