Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

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Is that Rene Enders? Geez thats impressive...

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Awesome I wear my Bernard stuff all the time.

BUT WHEN IS BERNARD GONNA MAKE A SKINSUIT!!???!

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Yes come along and bury yourself in the sweatbox downstairs, it'll be fun....

If it's raining I might do rollers with the juniors so I can get home early

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you know you're a beast when your chainring is a big as your wheels. awesome!

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Great thanks, will give him a call this arvo.

Sounds too long and hard for me - Im gonna try take this sprinting caper a little more seriously,
so Im trying to become as lazy as possible...

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Are juniors riding tonight? Just wondering what time track is open. So bored at uni these days I find myself leaving earlier + earlier + earlier + ....

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Also as if any clean athletes (or their support teams) 'forgot' to go to their tests. if i was a clean world champ id sell my own grandma to make it to a test so that they didn't take the rainbow jersey of me. missed test is a failed test i reckon.

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Feel a little sorry for the other 2 in the French team sprint team. Hope Bauges feels bad about that.

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Thoughts?

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10809 ... erman.aspx

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10810 ... mpion.aspx

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Maybe I'll just get on the rollers at home if there isn't much interest...

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Is there any interest though?i think I saw a picture on the forum somewhere of a roller session with maybe 30 people?i could do it on my own at my place, buy that kinda sucks...

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I was wondering if thursday night rollers were still happening? I haven't been for ages but was wanting to start again from next week... Thanks!

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Yeah last night was brilliant! My highlights were Lizanne's wheel race victory, and Simon's paceline crushing 25m long attack - awesome!

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I got a really annoying cold, I'm going to be a late scratching for tonight

good luck everyone who is racing tonight, hopefully will be better for tempe tomorrow!!

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Geez there are some jerks out there. Rhys - you sound surprised to hear there are also arseholes who ride bikes?
I hope he is doing OK and is on the mend soon.

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I didn't know there'd be a late fee - $40a night!? Now I don't know if I can afford to ride in these...

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Yeah I sent the flyer to my sister who was keen to give it a try, but she can't do it cause of the times either? Such a pity they've done it at that time....

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I can't get my car up Awaba in 1.40... yikes thats fast! Nice!

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Meant to say the 3 others in the 4-up qualified including McMillan were under 10.8. I think Peter Lewis knocked McMillan out? I thought he looked faster at Crafty's sprint GP last year. Maybe he just didn't peak for this or something?

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Thanks mate - I'm away this week but next week I'll bring it down to the track. Thought I'd do a little report from the match sprint yesterday. Lizanne and I rode it, and Theo came down to help us and give us some advice. He has been so good to me over the last few weeks, and I learnt a heap from hi...

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Thanks heaps for the help guys. The sprocket is still stuck, but Theo has very kindly given
me his wheels. I'm actually away next week, but the week after Ill bring the wheel to tempe
and see if someone has the muscles to get it off!

Thanks again!

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I asked this in the track forum, but thought I'd put it here in case more people read it...

I need to change my rear gear, but I think they are on too tight and I can't get them
off. I have no idea what to do! The sprint is on tomorrow and dunc gray so I need to
do it tonight!?!??! Suggestions!?

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Yeah it was awesome fun! I rode a 20.1 which I was happy with. My tactic was to use a really small gear and get up to speed really fast - I rode an 86" and felt very under-geared. I spun it out after about 80-100m I think, which was too early. I reckon a 90" would have been perfect for me....

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Yay for early!

And boo for being bored at uni.

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hmmm gotta check what time it starts. earlier rather than later i reckon would be
best. would prefer to get there early than have to sit in traffic....

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Sure thing. Do you think you could meet me at Sydney Uni?

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Love those pictures Lindsay!

The dude on the right in the third photo should be
removed and placed in the impressive legs thread
in the track forum!

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Cool, i should be around during december - Sounds fun!

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Yeah mate back by 1230 no problems. Choosing a starting time that suits hasn't been an issue the last two times I was out there. So you can start basically at 8, and then leave straight after you finish (time depending on your course of course...). After I finish with traffic down the highway I get ...

