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hi there.. well it would be a shame to not use your miles... why not take out a day licence.(do they do them in eire?) and have a go...racing is a state of mind.. you just sit in the back of the bunch, hope no-one goes away and win the sprint.. easy BUT,, its a little bit different.. as i said, ride on a day licence, just sit in the bunch, try and keep up near the front, 40 up bunch easy 140 up bunch., impossible..... and see how you go.. remember, STAY UPRIGHT.. mrs Lrkman will be pissed of if you hit a wheel and fall off, as you know it hurts, but in a bunch, you get body's and bikes in yer edd.. thats why they banned spinergys,,, liquidisers in the bunch.. oh remember to shave your legs, there is nothing worse than a plonker with hairy legs... give it a go.. you may like it...oh just a quickie, if its hot and you are drowning in your own sweat,, yer ont limit man.. bon courage.

BRF : yep, we've the one day licences here and you do get guys turning up
buying their licence and having a go.
Food for thought Biker - definitely.
Part of me wants to do it.

Forgot about the shaving bit (how easy it is to forget eh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

BRF : yep, we've the one day licences here and you do get guys turning up
buying their licence and having a go.
Food for thought Biker - definitely.
Part of me wants to do it.

Forgot about the shaving bit (how easy it is to forget eh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
:p :p :p :p hi there, yes you can always tell a plonker,,, underpants showing through licra racing shorts,(SYP), unshaven legs and hell this might hurt.. nice clean shaven FACE,,, then you are ready to go.... i think it would do you good... oh dump the pipe,, not really "the scene " in the changing room....ps put plenty of strong smelling stuf on your shaven legs,,, does'nt make you go any faster, but smells good "intbunchlad" bon courage,:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

well err no, after the french champs the events dry up unless you travel over 500kms round trips... the police stop 90% of road events in the langudoc/roussilion area in july and august.. too much traffic and holiday makers, estimated 10 million french invade region over 8 weeks...next event is the GP de Bessan near agde,, do you know it, i was 3rd last year,, good curcuit, but its outside my usual backyard. will have to suck it and see.

i have cut down a bit on my mile eating regime,, put lots in up to the fr ch but felt a bit jaded this week... so its one big day (weds) and the rest steady riding with mrs BRF,,, next biggy is the worlds on the 26th of august, lets hope the gold plated carbon wheels do the biz.. bon courage.
Are you going to have a bash at Agde or what? Or are you going to build up for St Johann? it's the main target.
I see your mate Thor Hushovd got the green jersey in the TDF.
Someone started a thread on another site for St. Johann entries but I can't see any names up yet.
I noticed that you popped one or two to the new board, but the discussions came to nowt. I stayed off to let it get started, but more of this later.

BRF : yep, we've the one day licences here and you do get guys turning up
buying their licence and having a go.
Food for thought Biker - definitely.
Part of me wants to do it.

Forgot about the shaving bit (how easy it is to forget eh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Absolutely No Comment from me. Best to keep counsel from the past and work on the kids and their gearing. Reverence and history will win the Kids over, unless you are like Legro who still goes around killing people. A great man he is, and a great Champion.

Well done Ryan on your wins. I wondered where you had got to, thought that you might have fell by the wayside. You see Ryan, now you know our method works if you stick with it. Never mind all the other coaching bullshit. You've got the best men on here with over 1500 victories in the bag. Don't go telling people because we don't want this section cluttered up with assholes. Leave the training as it is 200 a week, and try and bag a few more victories before the end of the season. Of course being State Champ will make you a marked man so think your way through it during the race, tell me, do you race with lads from your club in these events?
No other lads on the team, I'm all by my self. They like me though; coach gave me the nickname "smalls". I love the guys on the team. The Jr. I raced w/ in the last race was 16, he came all the way from nashville, we were the only two of us. It was allot of fun, we probably averaged about 19-20, we just talked most of the way & took turns w/ the drafting. [it was a crit], till' the last two laps. Then it started to pick up. I took off half way into the last lap & dropped him, he came close to a bridge but I crossed the finish. He rolled in only a few yards behind. I threw my hands in the air, I got a pic. of the finish:cool: Any way, alaska is wonderful. I'm using the net in a hotel resort from right now from Homer Ak. The silver's [salmon] are running this week & I've been catching quite a few nice ones in the inlet. I caught 4 this afternoon, the tourists kept flocking around me. I had a 15 pound fish on & some fucking kid got his line tangled in mine, I ended up untangling his/ then landing mine. These fucktards don't get it. When you say "Fish On!" that means get your line the fuck out of the water, not moving it closer to where you are. Their method was wrong, I don't know whether to tell them how to catch fish or enjoy watching them redundantly go about their business, frustrated. I gave all my fish away to the tourists, they appreciated that b/c each fish I gave them would be worth about 50$ on the market. I’ll be back Wednesday afternoon, I’ll be back on the bike soon.



