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Links on Friday – Shield challenge special

Here’s some Hamilton hyperlinks for yers to celebrate the big shield challenge tomorrow night. I’ll be there, can’t wait
– Waikato’s Sione Luaki hands off Richie McCaw – wow. He throws the All Black captain and best player in the world around like he’s a wussy smart arse blogger or something (thanks, Rugby Dump)
– Hamilton rock – if you’ve ever been to Zak’s, or seen Knightshade in action, you know how hard the ‘tron ROCKs. Here’s what I’m talking about (thanks, Spare Room)
– Highlights of Waikato v North Harbour – the smash n grab run to the shore
– The McKay family – har – but is it for real?

Links on Friday

– Villa’s Martin O’Neil, pop picker extraordinaire, telling Robbie Williams what for – classic, it’s like being told off by a senile old science teacher
– Wayne Rooney meets Dirty Sanchez – the Welsh jackass imitators that are ten times funnier. That can’t be his house…?
– Touch The Rainbow – great tv ad for Skittles. Wish I could do this with a nice bacon sandwich
– All You Had To Say Was ‘Owen Wilson Befriends A Dolphin’ And I Was Sold – that’s how it gets done, team

Links on Friday (on Sunday)

– 50 greatest sporting insults – There’s some crackers here, like “There’s no way you are good enough to play for England.” “Maybe not, but at least I’m the best cricketer in my family”, directed at Mark Waugh
– Keano takes Sunderland to Ireland – OK, so *#@!$% Sunderland beat Spurs this morning (yes, thanks for the helpful reminder, Kate), but I can’t be too upset – I’ve got a sneaking admiration for Roy Keane and hope the throbbing vein on his forehead has an easier life now he’s not playing. Doubt it, though
– Soccer AM ‘third eye’ collection – if you find footballers being whacked in the face with balls hilarious, this this for you
– B3TA ‘make safe things dangerous’ image challenge – har. The the best’s the school sports day with the bear

Links on Friday

– Le Tour’s Mount Ventoux – bugger biking up here. It just goes up and up and up, and looks like the moon
– Greatest bit of fielding ever? – Gatting couldn’t be more surprised than if he’d been slapped with a fish
– A high quality Spurs goal from G. Linneker – Spurs are looking good for top four this year I reckon (Bonus link for you SportsFreaks: Glen ‘n Chris do Diamond Lights)
– Top 50 Muppets – I like Crazy Harry, the mad bomber. And Lefty

Links on Friday

– George Gregan’s ‘Four more years’ call – we’ll miss this little guy alright
– It’s all about the bike – forget blood transfusion – the Tour De France is all about beautiful machines. Check out this gallery of the prologue time trial bikes
– Bacon Vodka – I’m as happy as the time I found a bacon peanut butter sandwich in London one time. Now that’s respecting both the pig and the peanut
– The Darjeeling Limited trailer– Wes Anderson’s new movie. Good to see Owen Wilson back with Wes

Links on Friday

– Tour De France face plant – the Tour De France Prologue through London is this weekend, with stage one in idyllic English countryside the next night. Check guides for times, good luck on Sky’s shitty website
– Good Goran interviews Bad Goran – not that remarkable really, I conduct interviews with myself like this all the time
– Andoni Goicoechea, ‘The Butcher of Bilbao’ shatters Maradonna’s ankle – ouch. It’s all on the next time the teams meet
– The Framely Examiner – Har. I want to live here
– Dinosaur Jr – In a jar – I’m off to see these guys on Monday night. Kick. Ass.

Bonus Friday link

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Here’s a alleycat race through London, hitting Tottenham Court Road / Oxford St intersection, the Oxford St / Regent St intersection, Soho, Covent Garden, etc, with loads of zipping in and around black cabs, pedestrians, etc. Looks like lots of fun, but not for the faint hearted – even the camera man shows some mad skillz here.

This is kind of like what the Tour De France prologue will be like but without the traffic or combat shorts and that.

Links on Friday

– Mike Whitney Toohey’s Ad – A throwback to a simpler time when the Windies were awesome, a man could feel comfortable in big hair and stubbies, and sport was just the warm up for drinking 23 cans of piss
– Sneaky goal – You can see him behind the goal going “I am the great invisible-ist-o! This rash ‘keeper is unaware of my powers and will soon pay a pretty price.”
– Paul Holmes beats down Dennis Conner – The infamous interview where Paul made a name for himself, before shooting off to play in the Midget Afro Basketball League. Ta, Public Address System
– Getting down on the range – some hip hop dancin’ dudes bring the streets to the golf course
– If computer errors told the truth – har

On the road again – The Vitus 979

Here’s my project of the last couple months – a Vitus 979 road bike.

The drivetrain is Campagnolo Triomphe, with Shimano Exage brakes. It’s got Tubular tires on Araya ‘Red’ rims, and Wellgo pedals. The handlebars are Cinelli.

This is a very light bike, Vitus are a French bicycle tubing company, and this one is unique in that the tubes are glued together rather than welded, as it usually the case. Here’s more info on this bike. The 979 was made famous by Irish Cyclist Sean Kelly – here he is in the San Remo – Milan race.

Links on Friday

– Riding the Tour De France prologue route – this would be cool. The Tour’s prologue section is in London this year, starting on the 7th of July, so set the alarms to see the riders caning it past Big Ben, the London Eye, that pub you spewed outside that time, etc. Typically, there will be a drug-related bans before it starts, including the cartoon villain-like blackshirts
– Boris Becker, 12 – a typically committed shot from the broom cupboard bandito
– Crappy movie corner – trailer for Kevin Costner’s The Postman – and an entertaining write up. Make no mistake, team, this is crap of the highest quality, and hard on the heels of Waterworld, too
– Dur – DAH-DAHHHHHHH! – the most sinister rodent you’re going to see on a second-rate sports blog today