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Touché.

'Cos it's fun? Roundabouts are just chicanes to be taken as fast as possible* *Provided it's safe to do so and there's no one else/cops around.

Looks like it's set up to go up steep hills like a funicular rail thing.

+1

My guess is not.

If they're out in front they should just line up next to each other and block the road so no one can get past anyway... They wouldn't even need to go fast then Edit: I haven't seen any of the coverage (apart from Cav getting his knickers in a twist yesterday) so didn't know that was what Thor's up to.

To be honest it's a race and whatever the cycling ethics involved, I don't see a problem with it unless he refuses to share the load and spend his time at the front of the train. Even as a non cyclist I can see that just tagging along behind them all and conserving energy would be just plain rude. And please, Chris, for the love of Jebus,

If it was just a laser speed gun (i.e. it wasn't an actual camera just a read out for them to see) then there's no proof of the offence and so nothing will come of it. The gun may have given them an error reading or something so they couldn't do anything about it. Usually when it's cops like that they'd have someone up the road ready to pull you over and issue the ticket on the spot... don't quote me on that though!!

Your mum.

Damn you, just saw that. My brain somehow managed to miss that bit .

One of the things with the Keirin is that the Japs gamble hugely on it though isn't it? It ain't normal I tell thee.

At least they actually keep on moving on the tour... some of those velodrome events at the Olympics are just completely f**ked up. A race where you go really f**king slow for the first 2000m and actually stop and trackstand for periods and then finally sprint the final lap and no more. Why not just do the last lap and be done with it? And don't get me started on the one where you have 100 people and a 1920's motorbike going round...

Man, you're right! He even has the Green jersey Mark's after... And that picture mentions pills

Legal notice: Not to be taken seriously at all and purely for the purposes of humour. Sorry Chris but I really couldn't resist.

What like the 'athletes' who actually stick a tube up their penis and fill their bladder with someone else's urine to try and pass drugs tests? Now that's messed up.

So why was he pissed at not retaining the green jersey? I'm not a roadie so I wouldn't be too bothered if Lance Armstrong kicked my ass on the Tour... I'd just get Fat Pants to whup his ass on a fixe anyway...

Ok, so why was Cavendish being a grumpy bugger at the end of Stage 13? Wouldn't say a word to the ITV reporter dude. If he didn't want to lose the green jersey, maybe he should've gone faster and not come 118th? Le Tour confuses me!

That was probably Martyn's demo bike... Could be wrong though.

Says the man who's never even tried a comp .

That would be no use at all on a 24" though. Agreed. I run 18/14 for comps and 18/13 the rest of the time. To be honest I can do street trials just as well with the 13- slightly less acceleration from static obviously but I still sidehop the same height and can backwheel the same. The 14 just makes it easier on nasty muddy banks and makes the bike feel lighter and flickier in comp situations.

I should point out that the main reason I run soooo many stackers is that the fork steerer is internally threaded for the topcap. I didn't want to cut the steerer down too much in case I ran out of thread, particularly as I don't have access to a tap to extend the thread. I don't need that many and it does look OTT but I'm happy with it and can't be bothered changing it now .

I've run the Echo fixed tensioner (the one built into the fixed hubs) and am currently running an Atomz sprung. I bought a Rohloff before the Atomz but didn't realise it was incompatible with either the Echo hub or Trialtech fixed I use for street. However, if your setup allows I've only ever heard good things about the Rohloff- really nicely engineered and excellent tension.

Would've looked better with white forks . Edit: Or maybe a black bar and stem .