Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Still a negative nancy, IMO. JM was one of the most consistent runners in the field this year. Consistency beats outright victories, and Pecco squandered that with his offs. MM certainly the most improved (got onto a proper bike again), Beastianini with the best late race pace.

Mango! How are you, you old bugger?!

Casey just needs to keep his opinions to himself now, his moaning is getting old. MM's resurgence has been utterly brilliant, IMO. From the worst bike on the grid to the best, people writin him off left right & centre (oh, he's past it bla bla bla) and he blats his way to 3rd in the championship on a year old bike. From being a staunch "hater" back in the day, I've actually come to respect the everloving heck out of the guy. He just bounces back from everything. Their bike has problems getting the power down out of the corners, and the front end is numb in the corners. They need to work on their software & suspension kinematics a bit, I think. Brad himself has kinda been in the middle of the argy-bargy this year, too, with almost nowhere to go in T1 / 2, and several crashes trying to keep the front end in line. Right now, though, Duc are the guys to beat. And Suzie is coming back!

Must say I was disappointed when they declined Andretti the first time. Not enough pedigree?! Not enough support?! Not enough chance of investment flows / larger prize pool by bringing in a grand marque like that? Rubbish. 450m is a steal compared to what Sauber et al wanted, and far less than Alpine would have gone for if they really are looking at selling. Bucketloads of cash for us normies, but still a LOVELY tax write-off for GM.

The UK is fast approaching the long dark, if this carries on. Politicians lining their pockets and kowtowing to the globalist scum.

Bahahaha!! Anything it takes to be there, right?

Jeeeepers creepers. Happy birthday to the not so little bastard. And it feels like only yesterday when you had people telling you you shouldn't be taking him to see a movie... Mine's now almost 12. Time does indeed fly. Glad to hear you're still kicking and screaming, man.

Dude! Long time no speak, hope you and the fam are well, man. 100% here here. Freak, I remember when I was taken for a joyride in my own citi golf back in 2007... Wasn't a lekker experience. Gun to the head for the whole time, luckily I got let out on the side of the freeway after they'd had their fun. 4 blokes, 3 knives and a gun. Hijacked while delivering pizza, of all things.... No way I could have done anything.

Really glad that Laaaaaaandooooooh has his first win. He should have won that race in Sochi, but I reckon this win will do wonders for his racing & confidence levels. He's been so critical of himself and this gives him the knowledge that he can actually do it. This McKaren seems to be a bit of a beast after all the upgrades, and Piastri also seems to be doing really well with it. Imola should be interesting indeed.

Bottass living his best Aussie bogan life. Gotta love the guy. Zhou I reckon warrants a seat more than Sergeant does, but Sainz better get to it quick quick to ensure he keeps a seat. Audi aren't gonna wait forever.

Gunther…. Omw These are works of art. Their newest creations (turbo and speedster) are gooooorgeous

Interesting!!! should also be a bit cheaper… 😂

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😂 I hear ya.

Me too, in all fairness. Smug conniving bastard, that one.

Yep. Also quite galling to think that they claim Andretti, a motorsports powerhouse, won’t bring enough into the game. erm….

lovely items, those... Did you get them? That rebate plane in the middle is wonderful, got a couple of them myself.

As a tjop, yeah...

@OP you can mullet it without an issue. It's just a wheel. Only thing you'd need to retain is the same cassette (for chain length and gearing compatibility) Hub width, axle size and disc size. You'll be dropping the BB by about 20mm or so, but that's not a train smash unless you're already grazing rocks with your cranks & chainring. It'll also reduce the inertia on the rear, as long as you're not going heavier with the back wheel. That will make the rear more "lively" by virtue of it being easier to change direction, but not by much. Another by-product of that is that you'll be able to lift the front more easily as it'll have slackened out the HA by dropping the rear axle relative to the front axle. FWIW I'd concentrate on the skills before you decide to pay them bills. Maybe even a better bar (slight riser) or a shorter stem. Flat bars belong in the gym.

MTB with smaller wheel at the back. Groadies are a strange bunch, none of their terms are Canon. Mullet = business at the front, party at the back. Smaller wheel = more fun (lower inertia & angular momentum) & bigger wheel = better rollover. The Trek / GF 69er was from the days when designers needed to overcome their lack of understanding wrt niner geometry and smaller people, but the practice is still pretty common in Enduro / DH circles.

Saw a 911 Dakar in the flesh the other day... My oh my, it's a sexy beast.

Old Tumbleweed's favourite person in the world….

We'd found you out behind the local floozy's geraniums, so I guess that's a yes.

you gave me the spoon, jewie... All I did was a stick the tip in.