The Guy in Pink

It was listening to a small Irish Priest try explain the working of the Holy Trinity to a group of us 15 years old school boys on the steps of the playing fields that first caused my doubts about Christianity. Being Irish his explanations were no doubt more convoluted than they needed to be , but I left him thinking , “This cannot be right – God cannot be so complicated.” I took another 40 years before those doubts became convictions. I now think that the Buddha got it right 2500 years ago when he refused to answer the Question - Is there a God? for two reasons. . His first reason was that it is not possible from our own experience and rational thought and without reference to other people or their writings, to reach a definite conclusion to the question, so trying to answer the question will only result in dissatisfaction . His second reason was that for a moral man the answer is irrelevant : A Moral man will lead his life no differently in the presence or absence of a god.

Grumps, The problem comes when some people (such as the fella in the first post of this thread) take things very literally and then tell others what to do with their time and how to observe the day. I lived in Sasolburg in the OFS at a time when fishing on a Sunday was a criminal offence on Sunday in the OFS. People would fish on the South Bank of the Vaal on Saturday and cross over the river to fish in the Transvaal on the North Bank of the Vaal on Sunday. Total nonsense but it was law.

Up your budget at bit and look at the FSA XC 500 http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=35689 They are a bit heavy ( Not grossly) but absolutely bombproof or of course Crank brothers XC Colbalt

4 is about 3 too many for my small brain to get around, so I'll stick to that.

There is nothing to create, the four dimensions of space are infinite. Infinity is is not just a large number , there is no begining and not end to infinity. ... now think about the fourth dimension, time.

....or they were Naked because we had evolved to run in a hot climate - out-running antelope by chasing them all day and never allowing them to rest and cool down by panting until they overheated and were forced to stop. - Thus we have more sweat glands than any other animal and no fur. But we love wandering about and we wandered to far from the hot dry shannavah and naked don't work in the snow to well, so we learned to cover up and keep warm.

Ok ... the eternal, all powerful, omnipotent, omnipresent etc .. who has been around for millions of billions of years needs to rest for 24 hours .. makes sense.

It's an authentic couch

That's because 186bpm is not your max. Use whatever the Max you have ever seen on the Heartrate monitor plus 5 beats and a ride to that. No harm will befall you.

My rather battered favourite:

The Rolls, I have been riding them and the identical Selle San Marco predecessors since the early 1970's . I use them on the MTB and road. I have tried others but the backside is too well panel beaten to the rolls shape.

Thats because full frontal female nudity, and exposed male appendixes are not of themselfs offensive, context matters, and a bicycle or two helps context.

All road wheels are 29" , so you have a big choice. There is no free lunch so you will loose a bit of strenght for the weight advantage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd2jtwviyC8&NR=1

I have had a Kinesis Carbon road frame for the last 5 years, My Mountainbike is a Kinesis as well, the Kinesis Maxlight XC Pro 3

I can only see lotsa hassels for myself at banks etc . My finger prints are worn off and very faint, so they are not machine readable. A company I worked for had fingerprint access ... I had to override with a pin code ... At home affairs I had to have my fingerprints taken in the traditional way with ink and paper as their scanner would not verify me ...... My Drivers licence has the words NO PRINT where the thumb print should be ...... more hassels to come....

The Egg 1 has a bush bearing, the 2 has a needle roller. The bush is lighter (not much 3 or 4 grames) but wears quicker than the needle rollers

Awaiting Trial prisioners wear there own clothes, but their belts and shoe laces are removed to prevent them injuring themselves, hence the pants down around the ankles and the view that Taps recieved. .. a avaerage day at the mill for Taps then?

I did some ergo-meter tests a few years back, on myself wife and kids and a few friends. The difference in power output cold and warmed up for the same heartrate was over 30%. I'm getting on in years so that +30% is the difference in staying with the bunch in the first 10km or not. I warm up well and time it to get to the start with about 15 sec to go before the start.

An old one I know, but Hey it's Summer!

I wonder how many on the board remember the supersport board and lonestar. He did rile Silvia didn't he? If I remember correctly they even threatened to lay charges with the police against him.

From www.mining.com Oils sands protest - with a difference: A former BC Premier was among those who witnessed a shocking and unusual protest earlier this week at a gathering of Canadian and European energy leaders. Gordon Campbell, who was recently named Canada’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, was making his first official appearance in his new role when a man and woman suddenly stripped down to their undergarments. The Vancouver Sun describes what happened next: British poet Peter Bearder a.k.a Pete the Temp, clad in Union Jack boxers, and British/Australian UK Tar Sands Network campaigner Emily Coats, in white Maple-Leaf underwear, dumped molasses on themselves and then jumped onto a table in the gilded conference room to kiss and fondle each other for roughly a minute.

Quote " Your Blood pressure is that of a 16 year Old. Your bad cholesterol is ridiculously low." Casper, my GP after my annual check up after my 64 Birthday.

Affirmative Action.

Cycling is one of the few sports wher altitude can be an advantage. Which is one reason why Eddie Merckx selected Mexico City (6000+ feet) in 1972 for his hour time trial record. The lower wind resistance at that altitude was a bigger advanatge than the more difficult breathing conditions. (Merckx was not altitude acclimatised before the event)