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"hippy" wrote in message .. . What's your best flying 200 time Geoff? I need a lackie to follow me to the track and time runs.. hippy I don't have any training times to share mostly due to the fact that sprint training consisted mostly of motorpaced flying 500s and one on one 200m drag races. If times were recorded for the final 200m I never knew about them. In competition my fastest times a - Outdoors: 13.78 at the 2004 Vic Metro Championships. held at Brunswick - Indoors: 13.192 at the 2004 Australian Masters Track Championships at Dunk Gray in NSW. I wasn't overly impressed with my time at Dunk Gray but that might have had something to do with the Individual Pursuit that I rode earlier that same day. Next season I expect to be able to better these times by at least a second. I'm already in training for next years track season focusing specifically on the 3000m Individual Pursuit. From this training I should also have an improvement in the level of my speed and endurance which should be useful in the handicap and scratch events as well. If you want to see some serious times for the flying 200m at the Australian Masters Track Championships check out http://www.cyclingnews.com/track/?id.../ausmasters042 There were some really serious people on some equally serious machinery at this event. Geoff |
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Originally posted by Kingsle
Okay, I concede, I'm going to my room now to play with my dolls.. (lets see the innuendo appear now ) Are they presta or schraeder ? Actually, I have a substantial collection of both.. as well as a variet of lubricants... and some chains and a (chain) whip. hipp - |
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Originally posted by Drs We've got Men's and Women's, Junior's, Ope
and Master's. We've got categories for arses coming out our... yo know! Don't be afraid to get your entry in! Do you accept proxy entries? Whilst not submitting an image o "Gargantua" itself, I have found the trail of destruction it has lef behind. See here http://server103.penguinhost.net/~sb...ng/FatButtComp hippy ;- P.S. It wasn't 'really' my fat arse that did that.. it was a crash a SSWC03... or was it the crash while riding Warrandyte? Actually, i might've been that commute-dispute[1] with the dark blue ute... [1] hippy bags the copyright on this term.. commute-dispute: incident o bike vs. car on the way to/from work. Car will typically be Falcodore or a tradie's ute, driver will typically be in the wron but claim cyclist shouldn't be on the road anyway.. - |
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"hippy" wrote in message
Originally posted by Drs We've got Men's and Women's, Junior's, Open and Master's. We've got categories for arses coming out our... you know! Don't be afraid to get your entry in!* Do you accept proxy entries? Whilst not submitting an image of "Gargantua" itself, I have found the trail of destruction it has left behind. See he http://server103.penguinhost.net/~sb...g/FatButtComp/ Sorry, we've got to see the actual bum. How do we know you didn't cheat and lend your bike to Fat Albert? Hmmm? -- A: Top-posters. Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet? |
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"hippy" wrote in message . .. Originally posted by Gemma Kernich I've already had reconstructive knee surgury, not intending to do it again in a hurry. See pics 186 to 188 for photos of both the exterior and interior* of my knee! http://factotem.org/library/Photo- Album.shtml *some people may find these pics disturbing. Holy shimering oasis!! There's a board for knee reco's!! LMAO! Maybe I shouldn't be laughing, but is there ANYTHING that wont appear on the internet?! Okay, I concede, I'm going to my room now to play with my dolls... (lets see the innuendo appear now ). Can I ask how you managed that? basketball, nothing to do with riding at all. kersnap *oooooowwwccch!* *do'h* and then a two-year nightmare! Gemma |
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"Geoff" wrote in message ... Never, despite what some people say, ride without a lockring on the track. I think it was in a heat of the Austral, the guy on the mark 10m in front of me, for some unknown reason, decided he needed to backpedal to avoid the guy in front of him. He unwinds his cog and nearly takes me out as I go around the outside of him just as he looks like he is about to hit the deck. My race was basically over at this point because I now had no hope of getting onto the bunch ahead of me due to the loss of momentum incurred. I'm not sure what happened to the guy in front of me. From what I hear from others he may have copped a fine. I saw a similar thing where a kid was coming down the ramp into the pits and the gear unwound. RIght at the bottom of the ramp is a wall...... Have heard other stories where it can unwind then lock the chain against the frame, causing damage and almost instant rear wheel lock-up..... Nasty! Me too, I have the hubs on my training wheels. Do you use the splined cog and carrier setup? I also have the cranks. The only negative point on the cranks is that the chainring bolts attach directly to the spider. This I have found this to cause excessive load to be placed on the heads of the bolts (when compared to the normal setup) and the eventual result of this is the bolt head parts company from the rest of the bolt. This usually happens when doing standing starts with a 98.4" gear. Thankfully, thus far, no more than one has done this at any one time. I would not like to see what happened if two adjacent bolts broke, (Do these chainrings bend? I hope not!!). I use the carrier which would be good if I had all the miche cogs but I also use some duraace and superbe pro cogs too which then necessitate