[VecchioJo]

Team Sky will be calling soon
Team Sky will be calling soon then

[VecchioJo]

i’m in, under my nom-de-route
i’m in, under my nom-de-route ‘Burt Van Rental’

[VecchioJo]

i’m on cyclogs and in a team
i’m on cyclogs and in a team already, i can be on two teams at once yeah?

[VecchioJo]

and Kent was nice.
do your
and Kent was nice.

do your spuds have fleas?

[VecchioJo]

generally speaking they will
generally speaking they will be fine, people use 700C wheels for cyclo-cross and all sorts of other rufty-tufty riding

obviously don’t crash through holes and up and down kerbs like you would on your mtb and instead employ a certain amount of ‘finesse’ and ‘common sense’

[VecchioJo]

Pro: Lots of people talking
Pro: Lots of people talking about bikes.

Con: “Why aren’t you in the Tour De France?”.

[VecchioJo]

it’s highly unlikely there
it’s highly unlikely there will be any food vans, take a small rucksack and stock up on snacks and drinks from somewhere in town

if you don’t want to climb Ventoux with lunch on your back you’ll have to climb to the top, ride to the bottom, load up on food and go back up again to a vantage point to collapse in a small sausage and beer shaped heap

be aware that Bedoin and the whole area will be very busy on the day so finding somewhere to park your car could be a bit of a verge-side lottery

[VecchioJo]

on the day of the race the
on the day of the race the climb will be closed to motorised traffic and becomes a bit of a leisurely free-for-all with riders and spectators struggling up the hill to reach their vantage points or just to get to the top

as soon as the Caravan Of Crap promotional cavalcade arrives, preceding the Tour riders, everyone clears out the way to let the peleton go past, or runs alongside, getting in the way

if you get up early enough you’ll be able to climb the hill unhindered and then descend back down to a handy place by the side of the road to watch

[VecchioJo]

it’s the ginger step-child

it’s the ginger step-child of fashion

[VecchioJo]

Cadel Evans….

Crazy
Cadel Evans….

Crazy Frog…

[VecchioJo]

a while back i was completely
a while back i was completely off the bike for a couple of months with injury, my first time back on the bike was a gentle ride along the main road into town, something i’d normally do without even thinking

but because i wasn’t used to it, and maybe forgotten how bad it could be, it totally scared the crap out of me, cars being driven too fast and too close and pulling out of junctions as if i wasn’t there, constantly having to dodge potholes, worrying that car doors would open on me and all the usual terrors

by my second ride all my defense mechanisms and reactions were up to speed but it made me realise why people don’t cycle much

[VecchioJo]

more to the point, as
more to the point, as triathletes don’t usually wear cycling-shorts when do they know where to take it easy with the Bic? do they keep going past the Speedos and stop at the nipples, or is the natural nap of body-hair handy for aquadynamics?

i remembered i’ve had [url=http://road.cc/content/blog/4029-shave]some thoughts[/url] about shaving before.

[VecchioJo]

Jon Burrage wrote:yeah thats

Jon Burrage wrote:

yeah thats a point, where is the ‘line’ to stop shaving?!

i could draw the line on my legs with Magic Marker and take a picture if you wanted
😉

[VecchioJo]

Eastbourne?
Eastbourne?

😕

[VecchioJo]

all of the above, and you can
all of the above, and you can get into some humourously involved discussions with girls about shaving regimes, techniques and product, and you can piss off your girlfriend when your legs are better than hers.

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