"you could strap an awfully long pump to that bike"
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Richard
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Amy's ride - a different view
Started this discussion. Last reply by A.V.O. Nov 6, 2012. 27 Replies 5 Likes
Firstly, I'm not knocking Amy's ride or those who took part, though the organisers could have arranged for better weather (glad it was you, not me).Jan and I decided to head to our favourite coffee…Continue
New models
Started this discussion. Last reply by Matt Koukourou Nov 4, 2012. 19 Replies 0 Likes
I just dropped into Tailwind to grab a brake lever (which I probably don't need so it was a good buy) and there, leaning arrogantly against some cheap and nasty Giants, was a lovely new Merida. Now…Continue
Seacombe Rd bridge and alternatives
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Nov 1, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Does anyone know when the Seacombe Rd bridge over the Expressway will reopen? Not this week by the looks of it.I've felt the loss of this because one of my favourite routes was down Expressway Hill…Continue
Now I'm grumpy :( (no accident, no blood spilt, not even a motorist, just intemperate language)
Started this discussion. Last reply by Richard Oct 18, 2012. 24 Replies 5 Likes
I'm currently trying to be a 'good' boy and use my bikes more for short trips and trying to get some riding in every day and so forth.I had to meet Jan for a coffee, then up to the bike shop for a…Continue
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Rob (Chewbacca) replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"Geez its safer to cycle up south road in peak traffic...."
Shav Bird replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"+1. well said heather."
heather replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"I stand by my comment that "There needs to be signs of oblique line through pedestrian and dog symbols." -- Educate the pedestrians who do not know that pedestrians and dogs not legally permitted on a bikeway. Perhaps mistaken for the more…"
crickets replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"I HATE THE BLOODY ELEPHANTS"
crickets replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"I commend you for sticking with loser. I would have used stronger language."
Shav Bird replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"+1. Sadly the attitude is a 'get F'd I do what I want' attitude so it usually falls on deaf ears unless the powers that be police it. It's not so much the ignorance but also added with arrogance that makes it so much harder to…"
Patrick O'Kane replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"They are a nuisance, they take up the whole path."
Clive Palfrey replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"Don't forget the elephants. You know the big ones that walk on their hind legs wearing pink sweats and smoke cigarettes."
Patrick O'Kane replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"I agree with DPTI that it's not the signs that are the major problem but the ignorance of some shared path users, be they pedestrians, dog walkers or cyclists."
RD6 replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"Dog owners should be micro chipped so that they are programmed to put their dogs on leads...... its joke folks don't take this seriously"
heather replied to Richard's discussion Dropkicks and like minded life forms"DPTI responded on 31-Oct-2012: I refer to your email of 2 October 2012 requesting better signing for the Veloway. The Veloway commences at the northern end of the Southern Expressway and extends in a southerly direction to the tunnel under the…"
"Can't please all people all of the time."
Brian Jenkins (BJ) replied to Richard's discussion Amy's ride - a different view"How did the petrol station do?"
Profile Information
- What bikes do you ride?
- Europa
HIllbrick
- When do you ride?
- Weekends, Commute
- ..perhaps some more information about yourself for your profile page
- I ride what works for me ... which puts me at odds with the cycling industry and many 'roadies'. My bikes are road sportsters, but I'm shunning gears and riding fixed gear more and more ... which is fun seeing I live in the southern foothills.
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Europa reborn ... again
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 15:58 2 Comments 4 Likes
Yup, my beloved old Europa has undergone yet another metamorphosis.
I bought this old bike in the mid-eighties and used her on and off for years. Typically, I'd start riding her during the TdF and some years, would stop a few months later while other years, I'd still be riding when the next TdF came around. In the late nineties, the front dr broke and I stopped riding. Six years ago, I repaired things and got back into riding. She served as a stripped down version of her earlier…
Continue Recycled Road Chief
Posted on July 11, 2011 at 16:45 3 Comments 3 Likes
You've met this old bike before, when she was done up for bike polo duties. Well, she's moved on ... again.
A bit of history, I bought this bike ... frame (coz that's all that's left) for $20 from ebay. The components were very low end and the wheels steel rimmed horrors with some of the cheapest hubs I've ever seen. Surprisingly though, the frame is quite light and seems quite sound. Nice to ride too. Sure, it'd be plain guage tubing but a nice frame for all that.
I…
Continue Of wogs and rides and trying to kill me kids
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:01 2 Comments 0 Likes
I've luxuriated in the arms of a full on throat virus this last week - coughing, spluttering, loopy thinking (even by my standards). Lost a week at work, got thoroughly bored with myself and managed to give it to my son, just as he started his year 12 exams - yup, he did one of the big maths subjects, hardly able to talk.
So things have been interesting.
For the record - the term 'wog' is Australese for an illness ... though it was also used in the past as a derogative term… Continue
So things have been interesting.
For the record - the term 'wog' is Australese for an illness ... though it was also used in the past as a derogative term… Continue
Cranks and stuff
Posted on November 3, 2010 at 22:23 3 Comments 0 Likes
This blog post is actually only part of a much too long post on my blog - By wheel or by water
That post covers some personal stuff, some talk of brakes which I've covered in the discussion thread, What a difference a lever makes and the great locking ring debacle discussed in Quando… Continue
That post covers some personal stuff, some talk of brakes which I've covered in the discussion thread, What a difference a lever makes and the great locking ring debacle discussed in Quando… Continue
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 23:45 on August 10, 2012,
David Southern said… I have no idea what old bikes are worth, in dollar terms. My own Gitane cost me $20 from the local junk/art dealer, and about $280 more to bring it up to what is useable for me. Worth it? Yes, of course. Economically rational? No way. (Not that economics is rational - someone farts on Wall St, and share prices tumble.)
- At 20:17 on June 26, 2011,
richard 1473 said… - hi Richard i have measured the top tube from the centre of the headstem to the centre of the seatpost 57cm also from the centre of the bottom bracket to the centre of the seatpost 60cm hope this helps Cheers
- At 15:06 on September 19, 2010,
Gus K said… - Well... both but it's an oldie but a goldie of gags!
BTW thanks for all your input and enthusiasm for the website (and community). It's really great there is such a wide range of bicycle users as members and it's great when new visitors come along they don't just see the obvious lycra & carbon conversations.
Hope we can meet up some time.
Cheers
Angus
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