Unaugural 8.0 - Roll Call
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From: Nev.. on 12 May 2010 03:34 On 12/05/2010 4:03 PM, Diogenes wrote: >> Locking the rear is different to powerslides............. >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DARsTJkqBXs > > Yep, that's exactly the riding style that'll get you killed on public > roads. You seem very sure, for an agnostic. Where's your evidence? Nev.. '08 DL1000K8
From: Diogenes on 12 May 2010 03:49 On Wed, 12 May 2010 17:34:52 +1000, "Nev.." <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote: >On 12/05/2010 4:03 PM, Diogenes wrote: > >>> Locking the rear is different to powerslides............. >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DARsTJkqBXs >> >> Yep, that's exactly the riding style that'll get you killed on public >> roads. >You seem very sure, for an agnostic. Where's your evidence? I'm an agnostic about the existence (or otherwise) of god. I am not an agnostic about every other thing you fuckwit. Evidence? I need evidence to voice a personal opinion? Go flech Theo. He's having cognitive problems as well at the moment. ================= Onya bike Gerry
From: PostmanPat on 12 May 2010 04:15 On May 11, 9:51 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: > > <ignoring BTH's witty response> ;-P > > Didn't touch the front brake! AND I remembered Lemmiwinks' exhortation - > 'when in doubt, wind it out' on the previous lot of corrugations, and bumped > my way over those, unharmed and with great relief... but on 'Betty's Bend' I > honestly can't tell you what it was that caused the front to go haywire.... I > remembered to keep my shoulders loose and not to panic or tense up, and I > wasn't going fast... The gravel there did seem to vary in depth - dunno if > that had anything to do with it - and today Lemmiwinks put something on my > blog to the effect that on corners (on gravel) you need to lean the bike > but keep your body upright - maybe it was something to do with that??? Not > sure.... > > In any case, it reinforced my absolute antipathy towards non-bitumen > surfaces. For next year's Unaugural I shall get either (a) a postie bike, or > (b) a lift! > > betty, able to put a teeny bit of weight on the multicoloured foot now Heheheh... *Attempts to run away,hampered by his more-recently-acquired swollen,multicoloured foot* I certainly can't recommend slamming a Transalpsworth of weight on it. My Wedgetail Outriders should be arriving shortly... Postman Pat the Crippled (my levers are fine though)
From: BT Humble on 12 May 2010 04:50 PostmanPat wrote: > Heheheh... > *Attempts to run away,hampered by his more-recently-acquired > swollen,multicoloured foot* > I certainly can't recommend slamming a Transalpsworth of weight on it. > My Wedgetail Outriders should be arriving shortly... > > Postman Pat the Crippled (my levers are fine though) TransTankSlap? BTH -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Lars Chance on 12 May 2010 07:52
bikerbetty wrote: > > ... Lemmiwinks put something on my > blog to the effect that on corners (on gravel) you need to lean the bike > but keep your body upright - ... > Ooh; I do the complete opposite. I lean my body as far as necessary so I can keep the bike totally upright. -- Elsie. |