Two wheels in Taupo

**MisterD** · 3rd December 2008, 12:13

Originally Posted by HEADACHE

how the fuck do you get your fat arse up there??

There's a little step at the back (just to the right of the word "haters" in the picture).

**raftn** · 3rd December 2008, 17:14

Good on you mate, good stuff.

**jrandom** · 3rd December 2008, 18:00

Originally Posted by HEADACHE

I would

Oh my!

(This is Patch, right? The tone is unmistakable. Did you lose your usual login password?)

**Grahameeboy** · 3rd December 2008, 18:04

Originally Posted by jrandom

Oh yes. After 145km, I was happy to see the man with the drugs.

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Normal supplier then......

**Number One** · 3rd December 2008, 18:05

Originally Posted by jrandom

(This is Patch, right? The tone is unmistakable. Did you lose your usual login password?)

TRUE! I wonder...Maybe I should've accepted that friend request after all

**jrandom** · 3rd December 2008, 18:06

Originally Posted by Grahameeboy

Normal supplier then...

No no, you know all the good shit comes from up north.

**Maha** · 3rd December 2008, 18:14

Originally Posted by jrandom

I'll pedal round the lake in my leathers if you do six laps of the track at race pace on a 1400 in lycra...

Neither could be achieved in this heat

Originally Posted by jrandom

Of me pedalling in leathers, or of Maha getting his knee down in lycra?

Take you have never seen this then??

**jrandom** · 3rd December 2008, 18:15

Originally Posted by Maha

Take you have never seen this then??

Oh my.

**Number One** · 3rd December 2008, 18:40

Originally Posted by Maha

Take you have never seen this then??

Stop it Maha....

**Mom** · 3rd December 2008, 19:31

Originally Posted by jrandom

Oh my!

(This is Patch, right? The tone is unmistakable. Did you lose your usual login password?)

You think Patch?

Top effort that man! Amazing what a bit of training and a huge attitude can achieve! Congratulations!

**discotex** · 3rd December 2008, 19:33

Nice one Dan. All that cycling must do wonders for the legs on the track. Until you mix them up back to back! Amazed you could ride at all after 8hrs of cycling.

**jrandom** · 3rd December 2008, 19:47

Originally Posted by discotex

Nice one Dan. All that cycling must do wonders for the legs on the track.

It does. Riding on the track's gotten noticeably comfier and quicker over the last two months while I've been cycling regularly. Less sweat, more focus and control.

Originally Posted by discotex

Until you mix them up back to back! Amazed you could ride at all after 8hrs of cycling.

I was, in fact, taking it easy around the lake. No redlining the heartrate, no stomping on big gears, no chasing anyone who pulled away from me, etc. I had no particular time goals (you'd hope not, with a half-hour break at Turangi), just wanted to see what the course was like and soak up the general atmosphere of the event.

The approach paid off - I didn't get a moment's stiffness or soreness in the days following, and I was as comfy as I've ever been on the track on Sunday.

And the training benefit of the hundred mile ride has been really noticeable on the bike over the last couple of days. I best not waste it!

**discotex** · 3rd December 2008, 19:56

Originally Posted by jrandom

It does. Riding on the track's gotten noticeably comfier and quicker over the last two months while I've been cycling regularly. Less sweat, more focus and control.

That's what you want huh.

I've just started swimming and riding the exercise bike to get get a bit fit for the 17th Jan. Figure it's gotta help when climbing all over the bike.