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Wish I had thought of that one. Bradley has always been thus, but Sunday night was not the night to be Mr Meldrew, Cookey lit the bonfire (she did go on a bit though!) and Wiggins pi**ed on it...
Perhaps Cav should have been there instead? Does anyone know who nominates the 10 in the first place?
I hope that Mark Cavendish is not wearing this helmet, as his trade team wouldn't be very happy with him wearing another teams helmet.
Yes he told it like it is, but he did come over rather nonchalant about the whole affair, didn't you think. I know he's not SPOTY's greatest fan but he could have been a bit happier to be there...
like you say, cav and nicole should by rights have been up there too. but the Olympics is mainstream, world champs and the TdF aren't - people have to understand their achievement and i'm not sure that understanding was there with those two.
Im not sure wiggins has an attitude problem, he said it is. Its not a shock, a suprise or magic...they have a really hard working team and they work well together. Look at the results, yes it sounds arrogant but if its true then thats fine. Im glad hoy won though, he should be recognised for his achievements but cooke, cav etc should have had a strong shout in any other year
If it was down to pure sporting achievement in ONE Year, not 8 years, then Cookey should have walked it. Chris Hoy won because he charmed the public and he is a genuinely lovely guy and dont get me wrong was a very worthy winner, he won by almost double the vote that Hamilton got...
Wiggo's attitude problem may also explain why he got 5,000 vs Chris' 250000!!
There is no doubt that Lewis Hamilton is a tallented driver, the bitterness on other forums about Hoy's win is sour grapes. Realistically how many young kids who have been inspired by Hamilton will ever make it in Motorsport, Hamilton was in a very priveledged position having Focused(pushy) parents with lots of money, encouraging and supporting him from a very young age.
Hoy, Adlington, Wiggins, Romirez, Cooke etc have all proved their worth with performances in disciplines attainable by common people, the dedication of Cyclists and Swimmers who put many hours training in is truly praiseworthy
This will encourage the next generation to get on a bike or into a pool and to try active sport, agreed not all will compete and only a few of those will do very well, but I bet Hoy and Co. were ispired by former great Olympians like Redgrave, Coe , Ovett, Thompson, and Boardman.
Nothing against Hamilton, but I always wondered why the bookies were so convinced the British public would vote for a multi-millionaire 23 year old, who will get a shot at the World Championship every year for the next 10 if he wants it.
The Olympics only comes around once every four years.
Its a very nice feeling that cycling has been recognised. We all know how well the team did and how much effort and talent it takes to get to that level but its great that those outside cycling have noticed too. On the bbc spoty forum there are Hamilton fans going ballistic about the result, "chris who etc" saying how lewis has much more of a personality. I dont know why they are bitter. 3 gold medals at one olympics, 4 golds in total in different events is incredible. Well done to the whole gb cycling team inc, cav and pendleton who in any other year would surely have been nominated.
Bring on 2009!
HA HA - I got it sorted- checked weather forecast in week - weather for saturday was to be crap & sunday not too bad - So brownie point awarded as on wednesday i sugested a crim-bo shop for saturday - even arranged grand parents to have the off-spring. Result - shopping done in shitty weather & a good 40plus ride this morning- & the sun shines out of my bum!! HAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
recovering from a nasty virus that had me laid low all of last week, and it's left me a smoker's cough that i just can't shift - even light exercise has me hacking up lung butter like andy fordham before he halved his bodyweight - anyone else seen him recently? weird.
anyhow, no fun for me. not even 'fun' in the sense of christmas shopping. hmph. and this bloody cough's going to linger for weeks, i just know it.
The weather down here was hideous, so my long ride was on the Fortius. I've not been outside on a ride now for 10 days, so that's 7 rides on it in that time!
It's been mostly watts based intervals - 6 x 4 mins above AT or 2 x 20 mins above TT, so all pretty tough. Today I did the full Pyrenees stage on Fortius, that was up the Col du Peyresourde down to Col Azet, up and over that and then finish off with the Pla D'Adet, about 3 hours of mostly climbing. I'm really glad that the Pla D'Adet isn't on the itinerary for my Trans Pyrenees ride next summer, that is a gruesome climb.
I really want to get outside and ride, I just can't stand crapping up my nice bike, and can't get motivated to ride my not so nice bike...
Lights, would be the answer - stretch that day, that's presuming you don't have a severe weather warning where you are that makes the day not worth stretching
Tricky. I'd love to help, but I'm in the same situation myself…
Shame you don't live in the midlands - could have loaned you one!!
they look pretty good
Thanks for the info guys.
Think I have settled on the Gilles Berthoud (www.gillesberthoud.fr) touring mudguards.
They are a little wider than I wanted at 40mm wide but they meet all my other criteria perfectly...
Cheers,
P
I work that out at 5.5 samples a day… I suppose they want to get it right, and that is an awful lot of wee, if that's what the samples are.
MARCH !!!!!
how long does it take to start testing samples - we have had the test for months now , do they think there are going to be huge problems ?
I was only thinking at the weekend that you don't see butterfly bars much any more - not that you ever did in this country I suppose. They certainly give a more upright position and plenty of alternative handholds. I've ridden on them a few times and while they do feel pretty weird at first you do get used to them - they've always been popular on the trekking bikes they like on the continent. I'm not sure that there is any great advantage over a comfortable set of drops, and for a more upright position you can always flip the stem or add some spacers. Where there might be an advantage is that there might be less faffing involved in fitting them…
that's quite a specific set of requirements! off the top of my head i can only think of salmon guards that come close but they're not as wide as that, i think they're 24mm. it might be worth approcahing a framebuilder to see if they could knock you up the set you want?
if you're looking for some really fly mudguards, look no further than www.fastboyfenders.com...
Take a look at these
http://www.freemanscycles.co.uk/product2.asp?product_id=479&pname=Alloy%20Mudguards%20PW1">Spencer Alloy Mudguards PW1
There's more here… the Razors and the Race Blades are further down the same page as the Flinger
Flinger Chromo-Tec
Razor Guards
SKS Race Blade
Dude, as long as the guides are clear (not clagged with paint or cak) then they'll be fine. Fitting some cable inner will be an act of proper bike love as long as it slides in easily and doesn't pinch.
This time of year I'd be happy with a slack metal guide that's easy to flush out.
you could try www.brauns.com, they have a selection of hard and soft cases although they're not the cheapest. you might be better off seeing if you can get one from ebay, all though since it seems the cheap ones are coming from Hong Kong so there might not be time
tips for getting your bike to survive the trip: make sure you pad out the bag, bubblewrap is good. pay particular attention to the middle of the main tubes, cause they're very thin. Take the skewers out of the wheels, remove the rear mech and tape it to the chainstay. sip the bars round and zip tie them to the frame so they can't knock it in transit.
if you bought the bike over there and it's over the duty limit then technically you'll have to pay the import duty on the bike. make sure it doesn't look new
:)
Here are some more
I am not sure about the colour or decals they don't look original enough so I want to re spray it and put more classic Colnago decals on