Sur La Plaque: Rule #33

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• @Steampunk

  My enduring complaint about Rule #33 is that the BFGs are so damn big that by the time I've finished shaving the second one, the first one isn't compliant anymore.

  Dude, that's why you were born with two hands.

• @PeakInTwoYears

  Think about where you might contract road rash. If you have a rash where your thighs meet your ball sack ("baw sack" in Glaswegian), that is not road rash and there is no need to shave there. Up the outside of the leg to the glutes? Affirmative.

  I'm partly Rule #33 compliant after an inguinal hernia op.

• It looks all kinds of awesome, and you get to exhibit the war wounds.

  Remember, as Kanuanua says, chicks dig scars

  Don't quite know what bizarre recreational pastime these chaps are participating in though

• @Dan_R

  +1 Frank! Rule #33!

  I am struggling today. I am announcing the winner of our little FB contest on the shop page and while the entire all-star all-time Team Paniagua p/b Cafe Roubaix is near ready for its official presentation, I am one cyclist short. I need one more master of The V to represent all that is great in our sport and I have come to blank for the "Management" selection. The team consists of the following, as voted on FB by our fans:

  DS - Marc Madiot

  Team - The Prophet, Major Taylor, Edwig Van Hooydonck, Christophe Bassons, Ryder Hesjedal, Jens, Faboo, and Sean Kelly.

  I have narrowed my general manager selection to this short list:

  De Vleaminck, Bauer, Coppi, Bartali, Pantani, Magni, Kupier, The Badger, Fignon, LeMan.

  Fuck me with chopsticks...

  Since you are looking for someone as boss, why not The Boss, Rik Van Steenbergen.  Seems to be an obvious choice for the shop.

• lycra shorts and hairy legs look terrible. I may not be completely compliant with every rule, but this is a biggie for me. And as far as someone questioning your sexuality, that is there issue not yours.

• This is an unbreakable one for me. Even if injured and on enforced rest, Rule #33 compliance is a must.

• @Mike_P that is when it is most vital, serving as a nice visual cue that though they may not be loaded, the guns are still there for firing.

• @Mike_P

  This is an unbreakable one for me. Even if injured and on enforced rest, Rule #33 compliance is a must.

  Opps. I tend to hibernate during winter (Melbourne) as long leg warmers hide my laziness to Rule #33.

  Bugger - breaking Rule #33 also breaks Rule #1 and Rule #2.

  Off to the naughty corner for me

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• @sthilzy

  @Mike_P

  This is an unbreakable one for me. Even if injured and on enforced rest, Rule #33 compliance is a must.

  Opps. I tend to hibernate during winter (Melbourne) as long leg warmers hide my laziness to Rule #33.

  Bugger - breaking Rule #33 also breaks Rule #1 and Rule #2.

  Off to the naughty corner for me

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  My brother did the first computer survey and analysis of pollution in your old muddy Yarrah River, back in the early '70s. Obviously he missed the dioxins etc that your parents must have ingested. We, of a different species, in the more temperate north, have less of a need to comply frequently with Rule  #33. Do you use mechanical shears?   Or do you persist with the classical Gillett blade?

  Do you know that you could sell the off cuts of that luxuriant growth for mucho moula for use in stuffed toys?