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Very muddy course in todays race. Completely gummed up the wheels so ended up walking most of the course.

It was way out in the countryside at Avnstrup which is south of Roskilde. My GPS track is fine. Managed one lap, could have done two but I was only 5 minutes inside the hour, so it'd be another hour before I got back in and as it was my rear suspension failed again, but just before I finished the lap. Really annoying. Suppose I shall try and find something more agricultural...

Labels: cycle race, cycling, Denmark, fun, SlushCup

A friend sent me this video link saying they were sure it's me, 'cause of the swearing as I'm airborne. Don't quite remember it myself. ;-)

Labels: cycle race, cycling

Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!

Labels: thought for today

algorithm	al-Khowarizmi
America	Amerigo Vespucci
ampere	Andre Ampere
angstrom	Anders Jonas Ångström
bogart	Humphrey Bogart	his style of smoking a cigarette
borked	Justice Robert Bork	a judge nominated, but never managing to hold office, due to the machinations of politicians blocking him.
boycott	Captain Charles Boycott (1832-1897)	Irish Land League decided to punish him for not lowering his rents by boycotting him.
braille	Louis Braille
Celsius	Anders Celsius
chauvinism	Nicolas Chauvin	early 19th–century French soldier
dahlia	Anders Dahl
diesel	Rudolf Diesel
draconian	Draco	Athenian lawgiver not entirely confirmed to have existed
dunce	John Duns Scotus	13th/14th-century thinker
Fahrenheit	Gabriel Fahrenheit
guy	Guy Fawkes
herculean	Hercules
lynch	Charles Lynch (1736-1796)	Judge in Virginia
macadam	John McAdam
martinet	Jean Martinet
maverick	Samuel Maverick
mickey-finn	Mickey Finn	a Chicago saloon owner in one of the less salubrious parts of town.
nicotine	Jean Nicot
ohm	Georg Simon Ohm
pasteurize	Louis Pasteur
poinsettia	Joel Poinsett
quisling	Vidkun Quisling (18/7/1887–24/10/1945)	collaborated with the German invaders of Norway during WWII.
quixotic	Don Quixote
sandwich	Earl of Sandwich
saxophone	Antoine Sax
shrapnel	General Henry Shrapnel (1761-1842)	noticed ordinary cannon balls just didn't quite kill enough people
sideburns	Ambrose Burnside
silhouette	Etienne de Silhouette
spoonerism	Reverend William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930)	was famous for his muddled one-liners
tawdry	St. Audrey	the daughter of the king of East Anglia
volt	Count Alessandro Volta
watt	James Watt
zeppelin	Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Labels: thought for today

Urban, hence very slippery man-made surface course. Mix of various grades of tarmac, concrete and flag stones with packing crates to climb over to make it interesting. Inside and outside, wet areas, mostly dry, some snow, some ice, some with oil... The course wound its way through several buildings, down sets of stairs, down and up an underground car park and a set of switchbacks in a hall. Quite a good few fell off and many spectacular crashes, mostly due to a fronter with poor technique in hitting obstacles at an oblique angle or chickening out after committing and then the followers piling in up on top of them.

Some poor choices of tire were also apparent, and many overinflated. One guy went so far with the pressure he blew the rim off the front wheel. Quite a bang that one, I can tell you!

My video crew were busy filming as much as they could, but there was so much going on they could capture everything. The camera I was carrying failed due to the vibration (I think), so no in flight action, which is quite annoying. Reckon I shall move the camera from the handlebar to the side of my helmet.

The drops were too much for my rear suspension and it ended up bottomed out several times. Think I shall put a rubber bung to limit the travel.

Did five laps, if there wasn't quite so much traffic, reckoned I could have done seven.

My GPS track, due to the buildings it's not so brilliant with the capture.

Hit several television news spots, I know of four but have only found two so far.
Blink and you miss me here: TV2 @ 18:00 6/1/2008
I have a lovely sequence at the end of this one, showing how it should be done: TV2 Sport @ 22:45 6/1/2008

A sarcastic video on YouTube.

Labels: cycle race, cycling, Denmark, fun, SlushCup

Labels: fun, joke, thought for today