We are living in nuclear days, yes?
I think I once knew clear days.
Things are getting fuzzier each day.
I think I once knew clear days.
Things are getting fuzzier each day.
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knewcleardaze said:We are living in nuclear days, yes?
I think I once knew clear days.
Things are getting fuzzier each day.
Tank Engine said:A moje nazwisko jest Dawid Baranowksi, milo mi pana poznac
oldborn said:Drago mi ja da smo se upoznali Dawid! Ti si rekao da živiš u Irskoj?
Tank Engine said:I got lost in the second sentence. Does that mean "Are you living in Ireland now"?
oldborn said:Excellent
Poljak u Irskoj
Tank Engine said:Apart from the fact that I'm not Polish, I just spent a quite a lot of time there. My first name is David, but obviously my surname is not Baranowski, although I'm sure that Baranowski (a real surname, Dariusz B. was a very good TTer and good climber in the early 90s) has much more in common with my real surname than Oldbornovsky has with yours. I guess from the language that you're a Southern Slav. Originally, I'm from between here and England, but not the island Cav is from. Here's a bit of that language (it just says where I'm really from)
Dw i'n dod o Gaerdydd.
Boeing said:i think I read where Mario called Jens Voigt "Boeing" about the same time I decided to log on here so it was the first thing to come to mind. I think it was Mario. no real thought into it and perhaps at the time I was going a little Jens fanboy
but it turned out to be nothing more than an invitation to the genius who is oldporn to call me Boring. Touche mofo I am down
Boeing said:but it turned out to be nothing more than an invitation to the genius who is oldporn to call me Boring. Touche mofo I am down
Tank Engine said:Pure genius. It's like crossing Borat with Lennon's "Glass Onion"
oldborn said:What did you just said?
^Most excellent! Thanks for posting that.steelciocc said:
LOL! At first glance, I had always assumed that your avatar was some sort of mercenary/terrorist. Chris doesn't scare me.sublimit said:Avatar - Chris Froome at the TOC, wrapped up against the cold...
Granville57 said:57 is neither my age nor my date-of-birth...it's a road! Granville is where it is.
It's one of favorites and I've ridden it many times.
My avatar is my one favorite sights when I'm out on a ride. It means that a fun descent awaits!
I found this video online of the route. The still-frame that appears under the title is a good indicator.
http://vimeo.com/11675289
I've no affiliation with whoever posted it (so don't blame me for the soundtrack ). You have to get about halfway in to get any appreciation for it. It's basically a series of about 10 separate climbs. The final, short descent, which is not in the video (which is bewildering to me because I swear it used to be) is so steep that you have to ride it CX-style: weight back, pump the brakes, avoid obstacles and hang on for dear life. Luckily, there's an escape ramp at the bottom for trucks to use if they lose control on the descent. I've used it a couple of times to avoid colliding with the barriers.
mewmewmew13 said:umm.....Maxiton?
waiting to hear from you....
Maxiton said:I originally came to this forum from another cycling forum. Over there, if I recall correctly, some people had been arguing that Lance Armstrong was responsible for introducing dopage to the previously wholesome world of the pro peloton. I thought that was a ridiculous assertion, so I took as my user name "Maxiton." Maxiton is, or was, the brand name for the form of amphetamines most popular with the peloton in the early 1960s. This was Jacques Anquetil's preferred brand, and while I may be mistaken, I believe it was also the brand found in Tom Simpson's jersey when he died.
I chose my Felix the Cat icon because I was tired of the Anquetil icon I'd used in the other forum, but also because Felix looks a little bit like what you see when you're on Maxiton, lol, or so they tell me. And Felix obviously has a sense of humor, a fact that suits me pretty well.
PS. It used to be, you could Google "maxiton" and come up with some pretty decent info about use of the drug in cycling. Now, mostly all you get are my posts in this forum.