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Hey Lim, think on, we don't want to be overenthusistic in the invitation stakes, Redneck earned his stripes as the only Merrycan who earn't status in the bucket of shite stakes. We kept his head in it for ages. On the other hand, let's see what bait the other Merkins turn up with. Cycling comments only.
looks like we have done a runner, i see old fix it has bumbed his way into our little lot, watch him he is a world crusader, he has messages on ALL the threads, i dont like that word. still maybe he has now come accross a site that includes REAL BIKERS, of the old school, he may grow up a bit...

i emailed old pascal, got back a nice polite reply, said that it was those UPTAIRS who pulled the plug,, still he did say that it WOULD be back all cleaner and fitter..

hey thats another bummer, old redneck is still talking about actually riding a bike, hell man how can you talk about trianing plans when you do not even ride the damm thing. WHY NOT PUT THE AUTOMOBILE in the garage for a week and RIDE the damm bike instead.

had a eamil from another knowall last week, you know been in the sport 10 minutes and now is the worlds know all on the sport, nice bloke though, told him my wife does 160 kms av per week, shit he tells me that is more than he and his wifes total added together,,160 kms per week, man i have that in by wednesday, and still have 4 days left.. yes 300kms minumun, objective 60 kms more, nowt really, cannot wait until january, its just a quick kump to over 400 kms min per week,, oh i can go on.....HOW KMS THIS WEEK MR FIXIT.

bon courage

bikeriderfrance

ps luverly sunny day blue sky's fresh wind, must go, got to get in my 60 kms, well it is saturday and its 100 kms tomorrow. eat your hearts out

pss glad to see the old faces, lets keep it going

Well we do seem to be congregating round the flame........

Long may it continue.......

We need to start on themes..................

Fred C & BRF you were going to give us on the ES board over the winter your fount of knowledge and wisdom on all subjects of cycling in the 50's & 60's ....... just to show them that side of the pond that the cycling game is taken seriously over here.

Why don't you start it.............

IMHO if we don't get some of our cycling history down on paper its going to be lost for ever. I don't mind being the co-ordinator and archivist, you know I'm a squirrel for facts an figures, but we need to get it down somewhere. So what do you all think, lets get the balls rolling?

Glad to be back together. :)

MCM

i see old fix it has bumbed his way into our little lot
.HOW KMS THIS WEEK MR FIXIT.

bikeriderfrance


You must mistake me with somebody else.

Only about 160, don't know exactly, have no computer. It pretty cold here, only +2°C. And in the morning there is ice in some places...

watch him he is a world crusader

he has messages on ALL the threads

bikeriderfrance




World crusader? What?

What's your problem with replying to ALL treads?

Would like to know.

looks like we have done a runner, i see old fix it has bumbed his way into our little lot, watch him he is a world crusader, he has messages on ALL the threads, i dont like that word. still maybe he has now come accross a site that includes REAL BIKERS, of the old school, he may grow up a bit...
Just a guess, but could you be referring to Fixey?......Can you work on Porky & co. to sign in?

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If Tyler Hamilton is such a nice chap, who cuts his neighbours lawns, and cleans their windows I think he should have no problem in returning his ill gotten medal and title to the righteous winner.

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If Tyler Hamilton is such a nice chap, who cuts his neighbours lawns, and cleans their windows I think he should have no problem in returning his ill gotten medal and title to the righteous winner.[/QUOTE]
I see that David Millar is leaving beautiful Biarritz to come back to Murky Manchester to study communications ( with the police?) , and it is purported from another source that he shall be advising young riders the pitfalls of eating sausage rolls laced with EPO, working with the bcf, or whatever they call it now. Perhaps, perhaps,perhaps. Looks like the sausauge roll factory again..

