so who else here is into it? i've just seen the ad on sky - EVERY STAGE LIVE.
coool. i've got the last 10 years on dvd's - better than any soap opera!
hopefully i'm off to france next july -missus has a conference, i'll be disappearing into the countryside - hopefully on a ST1300 or similar, to watch.
Must go faster - but how?
Lucky bugger.
I'll have to make do with whatever is printed in the Herald....
Have you taped the last 10 years, or brought the english Cyclesport ones?
I was in Paris for the 100th TDF. Well worth the trip, but crowds like you wouldn't believe!
Que early..... about 5 hrs early if you want to get anywhere near the front.
unless you can prove it.
Not me - but my old man is a tour addict and often travels to France or one of the other countries the tour sometime visits. He even has some actual tour sign posts, as used to direct the cyclists, in his garage. Taken after the tour finshed of course, with permission (yeah right).
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
taped the last 10 years. i'm in the process of ripping them onto dvd now.
the 100 yrs trip must have been awesome! this year is gonna be really interesting - i see zabel is out, as is virenque and hamilton.
Deus ex ukulele
I love watching the Tour de France and sit up ridiculously late each year when it's on. I have a whimsical desire to follow it around by motorcycle, particularly the stages through the Pyrenees.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Must go faster - but how?
Heehee. If you are interested, I can probably get you a job as a bike marshall in a local race, like the Tour of Wellington.Originally Posted by Hitcher
You might get to go up the Akatarawas, thew Rumatakas, or even Hawkins Hill!
Plenty of call for then here with the local multisport races too.
unless you can prove it.
If you ever hear of any being needed in the SI - give me a shout
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
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did parts of one of the tour courses when I was touring europe on my push bike. If you think some of the hill courses look hard, try em with 60kg of luggage on the bike.
Still I prefer the 50mile sprint race more.
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Practising the art of zen
There is a film coming out in the Auckland film festival about the 100th TdF in july - check it out from here: http://www.nzff.telecom.co.nz/filmsy...ID=2&EventID=9
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Use to road race msany years ago. Bloody hard sport that one. Road for two seasons.........lost too much weight and gave up. Went down to seven stone and still dropping.
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Free Scott Watson.
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Its the numb bollock syndrome they dont tell you about.
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It's OK...I've got a spare!
I don't understand this sport at all.
Hasn't anyone told them that the internal combustion engine has been invented.....and what's more, someone has placed them in a bicycle frame?!
...she took the KT, and left me the Buell to ride....(Blues Brothers)
Best Frenemy you could have!
I did road racing a couple of years back, one year at the end of college, and ended up weighing 68kg at 6"3, never ever been so fit in all my life. Then I stopped, and now I am unfit...
The buzz of team racing along the waterfront or open roads is incredible. 10mm away from the guy in front of you and its completely normal. Total trust in your teamates.
Also fun to overtake cars in normal riding, even when roads are clear. And doing 85 down a hill left my heart in my throat, never actually been that scared again.
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Hey Gremlin, you did the schoolboywaterfront racing too?
What team? I was with Massey High from 91-94 I think....
Man, those 5am starts to warm up in the middle of freaking winter......
Looking back, it was the best damn racing ever!
Hey, what was your best time?
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Well, I used to do a 50mile sprint race. Your average speed is 50mph (80km/hr) and you need to finish under 60 mins. At the time the world record was 54 mins and most riders were getting 56mins (inc me). The last two mins is a bitch - even more so for me because I used a touring bike with inch and a quarter tires (twice the drag of a road bike).
The olympic course is even worse because they have hill climbs as well, so it tends to favour those that are suitable for pace setting (you cant go fast like a sprinter, but you can maintain a high pace over different slopes) and sprinters and climbers tend to suffer.
In those days we didnt know the trick of getting into anaerobic respiration before the race began which they do now. So we always hit the wall 20 mins into the ride. Now they dont have that problem.
People get surprised at the speed. I got stopped twice for speeding in the UK, once was because I overtook on the inside, the other there was a yellow line in the center of the road and I passed a mufti-cop.
Fit bastard was an understatement. Do a 3000 mile ride around france and you'll know fit, a simple 2 hour race is considered just a warm up ride.
No way i'll ever be able to get that fit again. Mind you, I dont miss the tree trunk legs and puny upper body.
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