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I find this very moving, I met Martyn 20 years ago at a trial show when he rode for Volvo Cannondale. Top bloke:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX_hn3Xf90g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX_hn3Xf90g
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Not that it's a competition, but try Football v Road Cycling. Two deaths in the last week amongst the pro riders.
I am a true football hater¿¿¿¿...no wait...¿?....¡¡¡................ah found it...!
I loved the game as a kid, going to WHU with my dad it was great. And then the money came in, we now have:
22 grown men (I use the term loosely) kicking around a bag of air for 300,000 GBP week WTF!!!! The money exposed a load of weak kneed prima donors.......(is that spelt right¿)
The guys on the bikes have REAL BALLS.
Thanks for that Clive, although this gives me a thought regarding the the EU poll thread, why not let the EU interfere with the ball regulation, be good watching one of these tossers trying to balance a triangle on his head¡
regards
Dave
I loved the game as a kid, going to WHU with my dad it was great. And then the money came in, we now have:
22 grown men (I use the term loosely) kicking around a bag of air for 300,000 GBP week WTF!!!! The money exposed a load of weak kneed prima donors.......(is that spelt right¿)
The guys on the bikes have REAL BALLS.
Thanks for that Clive, although this gives me a thought regarding the the EU poll thread, why not let the EU interfere with the ball regulation, be good watching one of these tossers trying to balance a triangle on his head¡
regards
Dave
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Chas
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The risks are always there. I can't imagine how he manages to ride in a pemanent sitting position, mind.
There's so much control you get from standing and the increased flexibility of weight distribution.
Moving indeed Ed, just look at the delight on his face, priceless!
Bless him.
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As a teenager I used to do a lot of road biking, steel Reynolds 531 tubing in those days, no aluminium or carbon fiber
(But I did have a full set of Campag gears
)I was always glad I didn't go down the road race route, some of the crashes were terrible, and frequent. Me and my mate used to like Time-trials. Favourite was 12 hr, at best we clocked 200 miles in 12 hrs, proud of that, me
We did a round trip once from Brum, Oswestry, over the Berwyns, to Bala, up the coast to Harlech (including a sprint up the 1:4 to the castle), and spent the night in Harlech YH.
Next day we did the return journey via Barmouth and back home to Brum in 10 hrs, 135 miles of hills and valleys, anyone who knows the Berwyns will know what I'm on about.
Done a lot of downhill, but I could never aspire to comp level. Those guys are insane.
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brilliant clive. there was a fellow called steve pete from Sheffield who won the downhill world cup three times, twice on a bike hand made in Halifax and it didn't even make the news...
martyn was always in the mtb mags and videos, liked through out the industry and was a stunning trails rider. being out of the scene for a while I didn't know about the accident.
proper mtb riders are pretty much after the same thrills and spills as the off road boys. ive had some cracking downhill races in the peaks with lads on moto cross bikes. we share the same enemys too..
martyn was always in the mtb mags and videos, liked through out the industry and was a stunning trails rider. being out of the scene for a while I didn't know about the accident.
proper mtb riders are pretty much after the same thrills and spills as the off road boys. ive had some cracking downhill races in the peaks with lads on moto cross bikes. we share the same enemys too..
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sorry, but I find road bikes boring unless there in the hands of a mtbr . martyn is in this too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik
. martyn is in this too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik
sorry, but I find road bikes boring unless there in the hands of a mtbr
Liked the short out-takes at the end
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As a teenager I used to do a lot of road biking, steel Reynolds 531 tubing in those days, no aluminium or carbon fiber
(But I did have a full set of Campag gears
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Spot the dad on 531 / Campag Chorus / Shimano 600. Left my riding companions in tears such was my awesomeness on the final climb that day.
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Probably well known if you're MTB fans, but you can't beat Danny Hart's run to win the Downhill World Champs in 2011. The music is a bit intrusive, but the commentary is great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSqj8c8LaBQ
As a teenager I used to do a lot of road biking, steel Reynolds 531 tubing in those days, no aluminium or carbon fiber
(But I did have a full set of Campag gears
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Spot the dad on 531 / Campag Chorus / Shimano 600. Left my riding companions in tears such was my awesomeness on the final climb that day.
nice one Rob
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nice one Rob
Mine was in bits in the loft. The frame was my 18th birthday present. 27 years ago!
Chas
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Great commentary? My God I thought he was having an orgasm.
What I do remember of my old road bike was that it was a Bates, and IIRC, it was a cantiflex frame (with bulbous Reynolds 531 tubing) where the tube diameter was larger in the centre of the tube than at the lugs, with a thinner wall diameter to compensate. It had diadrant forks (the name describing the unusual curves at the front wheel hub).
It was very light for those days, and was a fabulous frame to ride. It was rigid, yet it seemed to develop a flex that I've not experienced with other bikes, which was fantastic (even if only psychological) when sprinting, especially when you were just about exhausted on a 12 hrs time-trial
I recon it would be worth something these days, to a collector perhaps, because one of Bates' trade marks was the elaborate and ornate lug patterns. It was probably made in the 40's because I know it was old when I got my hands on it in the mid 60's.
A quick search on the interweb has provided some photos showing the fancy lugwork, mine was dark green.
It was a thing of beauty as well as a great bike to ride distance on, I'd give almost anything to have that bike back in my shed!
It was very light for those days, and was a fabulous frame to ride. It was rigid, yet it seemed to develop a flex that I've not experienced with other bikes, which was fantastic (even if only psychological) when sprinting, especially when you were just about exhausted on a 12 hrs time-trial
I recon it would be worth something these days, to a collector perhaps, because one of Bates' trade marks was the elaborate and ornate lug patterns. It was probably made in the 40's because I know it was old when I got my hands on it in the mid 60's.
A quick search on the interweb has provided some photos showing the fancy lugwork, mine was dark green.
It was a thing of beauty as well as a great bike to ride distance on, I'd give almost anything to have that bike back in my shed!
Chas
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My old Holdsworth Whirlwind had similar lugs Clive, not quite the same but similar. Holdsworth used to have a shop on The Lower Richmond Road in Putney, I spent a lot of time there. I hasten to add I never did any road racing, just popped down to the South Coast now and again.
Maybe not quite as ornate Chas, but Holdsworth were a very well respected maker (still are).
Something like this perhaps...?
With some wheels and bars and stuff, I mean ...
Something like this perhaps...?
With some wheels and bars and stuff, I mean ...
