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Order: Black Order Velominatus
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@Jamie That was probably the world’s quickest google search. Does he get called Pynchon-esue at all? (When he’s not being called fucking disgusting) »
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Bike too small? Looks pretty short in the tt. Dunno if you’d want or need a 60 cm track bike, but perhaps a 200mm stem would get you in the right spot. Congratulations on the ride, I missed the streaming bit cos I was out riding but it looked great. The … »
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@girl Exactly. I care very little for what other people do with their bikes, given that I’m a massively selfish human being. Im not to proud to ‘deselect’ myself from a bunch and ride by myself for a while if the bunch shits me, and I don’t have a point… »
@scmtns Yeah sure sure, and I bet 15 years ago you had sex with women and lived in a palace with a talking frog. Rule #0 round here is don’t be a dick, it’s assumed to be so obvious that it doesn’t need to get written down but everyone needs a reminder no… »
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@Rob A personal favourite is counting laps for riders, “1, 2, 2, 3, 2, (silence) 3, 4, 6…..” Others are “your bike’s fucked” with no further explanation. “Frank the tank!” Down a beer for every lap. After ten or so minutes it won’t matter what you… »
@frank Yo have the best cycling shoes in existence. »
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@scaler911 Yarp. In Aus there are 3 or 4 large industrial operations (very slick, plenty of money for lobbying, supply supermarkets, fast food, bakery chains etc) and a few thousand small producers who do it for local supply/true organic. Just like any ga… »
@Jamie I’m not a religious man but Jesus Fucking Christ. »
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@Gianni As far as lugged carbon goes, it must be like suspenders and belts, those bikes are not going to crack at the joints. And they look badass. The Serotta has a lifetime guarantee so that says something. Be careful with this. One international … »
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@DerHoggz Fuck no Roo’s awesome. Its the most viable animal on this continent in terms of converting what grows here (two thirds of fuck all) to protein. The local government culls the roos regularly as well, (that’s a separate argument but it stops the… »
In a past life I did some work on behalf of lobby groups, specifically chicken producers and farmers. While I have a lot of respect and time for most farmers, the things the lobbyists wanted to be allowed to do would make Marcus choke on his pet donkey. F… »
@brett Fucking pervert. At least you’re starting to sound like a proper New Zealander now. »
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@frank Seat’s too low. »
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@Bespoke Stretch. Glutes, hip flexors and hammies. And do some sit ups if you want your lower position to stick! »
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@Mrs Engine And this! »
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Apron? The Cote d’Azure. Look at where we are, these things matter. »
@scaler911 That is fucking insane. You shouldn’t let him stand up for 24 hours before he tries to do this. He’s going to be so fucked afterwards that he probably won’t be able to ride for a considerable period of time. So, so, so fucking stupid. I’d pi… »
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@scaler911 Sweet baby jeebus. For every completely awesome restored tandem you bust out something like this. How do you even use that thing? If I google it am I going to have to burn my laptop afterwards? »
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May be preaching to the choir but moving your cleats back on your shoe can help with hot foot. Couple of mm back can make a big difference and you may want to lower your saddle a bit as well. Steve Hogg’s got a good guide to setting up cleats. »
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@brett And that female triathlete who came into the shop after doing a brick session stinking to high heaven and kept on farting while you were talking to her. The weird thing was it looked like she was into you and was on the verge of asking you out. I … »
@wiscot I had the same happen a few years ago (dad, relationship, work upheaval) and poured a lot of ugly energy out on the bike. With the benefit of hindsight a few things I did at that time helped, a lot didn’t, but the bike was one of the great ones…. »
If you do this to it though, I’ll hunt you down. Crimes against bikes that should be punished with castration by stem collision. »
@pistard That thing’s beautiful. Do it now if you haven’t already, it looks immaculate. Might want modern pedals and maybe crank if it’s a funky bcd but that thing is grouse. »