Nonbikerelated talking thread. (nsfw)

[orphic]

That is so gross.

Buy that book Christian. If you leave it on your coffee table I will probably shed a few kg's from loss of appetite while at your house!

[mikesbytes]

Weight improves your downhill performance

[Karzie]

However, I haven't heard the term Smugglette (or however it is spelt). To me the term Budgie Smugglers is generic and covers the type of swimwear. I suspect that again, the term pre-dates the brand.

James

I first heard the term being used on the eastern suburbs beaches about 15 years ago when I still used to do a lot of board surfing. The use for swimwear branding is very recent. I've never heard anyone use the term 'smuglette' before. It's not a brand, it's a model (of swimwear).

There is no relevant reference to 'smuglette' as an item of clothing in a google search. It seems to be more US slang for a cute baby.

As it's not in common usage, it's not slang IMHO.

[T-Bone]

Yum

http://www.thisiswhyyourefat.com/

Everytime i scroll the page down i feel even more hungry!! I guess i'm going to have to head for the kitchen!

[Karzie]

Just got home from holiday and there were three leftover pizzas in the fridge (the boarder's). I had to eat them. Sorry mate...

[timyone]

lovin our new team pursuit photos on the front cover, this is the sorta club i like to represent

[mikesbytes]

1937 The Speedwell Challenge Shield Cycling Race Trophy

Make an offer

[timyone]

what is it?

[mikesbytes]

You have to scroll down

1937 - 1970 The Speedwell Challenge Shield
Wood Trophy Shield with Silver Plated Decorations
Measures Approximately 65cm Long, 50cm Wide
This is the actual trophy from one of Australia's most legendary cycling races
Features a central raised image of a racing cyclist on a large circular winged boss, engraved 'Presented By Bennett & Wood Ltd'.
Bennett & Wood were the makers of one of Australia's most well known bicycles, the Speedwell. The famous cyclist Dunc Gray took Olympic Gold on a Speedwell in the 1930s.
At the top there is a silver ribbon engraved 'Speedwell Challenge Shield'
Around the shield are silver hemispheres engraved with the date and initials of the winning cycling club.
The first says 'Won by T.A.C.C. 27 3 37' and the last 'Won by G.I.A.C.C. 22 2 70'
The final one is still blank, ready for the next winning team's initials.
This is a remarkable and unique piece of Australian sporting history.

[Karzie]

Are we sure it's not stolen? It's remarkable that an individual should be able to sell such an icon.

[Toff]

I wonder if the seller can prove he is the legitimate owner of the trophy.

Trophies like that were never given to a rider, or even a team. They were simply engraved with the winning team's name, and remained the property of the sponsor, in this case Bennett and Wood.

A quick serach of the records shows that Bennett and Wood was taken over by LNC industries in 1984, which subsequently evolved into Permewan Wright Consolidated Pty Limited.

Wouldn't want to fork out money only to find you were holding someone else's property. Possibly even stolen goods if it taken without consent.

Personally, I doubt anyone cares. It's not an important trophy, as it wasn't an important race.

[timyone]

Hey the new person thread would get too big if we all said hello each time people turned up right? well could we create a hello to the new person thread? i always want to say hi, but dont want the actual thread to be so long that no one reads about new people, but ive seen other forums that have this. Any one up for it? i dunno if it should be a sticky or not, but yeah, it would be a lot warmer if we all said hi etc

[mikesbytes]

[timyone]

is that some one we know?was the person taking the pic also riding and drinking while taking it?

[Karzie]

Is this 'art', Mike?

[mikesbytes]

Is this 'art', Mike?

That would explain the milk crate

[mikesbytes]

[mikesbytes]

My health age is 27 and my life expectancy is 98

Health Age Questionnaire

[timyone]

My health age is 27 and my life expectancy is 98

Health Age Questionnaire

i wanted to do that, but didnt know the answer to cholesterole etc, so i clicked on the behind add instead

[Karzie]

I got 30 and 97. You can come to my funeral.

