I think your mortgage lenders can look forward to many more years of interest from you… 😉

Day off today. Letting my legs get over yesterday’s climbfest. Will mostly be teaching our eldest to ride instead.

quick Qu: what time do the stages start – I cant find it on the tdf site.
they vary. Today’s is 12:45 (French time). You can find this info on http://www.letour.fr

maybe this means he feels to prove himself before he can get the others to ride for him?
on yesterday’s showing he’s got a fair way to go then…

http://www.justin.tv/zabava_live_/popout

The single advantage of a turbo trainer is that you don’t have to go outside in the biting cold/wind/rain etc in the worst of the winter.

I really worry about people like that. They obviously don’t enjoy cycling. Why on earth would a bit of weather stop you riding?

There are lots of advantages to a turbo trainer. One of which being that you can control much more closely the training that you’re doing. If you’re just into arsing around on a bike, I can see why people might not see the appeal.

Those masochists (you know who you are) who can do up to three hours on one really get my respect/revulsion.
haha. what about those who can do up do 6 hours? 😉

Ummmmmmmm, once again, for the millionth time, Dave Millar ‘fessed up’ when they found the empty vials in HIS FLAT.

He didn’t volunteer the info, he ‘fessed up’ when they caught him with his hand in the bloody till…

He tested positive at the 2001 Tour?
oh no, that’s right. he didn’t.

They found the vials at the 2003 Worlds?
oh no, that’s right, they didn’t.

and so on.

That Scottish rider D***d M*ll*r shouldn’t get a mention in the cycling press except as a loser.
but the thing is, Millar has ‘fessed up. Armstrong just keeps on pulling the wool over numpties’ eyes.

If he wins he’s a cheat, if he loses he is a failure
no, if he wins he’s a cheat, if he loses he’s a cheat. Same as most of the others.

steady state is counter productive.
no it isn’t.

uponthedowns – Member

I have a bike, well, several bikes, because I like cycling.

In your back garden?
In my back garden, in my conservatory, in my garage. In the Alps, in the Pyrenees, in the Cascades. On the track. In woods. On moors. On the L1015. On the J2/1. On the A62. etc. Anything involving a bike really.

BURN THE HERETIC

Why do you have a bike in that case?
??

I have a bike, well, several bikes, because I like cycling.

[applauds woody2000]

[checks Roche share price]

once you get past the second use/hate thing, you start to love it. The more you use it, the more fun it gets.

meh

The land of Prince’s
he’s bought Wales?
Slave to the record companies my @rse.
Still, chucking his money away. Unless he likes slate and incest.

good point, well made.

Plenty of good stuff on line, and the sufferfest podcasts are a great starting point.
Using mine in the garden in this weather. Lovely.

From a foreigner’s PoV:
English – drink warm, stale beer, eat baked beans, wear 3 Lions shirt
Welsh – Giggs and sheep
Scottish – talk funny (like Germans), play stoopid instruments, all are ginger
Northern Irish – Irish who are English.

almost.
After conducting an in-depth survey of lots of foreign types, I can confirm that it actually goes as follows:
English – drink warm, stale beer, eat baked beans, wear 3 Lions shirt
Welsh – Inbred leek-crunching cottage-burning yokels who would be better off if somebody just nuked the entire ‘country’
Scottish – talk funny (like Germans), play stoopid instruments, all are ginger
Northern Irish – Irish who are English.

has the decision been made as to whether Boonen can ride yet? Should be sometime today.

It has, and he can. Right decision, that.

Williams sisters
you appear to have written ‘sisters’ instead of ‘brothers’. [Shudder]

Shorts and T shirt will be fine.
Hurrah – an all-male ladies final.

For the wicking to work, they need to have a decent bit of sock exposed to the passing airflow.. Hence “trainer” socks are useless.
yes. there’s no airflow in the shoes themselves, no siree. No ventilation, no airflow channels in the soles, nothing. I take it you’ve never even seen a pair of bike shoes?!

Certainly never wear socks when I’m testing and not been picked up for it…
Mind you most people wear oversocks now so you’d be hard pushed to see if anyone was wearing them or not.

bike socks
what, like Porelle Drys?
Surely nobody wears socks on a bike unless it’s really bloody cold, do they?

No, I have never made an insurance claim on anything so certainly not fraudulently. Would I if my car burnt out? Probably

Scumbag. Probably.

not so good if you’re riding out when you get to the other end though
left luggage? Jersey pocket? Give to a homeless type?

put the bike in a **** big bag. That way it’s oversized baggage, not a bike. Always works for me on Pendolinos, ‘full’ or not…

my 2yr old macbook (plastic) falling apart at the seams. Would go for the alu version personally.
Oh and whichever you get, buy a few spare Magsafe power adaptors…

Far from it. A spot of pedantry livens up any morning.

Ace pics btw

‘de’?
‘Cairngorms’ is a plural, is it not?
That’s almost as bad as ‘Etape du Dales’.

Now write it out a thousand times. and if it’s not done by sunrise, I’ll cut your balls off.

racist pot

it’s illegal to cull seagulls

correct. However, fisting them or using them for wolfbagging is positively smiled upon in parts of the country.

Evans isn’t helped by his team being more useless than 8 STWers out on a baggy shorted, visored up road ride. They’ve left Charlie Wegelius out for god’s sake.

seriously? hadn’t seen that.

Hmmm. Team leader isolated every time road went upwards last year. Let’s sign some teammates who are good at hills. And then not select them.
Mentalists…..

Contador wins nothing by beating Lance

apart from the Tour de France??

Contador is the best cyclist since Merckx. He’s going to end up with so many grand tour victories. Unfortunately, he’s not a loud-mouthed yank, so the plebs won’t realise that he’s actually a far superior rider than Armstrong ever was.

Armstrong in the top 3? no chance. Levi will be up there, but Armstrong ain’t got a hope in hell unless Contador and Levi explode spectacularly.

What handlebars were they? Carbon Time Trial thingies?
spot on. integrated carbon tribars. Lovely. Totally unnecessary, mind. But, you know, 2 seconds is 2 seconds. The kids can always go barefoot 😉