Velominatus: ChrisO
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An Aussie, transplanted to Britain and living in Abu Dhabi. One wife, two cats, three kids and four bikes. I'm a TV person - originally in journalism but now management, consultancy and project management. I aim to ride 10,000km a year and mostly I do. I love club and group riding and would like to do more racing.
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@Beers Innocent until proven guilty doesn’t mean people can’t have doubts – otherwise how would Armstrong ever have been found out. People like Betsey Andreu were prepared to point fingers and others like Walsh and Kimmage were prepared to voice doubts… »
@Mikael Liddy For all the opprobrium that is rightly attached to Ferrari as an apparently unrepentant dope-master, he is/was also someone who seems to have brought a lot to training and preparation (not only ‘preparation’) well ahead of Sky and others. S… »
@frank Well this was Evan’s tweet just now “Uphill TT done here at the Giro: Nibali in a class of his own. Evans -if I may say so myself- abysmal….” »
Hmmm… rider holds off all challenges in mountains with ease then smashes time trial by massive margin. I’m staring to get a sense of deja vu. »
@Deakus Vacansoleil and Androni are riding Bianchis with Campag. And Bardiani ride Colnago. You’ve got 4 teams (at least) riding all-Italian bikes, and two of those are Italian teams. That leaves 15 teams with a range of Italian, French, German, America… »
@Deakus The chances of an Italian on an Italian bike with Italian Gruppo winning any stage are fairly high in the Giro. In any case Visconti had been tipped as a possible stage winner yesterday. And it wasn’t as if the peloton forgot to chase – they had… »
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It works the other way too. Over the next few months in Dubai it will take much motivation to go out and lose 5% of body weight to the heat. Some people need an event or a target to get themselves through these periods. I’ve always found the group ride … »
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@DerHoggz Tyres are articles of belief… for every person who swears by one type, there will be another who thinks they offer as much comfort, traction or protection as a child’s balloon. I assume we’re talking clinchers… I will get Conti GP4000 if I … »
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@Ron I found some of their recipes a bit tricky to get the right consistency – the rice and banana pancakes were a disaster, and their granola is also dubious. However I do like the book particularly for what JACD214 describes – the descriptions and the … »
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@sthilzy Weeping baby Merckx… Frank’s seatpost looks very low in that photo. »
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@G’rilla @T-Bone I agree, it is an awesome photo. It’s the girl’s hair and her expression that make it for me – she is trying to resist being sucked into The V-ortex of Merckx’s slipstream. You can see that the smaller child behind was also being pulled… »
@TBONE On what distance/time rides would you consume all that ? Seems quite a lot. @Ron Certainly on long solo rides it is hard to maintain concentration – the mind wanders and I have had a couple of times when I’ve suddenly found myself about to ride in… »
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@ped Wow, you’ve got orbs on your feet. I’ve just got some Gaerne shoes – they are lovely. I don’t know if they light up like that though, but it isn’t such an issue in Dubai. If I get hit it will be someone in a Range Rover Sport doing 160km/h on the… »
@Chris She could have run him over and then backed up to make sure and she’d get off with a ban and suspended sentence. But make a joke about blowing something up and you’re sent to Devil’s Island. »
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Since it would be impossible to get a result with my previous selection I can’t really do any worse… can I ? VSP PICKS (2nd Rest Day Swaps): 1. Evans 2. Nibbles 3. Santambrogio 4. Scarponi 5. Uran »
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@Erik Andersen You have spectacularly mis-interpreted the article. The point is that many people who don this gear seem to adopt an attitude that it offers them protection, when the greatest risks they face are from poor riding based on a mistaken sens… »
I could almost understand that Shrug thing if it came down a little further at the front. But as it sits above the breasts it means that in cold and rain I suspect they will need to be reaching for the nipple lube. »
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I’ve pulled the trigger on a set of Enve 3.4 today, including a Powertap. Unfortunately the LBS default setting is for fishing tackle so I have to wait until they get a Campag freehub in, but even holding them felt lovely. And I’m also looking forward t… »
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@Mikael Liddy Weeping baby Merckx… there’s been enough posted in the last hour to justofy a UN mandate for armed intervention in Australia, known as Operation HTFU. Starting with the vegans… »
@The Grande Fondue You are fucking kidding me. There are people riding around like that – seriously ? I’m equally gobsmacked by the idea that people have a helmet which they think is going to protect them in a crash, but they need additional countermea… »
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@mouse I don’t think it’s just that Mouse. There is some scepticism about just how bad it really was and that some people are using it as the excuse for Wiggin’s poor showing. Yes he would have won the TT, but before that stage everyone was saying he s… »
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@HeinrichHausslersHairstyle WTF ? »
@unversio All things in moderation, even riding. I think that to stay cycling-fit long-term I need to be doing some other stuff as well so that I use muscles differently and don’t become completely cycling-specific. That doesn’t necessarily mean not ri… »