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You know that I know that you do care and are trying desperately to prove to everyone you don't.
You're a care bearing motherfucker.
[/quote]I know youre not into cycling or anything, but is there much noise about this years Tour of Australia what with the green team starting up?
Cycling this year is gonna be a mess with the Olympics a week after the TDF. Could make the Giro the one to watch this year..
Yes im aware Ross wont like this.
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Actually I'm huge into cycling Oncy. Huuuuuuuge. I don't bother posting about it on here cos that'd be another bloody thread I get embroiled in that takes up my time. I know le tour back to front, I've been to the tour down under twice (not going this year but a bunch of mates have travelled over this weekend and are calling me incessantly), read Robbie McEwen's very interesting autobiog over Xmas, and I recently spent a small fortune on an upgraded bike (Giant TCR 1, full ultegra, but needs better wheels) and I cycle twice a week.
So anyway, your question. Well the Tour down under hasn't got much publicity since there's no Lance or Cadel (although most people appreciate Cadel's schedule meant there was no way he could do it) and also because it's in Adelaide, and Adelaide's y'know... Adelaide. The GreenEDGE team will be interesting, they're getting a heap of publicty which is mostly down to some PR and enthusiasm cos there are no real bonafide superstar names although I guess they're pinning most of their hopes on Matt goss doing some damage in the sprint categories. Going to be an interesting year for them.
Agree with you about the Giro too; although how serious some of the big names take the Olympics remains to be seen.
[/quote]Oh. I stand corrected. For some reason I thought you werent a bike fan.
Yeah I love my cycling very much. Hows the Giant? Im getting a new bike myself in the next few weeks. Not sure which yet.
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Yep, its excellent.
I'd been a specialized man for years cos I started cycling properly in the States and got the specialized one there, but a friend here got me into Giant and brought me to their store where thuis absolute superstar guy fitted me out from top to bottm. He took 2 days to do it and had me on some copmpuerized machine for hours refining the whole set up. The end result was that he lowered my seat angle by about an inch and a half, brought the handlebars forward a touch and it's made everything 1000 times better. He said I was sitting too high my whole cycling life. at first I was like this is way too low, but my speed, endurance and back have improved out of sight. The bike's good, nd I like it, but the difference made in going to see someone who knows what they're on about and spends time analysing your cycling was worth every penny.