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awesome! will definately do that.

I'll be in that part of the world in December / early Jan. Also Slummies. Are there organised sea swims or what's the story? i'd be a little nervous to just go do my own thing?

No first hand experience - but this is what I have been hearing from mates for a years and is why I am finally giving it a go.... I guess its like the Argus - once you have done a few the novelty / atmosphere etc may wear off for some but when you first do it that is part of the fun...

Wonder if the buys at Ballz had any idea just how global that interview would go...

Not for the first time ever Jonathan Vaughters makes a very good observation.... Jonathan Vaughters‏@Vaughters Observation: short/steep climbs make bigger time gaps than long climbs. Anaerobic systems are more genetic. Aerobic more trainable.

I entered months ago - will be my first and no goal just yet aside from finishing. Training wise I have a loooong way to go on the swimming and running.... been dabling in both but right now just trying to get the cycling fitness back to where it needs to be - fitting in 2 extra disciplines in the week is proving tough. Will need to get more disciplind and strucutred about it as we get closer I think... Looking forward to it though!

Looks like another finish for J-Rod to me....

If I did that they'd take one look at me and burst out lauging

getting very hungry.... starting to think about pizza for lunch (and a cycle around kylami this evening to compensate!)

Ja I'd say he should lay a charge of theft... This stuff happens when people are uninsured - which presumably all 3 parties involved were...

The yanks don't know how to make pizza. Worst pizza I ever had - Dominos

But if you ask nicely and get there early they might put you in earlier groups if they have numbers available...

Avo added to Pizza just before serving = very good. Avo added before pizza goes in oven = very bad.

Valverde still bleeting about the stage where he couldn't handle himself in the echelon in the cross winds... *yawn* Froome dog: "To be honest, I struggled to get the speed I wanted to hold. Having said that, I also went as fast as I could. So I have no regrets"

Yes from about 3.50pm usually on SS2 or 6

Ja Matt Keenan said he road that TT 9 times on his TT bike... Froome really looked uncomfortable I must say - in a way he did really well to get as close to 'Berto as he did.... Rodriguez was impressive but then that is as good a TT route as he will ever get for his strengths and weaknesses... So we have 3 top class climbers within 16 seconds - with 4 BIG mountain stages to go.... who needs Le Tour!

the porsche 911 school of bike design?

I can't get pictures to load.......

so honestly who didn't wince on reading the words "half a testical" sometimes context is irrelevant...

Also at the back of the back... White Giant* in CL kit. *The bike is the white giant - not me. I am the slightly over-weight white...

Just to close this out, Ali from CL has confirmed that they arranged for a professional road tar repair company to re-do the repair to JRA specs. So those worrying about being hit in the eye by flying tar and all the rest can rest easy tonight.

Same here - no way I am in any condition to mix it with the boys in A Was going to drop back to B or C but maybe if there some like-minded chaps in A we can do a tempo ride from there and then see whats left for the climb at the end....

It was changed recently (in the last few months) from a regular emergency lane to a cycle lane. On the club rides we generally go 2 by 2 on this section and due to the speed at this point the guy on the outside would tend to go into the road a little for safety - in no way hindering motorists as you are pretty much at the speed limit. As others pointed out there are plenty pedestrians, taxies stopping and the like in the area so also numerous other likely reasons for cyclists to legitimately be outside of the cycle lane.

bumping this as its not as easy as one would think... I was looking for a button...

exactly triathlete. i don't think anyone who actually saw the scene this past weekend would make some of the stupid comments above. Kudos to you guys once again. As for this Nishiki tjop - finally I have a reason to try out the ignore function on the Hub.