grue 1 #1 February 22, 2007 I'm like, Bicycle Schumacher. http://spiceweasel.net/tehstraight.jpg I think I'm going to start doing my daily ride on the track. It's a "known value" in terms of distance, so I can start timing myself and see if I'm getting stronger and faster, in addition to losing weight. cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #2 February 22, 2007 Hmmmm...I wonder how long it's going to be before you get the idea to do it with your rig on your back... My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #3 February 22, 2007 Quote Hmmmm...I wonder how long it's going to be before you get the idea to do it with your rig on your back... Fuck that, I don't need an extra 10kg, and the rig doesn't need the sun cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #4 February 22, 2007 did you go to Philip Island to ride?You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,563 #5 February 22, 2007 Quote did you go to Philip Island to ride? Isn't Phillip Island the MotoGP track?Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #6 February 22, 2007 Quote Isn't Phillip Island the MotoGP track? I think you're right. And the track in the picture doesn't look one bit like Surfers' Paradise (where the ChampCars used to come) either. It looks more like Albert Park, the street course in Melbourne where the new F1 season kicks off in march. Given that it's normally just a public road and that according to his profile the OP lives in Melbourne, this is also the most likely. AlphonsAnd five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,563 #7 February 22, 2007 Quote It looks more like Albert Park, the street course in Melbourne where the new F1 season kicks off in march. Sooo close now Have McLaren finally built another championship winning car, fast and reliable? After their strong finish to last season and better knowledge of Bridgestone tyres will Ferrari sweep all before them (and will Kimi or Massa emerge as the new leader)? Will Renault, Honda or the other chasers be able to find any kind of performance? Testing can only provide clues, Oz will give us some answers!Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheBile 0 #8 February 22, 2007 Have McLaren finally built another championship winning car ? Well if they have they've got a British teenager driving it this year so it'll probably end up in a garage somewhere being chopped and shopped.Gerb I stir feelings in others they themselves don't understand. KA'CHOW ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,563 #9 February 22, 2007 Quote Have McLaren finally built another championship winning car ? Well if they have they've got a British teenager driving it this year so it'll probably end up in a garage somewhere being chopped and shopped. Nice He'll come in for a tyre change and be left up on bricksDo you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoop 0 #10 February 22, 2007 We used to do that when we went to new circuits so we could learn the track. Those bastard circuits aren't as flat as they seem on TV Try cycling around Brands Hatch! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #11 February 23, 2007 a buddy and i jump the barrier and roller bladed the last lap of the long beach grand prix in 99 or 00. memory of that day a bit fuzzy. hic.namaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #12 February 23, 2007 Quote Try cycling around Brands Hatch! Good point. Try cycling the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca... upwards AlphonsAnd five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #13 February 25, 2007 Quote We used to do that when we went to new circuits so we could learn the track. Those bastard circuits aren't as flat as they seem on TV Try cycling around Brands Hatch! There's a bit of an uphill after turn six that carries through for a while, but it's the god damned eternal headwind that's killing me. Incidentally, Schumacher's record lap on the circuit is ten times faster than me, almost to the god damned second (84.x seconds vs 844 seconds) . I'm going to try and get it down to nine times faster on one of my "days off", so I'll just do one lap as fast as I possibly can, with no worrying about doing more than one lap, or even being able to pedal home afterwards cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LostOne 0 #14 February 25, 2007 You should have taken the pic somewhere where you can see the bicycle painted in the lane on the side. ----------------------------------------------- Bum's the word! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #15 February 25, 2007 We used to ride the Ontario Motor Speedway every year for our annual bike-a-thon. Goal was 50 miles each with sponsorship from family and friends for every mile ridden (like 10 cents/mile = $5 each). It was a safe place for 1,000+ kids to ride, plus a known length. You rode around and got your card punched every lap you took. For some of us it took all day long. Others were faster and rode 100 miles in the same time period. But what the heck, I had a 1 speed bicycle and the will not to quit. Ah memories. And like many other things that track is no longer. Got sold and torn down in the 80's. Still wonder where all that money we raised went to every year.... A little more fascinating history on the OMS track: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Motor_Speedway ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