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Anyone going to calga this sunday? Weather is looking promising. I was there last month and weather was great.

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yeah these photos are amazing.particularly the top and bottom ones.they'd look amazing ib the website I reckon, are we allowed to use them? The second last one is great... ...as nathan gasses everyone..."hello? We are racing, is someone gonna try come round me?"

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Haha nice one Alex... On wednesday night alex and i did a practice pursuit, but it unfortunately got cancelled at the 3km mark due to rain. But I learnt two important lessons from my first pursuit. The first was that its really hard to ride 3kms fast, and the second being that it was going to be eve...

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"during" was meant to say "sprint"

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Wow,i didn't recognise any of the names on the start list-i didn't realise they were so fast! Will they combine the 19s,23s and elite? Also, there are very few entries in the sprint and 250m. There is gav white and dave wilmott in the 250m, so it will be good to watch them and learn as much as possi...

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I just entered the remaining sprint events...kieran,250m TT and the sprint.anyone interested!? The 1 lap screamer in particular will be fun, and for that I'm thinking of those couple of people who I see practising their standing starts - tim?trouty? Anthony p?!!

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very simple...! some silly person put me in charge of this organisational job, and then failed to remind me about it every day for the two months leading up to when I had to actually do the said job. Then on that weekend I was moving house, so I forgot, and we didn't enter. since I was only reminded...

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Haha I see - sorry I'm not up on twittering. Lucky you're doing it stuart and not me! I think after this weekend I might start doing it occasionally too.probably will do saturdays first though as I haven't ridden there before...

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Sorry about the multiple posts by the way, not sure how I did that...

OK then I'm not sure what the story with that is then. Is it a subtle hint? Does anyone from here regularly ride there?

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I saw on the front page that there were some good results at heffron on saturday. What happened?! Can we get a really short run down? That's be great

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I thought I might tack my report on the end of simon's... I was in a bit of a grumpy mood when I arrived at dunc gray as it took me over 2hrs to get there from nth Sydney.that airport + m5 traffic is terrible at the best of times, but friday night... Poor lizanne copped my ten minute rant about it.s...

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Great ride Eugene! Thanks for the link re nutrition - really interesting stuff. I'm new to longer (for me say 3+ hrs) and have quickly learnt how important that nutrition stuff is. Out of interest, I found those gels to be really good, they give me lots of energy without being hard on my stomach. A ...

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yep just entered the time trial, pursuit and sprint.

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Incorrect choice, stories will be more painful than the race

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Halloween omnium sounds great! To make it really scary, let's go down to tempe late one night, turn the lights off and run two concurrant A and B madisons, one going clockwise, the other anti-clockwise. Meanwhile, I will tell ghost stories in the stand.

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I was feeling like I had worked on and improved my endurance alot over the past 2-3 months since being sick during june/july, but I feel like my speed and sta.rting starts have suffered alot...so on monday I was working on my starts, and then tuesday practised starts again in centennial. felt fine o...

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Great effort from everyone who rode!! It was great to be able to tag on for a few kms and hang out at the pie shop. Sorry to hear there were some injuries, I hope they're not too serious. Awesome 7

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Mike - is that picture from the Coggin book?

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Sounds like a good program. I was looking at that last week too. I plan on doing the kilo, team sprint (also need a team!), pursuit ( i think those are the ones in november), then the 1 lap and sprint in december... should be awesome! ive been away for the week cause ive had the horrible man flu, bu...

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Toff that sound awesome! Swap meet, bbq etc. I may or may not be insane anyway, so what do I have to lose!?!

Anyways I reckon it would be a heap of fun, and hard...

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decent undercarriage hey jo? good to see your concentrating hard on the riding

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So does nobody think a 24hr race is a good idea? Simon - has it been done before?
It'd be awesome fun!

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Good idea Tim, there are a stack of charities doing great work for all sorts of causes - would be great to choose one and get behind them. My idea - how bout we make a couple of teams and do a "Le Tempe 24hr race?". Teams of 2/3/4 or whatever, most laps in 24hrs wins. Proceeds to charity o...

