Velodrome - Page 3

12-26-2006, 04:34 PM

Don Wiss wrote:
> <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
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> >I won't go into great detail regarding why one of my friends has come
> >up with the idea that what Haikou really needs is a velodrome.
>
> Here are pages on the one in NYC:
>
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> Don <www.donwiss.com/joyrides> (e-mail link at page bottom).

Picking a random message to respond when I say this is what I love
about the internet. Sometimes the information is useful.

I think I'll let the friend in question do the following up. He ended
up getting the position he has because of his fluency in English.

-M

12-26-2006, 05:39 PM

In article <1167183244.607146.53360@73g2000cwn.googlegroups.c om>,
"[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> writes:

> I think I'll let the friend in question do the following up. He ended
> up getting the position he has because of his fluency in English.

Here's some candy with which to entice him:
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The Dunc Gray Velodrome, built for the Sydney Olympics.

cheers,
Tom

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12-27-2006, 01:02 AM

Tom Keats wrote:
> Here's some candy with which to entice him:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

And some reading:
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and [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Well, enticing for me anyway.

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12-27-2006, 08:38 AM

In article <459244be$0$337$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Ewoud Dronkert <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:

> Tom Keats wrote:
> > Here's some candy with which to entice him:
> > [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> And some reading:
> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> and [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
>
> Well, enticing for me anyway.

Ewoud: given the name of that first link, and that you posted it, I was
absolutely sure the link was going to lead to something about Tim Krabbé.

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12-27-2006, 10:20 AM

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Ewoud Dronkert <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:
>> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
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> Ewoud: given the name of that first link, and that you posted it, I was
> absolutely sure the link was going to lead to something about Tim Krabbé.

Ha, that's funny but it was not my intention.

You know, Tim is one of us now:
http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0288.html

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12-27-2006, 02:29 PM

"Ewoud Dronkert" <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote in message
news:4592c78c$0$328$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]...
>
> You know, Tim is one of us now:
> http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0288.html
>

Hmm. The Bianchi must be fairly new.

12-27-2006, 07:45 PM

In article <4592c78c$0$328$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Ewoud Dronkert <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:

> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > Ewoud Dronkert <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:
> >> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> >> ng.html
> >
> > Ewoud: given the name of that first link, and that you posted it, I was
> > absolutely sure the link was going to lead to something about Tim Krabbé.
>
> Ha, that's funny but it was not my intention.
>
> You know, Tim is one of us now:
> http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0288.html

Which one?

Drunk? Fattie? Old? A poser? Cat 4? a Dumbass?

Aw Yeah!

http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0290.html

His jersey's logo is "Cycles Goff."

That's not a real shop, is it?

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to think that they have to take drugs to succeed." -Paul Erdos

12-27-2006, 08:12 PM

Ewoud Dronkert wrote:
> Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > Ewoud Dronkert <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:
> >> [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]
> >
> > Ewoud: given the name of that first link, and that you posted it, I was
> > absolutely sure the link was going to lead to something about Tim Krabbé.
>
> Ha, that's funny but it was not my intention.
>
> You know, Tim is one of us now:
> http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0288.html

He's already one of us - a writer on chess and chess history. But to
bring this back to bikes,

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Look at entry #318 to see Tim and Grandmaster Loek van Wely riding in
the Tour de Krabbe.

12-27-2006, 11:11 PM

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> > > absolutely sure the link was going to lead to something about Tim Krabbé.
>
> Which one?
>
> Drunk? Fattie? Old? A poser? Cat 4? a Dumbass?
>
> Aw Yeah!
>
> http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0290.html
>
> His jersey's logo is "Cycles Goff."
>
> That's not a real shop, is it?

Wow, that's cool.

"Between the bumper of his car and mine, a rider in a light-blue
Cycles Goff jersey is sitting on the curb, deep in thought. Before
him on the street lies a back wheel, beside him a wooden box
full of sprockets. His gears: he still has to decide which ones to
use. There are four cols today, no one knows exactly how
steep. I do: I've been over the course." - T. Krabbe.

This guy has done way too much work:
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Ben

12-28-2006, 12:47 AM

Ryan Cousineau wrote:
> Ewoud Dronkert <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:
>> You know, Tim is one of us now:
>> http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0288.html
>
> Which one?
> Drunk? Fattie? Old? A poser? Cat 4? a Dumbass?

All of the above. Well, certainly not a dumbass. Although,
http://www.fietsenbeleving.nl/rondevantimkrabbe/foto's2006/rimg0387.html

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