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Breaking News! No more foreign riders in the Tour de France!



 
 
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Old April 1st 06, 01:01 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/l79on

Sheldon "Won't Be Entering This Year" Brown
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Old April 1st 06, 01:33 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Top fish to the French!


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Old April 1st 06, 07:39 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/l79on

Sheldon "Won't Be Entering This Year" Brown
+------------------------------------+
| France, France...if not for you, |
| the world would be alone! |
| --Victor Hugo |
+------------------------------------+
Harris Cyclery, West Newton, Massachusetts
Phone 617-244-9772 FAX 617-244-1041
http://harriscyclery.com
Hard-to-find parts shipped Worldwide
http://captainbike.com http://sheldonbrown.com

Does this mean up-and -coming young Swede, Lirpa Loof, will be unable to
compete?


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Old April 1st 06, 08:53 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/l79on

Sheldon "Won't Be Entering This Year" Brown


Time to break out those 'freedom fries'! Another excellent 1st April
posting Sheldon :-)

Cheers, helen s

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Old April 1st 06, 08:56 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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http://tinyurl.com/l79on

Good grief. What with this, and airlines banning Sweden's national dish[1],
it seems narrow-minded -- and, frankly, quite foolish -- officialdom is
rampant in the world!

{1} See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4867024.stm


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Old April 1st 06, 09:09 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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OK it is 09.06 here and I've got a bad head - it was my mate Bob's
fault - he knows I am weak and that never I never refuse another pint.

This is a wind up right?


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Old April 1st 06, 09:12 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Oh God just realised April 1st!


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Old April 1st 06, 10:39 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/l79on


Presumably riding a TIME frame with Mavic wheels, Velox rim tape,
Michelin tyres and tubes, TIME chainset with LOOK pedals, a Mavic chain
and Mavic derailleur.

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Tony

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Old April 1st 06, 11:45 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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I can't believe anyone fell for this; almost as good as the
uk.recycling thread ;-)

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Old April 2nd 06, 12:07 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Simon Bennett wrote:
wrote:
Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/l79on

Good grief. What with this, and airlines banning Sweden's national
dish[1], it seems narrow-minded -- and, frankly, quite foolish --
officialdom is rampant in the world!

{1} See: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4867024.stm


Trouble is, it seems as if Surstromming does exist.
http://www.escapeartist.com/efam32/swedish.html
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Martin Bulmer





 




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