12km walk
Yes, I am pretty sure why some ppl are wondering why a 12km walk is of
any significance in a newsgroup like aus.bicycle OK, a bit of background. Mate of mine, Raj is headed off to India for nine weeks this weekend. Raj became an Australian citizen about 2 weeks ago and this is his first ever trip as an Aussie :) Me mate, Benny, and me decided we would have a beer or seven with Raj to send him off - as neither of us could see him off on the weekend :) As I was not falling all over the place and spilling my beers (sacrilegious) , I decided I was NOT OK to ride home (guess how I came to that decision?) BUT I was OK to walk home. It is just so nice to be able to walk me and my bike home - not too many road vehicles you can do that with :) Chalk up another one for bicycles :) Normally, 12kms would take me about 40mins of riding but I am happy with the 90min walk. I am home safe and I didn't have to rely on nobody to get me home safely :) |
12km walk
On Feb 2, 6:07*am, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
Yes, I am pretty sure why some ppl are wondering why a 12km walk is of any significance in a newsgroup like aus.bicycle OK, a bit of background. Mate of mine, Raj is headed off to India for nine weeks this weekend. Raj became an Australian citizen about 2 weeks ago and this is his first ever trip as an Aussie :) Me mate, Benny, and me decided we would have a beer or seven with Raj to send him off - as neither of us could see him off on the weekend :) As I was not falling all over the place and spilling my beers (sacrilegious) , I decided I was NOT OK to ride home (guess how I came to that decision?) BUT I was OK to walk home. It is just so nice to be able to walk me and my bike home - not too many road vehicles you can do that with :) Chalk up another one for bicycles :) Normally, 12kms would take me about 40mins of riding but I am happy with the 90min walk. I am home safe and I didn't have to rely on nobody to get me home safely :) In another day and age, I rode on some pretty lonely roads and always carried a pair of walking boots, just in case. Eventually decided it wasn't worth the trouble, and found I could walk a fair way in my thongs. The only unrepairable event was a cluster that went belly up and I had to do about 40 Km in low gear. That was a pain. Broken axles seem to hold together and chains are fixable if you have a chain tool. I hope broken axles and clusters are a thing of the past as I now have cassette wheels with sealed bearings, what a god send. Owen |
12km walk
On 2/02/2011 7:44 PM, Owen wrote:
On Feb 2, 6:07 am, Geoff Lockglock@home wrote: Yes, I am pretty sure why some ppl are wondering why a 12km walk is of any significance in a newsgroup like aus.bicycle In another day and age, I rode on some pretty lonely roads and always carried a pair of walking boots, just in case. Eventually decided it wasn't worth the trouble, and found I could walk a fair way in my thongs. Heheheh! I haven't tried riding me bike with thongs on and anyway thongs are not allowed in the pub I go to after 2100 or something like that :) Spare walking boots, eh? Hm. I suppose you normally wear them fancy cycling footwear which clip onto your pedals. Damn! one of these days, I am gonna buy some but they are not cheap - $240 on special for a pair I saw the other day!! But you are right, thongs can take one a long long way :) The only unrepairable event was a cluster that went belly up and I had to do about 40 Km in low gear. That was a pain. Broken axles seem to hold together and chains are fixable if you have a chain tool. 40kms in low gear? You poor ******* - my commiserations. How in the hell can you bugger up a gear cluster??!! I have stuffed up front derailleurs and rear derailleurs but a gear cluster?? You had to be trying real hard to do it!! :) I hope broken axles and clusters are a thing of the past as I now have cassette wheels with sealed bearings, what a god send. Hm, recently spoke to Johnno at Europa, Kenso about sealed bearings for me normal road bike (yes, I am still riding my spare bike, the Cannondale, 2 weeks on) and it sounds like :- 1/ I'll have to replace my threaded hub with a freehub - yeah, I looked up Wikipedia and I think I got it right http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cogset 2/ I'll have to chuck away my newish freewheel cogset and get a cassette - a sheer waste but instead of a 7-speed, I could have a 9- or 10-speed :) 3/ I'll have to re-spoke(?) the whole wheel - you know, the one I took 16 zillion hrs to get into something resembling that which seems roundish, sort of if you inclined your head at the correct angle and squinted your eyes just so?? 4/ I need to save up some $$ :) Still, I gotta admit that sealed bearings work a treat as I have sealed bearing bottom brackets on my normal road bike (which is a piece of **** everywhere else component-wise), the Cannondale and the Scott. Caged bearings just seem too fragile and don't last very long for me - a week or two max :( I do go a bit hard when I am riding but more likely, maybe I am not installing them properly - perhaps not tightening them to the right tension? |
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