bikemonster

Son of bikemonster, when he was about 2 was struggling to get his back plastic scooter-bike out the kitchen door. The bike ended up falling. Son of bikemonster looked at the bike and said, in a very clear voice, "F#ck!" Small people are the best/worst parrots. Whenever I feel the need to hoot at somebody in traffic there is a small voice (in my car, not in my head) that says, in a very annoyed tone "Ahhh, come on bud!"

Well the elite bunch is not *for* starters. It's for experienced cyclists.

Cheese-eating surrender monkey!

My guess would be something along the lines of: [rude present participle relating to colloquialism for sexual intercourse] Pakistani [rude colloquialism for genitalia]. I would imagine that bucking Pakistani fronts would be an accurate rhyme. But I stress, that's just a guess.

Quota player? That's a tad harsh, Mud Dee! I do not claim to be any kind of cricket expert, but I have the impression is that Herschelle Gibbs is very much in the team on merit. Now, what was Minki's ex-boyfriend's name again? Surely he must be in the team on the basis of some quota that I am unaware of.

Thank goodness that's what this thread is about. For an awful second back there I was really worried the Bee Gees were planning a comeback tour. Well, the remaining above-ground brothers Gibb that is.

Ti We live in an age where anybody who rides a bike when there are motorised alternatives is considered weird. Try and explain to some of your non-bikie friends and relations how much your bike(s) cost and you will find that when it comes to weirdness we roadies do not have it all to themselves. WTF - who wants to be normal anyway?

Greet so the guys know you are there. That's it. Everything else works out on its own. Once I caught up with two guys and saw that they were taking alternate pulls at the front. Every time I was in second spot and the pace slowed I moved to the front and took a pull. One of the guys bleated that I was messing their rhythm. For the record, I was doing my damnedest to maintain the pace, not prove my sheer damned manliness. As long as you are polite, you are doing no harm. Cycling, as others have noted, is based on strict Darwinian principles, where the weakest is driven from the pack. If the guys can't drive you from their pack, then you have every right to be there. Let's face it, it's not like you can endanger anybody or slow them down by riding behind them.

Remove the rear derailleur, bundle it up with as much of the chain as you can in a plastic bag, and tape the bag against the seat stay. (Not sure if this is what you mean by "securing" the rear der. Make spacers to stiffen the frame where the wheels would go. I have used threaded bar, cut to size, with a nut and washer each side of the dop-outs. With a box around the bike you prolly won't need the extra support, but better to arrive at the other end and find that you didn't need it, than to find that you did need it but didn't have it.

Crystal Meth is bad for you!!!! Method....methamphetamine....how different could they be?

I suspect Hype has the M's mixed up. It's the M3 that goes past Tokai, and the limit there is deffinly 100 km/h.

Turk, I really hope you're kidding. If a cyclist is riding where he has no business riding, he is looking for trouble. As p!ssed off as I get when motorists do not accord cyclists the respect that they deserve, I get just as p!ssed off when I see cyclists behaving like successful brain donors.

Start a couple of groups lower than your seeding and don't do anything unnecessarily manly unless you feel frisky in the last 15km. If you still feel the pace is too hot, relax and wait for the next group to come along. With a little luck you will find that your legs aren't quite as rotten as you are worrying, and you will in any case get a good long ride under your belt.

Restricted gearing...now there's a really excellent piece of cycling officialdom. No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-ot!!!!! For those of you who haven't had the pleasure and privilege of riding in the vicinity of the junior league riders, they are like squirrels on wheels. Things are not helped by the fact that they are spinning along at 150rpm, jiggling like Paris Hilton's during a dash to be first to the bar.

A person can not be ad nauseam. The term ad nauseam literally means "to nausea". A person can however, do something ad nauseam, as in "he whinged about an Italian groupset ad nauseam".

Hard to tell if there's a hefty dollop of irony in there Velouria. In truth I am as sweet as syrup and mild as a lamb. I just like to be able to get my own way, is all.

You can change your membership details on the PPA site, I think. You could just go and change the ID no, enter and change it back. Hypothetically.

Go back to the online entry. Last year he was 14. This year he's 17. Oh, no, your mistake, Mr Argus. You see I have two sons with the same name. Makes it much easier to remember who to call. Bit law abiding for a MTBer aren't you, Kranswurm?

Nifty logic...Ivan Basso is on EPO therefore Ms Basso is surgically enhanced. Keep those gears spinning!

Like I said...who needs anything Italian?

Speaking of Italian things that I would like to touch, would anybody care to post a pic of Ivan Basso's kid sister so that the old timer can see what he has sworn off? ...alongside Verdi's music, Ferraris, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Ducatis, Venice, tira misu, grappa, Bianchis plus one or two other moderately enjoyable items.

Using a single scissor is pretty tricky. Much easier to throw caution to the wind, damn the expense and get a pair!

Psycho If she's drinking in a sports bra (which may or may not be the same as drinking in a sports bar), chances are you need to be using any tart fuel as a social lubricant. (Dons fireproof underwear, lights blue touch paper but does not retire...) SO...this dyslexic walks into a sports bra.

The answer to THAT question is very easy: Archers Aqua, Smirnoff Spin, Savanna...any of these will work.

Thanks guys, I'll find that little button. That was easy. And there I was suspecting that my query would lead to a wakening up of a quiet hub. Perhaps I'll have to resort to starting a satanic evolution thread over on ChitChat...