As promised..

Graeme Dods said:

Bean Long said:

MikeyOz said:

My god..!!! how short are you !!?? 🙂

based on previous posts, my guess is that cfsmtb is 155 cm tall?? Looks
like an appropriate set-up :-)

Also, being of similar stature I prefer the question to be couched
thus... "how TALL are you?". It's not as though I'd measure someone
from six foot DOWN! :-)

(I say six foot cos anything taller than that is just plain wrong!)

Oi! I may be plain and often wrong, but I'm not both! Shorty!

:-)

Graeme

I can go home now... I've reached my "upset a big person" tally for the
day!!! :-)

Which brings me to another issue... It's interesting that I've probably
been called Shorty more times than I've had hot dinners, but out of
interest, have you ever been called Tally (or is that Talley)?

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Bean

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On 2007-05-24, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Had another twiddle with the usb cable, so here's pics of the newly
powdercoated RED Steed.

The kitchen. The most obvious place to put a frame.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010100a.jpg

Small but almost perfectly formed.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010105a.jpg

Posing demurely.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010107a.jpg

Posing again.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010108a.jpg

While outside Pellegrini's on Saturday arvo, Rooman mentioned some
smartypants remark about leaving the Steed out in the rain to see if
the frame would grow. Sorry mate, it's a 41cm frame and remaining that
size. 😉

I didn't know you could get kids bike sized bullhorns!

<ducks>!

--
TimC
"32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an
8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a
2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition." --unknown on M$

I think that is "lofty" :-)

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Graeme Dods said:

Bean Long said:

MikeyOz wrote:
> My god..!!! how short are you !!?? 🙂
based on previous posts, my guess is that cfsmtb is 155 cm tall?? Looks
like an appropriate set-up :-)

Also, being of similar stature I prefer the question to be couched
thus... "how TALL are you?". It's not as though I'd measure someone
from six foot DOWN! :-)

(I say six foot cos anything taller than that is just plain wrong!)

Oi! I may be plain and often wrong, but I'm not both! Shorty!

:-)

Graeme

I can go home now... I've reached my "upset a big person" tally for the
day!!! :-)

Which brings me to another issue... It's interesting that I've probably
been called Shorty more times than I've had hot dinners, but out of
interest, have you ever been called Tally (or is that Talley)?

--
Bean

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On May 25, 3:49 pm, MikeyOz <MikeyOz.2r4...@no-

mx.forums.cyclingforums.com said:

My god..!!! how short are you !!?? 🙂

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Safely said over the internets!

I don't think I would say that to cfsmtbs face.

You wouldn't need to, you could judge for yourself.

That's very red. Are those spokey-dokes on the front wheel? Me likey lots.

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Had another twiddle with the usb cable, so here's pics of the newly
powdercoated RED Steed.

The kitchen. The most obvious place to put a frame.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010100a.jpg

Small but almost perfectly formed.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010105a.jpg

Posing demurely.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010107a.jpg

Posing again.
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/P1010108a.jpg

While outside Pellegrini's on Saturday arvo, Rooman mentioned some
smartypants remark about leaving the Steed out in the rain to see if
the frame would grow. Sorry mate, it's a 41cm frame and remaining that
size. 😉

As with most unfinished Projects, the Steed is awaiting further bike
p0rn 'accoutrements' subject to stringent budget restrictions.
Unfortunately the fleeting dalliance with barend shifters and Salsa
cyclo-cross levers hasn't worked out and I will probably commit a
serious crime against nature by utilising flat bar integrated shifters
with bull horns.

And this wasn't a decision taken lightly, as I've also had crack at
several other combinations, including Kelly Take-offs for the original
downtube shifters. Oh well, it's my bike & I'll do want I want.
Including a uber trendy purple-anodised 24T in the triple, courtesy of
Abbotsford Cycles. 😉

--
cfsmtb

Resound said:

That's very red. Are those spokey-dokes on the front wheel? Me likey lots.

And the back.

Very nice.

Parbs - not ready to reveal his new ride yet

Resound said:

That's very red. Are those spokey-dokes on the front wheel? Me likey lots.

Yes they are spokey-dokes, every road bike should have them.