-Ryan

Cheers

I am very happy about the tour results btw:)

I left out a detail about my last race. My competition & me were conversing, doing about 18, the race announcer then said in a real smartass manner; "Uuuh, this is a race not a tour!":mad: The race announcer was a 300 pound diabetic. I hope he's not going to be reading this but, hey, fuck you buddy. I would like to see you try to ride a road bike for any sustained amout of time. A fairly simple activity that most people are able to acomplish, but not him b/c he's a 300 pound diabetic. Not that there's any thing wrong w/ that it's just that it's a wise ass thing for him to say.

I left out a detail about my last race. My competition & me were conversing, doing about 18, the race announcer then said in a real smartass manner; "Uuuh, this is a race not a tour!":mad: The race announcer was a 300 pound diabetic. I hope he's not going to be reading this but, hey, fuck you buddy. I would like to see you try to ride a road bike for any sustained amout of time. A fairly simple activity that most people are able to acomplish, but not him b/c he's a 300 pound diabetic. Not that there's any thing wrong w/ that it's just that it's a wise ass thing for him to say.
hi there. just a quickie,, NO NEED TO SWEAR,, thanks bRF bon courage

Are you going to have a bash at Agde or what? Or are you going to build up for St Johann? it's the main target.
I see your mate Thor Hushovd got the green jersey in the TDF.
Someone started a thread on another site for St. Johann entries but I can't see any names up yet.
I noticed that you popped one or two to the new board, but the discussions came to nowt. I stayed off to let it get started, but more of this later.hi there,

no and yes, i am in the uk from sunday to tuesday the 8th augs,, then its flat out for the worlds,, will stick to the plan, 3/400kms per week, but with one big day (weds).. ease off the week before and then GO FOR IT.. yes popped a couple of messages on but no reponce. DH was more bothered about telling each day why the jersey is yellow and what a fantastic sport M Biking is,, never mind.. just shows how GOOD........ DD was/is......... bon courage.

Hey , sorry I havent been posting on here as often, but I am havign a bit of trouble ''accessing'' the internet, anyway, race on last thursday didn't happen, becuase, guess who didn't let me go.......



Anyway BRF, If you don't mind me asking, but where are you in essex?

Phil

Hey , sorry I havent been posting on here as often, but I am havign a bit of trouble ''accessing'' the internet, anyway, race on last thursday didn't happen, becuase, guess who didn't let me go.......



Anyway BRF, If you don't mind me asking, but where are you in essex?

Phil
hi there weekend the 6/7/8 why bon courage..

I thought at one point that you said you were going to be visiting essex, and that we could possibly meet up......

Hey , sorry I havent been posting on here as often, but I am havign a bit of trouble ''accessing'' the internet, anyway, race on last thursday didn't happen, becuase, guess who didn't let me go.......



Anyway BRF, If you don't mind me asking, but where are you in essex?

Phil
Who's supposed to be running this show? Us, or your mother and that useless Jeff Wade.

I wish there was something I could do............

I wish there was something I could do............
Well tell us what the problem is, I'm sure we can sort something out between ourselves, after all you have won a race. I don't understand the other bits though. Well I think I do but I'm saying nowt. Doesn't your mother realise that the finest brains in the cycling world are on your side with invaluable experience in all matters.
Now listen Old Mother Hudson, Mark Cavendish has just won another Junior World Title, and we communicate with each other on a regular basis. If you want your son to follow the same path then let him go and achieve the best he can do, otherwise he will despise you for curtailing his ambitions in his sporting and social world. Is that what you really want for Phil?

