We’re heaping coals on the Giro frenzy that’s burning in all corners of the Cycling world by issuing the second installment of the monthly BigRingRiding Sur la Plaque series while at the same time kicking off the Six Days of the Giro series where we’ll post six articles on the subject of this, the best Grand Tour of the year.
Yours in Cycling, Frank
IT’S GIRO TIME, IT’S SPRING. COME CORRECT ON Rule #33 PEOPLE, OR YOU’RE LETTING THE FUCKING SIDE DOWN. GINO AND FAUSTO WOULD NOT BE HAPPY.
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@DocBrian
Having given the usual Nsalut attraction to Vic, I will be there,mistaking at my brothers innHigh Street Road (opposite the college) in Oct for the "LEGEND."
Spellcheck errors above: Read "Nsalut" as "salute". Read "mistaking" as "staying." Read "innHigh" as "in High" . Damn the spellcheck!
@DocBrian
Actually yes! When coming out of hibernation use electric clippers followed by a Gillette Mach 3 blade. Use foam followed by Nivea, or Palmers cocoa butter
@sthilzy
Great work. Might run into you Ding to. Doing the 100 from Sorrento. Mainly because my young nephew is doing it for the first time and I want to ride with him. A great event. Kudos, Melbourne.
The "Ding" of course is the Around the Bay. Spell bug strikes again! Would have done the 250, but want to ride withe my newbie nephew.
It seems I have a problem here, advice from the Keepers required please!
Despite being a life-long Rule #33 dodger (for which read MTBer), I took our recent sunny training camp as the perfect time to become fully rule compliant. The guns looked great after 2 weeks of hills, sun and Rule #5, so imagine my surprise when my lovely and normally very understanding (and God knows I've put her through a lot!) VMH voiced her displeasure, bordering on disgust. Who knew that she has 'a thing' for my hairy pins? After 10 years together, I certainly didn't. Anyway, Rule #33 compliance has been expressly forbidden to the point of threatening witholding certain... services. Considering she really wants a Velominipper, the threat is a serious one. I've tried everything including crashing to prove that bandages stick better (unintentional, got wiped out in a crit, but the scuffs and scrapes need covering) but the stance remains firm. So how should I get round this? I don't want Rule #33 dispensation, I'd rather be smooth and sleek, but I'm struggling to find a way around this one.
Over to the Velomihierarchy!
@Fausto
So SHE wants the Velonipper... as far as I recall, that requires your involvement, Rule #33 compliant or not. Call her bluff.
My Velomissus was also opposed to shaving my legs but I just did it, and she had the grace not to complain afterwards. Though she still looks a little uncomfortable when I tell her I took so long in the bathroom because I was shaving.
Been on some job interviews lately, and I ensure that I'm fully compliant the morning before each one. It puts me in fighting form for the day, ready to slay the dragons both on and off the road.
@DocBrian
Ow. Why were you lifting heavy things? Heal quickly.
@Fausto
Exposure therapy.
If she's phobic about it, help her to heal. Be "reasonable" with her, "compromise," and shave only before "big events." Over time, as gradually gets over her response, the "big events" can come more and more frequently, until they consist of your daily rides...