Forum: Australia
May 11th 11, 03:05 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,606
Sydney drivers at there best !
Theo Bekkers wrote:
"BT Humble" wrote
Rob wrote:
When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -
1893?
Bicycles were very dangerous machines before the invention...
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Forum: Australia
May 11th 11, 12:26 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,598
Commuting on a mountain bike - a few questions
Travis wrote:
It's a shame, because although it was a little bit slower and I felt a
little tiny bit (but not very) goofy riding a p.o.s. MTB while being
passed by all those hooligans on their...
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Forum: Australia
May 10th 11, 04:47 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,606
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Forum: Australia
May 10th 11, 04:42 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,598
Commuting on a mountain bike - a few questions
Travis wrote:
As an alternative to mounting a rack on my roadie (something I'm still
trying to do anyway, but I want to try it both ways) I've just cleaned
the crud off a rather crappy...
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Forum: Australia
May 3rd 11, 01:34 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 6
Views: 851
Wet weather in Sydney
Geoff Lock wrote:
I am kinda limited in what I can carry in my back pack - it already
weighs about 8kgs :( I gotta take some tools out. :(
Panniers are good, and not terribly...
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Forum: Australia
May 2nd 11, 02:34 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,243
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Forum: Australia
March 25th 11, 12:43 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,897
Off to Canberra
Moike wrote:
On 25/03/2011 5:13 AM, Geoff Lock wrote:
On 24/03/2011 9:35 PM, BT Humble wrote:
Geoff Lock wrote:
Mate, I am not planning to win anything. My main problem is gonna...
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Forum: Australia
March 24th 11, 10:35 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,897
Off to Canberra
Geoff Lock wrote:
Mate, I am not planning to win anything. My main problem is gonna be
somehow having a carton of cold beer at the end of it and hauling a
carton with me is gonna be a REAL...
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Forum: Australia
March 24th 11, 10:33 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 790
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Forum: Australia
March 22nd 11, 07:38 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 790
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Forum: Australia
March 22nd 11, 07:13 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,897
Off to Canberra
Geoff Lock wrote:
On 20/03/2011 4:51 PM, BT Humble wrote:
Geoff Lock wrote:
Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle :(
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Forum: Australia
March 20th 11, 05:51 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,897
Off to Canberra
Geoff Lock wrote:
Well, I am off to Canberra now and I have chickened out on riding the
238kms on my bicycle :(
Gawd!! I am a hopeless coward!! After all the talk and all the noise, I
...
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Forum: Australia
March 3rd 11, 08:48 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,295
Lemme see, what happened to me today....
Erik Vastmasd wrote:
I looked at the above URL which is beyond me.
Glad to see you are still posting though. :-)
Yup, if I ever notice it's been 2 days without a post from Geoff I'll...
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Forum: Australia
January 21st 11, 12:04 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,737
My second encounter with the AFP
Geoff Lock wrote:
On 19/01/2011 2:33 PM, Geoff Lock wrote:
I ride on the road for precisely the reason John Tserkezis mentioned - I
can get better speeds, for longer, on the road. My...
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Forum: Australia
January 19th 11, 09:29 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
Hauled my first trailer today
Geoff Lock wrote:
On 17/01/2011 8:54 PM, BT Humble wrote:
This is on my commuter bike. I just recently upgraded to a decent rack
and mudguards (which made it stop raining).
You are...
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Forum: Australia
January 19th 11, 09:28 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
Hauled my first trailer today
Geoff Lock wrote:
Specialised panniers for cartons of beer???!!!! Geez!!! They think of
everything, don't they?? :)
I once saw young Thorin at the Brunswick BUG brazing up just such a unit.
It...
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Forum: Australia
January 17th 11, 10:00 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,905
folding bicycles
Jack Russell wrote:
I bought one of their folders a a couple of months ago. Apart from the
Huge weight I could not raise the saddle high enough to fit my meagre 5
foot 10 inches. Eventually...
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Forum: Australia
January 17th 11, 09:54 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
Hauled my first trailer today
Geoff Lock wrote:
On 16/01/2011 9:19 PM, BT Humble wrote:
Geoff Lock wrote:
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Now, the trailer is rated at 45kgs max and I estimate I have about 25kgs
onboard (beer was...
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Forum: Australia
January 16th 11, 10:19 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,505
Hauled my first trailer today
Geoff Lock wrote:
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Now, the trailer is rated at 45kgs max and I estimate I have about 25kgs
onboard (beer was 15kgs, my bag was about 8kgs, and meat and veges was
about 2kgs).
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If...
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Forum: Australia
January 16th 11, 10:05 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,905
folding bicycles
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
In aus.bicycle on Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:20:31 +1100
F Murtz wrote:
Theo Bekkers wrote:
"F wrote
Zebee...
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Forum: Australia
January 5th 11, 10:59 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,066
No helmet required for me anymore
Theo Bekkers wrote:
Lycra is smooth and has a slippery surface. Denim has a rough surface and
is, I would think, much more likely to grip the road surface than allow you
to slide along it....
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Forum: Australia
December 14th 10, 02:08 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,743
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Forum: Australia
December 13th 10, 10:17 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,743
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Forum: Australia
December 10th 10, 05:18 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,702
Truing a wheel
Geoff Lock wrote:
On 6/12/2010 10:14 AM, BT Humble wrote:
Geoff Lock wrote:
I am no closer to that elusive round and straight wheel :(
It takes a lot of practice. I'm pretty...
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Forum: Australia
December 10th 10, 05:17 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,743
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