I wish there was something I could do............
hi there, how times have changed, when i was a lad mimumanmidad,kicked miupthebakside and threw me out of the door..to go out onmibikelad... thats where i got the idea that, i got up, got dressed got mi brekfast, got mi bike out from under the steps and WENT OUT.... weather it did not matter, you were out there, all on yer own,, 20 minutes later you were at the club run meeting place with about 20 other similar odds and sods.. and you did not get back home until it was dark.... at home, who cared, we were OUTONTBIKELAD... no more i presume.. PS stop eating your mums cooking, ask for frozen pizzas all the time..she will get pissed off with you,, and throw you out... maybe a good idea to find a girlfriend who can cook.. nip off there and have another frozen chicken pie with REAL brown gravy.. bon courage.:cool: :cool: :cool:

I don't understand the other bits though. Well I think I do but I'm saying nowt.
How about you PM me, I don't mind, if you PM me and at least tell me the bits that you do not understand, I will explain.

One of the problems is that, my mum (and the other bloke) see cycling as a way to ''punish'' me, and don't see it as a sport, she will do anything not to let met go and even lied last thursday to stop me going! There must be some sort of way out of this. Also, my parents don't know anything about this website at all, and they have even banned me from the computer, so I have to ''get in'' via another way, also thats why regular posts and mileage counts have not been posted. Perhaps we could talk via Phone, or some other way to see if we can resolve this situation?

I am in Centreparcs all of next weeks, and will be doing quite a bit of cycling, maybe a mountain bike race, if there is one on.

Also anything my mum touches tends to go stale when I happen to eat it, I have tried lots to get thrown out but she won't. So instead, stops my cycling. Anyway, I am straight out the door at 16, and am going to be living with my dad, who supports my cycling and encourages me to get out on the bike, and compete in races. I wish it was like the old time now, but what can I do, its a wierd world, where I have a bunch of people dictate my life, when I don't even get a say. Shame. Won't be on the road bike at centreparcs, will be renting a singlespeed hybrid, and riding that all day. Also, while I am there I might not be able to post, but I will try to seek out the internet.

How about you PM me, I don't mind, if you PM me and at least tell me the bits that you do not understand, I will explain.

One of the problems is that, my mum (and the other bloke) see cycling as a way to ''punish'' me, and don't see it as a sport, she will do anything not to let met go and even lied last thursday to stop me going! There must be some sort of way out of this. Also, my parents don't know anything about this website at all, and they have even banned me from the computer, so I have to ''get in'' via another way, also thats why regular posts and mileage counts have not been posted. Perhaps we could talk via Phone, or some other way to see if we can resolve this situation?

I am in Centreparcs all of next weeks, and will be doing quite a bit of cycling, maybe a mountain bike race, if there is one on.

Also anything my mum touches tends to go stale when I happen to eat it, I have tried lots to get thrown out but she won't. So instead, stops my cycling. Anyway, I am straight out the door at 16, and am going to be living with my dad, who supports my cycling and encourages me to get out on the bike, and compete in races. I wish it was like the old time now, but what can I do, its a wierd world, where I have a bunch of people dictate my life, when I don't even get a say. Shame. Won't be on the road bike at centreparcs, will be renting a singlespeed hybrid, and riding that all day. Also, while I am there I might not be able to post, but I will try to seek out the internet.
No need for PM's Phil, your gurus on here are all grown up men who understand life as well. Just do it on here collectively, and we can sort things out as best we can for you.
I gathered some time ago that she was using it as a control method because she is a possessive woman. So she bought you a nice bike, and now beats your brains out with it. That's wrong, and I think you ought to have a word with your Dad about. The bit about Jeff Wade and your reliability trial stinks to high heaven, and that's what I thought at the time. So the next time you see Jeff ask him about it. Coaches will tell you, not your parents.
Well our parents were glad to get rid of us for a day, and come home ravenous and healthy, ready for another bash. School Hols? maps out planning to got to places where we had never been to for weeks on end. This is not nostalgia it's the bloody truth. Get stuck? find your own way home. Pop in the railway station, give your name and address to pay for the ticket later, on the train, and leg it from the station wheeling your bike.
Never mind Phil, it won't last forever. Think of my old pal Peter Buckley, his parents hated him riding a bike, they thought he should concentrate on being a railway clerk. he was more determined than ever to make his mark, and did so. When he got killed, his parents threw all his bike stuff in the bincart. They never realised how great he was, or could be. We were devastated.

Its all true Fred, but what should I say to my Dad? And how......

Yep, the maps are out, How many miles should it be tommorrow? Lets say 100?

Phil

Ok its a little less but I have a route lined up for tommorrow, it is 45 miles, but it is very hilly, so I start to learn the lanes a bit further out and can adapt this. Would anyone like to see the route?


Phil