Lunch with Rhys

[Big Dave]

It was my pleasure to sit next to Rhys Jones at lunch yesterday. I was fascinated to hear him talk about some of his pals.

Conversation drifted around him 'getting on a bike at the Classics festival.' and that last time he did he was having ' some trouble with the hairpin at Pukekohe.'

'So I asked a few of the lads.'

'My eyes glazed over 3 sentences into Hugh Anderson's marvelously technical assessment, so I went and asked Croz'.

He said 'How do I know? - I just ride it.'

So none the wiser he 'asked Aaron (Slight), and he said pretty much the same thing with a grin and a shrug - 'Dunno, just go round it.'

I fond it an interesting contrast.

Hugh he told me that he used to do/imagine every gear shift and every minuscule aspect of every race, twice, before he got on the bike.

Other high achievers just 'wrung its neck'.

[Katman]

It was my pleasure to sit next to Rhys Jones at lunch yesterday. I was fascinated to hear him talk about some of his pals.

Conversation drifted around him 'getting on a bike at the Classics festival.' and that last time he did he was having ' some trouble with the hairpin at Pukekohe.'

'So I asked a few of the lads.'

'My eyes glazed over 3 sentences into Hugh Anderson's marvelously technical assessment, so I went and asked Croz'.

He said 'How do I know? - I just ride it.'

So none the wiser he 'asked Aaron (Slight), and he said pretty much the same thing with a grin and a shrug - 'Dunno, just go round it.'

I fond it an interesting contrast.

Hugh he told me that he used to do/imagine every gear shift and every minuscule aspect of every race, twice, before he got on the bike.

Other high achievers just 'wrung its neck'.

You name dropper, you.

[Swoop]

"The man in the arena" comes to mind.

You would get the same response from the best fighter pilots. "Just do it!".

[Big Dave]

You name dropper, you.

Pish! - they are just the Kiwi racers.
One day i'll bring out the heavy hitters.

[Maha]

One day i'll bring out the heavy hitters.

You know Lance Cairns as well?....

[Big Dave]

I thought Riley would have sparked up by now - must have gone bush.

[Motu]

Back in the early '70's he was some sort of TV personality....sort of like Macus Lush or Jason Gunn,cringe factor of 12 on a scale of 10.We used to see him at bike races and Motocross meetings - he used to wear a mustard coloured leather jacket....so I put him in the folder marked poofter from then on.I never saw him actually ride a bike - but I bet he never saw me ride a bike either,so we are even.

Actually,I remember he was at the meeting where the bike in my avatar raced one of it's last races,I bought it a couple of years later.

[Big Dave]

Sends me the best quality comedy of anyone on the list.