[mikesbytes]

I got 30 and 97. You can come to my funeral.

Only if I can remember where I put my walking frame

[mikesbytes]

Crafty giving it to a bloke wearing a world champion jersey. 2 years later its still funny

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

[Karzie]

Buffoons.
He was doing the same to a guy at the track last week. Next race he had a different jersey on.

[christian]

Whilst looking at things on youtube I came across this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngv7Iu3y1o0

[timyone]

far out?!!! that is amazing how well they kept that up and the wheel running out like in a cartoon?!!

Man that was a big c grade at the heffron race?! (yeah bike bug race? easts?)

[mikesbytes]

At least he's got nutrition right

[Toff]

That tandem crash was awesome! I love the incredible disappearing wheel. The sound effects were glorious too!

[Karzie]

Women find men in red more appealing...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6 ... 6396502:z0

[mikesbytes]

What woman could resist a dashing man in red lycra

Anyone speak Italian? What happens at the end of this video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YejHXNEP96A

[Toff]

That's John Howard, breaking the bicycle speed record. I've seen that video in English, so it shouldn't be too hard to google.

[mikesbytes]

A throw of the dice, a short film about Paris-Roubaix. Only up for 24 hours.

http://www.rapha.cc/a-throw-of-the-dice

[yewenyi]

Muscles Remember Past Glory - a new but not yet confirmed study

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/ ... le-memory/

[mikesbytes]

I think there's a degree of truth in that article, it takes years to build strength. I've had a sizeable layoff from lifting weights, have lost heaps of muscle. Last week I started lifting again and the weights I'm pushing ain't a hell of a way off what I use to lift.

[StevO]

Just thought id drop by and say hello. Im planning to come to the social Saturday ride this coming Saturday with the eventual goal of attending the Sunday rides if im deemed fit enough.

Im pretty new to cycling so go easy on me

Cheers

[Stuart]

Just thought id drop by and say hello. Im planning to come to the social Saturday ride this coming Saturday with the eventual goal of attending the Sunday rides if im deemed fit enough.
Im pretty new to cycling so go easy on me
Cheers

Hi Stevo and welcome. Great to hear you'll be coming for a ride on Sat. Introduce yourself to someone in a DHBC jersey when you get there.

[timyone]

Just thought id drop by and say hello. Im planning to come to the social Saturday ride this coming Saturday with the eventual goal of attending the Sunday rides if im deemed fit enough.

Im pretty new to cycling so go easy on me

Cheers

heya stevo good to have you on saturday slowies
a waterfal ride a week, is all you need to keep sorta fit

[timyone]

The muscle thing makes sense, redoing squats, i seem to make it strait back to where i used to be up to, but then its back to a really slow progression after that. The same with bench press, every thing came back to where i left off before my collar bone break, when i had a couple of years off. If only i had been heaps musclyer life would be so much easier to get big

[mikesbytes]

I was a top athlete in my teens, but in my 20's the only exercise I did was flag down a taxi so I could get to the next nightclub. I'm wondering if what I did in my teens made it easier to rebuild fitness when I returned to exercise many many years later.

[mikesbytes]

[Eleri]

I was a top athlete in my teens, but in my 20's the only exercise I did was flag down a taxi so I could get to the next nightclub. I'm wondering if what I did in my teens made it easier to rebuild fitness when I returned to exercise many many years later.

Or if what you did in the nightclubs maybe holds you back now.

[mikesbytes]

Or if what you did in the nightclubs maybe holds you back now.

Didn't I see you at the Iggy Pop concert

[Eleri]

Didn't I see you at the Iggy Pop concert

Only if he played at Penrith Leagues Club

[mikesbytes]

Only if he played at Penrith Leagues Club

Sorry it was at a club that no longer exists on George st in the CBD

Must of been your twin

[Terry]

I reckon with gearing like that sneakers won't be needed to climb stanwell hill on the fixie century although decsending macq. pass may be a bit painfull.

