Good day,
Yes, au is Australia. Yes, the Wallabies(AUS) whipped the All Blacks(NZ) last night. Tonight is the English vs. the French, with tonight's winner playing Australia in the Final.
As for the Somec, well, I am getting a mixed bag of opinions, which I expected. The details on the lugs and the build quality seems to be lot better than most anything I have seen for quite a while here in OZ. Most of the bikes here are vintage Taiwan specials or the latest carbon/matrix wonders. I am green with envy over the selection of goods available to the US and European collector at very reasonable prices.
Do not miss the Rugby World Cup Final, because the Australian will be the first team in history to win the cup twice in a row. I hope.
Cheers,
P. Lynn Miller
Sydney, Australia
> Is au Australia? Somehow I missed the Australia - New Zealand game today
> or was it yesterday. The Somec was an all right bike but nothing special.
> I have one and it was one of the first generation of light bikes in the
> 80's and a little prone to shifting on its own. Of course, I could put
> out more watts then but a hard jump would cause the bike to torque over
> to the drive side and shift. But they are good looking bikes but I
> wouldn't think a Somec of this generation is worth more than $100. Some
> of the newer models are beautiful bikes but still nothing special.