pantani's bike

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JE James in Bramall Lane, Sheffield has on loan Pantani's bike from when he won the TdF, in case
anyone's interested. Nice it is too. Having the Pirate's chain grease on my fingers (I was feeling
the quality of the Campy gearing, as y'do) feels like some sort of blooding, not that I plan to
take up racing or anything like it...

Was it this 'little' bike...

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JE James in Bramall Lane, Sheffield has on loan Pantani's bike from when he won the TdF, in case
anyone's interested. Nice it is too. Having the Pirate's chain grease on my fingers (I was feeling
the quality of the Campy gearing, as y'do) feels like some sort of blooding, not that I plan to
take up racing or anything like it...

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

Sounds nice! Got any idea how much it's worth?

Pete White

P.S. What does yer sig translate into in modern english? Just for us thickos benefit!

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

P.S. What does yer sig translate into in modern english? Just for us thickos benefit!

Do we get to guess?

Lo, the shining angel Earendel sent mankind over the world

Andrew

"Pete White" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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| "Patrick Herring" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
| "]news:[email hidden]...
| > JE James in Bramall Lane, Sheffield has on loan Pantani's bike from when he won the TdF, in case
| > anyone's interested. Nice it is too. Having the Pirate's chain grease on my fingers (I was
| > feeling the quality of the Campy gearing, as y'do) feels like some sort of blooding, not that I
| > plan to take up racing or anything like it...
| >
| > --
| > Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗
| >
| > Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.
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| Sounds nice! Got any idea how much it's worth?

They weren't saying <g>. They had borrowed it for an exhibition.

| P.S. What does yer sig translate into in modern english? Just for us thickos benefit!

Hail Earendel brightest of angels over Middle Earth sent unto men. It's a bit of Old English that
was, apparently, Tolkien's starting point for all of his stuff. I rather liked it. Google has more.

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

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"Pete White" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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| "Patrick Herring" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
| "]news:[email hidden]...
| > JE James in Bramall Lane, Sheffield has on loan Pantani's bike from when he won the TdF, in
| > case anyone's interested. Nice it is too. Having the Pirate's chain grease on my fingers (I
| > was feeling the quality of the Campy gearing, as y'do) feels like some sort of blooding, not
| > that I plan to take up racing or anything like it...
| >
| > --
| > Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗
| >
| > Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.
|
| Sounds nice! Got any idea how much it's worth?

They weren't saying <g>. They had borrowed it for an exhibition.

| P.S. What does yer sig translate into in modern english? Just for us thickos benefit!

Hail Earendel brightest of angels over Middle Earth sent unto men. It's a bit of Old English
that was, apparently, Tolkien's starting point for all of his stuff. I rather liked it. Google
has more.

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

Cool! I understood the "Earendel" bit being a little-bit of of a Tolkien buff. On the LOTR I prefer
book to film, although I thought the Moria sequence (from the shutting of the West Gate to the fight
on the Bridge) was FANTASTIC! I don't hold with the way Faramir has been treated, and Elves at Helms
Deep either.

Pete White

"Pete White" <[email hidden]> wrote: ...
| Cool! I understood the "Earendel" bit being a little-bit of of a Tolkien buff. On the LOTR I
| prefer book to film, although I thought the Moria sequence (from the shutting of the West Gate to
| the fight on the Bridge) was FANTASTIC! I don't hold with the way Faramir has been treated, and
| Elves at Helms Deep either.

Several agreements with the above, particularly the shield-surfing bit.

Personally I waiting for the full sequence of extended DVDs before worrying about disagreeing with
the film, especially as I could never have done what PJ has.

ObOnTopic: there weren't any bikes in it, they hadn't been invented yet.

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

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"Pete White" <[email hidden]> wrote: ...
| Cool! I understood the "Earendel" bit being a little-bit of of a

Tolkien

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| buff. On the LOTR I prefer book to film, although I thought the Moria sequence (from the
| shutting of the West Gate to the fight on the Bridge)

was

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| FANTASTIC! I don't hold with the way Faramir has been treated, and

Elves

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| at Helms Deep either.

Several agreements with the above, particularly the shield-surfing bit.

Personally I waiting for the full sequence of extended DVDs before worrying about disagreeing with
the film, especially as I could never have done what PJ has.

ObOnTopic: there weren't any bikes in it, they hadn't been invented yet.

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

Sorry I haven't kept up with this thread, me mum is hogging the phone line a lot lately and I
haven't been able to get on line...

PJ has done a average job at keeping the story understandable, but the errors outweigh the good
bits. Why alter Faramir? Why have the bit in TTT where Aragorn goes 'missing'? And why is Arwen
given such a big part?

Rant over, back to the bike...

Pete White

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| In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...
| > JE James in Bramall Lane, Sheffield has on loan Pantani's bike from when he won the TdF, in case
| > anyone's interested. Nice it is too. Having the Pirate's chain grease on my fingers (I was
| > feeling the quality of the Campy gearing, as y'do) feels like some sort of blooding, not that I
| > plan to take up racing or anything like it...
| >
| >
|
| Was it this 'little' bike...
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| makeashorterlink.commakeashorterlink.comOpen ↗

Looks exactly like what I saw. Spooky to have touched it a week before its owner goes...

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Patrick Herring, Sheffield, UK anweald.co.ukanweald.co.ukOpen ↗

Eala Earendel engla beorhtast ofer middangeard monnum sended.

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JE James in Bramall Lane, Sheffield has on loan Pantani's bike from when he won the TdF, in case
anyone's interested. Nice it is too. Having the Pirate's chain grease on my fingers (I was feeling
the quality of the Campy gearing, as y'do) feels like some sort of blooding, not that I plan to
take up racing or anything like it...

I got my hands on the bike a few months ago. My LBS had just started selling Bianchis and got it as
part of their promotion. Apparently, it is circulated amongst Bianchi dealers around the country.

It is incredibly light and small.

Regards

TB