Recent content by Saddlesaw

As someone else said The death of Marco Pantani, and From Lance to Landis - Inside the American Doping Controversy at the Tour de France - David Walsh (my favorite)

What a fantastic week! I'm a local I guess as I live in Torquay and loved every minute of this event. We set up a marquee at the top of the Queens Rd Climb (the second one) and were there for all of the racing since Friday. Great spot! As you say it was such a blast to see all the big names...

Thanks Dekker... +1

Thought I would share a photo I took coming home from the race in Ballarat today. Cancellara pacing back into Geelong at 70km/hr behind his team car.....and in Australia, who would have thought.........:D [/IMG]

Quote from CN article..... "“If I want to fly to the world championships in Australia this coming Wednesday, I must clear my head for a few days first, regenerate my body, and load the batteries again,” he wrote on his personal website. " ......he's not planning to bring that bike...

Finding a special order is great. I know a guy into Shelby's who found a '68 GT500 KR Convertible in a car yard (virtually a wreckers) in Japan. He had been searching for this specific car as it had been presented to the Emperor by Ford/Shelby and then disappeared. Its a long term resto...

Top, I confess that I don't know anything about Lambo's really but see that they were released (to the public) in Late Jan 1990. Forbes died in Late Feb 1990 so did he ever take ownership or was it a case of ordered but not delivered? It must be a really early production number?

Thanks usedtobefast...sorted now (I signed up to photobucket)! So I have added a better shot of the Shelby (they're American Racing BTW):D here they are for those who couldn't be a$$ed before

I too have had a passion for cars for years....ranging from British classics to American Muscle.....these two have both gone now, but the first photo is my fav of all that I've owned...pure badass... I loved that car! The second (Mach 1) took me 7 years to rebuild from a wreck..

'Fleche' .....if he doesn't become a professional rider he can always star in a certain genre of adult film as a pool man....:D Or 'Rundfahrt'.....I know my kids did a lot of that.

Earlier this year I was riding my MTB in Northern Laos and shredded a chicken with my front wheel as it ran out of a shack beside the road. Funny thing was the chook emerged the other side and other than an explosion of feathers, which made the Belgian guy riding beside Pi$$ himself laughing, I...

...shaved my legs......:rolleyes: every male non cyclist on the planet would see that as extreme..........

Lots of 'em... depends how far and how hard you want. there is a great Bellarine loop which from the park you're in would be about 120k, or another out over the Barrabool hills looping back through Bells beach and Torquay for about 90k. Shorter rides out to Barwon Heads and back along the...

Rant On...........What a ridiculous and unwarranted statement. It is typical though why am I surpised by this uninformed crap you would think that there has been enough stereotypical treatment of aussies without this....besides we've only been like this since we lost the World Cup to the Poms...

Well I have lived in Sydney and now live on the Surf Coast not far from Geelong and while I have experienced rednecks and intollerance from drivers down here (and posted a few tongue in cheek comments about them) there really is no comparison to Sydney. I think it's OTT to suggest that...