[timyone]

sarah kent didnt make the commonwealth games team
i dont think im going to watch it now, whats the point with out her there
i wonder who the third team time trial rider is (well there may not be a team persuit?

[mikesbytes]

Can anyone explain what this does

[mikesbytes]

Update for Toff

[andrewb]

Can anyone explain what this does

Mike,

it's perfect for all those situations where your head is 20mm further away from your ipod than the standard cable allows for.

[timyone]

lol theres probably some point that it would be useful
maybe when the in bit is stuffed?

[timyone]

http://wimp.com/bicycleskill/


seiously?! these girls are amazing?! riding on your back wheel is hard, balancing on one wheel, sitting on the seat, with some one standing on your shoulders is insane!?

[T-Bone]

I believe those adapters are for certain players/phones, where you can't push most standard headphone jacks in far enough to work. Can't be bothered searching for it, but i do remember reading something about that sort of thing in the past.

[StevO]

Thanks for the ride today

[timyone]

your welcome

[Toff]

Update for Toff
[Picture snipped]

Well whilst I agree with the sentiments expressed, it's not much of an update. His Holiness received that 2nd ever 50th anniversary groupset some 27 years ago by my calculations.

[G]

Look at this

[G]

^
Looks like he's brought the legs of his yupie girlfriend for the race?!

[mikesbytes]

[timyone]

no helmets of any kind on the track!

[Toff]

[Toff]

[G]

Check out the Compressport Australia website

http://www.compressport.com.au

[mikesbytes]

Great photo G

[timyone]

your a walking billboard! lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikesbytes]

Now that's a fixie

[timyone]

nice bike!!

check out the vibe around this new to be built veledrome in the us, i wish we had a community based one like this.




http://www.riverwalkcarolinas.com/cycli ... /veldrome/

[G]

nice bike!!

check out the vibe around this new to be built veledrome in the us, i wish we had a community based one like this.




http://www.riverwalkcarolinas.com/cycli ... /veldrome/

I am sure we can make our velodrome like that. All we need is a barbie on the grass in the middle, and some music. That would be my kinda party!

[Michael Chidgey]

just happy to be biking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X832vVEp7c

[mikesbytes]

LOL Chidgey

BTW, is this you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkSPUDpe0U8

[mikesbytes]

Rush Hour in Utrecht (The Netherlands)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AbPav5E5M

[Terry]

and in the snow as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMv3OB6X ... feature=iv

[Stuart]

this is how you stop magpies attacking you in spring, apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHreVKg ... r_embedded

[mikesbytes]

this is how you stop magpies attacking you in spring, apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHreVKg ... r_embedded

Proof that we shouldn't be wearing helmets

[Rainbow]

this is how you stop magpies attacking you in spring, apparently.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wHreVKg ... r_embedded

Amazing!

[mikesbytes]

Police backpack/pannier covers

https://www.clubsonline.com.au/shop/ind ... OrgID=3380

[timyone]

that bag looks like it could be pretty god actually, you might get less crap too

[timyone]

that bike nsw stuff isnt badly priced!
why is it all under the gear up girl section though?

[Stuart]

Stuart O'Grady & Andy Schleck kicked off Tour of Spain for drinking

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/ogr ... 14zwh.html

[mikesbytes]

Yeh saw that. We should make Andy an honorary Australian

[mikesbytes]

One for Tim

http://www.news.com.au/technology/the-d ... 5915688772

[timyone]

lol ok i have the prototype for good and bad
thanks mike, ill get working on my moves, though that article does go towards the mindset im in that being muscley would make up for a lot, as it says women are looking for

The outcome matches previous research that shows a preference among women for males who are strong and vigorous and skilled in their motor movements.
These are all part of a classic mating quest for the "right" genetic material, which is why the dance floor mimics courtship arenas among animals where the male struts his stuff

[Stuart]

lol ok i have the prototype for good and bad thanks mike, ill get working on my moves, though that article does go towards the mindset im in that being muscley would make up for a lot, as it says women are looking for]

Yeah Tim, buffed and polished worked for me !! plus of course my totally cool "rubber band man" dancing style!

