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Heres one for now. Wife wants to use the PC so will post more later: This bike is so cool Velo' date=' it deserves a second look [img']https://assets.bikehub.co.za/legacy_images/smilies/smiley36.gif[/img]

oneday when I'm big like you...

agreed BB/droo, the level of freakyness varies...which makes life interisting ok cheers to Floyd Landis and cheers to the perfect 1000 number

1000 posts talking nonsense with biker freaks who shave their legs, are watching their weight and use bum cream like a baby Shot for all the advise, sales, info and more

From the original messenger 80's movie Quiksilver, some awesome stuff this guy pulls off with his fixie Check it out: <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

gtracing, we want to see your new Italian track stead please

To Estelle No one can start to understand your pain. I can only say that I lost my dad in a similar fasion last year. Only time will heal your wounds through prayer at the feet of Christ If you want to speak to someone who has gone through the same experience, my mom will gladly help you

Of course to gain the ultimate coolness factor points, try and get these:

I've got Rudy's and I've got Oakleys.... M FRAME PRO period

geez you guys don't have anything better to do on a friday night?

Shot for the imput guys Must admit, the tech stuff is a bit more than I expected

How is it that Colnago has so much influence that they can have groupsets stamped with their labels? Rabobank's Shimano parts were all stamped with the clover I can't recall ever seing any other bike brand with their labling stamped on groupo's

I like the calipers to match the Master

Fransico Moser held the hour record for 9 years and in 1993 the nobody Graham Obree aka THE FLYING SCOTSMAN, on a "washing mashine" self made bike broke the record. A week later Boardman broke the record again. However Obree did manage to break the record again at a later stage

There's a cool retro documentry movie called Sunday in Hell and is one of the most famous cycling films ever made; an account of the 1976 Paris-Roubaix in which Mercx rode that bike

No hassle using ebay for years now. Always Paypal, always check the comments from other buyers first twice did I not recieve the goods after weeks, and both times Paypal refunded me without hassle (both were from asian sharky sellers) I just found that thehub is cheeper for big stuff like bikes

Sounds very technical, but then again these are the cutting edge tech wheels right now in cycling, not so? Yes this is the info I need Just to confirm, you can use a clincher tyre on a XT tubless rim if you would rather just use the bike for easy rid'n Thanx for the input so far, anything els he needs to know?

ok sofar I know they are the best (for what?), and a tube can be used when you flat in the bush But what are they...race-only wheels, training wheels, what? As I said it's for a mate, and don't want to spend hours searching the net (or the hub) I am the dummy and know not ting about mtb

A mate of mine bought a second hand MTB and found out there's funny looking tyres on (XT tubeless). I know tubbies well and clinchers, but can someone just give me a quick rundown on tubeless i.e. repairs, emergency repairs, rims only to be used for tubeless, etc? I assume they work like car wheels with the tyre sealing against the rim. Is this correct? why use them

The Peugeot Galaxy, now that was one sweet bike <?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> I remember drooling all over the double page ad in the Bicycling mag (the Original imported version) with this silver race machine glaring at me while I was on a red Peugeot Mirage

Sorry one last thing Don't do what most newbies do and find "calm" water Find a pair of feet going same or slightly faster speed as you and hang on - even if you have to wait for someone to past you or it feels too turbulent behind, hang on 'cause you'll cruise to T1 and save loads of energy without wasting much time

Yeah, that is pretty important to do sea swims and also to get some fist fighting in the water before IM, otherwise you're in for a humbling experience (with your goggles full of water) No need to be afraid of the swim, but if there is one place where you can loose your race, it is not making the swim cut off, or puking the ocean out your guts in T1

here's the article with the slow motion clip: go to slowtwitch/ training/ swimming/ HAS SWIMMING GOT YOU OVER A BARREL - in there's the link Copy and past the short clip to form a longer movie - makes studying it easier. Couple of Notes: hips need to by high in the water with high feet high elbows head in the water - only crown of your head sticking out kick evenly - although for IM no need to kick so vigourously - wetsuit helps you keeping your legs up When trainng try 3 or 5 stroke breathing rather than 2 stroke breathing - helps gaining aerobic capacity quicker Then on training: As state no need for intervals You can post a fast time by doing long slower sets such as 500m sets, 800m sets, 1500m sets No need for kick boards, peddles, snorkles etc. If you're a strong swimmer you could maybe use a rubber band to tie your feet and swim sets up to 2000m sets to gain strengh, but watch out for shoulder injuries

as you can see Cotton, it seems like you'll have to move to PE to buy your Radars

It is only one way of swiming. Not the only way to go fast. I found it quite technical though What I ended up doing was getting loads of underwater video clips of Grant Hachett and rather study those Also slowtwitch.com has good articles on stroke - in one of them there's a link to Hachett's form- slow motion his own website also has a few underwater shots from meets