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Yeah add me for sure.i want to focus on the 43, but my average speed for that gives me a a 41 for the 25km, so chuck new ib with that-fits in well and gives me a goal to work toward

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Yeah It think the 25 would probably suit me better as a rider, but the 43 is a cool distance and ive been trying to improve my endurance so the 43 is a good way to work on it. nice bike mike! looks super fast! i did see one person with a full disc, which looked a little silly in the conditions i tho...

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RIDE REPORT - ATTA 2 OCTOBER 43km course. So I sat at my computer at 530am this morning look at the BOM weather map and deciding weather I should head up to Calga this morning... It wasn't looking good - radar was a big blob of red so it was raining hard, and the wind thing said the wind gusts were ...

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Thanks Mike, will aim to get there at 7 then.
If I get an 8am start I should be done by lunchtime,
which gives plenty of time to get back to the wedding.

See you guys there!

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I'm going too. do you know what time i could be expected to leave calga? i
have a wedding at three at riverview to get to. its 40 something k's right? im
hoping to take less than 3 hours.

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I see your point Weiyun, might try and get a hold of that book and
have a read. Don't own a power meter though, which is probably
a slight problem....

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Very interesting Andrew. But yes Im also interested in what the "well-proven scientific linear analysis technique from the engineers" is? And Weiyun what are the bits that are already well established? Basically all research in the natural science involves conjuring up a mathematical model...

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Love it!! I'm in!

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I'm planning on a nasty long ride at my parent's place at Fitzroy Falls on Sunday 18th Sept. The course I thought of (with Simon's input) is 228kms with 4000m of climbing. Along the way there are 4 train stations too, for those (most likely me) that blow up and want to go home. They are at 58 kms ->...

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Hey all,

Im thinking of going to Calga for the ATTA... I have a lunch I have to
go to on Nth Beaches, say at 1230 - I was just wondering what time
you leave Calga if you ride? Says 1st rider starts at 8? So what is the
expected finish time?

Thanks!

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Hey Lizanne this doesn't mean you've gotten out of doing the
150 laps! Yep Simon 5pm is good for me too.

Matt - Im not sure what Tinkoff yellow is? I don't have any
yellow gear? At this stage an appropriate outfit is my only
problem

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thanks, Im just itching to waste some time...

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I'm looking to sell my 2010 AR4 frame, forks + seat post. I'm selling cause I want to invest in a TT bike and can't afford two. a real pity, its been an awesome bike! Feels super fast and stiff and handles nicely. Has had a chain stay repaired at bikeaddiction manly, which was done very nicely. The ...

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3rd is good for me!

PS did somebody see a black arm warmer left behind last night?

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funny you said that Lizanne, I was thinking the same thing!

Well if you two are coupled up, I guess I'm looking for a partner too

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Sounds great Simon I'm in. Should I organise my own ambulance
for when the 150 laps is finished?

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Yep for sure!

I started riding with DHBC about a year ago, and it has been awesome! Really nice people,
riders of all standards etc etc... You should also consider coming to the velodrome on
Monday + Wednesday night!!

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Like this idea Stuart! I missed this one due to illness but if you end up organising another one I'll do my best to get there. The first and only time I've ridden in a bunch was in a race at Coota. I got a CRASH course on 'riding in a bunch' on the start line, then I just made sure I was far enough ...

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My local bike shop just got in on of these http://www.mcipollini.com/en/biciclette/rb1000. That'd look really sexy parked outside your cafe.

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Great thanks guys. Sounds promising Mike

I'll take the bikes into the shop and see what fits. Cheers.

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Thanks for the reply!

They do have round bits, but with the stem there is not enough room to attach aero-bars. Im a bit
unsure about what is the best way in terms of function + money to go about having TT bars for both
the track and road

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Another aero-bar question....! I was looking at getting new aero-bars, since mine are dodgy and I think illegal on the track. I would also like (if possible) to use the same aero-bars on my road bike. The complication is that my road bike (a Felt AR4) has 'aero handlebars', so the handlebars aren't ...

