My Tour de France

[toolonglegs]

First RR of 2014... suffering at the back, 10kgs over weight and 10% under powered ... actually quite motivating!

[singlespeedscott]

I could say, "at least it wasn't raining or snowing" but I know you loving racing in conditions such as those

[toolonglegs]

At the opposite end of the course we had a good little hail storm for a couple of minutes... wasn't going to help me though, was a tough race for me.

[toolonglegs]

N+1 is getting a little out of control!... Not forgetting the 10 bikes in the garage as well!.

[singlespeedscott]

Excellent work TLL. Just like my garage.

[toolonglegs]

I am sure I organized it a couple of weeks ago!. Been scavenging bits off the winter Ribble and CX bike to get summer road and TT bikes up and running.

[mikesbytes]

The problem is N+1, the problem is that there's no wall stands

[toolonglegs]

Yeah they would be handy but compacted earth walls are so bloody crumbly

[mikesbytes]

Not a goer then, there's floor standing ones that take upto 3 bikes vertical. Don't know much about them

[toolonglegs]

Just needs a tidy up... There's 3 or 4 frames there that won't be touched again till winter. I don't have enough components to go around!. I have another cellar and a garage ( although they are both pretty fill! ).

[singlespeedscott]

Yeah they would be handy but compacted earth walls are so bloody crumbly

That's a scary thought given how small the cellar is. No OHS building standards in France?

[toolonglegs]

Not on 200-500 year old buildings

[singlespeedscott]

Not on 200-500 year old buildings

Fair enough

[toolonglegs]

My building is a little over 100 years old... but some of the ones we have been looking at buying go back to the 14-15th century . Can you say "can of worms" !.

[singlespeedscott]

My building is a little over 100 years old... but some of the ones we have been looking at buying go back to the 14-15th century . Can you say "can of worms" !.

Funny to talk about a house thats older the federation of Australia.

[toolonglegs]

This is the one we are thinking about... not so old ( 160 Years old )... lots of room for bikes.
Probably a bit too much work though!.
http://www.leboncoin.fr/ventes_immobili ... tm?ca=22_s

[singlespeedscott]

Is $400000 AUD a good price for houses in town?

She looks like it needs a bit of love. What's the insulation like in those old house come winter time?

[toolonglegs]

Depends on the town... Ours is on a direct train line to Lyon so 200-300 is the going rate for 110 sq m with a good size garden.
Insulation is non existent in a lot of places... A lot of them were heated with fuel oil which was super cheap... Not these days!.

[jasonc]

Just needs a tidy up... There's 3 or 4 frames there that won't be touched again till winter. I don't have enough components to go around!. I have another cellar and a garage ( although they are both pretty fill! ).

I can help with the cellar if it's full of the red stuff

[toolonglegs]

There might be a "few" cru's floating around... big fan of Bourgogne and Cotes de Rhone.

[jasonc]

the giro this year finishes in my family's home town. if i had the bucks, i'd be there for that

[toolonglegs]

Whoops! ... French bee got me!...got stuck behind my glasses

[Redbull]

That's a face only a mother could love

[toolonglegs]

... my mother has watched me get sticthed back together too many times to remember

[foo on patrol]

Bugger, better you than me, I'm allergic to the suckers and nasty things happen.

Foo