removal of the carrier. The whole system is pretty good for quick gear-changes, which is why I like not having to fiddle around with the back of the spider. Hadn't head of the heads of the bolts failing... I wonder what happens if the threads fail on the spider? I suppose it would still be possible to machine a recess for a conventional bolt. This idea I like. Currently I'm using the Dura-Ace Lockring/Chain Whip combo tool which I would still need for my campag lockrings. But for training where there are a lot of gear changes I can see this BB tool will prolong the life of my miche lockring. The shimano BB tool fits like a dream, there's no way you could mangle the lockring that way.... When it comes time to replace your Miche wheelnuts you can also use the cheaper than Shimano, but better than Miche, Suzue ones. Be warned, you need to get the correct type of Suzue nut to fit the Miche axle. Different model Suzue hubs use different axle threads. yup, www.businesscycles.com has a fantastic resource with all the threads, bolt patterns, BB lengths and tapers etc etc. All things track. The only thing I don't like about the miche groupset is the bottom bracket. I have trouble keeping it done up, which is a big worry. Cheers Gemma |
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"Gemma Kernich" wrote in message ... I wonder what happens if the threads fail on the spider? I suppose it would still be possible to machine a recess for a conventional bolt. The possibility of this event has crossed my mind as well. Hopefully inserting a helicoil would fix it. I'm even thinking of helicoiling all the bolt holes on the spider prior to next season just to see how it goes. If it's looks like it's a winner I'll then maybe do my pursuit cranks as well. It's a possibility these threads are already helicoils. I haven't looked too closely at this. I might give the distributor, Paul Hillbrick, a call sometime to see if he knows anything about the strength of these threads. yup, www.businesscycles.com has a fantastic resource with all the threads, bolt patterns, BB lengths and tapers etc etc. All things track. I know that site well. The only thing I don't like about the miche groupset is the bottom bracket. I have trouble keeping it done up, which is a big worry. Not good. I've heard of a case involving problems with tightness in their Miche BB's but to date mine has been fine. Have you tried anything along the lines of applying the appropriate Wurth, Loctite or similar to the threads to stop it from unwinding? Geoff |
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Originally posted by Gemma Kernich basketball, nothing to do wit
riding at all. kersnap *oooooowwwccch!* *do'h* and then a two-yea nightmare 2 years of healing?? I sook when I'm off the bike for a month (week day, etc :P) Glad I quit basketball with bones intact.. hipp - |
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Originally posted by Gemma Kernich I saw a similar thing where a ki
was coming down the ramp into the pits and the gear unwound. RIght a the bottom of the ramp is a wall...... Have heard other stories wher it can unwind then lock the chain against the frame, causing damage an almost instant rear wheel lock-up..... Nasty Well, I've got my Miche groupset now and it does indeed have a lockring so no issue there. It sounds like dropping a chain or unwinding lockring are non-fun activities.. if I stay off the fence long enough I'll try to avoid either happening. ; The only thing I don't like about the miche groupset is the botto bracket. I have trouble keeping it done up, which is a big worry Tried some kind of thread locker? Greased it? (You'd know better than m - maybe it's just a dodgy one? Looking at this Miche stuff, it's almost too good to install : What kind of training are you trackies doing in the off season? Ridin the track when it's dry? Road interval stuff, ergo training hipp - |
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"hippy" wrote in message .. . What kind of training are you trackies doing in the off season? Riding the track when it's dry? Road interval stuff, ergo training? hippy As soon as racing finished in Sydney at the Masters Champs the bars, chain, wheels, pedals and chainrings came of the track bike. The bike was placed in it's bag with the both sets of wheels and it hasn't seen the light of day since. It's gone into hibernation for the winter. As for training it's still all systems go. Training at the moment is made up of two hard ergo sessions per week, two recovery rides which are simply an easy ride to work and back (58kms return) which, if its raining in the morning (and when I say raining I don't mean mere showers), becomes a 1hr evening ergo session. I have no problem riding home in the rain, I just hate the trip to work. Friday is rest day. The weekend is usually a Road/Crit Race on one of the days and a longer recovery ride 70km+ (but usually no longer than 140km) on the other day. I also have just started a personalised exercise program designed by the VIS Cycling Program to target a few physical problems and weaknesses that I have. I do this program 3 times a week and it takes about 1.25 hrs per session to get through. I should start to see the benefit of this in the next few weeks but for now it's just a lot of sore muscles and really early mornings. btw. This is the Ergo I use for my training www.rickleonard.com.au I bought the frame only optiion and built it up myself. I am using the resistance unit from a Tacx "Cycleforce Swing" Mag Trainer. This is probably the best Mag resistance unit out there IMHO. It's got a really heavy flywheel that gets you smoothly over the dead spot at the top of your pedal stroke and allows for really "Low Cadence - High Power" training. Geoff |
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