If Tyler Hamilton is such a nice chap, who cuts his neighbours lawns, and cleans their windows I think he should have no problem in returning his ill gotten medal and title to the righteous winner.I see that David Millar is leaving beautiful Biarritz to come back to Murky Manchester to study communications ( with the police?) , and it is purported from another source that he shall be advising young riders the pitfalls of eating sausage rolls laced with EPO, working with the bcf, or whatever they call it now. Perhaps, perhaps,perhaps. Looks like the sausauge roll factory again..[/QUOTE]
yep, what has happened to the positive in the vuelta, all quiet in the catalonia front, will it just fade away... i wonder if the US of A has given the spanish government a few billion to scrub the result...see ya.

:cool: hi there, it was the dave rayner dinner last night, eddie was the boss man plus ALL the rest of the olympic team squad..... one person missing old millar, a guy said he was there, but in the disco in the basement, had a lot of little white bags with him, oh i did asked the powers at be, if they were asking for their £10,000 quid back,, still no reply,,, wunder wy... bon courage.:) :) :)

hey in the local paper this week, it was reported that a spot dope check at the local lycee it brought up a posative, it was the local junior road chump.. said he was only going with the rest of em to a disco that night...

Hey, Im Phil and am 13 from England! :rolleyes:

hi there, just been out today, and its blowing a gale, we are having a great time just standing up, never mind riding bike ladd, but be as it may, still got out with the local racing club,(not my usuall club) we were expecting the local pro thors hushvolt (credit ag) who live just down the road to join us, but he is having a nose job done, so it was left to the boy racers.. what a load of crap, we pissed about waiting for a guy who had punctured, then waited for a guy who just got off for a piss, we then had to bugger about waiting for prima donners on 5000 euro carbon bikes, shit it was like a fun run from bradford to bingley and back, and these blokes are supposed to be racers, anyway i got pissed off and got to the front and stuck it on them, we got back to boulou with me and this other guy, he said to me"how old are you", i told him old enough to be his dad, i then just pissed of home... bon courage..

sounds like you had a great time. I went out today with my club, it was a pace of about 17-20mph over 40 miles, i found it really hard as i got to bed at 2 in the morning and had to be up at 7 to get to my club....it also didnt help the steepest hill in my county (essex) was included in the ride :rolleyes:

Now ive learnt that doing hard rides with no sleep is hard.....haha

sounds like you had a great time. I went out today with my club, it was a pace of about 17-20mph over 40 miles, i found it really hard as i got to bed at 2 in the morning and had to be up at 7 to get to my club....it also didnt help the steepest hill in my county (essex) was included in the ride :rolleyes:

Now ive learnt that doing hard rides with no sleep is hard.....haha
good on yer mate, my son lives in essex, don't know of any major climbs, are there any?, but you DID get out, my ride due to the wind went up the valley between the pyrenees on the left and the massif de canigou on the right, we did one stiff col, only about 4 kms long, but with a bit in the middle of about 1in 8. there were 4 of us left at the top, i was pissed off because after a climb its a shit defying decent to the bottom, i like to go down without braking, stupid at 59 i know but, then its a big game to me.. only did about 80 kms but with 240 in during the week i hit my target of 300 kms, next week, well theres...........bon courage,

Yeah, I didnt find it easy at all though......haha it was still fun to go out, ive bin out on my bike with my club all weekend!

Yeah, I didnt find it easy at all though......haha it was still fun to go out, ive bin out on my bike with my club all weekend!



yes its great to get out on yer bike, i started in bradford up north in 1956, first club 1957 first race 1958 been racing ever since, from schoolboy/pro/old man, in 48 years.. still at it. its great just to get out, when you are my age, its like a new day every time you get on your carbon fibre rottwieller, great. enjoy it and most of all keep going,, do not let anyone stop you,,, you will regret it if you do,, i didnt (had a understanding wife, lucky).. its the best sort in the world, we even have a guy out here who is 79 and still gets round in the vets bunch.me its LIFE MAN bon courage.

Had a very enjoyable experience this morning whilst going shopping.

