> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Snipped > > > Then Frank Replied: > > > > Hi, Dave, > > I'm busted!! > > Actually, the Jet Fuel wasn't why I didn't show up > with you guys. It was the BBQ I went to on Friday > night. I meant to give Jeff a shout on Friday night, > but my housemate had about a dozen co-workers over for > some burnt meat and beer. Then we had to invite all > our neighbours (that way they couldn't be pissed with > all the noise). > > Suffice to say that on Saturday morning, the thought > of lugging around cameras and breathing dust wasn't > too enticing.
Read hung over.lol > > So, I remembered that the "real" last day of the Tour > was Saturday, and off to the Jet Fuel I go, and CBC > cameras were there to record the crowd, since the > 'Fuel is the only place in Toronto that shows every > stage of the Tour on widescreen TV's (3 of 'em, rented > by the owner for the event). I was there with my Team > Jet Fuel bike racing cap, and they had the camera > trained on my quite a few times, although I think by > the time the story went to air, there was about 1 1/2 > seconds of my sorry old mug on the screen. Ya it was not much more than that.Maybe 2-3 seconds tops. > > But, I gotta tell, you, Dave, that was only the > beginning. > > I hooked up on a little ride with a friend of mine, > and we did a loop of about 70 K, up to Stouffville and > back. Stopped at Sam's for lunch. You must know > Sam's: corner of Woodbine and Stouffville Road, I > think. Great greasy spoon. Iknow were it is:-).Its been there forever.Great place for a greasy breakfast.Actually my daughter treated me to one last month.No wait.She had no money.I quess it was my treat.:-) > > The fellow who I went with is (believe it or not), not > quite as strong a rider as me, and was pretty much > worn out after the ride. > > Yesterday (Sunday) after the Tour victory (Congrats, > Lance - one of the great accomplishments in sport > history!), I hooked up with another ride, with one > racing guy, Malcolm: > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2495243 > > along with two guys who were about my level, and one > guy who was not quite up to our level. I have two bikes and i'm at NO level.<g> > > About 1/2 way into the ride we decided to make it a > "true" (ie: non-metric) century - in other words, a > 100 mile day. In fact, we did 180 kilometers, which > is abourt 115 miles. I hung on to Malcolm's wheel for > dear life, and we ended up inadvertantly dropping the > other three (long story, but we really didn't mean to > do it). > > Plus, I did it on a fix-geared track bike (which > impressed the others somewhat, as they were all on > road bikes). > > I came home sooooo freaking tired last night... > > Not too sore today, but I think I'll not go on another > long ride for a day or two. > > Today, look for a job. Good luck. > > Sorry for the longish post, but I had a full weekend, > and I didn't even tell you about Saturday night's BBQ > at the neighbours... (but I did take pix at both > BBQ'a <g>). No problem Frank.Jeff came out with the Oly E1.Not a bad camera and he emailed me a couple of pics.Impressive. Every time i see stuff from the Oly or the *istD i cant help but think the D2h was a bit of a mistake. Dave > > cheers, > frank >
