Bushwalk Australia

tired of bushwalking? come montain biking in new zealand...

http://www.adventure-journal.com/2012/04/in-new-zealand-they-call-you-mate-then-kick-you-in-the-teeth/

Gosh NZ sounds like a violent place Wayno!

Um! Friendly people you meet on the trial. O'well it is NZ but then the colonies have a lot to learn from the mother country when it comes to sporting crowd behavior. I trembled when I heard certain accents when traveling in Europe.

Seen road rage with cyclists and car users but never between cyclists.

The most extreme reported was plan rage. Aparently at a USA airport people spotted two light aircraft flying side by side exchanging pistol shots. Now that is a serious commitment by both pilots to an argument.

Cheers

Ent wrote:Seen road rage with cyclists and car users but never between cyclists.

A whole new area of human endeavour --> TRACK RAGE. ...but it sort of defeats the whole purpose of being out there. I mean, I go walking to get away from that crap.

Great cartoon from the NZ Herald: http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/gif/201215/cartoo2.gif

Both of the guys are wearing the same shirt and are working together and the guy in front whispers, 'STRAVA RUN'? ... so that gives him the automatic right of way, hey? Being posted on Youtube on April Fool's Day, should give a few clues.

They are butt ugly shirts, admittedly. Rock Shox should be ashamed of themselves for choosing that colour combination.

What is more criminal than both the shirts and the lame-as acting, is the terrible photographic composition and the use of the fixed focus. GO PRO cameras really are very ordinary in the hands of amateurs.

Think of this. If the guy in front, was riding as slow as a wet week, how did the dude get back in front? By being a superior rider through one of the passing lanes? Hardly.

Warren.

PS, For fans of cycling, the first Ardennes Classic of the year, the Amstel Gold, is on this evening and sees Tom Boonen gunning for three straight victories in a row, in the Spring classics. Other riders likely to tame this undulating trek through southern Holland are Simon Gerrans and Cadel Evans and last year's winner Philippe Gilbert. The race starts at 11.00pm on Eurosport. I didn't see the race listed on SBS, which is odd.

My post immediately above won't make sense. I expected that the full video clip was being referred to in the first post.

This is (one of the versions of) the full clip ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPLYStAuZt0

Warren.

WarrenH wrote:My post immediately above won't make sense. I expected that the full video clip was being referred to in the first post.

This is (one of the versions of) the full clip ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPLYStAuZt0

Warren.

This one shows how he gets back in front, and where the 'that was really rude' comment comes from. The guy in yellow cuts off the cam dude and forces him to do a loop, keeping the yellow guy infront. Didnt take long to catch him again either, the guy with the cam was moving HEAPS faster!

WarrenH wrote:Think of this. If the guy in front, was riding as slow as a wet week, how did the dude get back in front? By being a superior rider through one of the passing lanes? Hardly.

This had me severely confused too.

That track is the flying nun here in chch. There are several b lines. That is how angry man got back in front. Local crew here know him, shamed him, and now there is even a t shirt featuring him.

If that wanker came charging at me with that disgraceful, aggressive attitude he would be leaving that track with his bike pump located in a totally different place than it was situated when he rode in.

I'd feel the same. Just don't get the guy behind either though.. couldn't stop for a bit? was he late for something?

Nuts wrote:I'd feel the same. Just don't get the guy behind either though.. couldn't stop for a bit? was he late for something?

yeah, not that he deserved to get attacked but he was winding the guy up in front by badgering him to let him pass then just as he was about to get off the track called him rude. it became obvious the guy in front wasnt going to let him through, so it became wasted breath badgering him, would have been safer just to put up with it than create bad feeling.

Wish we had tracks like that locally. We already have bikes and asseholes, just need the track to bring it all together.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10799497

Arrest in Port Hills 'bike rage' case

wayno wrote:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10799497

Arrest in Port Hills 'bike rage' case

Good to see.

probably better the police got him before the mountain bike community got hold of him.......

Yeah. Anyone else owning those ugly yellow tops, can now wear them again...

dunno about that, they might have a semi permanent mark on the reputation like Adidas......

wayno wrote:dunno about that, they might have a semi permanent mark on the reputation like Adidas......

What happened to Adidas?

certain rioters in london tending to wear a certain sports brand.....

Well the rep has not extended to Aus clearly