O.Symetric "Harmonic" Chainrings

"Those chainrings are called Harmonic, and they offer a larger gear ratio when the crank is horizontal than when it is vertical (the opposite of Biopace). I asked Bobby Julich about them, and he referred me to the company's website. And lest you think they are a revival of the old Biopace design, Julich says "they are the furthest thing from what Shimano had!"" Velonews Techtalk

They still didn't help Vinokourov as Mick Rogers takes Gold in Verona for the 2004 UCI World Road TT champs: First Edition Cycling News for September 30, 2004

SuzyJ points out that these have been around for ages, see also:
EGGrings

Ya, thanks guys, good ride!

Cherios for the brief chat to the dude on the Moulton(?) before the start of the ride. I want a Birdy or BikeFriday? Do they fit in a Crumpler? :-)

I really need to pay more attention to the map and where those sprint points are. People would fly by and be 100m down the road and I'd be left going "Oh, guess that was a sprint" ;-)

As soon as I hit Whitehorse Rd. the sky started leaking but for the duration of BR14.. no rain! :)
Was passed by over 20 Porches (well, they WERE Porches! ;-)) that must have been out for a club drive or something. Some of them were convertibles!
Rain + Car - Roof = Oops! :-)

Duration 3:43:50
Energy Expenditure 2862 kcal

Number of Heart Beats 32020 beats
Minimum Heart Rate 95 bpm
Average Heart Rate 143 bpm
Maximum Heart Rate 194 bpm

Minimum Speed 1.5 km/h
Average Speed 24.6 km/h
Maximum Speed 87.6 km/h
Distance 85.4 km

Minimum Cadence 17 rpm
Average Cadence 87 rpm
Maximum Cadence 164 rpm

Map:

Tec Morpheos

"Devil man, devil man, callin'"
"Devil man, devil man, callin'"

Topolino 700c Clincher Wheelset

What I want to know is - how do you fix a broken spoke in country Australia?

I'd like to apologise to the guy riding the blue Coppi, wearing blue knicks, black leg warmers and an orange/yellow long-sleeve jersey.

I'm very sorry for injuring you.

(cue music "I'd hate to be you" sung to the tune "It had to be you")

Yes, I'm very sorry for 'bruising your ego'.

It must be very painful for you to run all those red lights and still have a guy like me pass you, repeatedly.

I'd like to thank you for getting me to work a bit quicker this morning but if you could perhaps just run a few less lights I could remain in my aerobic hr zone as I'm supposed to.

I'm curious as to whether or not you race? If you do, do you take shortcuts during a race?
Maybe you cut through the infield on the track or through the buildings at Glenvale? I'm sure you think performance enhancing drugs are okay to use too?

I pretty certain you are the same guy I chased from Ringwood to Camberwell some time ago in the Fitzroy knicks. Obviously you haven't learnt your lesson. I'll just keep embarassing you by riding past your slow arse until you do. Ya know, if you stopped at lights you might have to pedal a bit harder to start rolling again - think of the training benefit - you might actually get faster!

Fsck it.. I don't really care if you run red lights, I'm just tired and grumpy, just don't do it in front of me and expect me to let you go..