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how awesome are the bernard kits!!

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only 9 seconds behind!

yeeew!

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totally agree about Voeckler.

bottom of alp dhuez, best 2 days road riding i can remember!

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Thats just terrible! Two riders crashed into by cars/motorbikes in a couple of
days? He is so lucky he wasnt killed. Have you seen the video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wywP1M1LfCg

makes me sick...

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Really sorry to hear that Simon

all the best for a super speedy recovery

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meant to say 'and Tim'...

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Any Tim - that training peaks data says Flecha did that stage at an average heart rate of 115? Thats ridiculous!
These guys must be crazy fit...

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Haha yeah I love that photo Stuart! There's a (very) brief moment where you feel sorry for Contador, then the fist pumping for Cadel takes over! I just put it as the screen saver for my computer.... By the way, last nights stage was so awesome to watch! If you heard the interview of Cavendish after ...

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I see thanks Eleri, I didn't know how the petition thing worked. To be totally honest, my previous negativity is probably because I'm a little sceptical about how much rules like this will make it safer for cyclists on the road. All the problems on the road come from an attitude problem, not a legal...

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'Clear intent' is not enough when making laws. Clear to who? Maybe I'm a little thick, but I'm not really sure of the meaning, implications, and enforcement of such a law. As such its a little hard for me to sign up to it as is. In any case, if it is to be introduced to parliament, those pretty obvi...

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I think the chin/pull up thing is pretty personal - some
find one easier than the other... for those of you doing
that chin/pull up thing, im upgrading my previous
guess, so I reckon 50 pull ups = 200+ push ups.
serious kudos from me!

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I was thinking mainly of the two times this year (already) I've had my car run into by a commuting cyclist while I've been sitting (stationary) in traffic. Once on Cleveland St, and the other on Oxford St Bondi Junction outside the AboutLife Cafe. Im just lucky my car has so many bangs and scratches...

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will this law make it illegal to ride less than 1m from cars?

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50 pull ups would be really hard. way harder than 100 pushups.

i reckon 50 pull ups ~= 150/200 pushups probably... go for it!
i will be your biggest fan when you can do it!

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I don't know why he would write race 2: 'no race this week', if race 2
was actually a wheel race... im sure we will find out though...

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Have you guys looked at the RAW program for this week? Race 2 is a 'no race this week'
or something? does that actually mean there is no race this week, or is it a very clever
name?

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i was just thinking that all of the 'sub-points' (so to speak) for a climb are worth alot more than the actual climb. So if you do a 1000m climb you actually get ( 10 + 2x5 + 10x1 = 30) points, which is way more than 10... just wasn't sure if that was what Simon intended when he put the points syste...

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Doing points ALL cumulative sounds like its going to turn into a hard combinatorics problem...

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can i record my lap with my aero bars? i think i can shave a couple seconds off...

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Clearly lost on me, my apologies

Irony/sarcasm is so dangerous when written...

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Don't have anything to learn from someone with this record? Never failed a drug test I don't think, and the stuff with the package sent to him never looked like much to me. 1995 1st Sprint, Oceania Titles, QLD 2nd Keirin, Oceania Titles, QLD 2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships 4th Ti...

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Thats brilliant I reckon! So he is turning that into a book? Would buy that for sure! In my short time around the track it seems much/most of the info around is aimed at endurance riding, so info about sprinting is very welcome! Tim/Simon/Alex - what did you guys think of his training ideas? And a r...

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Interesting... I didn't notice where he said it was more efficient - I just got that it was 'better' basically on comfort grounds? Might have missed it though. Out of interest I can't see why it would be more (or less) mechanically efficient than a normal bike? Some comments: I haven't ridden one bu...

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yikes... i bought one before reading the new replies...

ill see if it fits on monday! thanks all for your advice though!

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flying 200's, scratch race, then no resistance sprints, then heart rates - and I thought
this was an 'introduction' to velodrome cycling program - you lot are hardcore! awesome!

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Ok great thanks mate.its whatever came standard on a felt, so I assume it willl be something standard. Cheers

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