The slap down/ slap up issue intrigues me somewhat. The sobering fact is that you tall(er) folk don't realise how vulerable you actually are. Case in point, in a previous life, a chap I was going out with was 6'3. To cut a long story short, he once annoyed me to the extent where a "pretendy" headbutt was possibly required. That scared the [censored] out of him. And another thing, tall folk are the perfect height for the Five Fingers of Death, otherwise known as a squirrel grip. Quite a handy tactic in club & pubs when some drunk fkwt won't leave you alone.

Never fear though I've left all of that behind now. And don't short folk make terrific hill climbers? Oh yes, the Steed has CF forks 😉

On 2007-05-25, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Resound said:

That's very red. Are those spokey-dokes on the front wheel? Me likey
lots.

Yes they are spokey-dokes, every road bike should have them.

The slap down/ slap up issue intrigues me somewhat. The sobering fact
is that you tall(er) folk don't realise how vulerable you actually are.

Oooh, I don't know that Resound is taller than you 🙂

C'mon, a stand-up-straight-against-each-other's-backs competition is
order next Goatage. I just wish I could attend and drink said goat.

I've got an observer coming up in 2 weeks from my old Melbournian
institution. I've asked her to bring up some goat (she's a hotty too.
She's also short and cute), but she's brought up that old "but it's
liquid. I'll be pulled up by airport security for being a terrorist"
issue. Foiled. Again.

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Case in point, in a previous life, a chap I was going out with was 6'3.
To cut a long story short, he once annoyed me to the extent where a
"pretendy" headbutt was possibly required. That scared the [censored] out of
him.

Groinal region?

Fogive me. I am durnk. I am slow at understanding these things.

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Never fear though I've left all of that behind now. And don't short
folk make terrific hill climbers? Oh yes, the Steed has CF forks 😉

I think I have still trumped JonoL at the flying 200. Us
featherweight-got-to-be-careful-not-to-stand-out-in-the-wind folk have
definitely got something in the acceleration stakes. Not that JonoL
is exactly heavyweight.

--
TimC
FORTRAN is a good example of a language which is easier to parse
using ad hoc techniques. -- D. Gries

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On 2007-05-25, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

Resound said:

That's very red. Are those spokey-dokes on the front wheel? Me likey
lots.

Yes they are spokey-dokes, every road bike should have them.

The slap down/ slap up issue intrigues me somewhat. The sobering fact
is that you tall(er) folk don't realise how vulerable you actually are.

Oooh, I don't know that Resound is taller than you 🙂

C'mon, a stand-up-straight-against-each-other's-backs competition is
order next Goatage. I just wish I could attend and drink said goat.

When is the next Goat gathering? It's been far too long.

On 2007-05-25, Resound (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

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On 2007-05-25, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

The slap down/ slap up issue intrigues me somewhat. The sobering fact
is that you tall(er) folk don't realise how vulerable you actually are.

Oooh, I don't know that Resound is taller than you 🙂

No comment? 😉

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Quoted message said:

C'mon, a stand-up-straight-against-each-other's-backs competition is
order next Goatage. I just wish I could attend and drink said goat.

When is the next Goat gathering? It's been far too long.

I still get the email reminder every couple of weeks on the yahoo
group, and keep thinking "bugger". That and the sat morning Belgian
Beer Cafe rides that I never did get a chance to participate in.

Damn one track mind. Beer. Beer. Beer. Leffe Brune. Beer.
Trappist Beers. Beer. Beer. Mmmmm.

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TimC
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Gruppenareabrettecholistennetzs? - James "Kibo" Parry

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On 2007-05-25, Resound (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

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On 2007-05-25, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> The slap down/ slap up issue intrigues me somewhat. The sobering fact
> is that you tall(er) folk don't realise how vulerable you actually are.

Oooh, I don't know that Resound is taller than you 🙂

No comment? 😉

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

C'mon, a stand-up-straight-against-each-other's-backs competition is
order next Goatage. I just wish I could attend and drink said goat.

When is the next Goat gathering? It's been far too long.

I still get the email reminder every couple of weeks on the yahoo
group, and keep thinking "bugger". That and the sat morning Belgian
Beer Cafe rides that I never did get a chance to participate in.

