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They tried three times to stop him, that would have made excellent viewing for TV !

been thinking about a new frame lately and are seriously considering aluminium for the first time in a long time. It seems monocoque carbon frames are strong in the directions the force is intended to be applied, but are prone to fail/break if force is applied any other way. An example I have...

Couldn't find it

http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/video/114265667770/mars-cycling-australia-road-national-championships-men-s-road-race This should cover it in brief.

Seriously how good was that ? Short of Marianne Voss in the worlds road race European cycling is cr@p ! And let's not mention the joke that the Americas put forward as an event. Australian cycling is it, full stop. A quote from the finish in Buninyong broad cast on SBS: "Well here's the...

I agree, Ballarat....yawn....ditto for SA sharing it around would make for a more exciting event and while I'm at it, live TV coverage ! It amazes me that I have almost four versions of the same domestic free to air channels all showing the same show? Surely they could use these channels better...

What I don't get with the contaminated meat argument is how does China compete in anything anywhere with out a fair percentage of their athletes testing positive for it since it's a banned WADA substance ? How many members of the Chinese team tested positive to Clenbuterol at the Olympics? If it...

While on the topic....

Personally the greatest scientific reason why Sky will dominate in my opinion is the fact that they have access to the metric system.

The twenty odd seconds has more to do with me than the tyres, with these new tyres when I head into a corner fast they feel very unstable almost like they are starting to slide a bit. The old worn out set, same brand GP4000 just stuck and you could feel the G forces pushing you down into the...

Still impatient but these tyres are a good twenty seconds slower over a 6.4 k descent that I regularly do (admittedly they have only seen just over six hour use) . It had me wondering if pro racers race on tyres straight out of the box or do they wear them in first and put them away for race day...

Thanks for that, it has never bothered me until now. The idea of sanding them of did occur to me but wasn't sure I wouldn't end up with more problems than it was worth. Anyway they're almost gone today, the main reason I was getting impatient is I want to get a few more fast descents in before...

Does anyone have any tricks to remove the 'daggy' bits of rubber left over from the moulding process that are on new tyres and just wearing them in ? I just fitted a new set of GP4000 and consider them a bit scary when descending now on new ones. They seem to slip around a bit unlike the old...