Got caught behind a club run, (I was the passenger so could drool legally, & it was a good job my kids weren't there.) about 20 or so doing very nicely through the village on some rather flash bikes, a nice Bianchi and a beaut of a Cannondale were present, didn't notice any more the lycra was more interesting.

What I'd like to know is do they always ride all over the road, not allowing you to pass them seeming to have fun with the car drivers. or is it a male thing.

Someone please enlighten me, even though I enjoyed the mile or so following them.

MCM

Had a very enjoyable experience this morning whilst going shopping.

Got caught behind a club run, (I was the passenger so could drool legally, & it was a good job my kids weren't there.) about 20 or so doing very nicely through the village on some rather flash bikes, a nice Bianchi and a beaut of a Cannondale were present, didn't notice any more the lycra was more interesting.

What I'd like to know is do they always ride all over the road, not allowing you to pass them seeming to have fun with the car drivers. or is it a male thing.

Someone please enlighten me, even though I enjoyed the mile or so following them.

MCM
hi MCM,
sorry i think it is a bit of UP YOURS, bike riders tend to feel they have a right to on the road, i think that if there is a car behind trying to get passed, the riders have a bit of well lets say,i am in front now maty ,get passed if you can,, the cars always do .its strange .this week i had a car follow me for about 1 kms, and it did not pass, when it did on a safe stretch of road the driver gave me a wave and a nod, as i entered the next village, the car was parked at the side of the road outside the butchers shop, as i was just about to pass it, the driver opened his door causing me to take evasive action to stop falling off,i looked at him through my JU addidas glasses and he was laughing at me, i wonder wether he knew that by riding behind me slowly he would GET me in the village.. nearly did.. bon courage.

Had a very enjoyable experience this morning whilst going shopping.

Got caught behind a club run, (I was the passenger so could drool legally, & it was a good job my kids weren't there.) about 20 or so doing very nicely through the village on some rather flash bikes, a nice Bianchi and a beaut of a Cannondale were present, didn't notice any more the lycra was more interesting.

What I'd like to know is do they always ride all over the road, not allowing you to pass them seeming to have fun with the car drivers. or is it a male thing.

Someone please enlighten me, even though I enjoyed the mile or so following them.

MCM


They're idiots.

With the volume of traffic these days - they should abide by the rules of the road ie. two cyclists abreast.
Don't wanna be a killjoy but given traffic volumes and the increase in road rage, idiots out on bikes fucking around on the street, just isn't on (even on a Sunday morning).

:mad: hi there, i saw in another liens that you had to book with tour operators to get into the etape, send £100 non refundable, then before 17th of november another £100 NR then the rest up to £400 a month before the event.. i think once again old J M Bonkers has hit it on the head, keep out the etrangers,except the rich ones/// its criminal to me that the restrictions are so tight, it will be an event for the RICH only, what about the guys who take thier holidays in france at the time to watch the tour and take in the etape.. if there are any guys out there who want to DO the etape, let me do it from france, all i would want is a few bob to cover my costs, ie postage / .printing ect... the biggest problem is the medical cert, i would need that here in france by the end of january.... its up to you... bon courage.:)

:mad: hi there, i saw in another liens that you had to book with tour operators to get into the etape, send £100 non refundable, then before 17th of november another £100 NR then the rest up to £400 a month before the event.. i think once again old J M Bonkers has hit it on the head, keep out the etrangers,except the rich ones/// its criminal to me that the restrictions are so tight, it will be an event for the RICH only, what about the guys who take thier holidays in france at the time to watch the tour and take in the etape.. if there are any guys out there who want to DO the etape, let me do it from france, all i would want is a few bob to cover my costs, ie postage / .printing ect... the biggest problem is the medical cert, i would need that here in france by the end of january.... its up to you... bon courage.:)

Fair dues to you, BRF.

I've seen a lot of complaints about how the Etape is being closed out to individual registration from outside of France (www.cyclingnews.com - letters page).
Seems that anyone from outside France has to go through an "agent", to get a place on the Etape.

Fair play to you - BRF.
Very generous of you to offer to do this.