[fatdoc]

god,

i'm so bloody weak minded...

shorts, jersey and  base layer..... bollocks my credit card bill will be huge next month!!!

i'll look good in red and black assos though!!

[webbo]

iv'e used other kit other than assos.but always found it is either poorly made or a shit fit.iv'e got some giordana stuff from when i was in a sponsored team which is ok quality wise but it appears to be made for 6ft stick insects.i had to cut the hems of the sleeves on the short sleeve tops to avoid gangrene due restricted blood flow.mind if i get it free i'll wear it even if it is shit.

[Simon S]

Free kit always helps! 

Interesting what you say about the restrictive cut. I used to fine some TAL skinsuits were awful around the armpit area, and I'm hardly big. The relief on taking it off was similar to removing rock shoes after a long hot route. Pure relief. The Alexa ones that went before were better but still not great. Thank god I moved teams.

Anyway, roll on the giro. I won't be betting on a win for Basso 

[Yossarian]

that bianchi may not be the genuine retro deal.as in the 70s they had green leather handle bar tape stitched in place.also that doesn't look like campagnolo equipment and back in the day no italian bike maker would have used foreign stuff.

apparently:

Frame         Bianchi, 48cm. Columbus tubing. The celeste paint has a few minor scratches, the chrome on the crown, top-eyes and RH chainstay is as new.
Group         Campagnolo Super Record, complete
Freewheel         Regina Oro six speed and Regina chain
Pedals         Campagnolo Super Leggeri
Handlebars         TTT bars with Bianchi engraved stem
Saddle         Selle Italia Turbo with Bianchi lettering
Rims         Ambrosia Montreal
Tires         Tubular

I want one. I will then drink a gallon of brandy, chuck down a few grams of speed and go and have a crack at the Stelvio. Wearing a silk shirt and woollen shorts with a prime ribeye tucked under my arse.

[clm]

Any of you guys ever bonked?

[Yossarian]

[blushing] i was young, she was not so young, i thought it was love, she thought it wasn't all that...

[Bubba]

i'll look good in red and black assos though!!

This is obviously some new meaning of the word "good" 

[Simon S]

Any of you guys ever bonked?

Yep, bigtime! What fun 

[fatdoc]

i'll look good in red and black assos though!!

This is obviously some new meaning of the word "good" 

at least it not a BIB

yes, BIB

that you sir, are most foul, own!!!

[Bubba]

 

I do still own a bib, but to be fair i haven't actually worn it for quite some time....mainly because of the piss-taking i would get from you and fatboy 

[fatboySlimfast]

haven't actually worn it for quite some time

you see now theres the rub..........we learn from our mistakes.
However, Jon, you seem to be doing it in reverse........going toward lycra:not away from it
its just one step away from this

[fatdoc]

how often i have i ever learned from my mistakes??

esp. in biking... what am i up to now?? 20 visits to hospital, a week or so of hosser food, 1 operation, 1 CT scan, no sorry: 2 CT scans, and dozens of xrays.. plus the odd stitch, various scars and most disturbingly you dressed in that suit demanding your foul and wicked pleasures.

[Falling Down]

I spent the last couple of days shopping around and ended going up over my original budget somewhat and have ended up with one of these lovely machines.  The guy at my local shop in Whaley who I've used for years did me a great deal.



A Kuota Kharma from http://www.kuota.it/english.html

It's an absolute pleasure to ride but I haven't got mine yet - it should be here by next weekend.  Can't wait.

[Yossarian]

Another convert. This is getting scary - I feel a bit like David Koresh...

[webbo]

yes i keep hearing of more converts by the day.i got an e.mail from the team leader of yorkshire grit bouldering mountain bike squad to say he'd bought a road bike yesterday.
conversation at the crag these days is all round wheels,tyre choice and "is it worth paying £100 for a saddle to save a 100 grams" 

[soapy]

why yoss..?

got a meth factory up and running over at ranch apocalypse?

[SA Chris]

The Branch Yossarian stronghold is getting stocked with firearms as we speak.

[Bubba]

"is it worth paying £100 for a saddle to save a 100 grams"

No it's not, have a shit instead.

[Houdini]

So great, Bubba!

[webbo]

"is it worth paying £100 for a saddle to save a 100 grams"

No it's not, have a shit instead.

thats a coincidence as thats the same reply as i got at the time.

[Somebody's Fool]

What if you were to spend the extra £100 and have a shit?  Not only would your saddle and person be lighter, but your wallet would as well.

[fatdoc]

My pride and joy to be is still in a crate somewhere in europe..... i'm not happy - as is my credit card from the colour matching assos kit that i seem to have impulse bought 

i just wanna get hot and bothered under some swiss lycra!!!


and lose the 1/2 a stone over i'm currently packing!!

[Yossarian]

and lose the 1/2 a stone over i'm currently packing!!

The Yossarian Diet
1) Eat some pineapple, a bread roll and some crap Vietnamese coffee for breakfast.
2) 2 SIS energy bars for lunch.
3) Mystery meat and noodles for dinner.
4) Ride 521 miles.

I lost nearly a stone...

[Bowie]

went to military circuits last night at hilsborough leisure centre - nice - and there were a few freshly shaved legs (of the men variety) leaping around. in fact they looked considerably more shaved than the majority of the lady folk from that end of town. anyway, i can only deduce that by shaving legs you get fitter. as they whipped my ass.
shaving is not too far away.
ab

[soapy]

it's when you let the razor travel up past the thigh that the interest begins