Nick Whittock and Tim Wright
d r o m o
has the preston
drome turned
you into a wuss
?
“slow peleton”the bread is better
◊
outside the capital i
totally forgot about it
films
of sweat season
wet drome films
that grass looks so cool
shakingJUICE
MILK
MUSHROOMS
BREADGravy [crossed out]
quicksppin round the concrete
on a mountain bike
tyres humming
spraypainted cloud
weetbix and creekwaterchange of season
(spring) – the magpiesve
moved closer to the track wolf-like; dog
heavy breathing at the
fence15 freshly squeezed orange juice
16 desert
19 red and blue bolts on a thread
24 quaffing wine and peanuts
26 with only a towel on
29 freeway
30 resting on the microphone
31 cufflinks
at the cnr of death the wind
hits – on the other side past the
ugly apartments it picks you up frombehind there is a short period of
good form across the top of
the drome 15 circus sideshow
16 maybe after cricket training17 ill be in north melbourne anyway
18 Saturday night a million
dollar night ride19 coopers extra stout
20 keep going till 30 now
23 Michael Clarke
24 tighten the headset nuts
25 pumping iron tonight
27 inject the cat (Pecan’s) blood
28 string her up like an IV pouch
29 tims stopped i should stop soon
30 half way
33 winds getting stronger
34 finishing each lap is getting more n more difficult
36
36 tims riding again ill go 4 40
37
38 this saddles good
38 sometimes it feels m sitting on nothing
dromatic hockey
a ‘high rider’
TREK
oblivious
to us
cyclist calves
come legs
forgot to
show leave
water bottles
here for
recycling
(bongs) urgh
wet surfaces
dont think m
up to it today dromina plane tree husk particle
pings into m nose or its
a bug
39 stencils n breakfast
40 chrome stationery
above the ear
a bicycle hopping out
of the opposite eye 2
galahs magpie gets a rise out of 2 galah
crests fresh bum splatters
on the dromecrete “today
i walked through a swarm
of bees … sounded like
bikes going fast it was nice”
“thats the first timeve
broken a sweat here 4 months”
makeshift keirin races …
fighting over who gets to be the motorbike
modernism,
trees that outlast it
a gang of birds
clouds separating
‘This
is November, Truffles’
discontructed bicycle
for earrings[0] 0 : 00 ’ 00 ” 00
0s for 0s
truffles for laps
floats across the
finish line husserl
the long curve around
the second bend oh
so you speak Crow !
birds like chickens playing
chicken tim like chickens
playing chickens
LAP/SPLIT MEMORY
“fighting against the air
deflating” , half-cat
– half-birdblue noise
scuffed paint
the mulga bill festival
in this town even people from
dubbo make fun of
bluestone –
lawnmower or phone?
s a powerboat man.
new handlebars new tape
a 56 tooth chainring
bradman had teeth like
that he was good at
squash
n gum brown shoes the
wind a 4 lap sample
balmain
wagtail almost comes a
cropper
crow eats sparrow
“melbourne
youve gotta be joking”
1 sq mtr of shade
– lycra brigade –
“with the dead sun
beating on our backs”
we talk about the way
people treat us back there
their velo laughter n the
chains in their eyes
(its) france (n its)
summer (n were
riding) french bikes
shouldve dunked
m head in the creek
deep in the heart
of melbournes northern velodrome belt
a cyclist with 2 legs
… 9 . 10 . 11 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 13 .
15 . 15 . 16 . 17 . 18 . 19 . 20 . 22 .
. 23 . 23 … 74 . 74 . 76 . 77
cyclists a presence (tell the
motorist) couple of weet bix
a banana black tea n
honey nobastardll catch ya son
how long 8 laps whats
the time 8 laps hows it going
8 laps lungbloods
snotting out m face
holes laps snot out cam
meyers
anti-intoxicant legs
crossed timesnew roman northcottian
15 marmalade jam
17 heelgrind
18 oars up!
19 nervous hum
20
21 checkered socks
28 defrosted twig
30 spag bog smell
31
on guided dog
a cyclist with 2legs
shitballz i forgot to drop
we only go at the speed
Kevin Pietersen runs
brunswicks muffin cocks
coburgsre monsters
(cocksre bigger is
coburg)
grass in m drivetrainSHAG
Date 22/12/10
Item Description Price
VA tights@(12) x2 $24
pedal takes a chomp out of
my leg
theres even a
toilet block here
$2 coffees at the cappucino centre
Maximum use time is 10 minutes
the devil takes the hindmost
n gode is god
bunnings has the best onions) $24
CASH[tick] EFTPOS CREDIT
TERMS AND CONDITIONS “I think I might just
go home”‘We might need to find some more paper’