It's the diving out of the clouds and into the warmth that I live for!!! - and doing it with my teeth chattering will only double the thrill!!!
The Demon Dorset Decender - that's me!!!!
Cheers for...

14 hours 'til I launch myself upon my own, private "hell of the Alps" and I'm feeling rested, ready and really positive!!!
Hence my selection posting now!!

So here it is - the 100% winning 2007...

I predict that my selection is gonna come winging its' way via Wi-Fi from a bar atop d'Huez on Saturday afternoon as I still feel (unfortunately) that in this "year-of-years", something unexpected is...

Hey up spot and welcome to the forum - and don't mind scm's reply too much, it's nearly "Tour-time" and we're all out here fretting!!!!
scm is prob right re. sti's going no lower than 8 speed - I've...

Hey up Jimbo! You're gonna LOVE d'Alpe, BUT only some minutes/hours AFTERWARDS, when you realise what you've achieved!!!
I'm posting this from a French cafe now (outside Orleans), en route to Borg...

Yeah, have a good look round, 'cos now they make them with "holes" in - so your "Italian-component loving brain" can keep well aired as you make your way to the pub!!! ;)

You haven't heard nothing from me re. "d Force", 'cos I still ain't fitted it yet due to a family illness - So I will set off, in wifey's "sports car", tommorrow afternoon STILL boasting a Dura-Ace...

go to TTC's Q on the forum a.s.a.u.can - 'cos HE's only been and "touched me" ain't HE!!!
seem familiar????? Discuss!! ;)

funny that!! I was thinking much the same!!!
so I got me "runes" out and contacted "the spirit of Bobby"!!!
he indicated to me thus:-
"well, when I was TTC's age, some right old sod of a "trainer"...

"hill sized"!!!!!
any help???? ;)

Hey there Spidey!!
I'd go more towards scm's opinion and say that it's MOST probable that you've UNDER-INFLATED the beasts!!!!
I used Speialized Pro's for years and never had similar problems to...

fantastic post, Dude and well done you!!!!!
am off cavorting from Wed. onwards a la Marmotte for a Saturday start - REAL EARLY!!!!!
did 120 miles yesterday by doing the local hilly 60 mile McMillan...

Hi Callum - and thanks for getting on the forum and letting us all know the situation!
Trust he's gonna be out soon and has only really bruised his ego!!!!
When you see him next, let him know that...

Can I come with you - then I can be your Map!!!
But there is a problem - all my WORSTEST cycling experiences have come in the Pyrenees, so I ain't gonna be your "lucky charm"!!!!!!
I'm not being...

yup, you're being stooopid all right!!!
Don't worry your head over thoughts re. "these modern gizmo's" and just ride your bloody bike!!!! Regularly!!!!
all you need to know is that you'll be at...

they - those G.P/Specialist type-medics - say it's possible!
I say - you'll have NO POSSIBLE PROBLEMS as long as you're set up right on the bike and you're using a modern saddle!!!
A "scooped out...

yup, real close it's gonna be!!!
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wanna go for a Brit - but something in my water (yup, there's more of that in me than red wine or spanish brandy TODAY!!!) says it's gonna...

hi AJ!!
if you want to lose weight (ie body fat) quickest - then my advice is DON'T EAT BEFORE YOU GO OUT if its a.m. AND DON'T EAT DURING!!!!
just take water in your bidons, which will do ok for...

Hey Chris - and welcome back to "roadie heaven"
or as I coined the other week, you're now - once more - a "cycle psycho"!!!!
If you can stretch your budget to near £600, I recommend you to go...

No, no, no, no, no!!!
"MAJORLY" is an East-Dorset term that (only partially) indicates how hard I'll have to work on, butter-up, promise my everlasting-soul-type-thing - to my Wife - in order to...

what's "age" ???????
is it in the same sort of area as "an ice-cream van" & "a multi-storey car park"?????????????
GAD, You "Cycle-Pyscho's" out there DON'T 'ALF LIVE YOUR LIVES!!!!!!!
and long...

ditto Buzz and welcome - WITH KNOBS ON!!!!!
and ditto Buzz's posting!!
enough said!!
:cool: :)

Chris has just given you a "champion" posting (as he normally does) - hence the attached symbol!!
go custom build - it'll be EXACTLY right for you and save you loadsa quids in the long run (or is...

she hasn't got mountains - she calls them her "Sussex Downs"!!!
You been on that "Simpson Cocktail" they try and force you to 'ave in the bars near the base????!!!
Pedal long (uphill) & prosper,...

And who really wants a saddle named after a wig?

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Sammy Syrup of BaldPatchworld!!
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Yes, even, Tomaas Toupe of Can't C D Join!!!
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