Damn one track mind. Beer. Beer. Beer. Leffe Brune. Beer.
Trappist Beers. Beer. Beer. Mmmmm.

I must say that I've developed a fondness for the chewier Belgian beers such
as Leffe (pretty much any variant) particularly now that the weather's
turned chillier.

Resound said:

I must say that I've developed a fondness for the chewier Belgian beers such
as Leffe (pretty much any variant) particularly now that the weather's
turned chillier.

Cheeky stuff that Leffe, i.e.: two or three is ok, but have about four and it's whoops-a-daisy time when getting up from the bench... Most enquire at the Land of Goat if the Surefoot Stout is making a return soon-ish. I recall a memorial outing PubBUG made to the RRR Community Cup (circa 2005) where the Goat Tent ran out of "normal" beer and were reduced to selling nothing but Surefoot. For us punters it was harsh job, but we bravely stepped up to the mark.

And a good time was had by all.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63757337@N00/22047511/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63757337@N00/22048694/in/photostream//

Speaking of quality bier, I'm currently quaffing a exquisite Dark Ale courtesy of the household masterbrewer. After a long day of bike nerdage, it doesn't get better than this. 😉

Bean Long said:

Which brings me to another issue... It's interesting that I've probably
been called Shorty more times than I've had hot dinners,

You really should get your microwave fixed then :-)

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but out of
interest, have you ever been called Tally (or is that Talley)?

I can't remember hearing that one. Lanky, lofty, bean pole (far less
fitting these days as I've, ahem, broadened a little) and many more
that I don't remember. They're rarely original and always ignored. The
most original remark I had was earlier this year when I was buying a
present in a shop in Shanghai. The woman behind the counter held up a
calculator with 192 on it. At first I thought it was part of the
haggling process but then realised it was her guess at my height. She
was a few cm on the generous side, but it was a pretty good guess.

Graeme

Graeme Dods said:

The woman behind the counter held up a
calculator with 192 on it. At first I thought it was part of the
haggling process but then realised it was her guess at my height. She
was a few cm on the generous side, but it was a pretty good guess.

^^^^^^^^
Oh, you mean your taller than 192! :-)

--
Bean

"I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it" Pink Floyd

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Bean Long said:

MikeyOz said:

My god..!!! how short are you !!?? 🙂

Quoted message said:

based on previous posts, my guess is that cfsmtb is 155 cm tall??

My daughter claims to be 5 foot, but she is really 4' 11 1/2".

A guy who works for us is 6' 3", his brother is 6' 4", his mum and dad are
both 6' 2". His wife is about 5' 3" or 4"

Theo

Bean Long said:

Graeme Dods said:

The woman behind the counter held up a
calculator with 192 on it. At first I thought it was part of the
haggling process but then realised it was her guess at my height. She
was a few cm on the generous side, but it was a pretty good guess.

^^^^^^^^
Oh, you mean your taller than 192! :-)

😄

Nah, I'm not *that* freaky (well, in height aspect at least). I'm 6'2"
and a bit, but we've been told that my 3 year old son, if he follows
the standard growth rates, will be somewhere around 6'7". My wife
bought him a basketball and hoop for Christmas :-)

Graeme

Graeme Dods said:

Bean Long said:

Graeme Dods said:

The woman behind the counter held up a
calculator with 192 on it. At first I thought it was part of the
haggling process but then realised it was her guess at my height. She
was a few cm on the generous side, but it was a pretty good guess.

^^^^^^^^
Oh, you mean your taller than 192! :-)

😄

Nah, I'm not *that* freaky (well, in height aspect at least). I'm 6'2"
and a bit, but we've been told that my 3 year old son, if he follows
the standard growth rates, will be somewhere around 6'7". My wife
bought him a basketball and hoop for Christmas :-)

Graeme

Yeah, we did the height at age 2 thing for both of ours. My wife and I
are about the same height (160-165 cm - ~5'4"😉 but number 1 will be over
6 foot by the "height" measure while number 2 will be just under my
height. I am assured they are both my children!! :-)

--
Bean

"I've got a bike
You can ride it if you like
It's got a basket
A bell that rings
And things to make it look good
I'd give it to you if I could
But I borrowed it" Pink Floyd

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