[mikesbytes]

Detroit Velodrome

http://blip.tv/play/AYH7jHYC

[mikesbytes]

[Toff]

I hope he won with all that gear!

What happened to his clipless pedals and shoes though?

[shrubb face]

i love how he is riding $4000 Lightweight wheels and the girl next to him has "spoky dokes." If he didnt have bladed carbon spokes then he could have them too.

[mikesbytes]

Don't think clipless is permitted

[T-Bone]

To answer the coffeeshop question, I checked and Lightweights are available in a 650c version.

[mikesbytes]

Rich Kid

[weiyun]

Rich Kid

No, rich parents.

[Stuart]

The helmet question goes on and on - still, I like this bit:

"We've got this massive climate of fear that cycling is such a dangerous activity, and we overstate the case and insist on helmets, when in fact the danger is probably exaggerated," Rissel says.

http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbei ... 8#comments

[mikesbytes]

Crushed Ice makes you 6.5% faster

http://www.optimumnutrition.com/news.php?article=902

[Stuart]

I like this pic

http://twitpic.com/2kttte

[timyone]

i dont know what to say about the helmet thing, im sticking with wear helmets, though that article made me less sure. It was good to see that they mentioned that one from the sydney uni that was a few weeks ago, the actual journal article was supposed to be crap, and not say a lot, but because people had only read the newspaper bit on the article, it seemed like a strong case.

Interesting about the ice mike.

Im not sure why you like the pic there Stuart, is there some thing im missing? is it the mountains?

[timyone]

Taken off face book, this actually happened to Alex Symmons, it may not be as funny if you dont actually know him, but yeah, if you know him i reckon its funny as, Alex is an expert on computery sort of power metres and is a cycling coach etc etc etc which is why i was laughing at it. for extra info, he is aiming for a world championship at the paralympics, he was a vet world champ but then after a cycling accident lost his lower leg.

Bathroom scale sales guy (door to door): "Check out these scales, they automatically send your body weight, BMI and body fat % to your ipad."

Me: "Why?"

Sales guy: "So you and your family can all track them with these great charts, see here - I'll show you..." <proceeds to show charts that look like a bunch of useless lines of someone that must have been bulimic based on the way the numbers were jumping up and down - and happily zooming in and out the pictures on his ipad, while he was trying for 2 minutes to get out of his family photo album to show me the best pic of all - the one that shows you can also see same useless lines on a web page>

Me: "How does it determine body fat composition?"

Sales guy: "They're French"

Me: <a quizzical look>

Sales guy: "but they are made in China"

Me: <a quizzical look>

Sales guy: "You stand on them in your bare feet"

Me: "Ah, that might be a problem"

Me: "Hmmm." <thinks, so the French can tell if you're fat by standing on them?>

Me: "But body fat estimates using an impedance measure are quite unreliable"

Sales guy: "Yes, but these are consistently unreliable"

Me: <trying not to burst out laughing> "OK thank you for the demonstration, have a nice day"...

Sales guy: "I'm not trying to sell this to you. I'm asking you to sell them - you'll get 25% of the $399"

Me: "Ah, no thanks. Have a nice day"

[mikesbytes]

If they work the way I think they work, they won't work for Alex Symmons

[Eleri]

I've got one. I seem to be able to change total % body fat by about + - 2 percentage points in just 24 hours thereby bearing out the delightful description of

"Yes, but these are consistently unreliable"

I'd agree with that. In that case, it would follow that it doesn't work for me and it probably won't make any difference if he has 1 leg or 2 as it will be consistently unreliable too!

[mikesbytes]

[mikesbytes]

If Tim was a kid in the 70's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ELTHpUQN2k

[timyone]

lol nice helmet!
man how nice is that wheelie on the road bike too?!!
on durace race wheels!!

[Karzie]

If Tim was a kid in the 70's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ELTHpUQN2k

Warning buzzer clears the way!

I want one!