Forum: Australia
November 6th 11, 02:46 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Forum: Australia
November 5th 11, 03:22 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,729
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Forum: Australia
November 5th 11, 03:03 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,968
Shimano 6sp
On Nov 4, 10:21*am, Phil H wrote:
What do you mean by "a little noisy"? Noisy on the shifts, or noisy
all the time?
Another point to bear in mind is that chains...
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Forum: Australia
November 4th 11, 12:01 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,968
Shimano 6sp
On Nov 4, 7:41*am, Rob wrote:
There are different widths in the chains. *ie *You can't use a standard
chain on a 9 speed cluster too wide to fit between the gears.
Sure,...
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Forum: Australia
November 3rd 11, 01:38 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,968
Shimano 6sp
Is there more than one type of Shimano 6sp or is it all
intercompatible? I've heard that this was a standard class of cheap
Shimano groupsets and therefore that chains, chainrings, clusters etc
from...
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Forum: Australia
June 10th 11, 01:27 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,315
Bursting tyres with heavy loading
On Jun 1, 5:58*pm, Travis wrote:
Should I blame the tyres, and possibly ask for a refund from Torpedo7,
or blame the tubes and maybe try for a refund from the eBay...
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Forum: Australia
June 1st 11, 02:23 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,315
Bursting tyres with heavy loading
On Jun 1, 9:11*pm, terryc wrote:
Travis wrote:
The bike is a somewhat heavy one and I weigh about 105kg.
Today my brand new rear tyre and/or tube burst.
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Forum: Australia
June 1st 11, 02:18 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,315
Bursting tyres with heavy loading
Well I just found the problem.
When I took the tube out I found a smallish hole, which I patched. I
then reinstalled the tube, pumped it up to 100psi, and it promptly
burst again.
Suspecting a...
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Forum: Australia
June 1st 11, 10:58 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,315
Bursting tyres with heavy loading
I've been riding to uni on a clunker of an old mountain bike, using
that instead of my Trek roadie because I could mount a rack to it and
carry panniers.
I don't think I've really got all that heavy...
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Forum: Australia
May 31st 11, 03:18 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,074
Grit spatter on legs - what to do about it?
The last couple of weeks in Perth have been fairly wet. I've been
rained on quite hard, but the sand and other crap I get spattered with
matters more.
I've ordered some mudguards from eBay for the...
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Forum: Australia
May 25th 11, 10:19 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
On May 25, 2:21*am, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
On 24/05/2011 9:17 PM, Travis wrote:
On May 24, 12:08 pm, Geoff Lockglock@home *wrote:
On 24/05/2011 8:51 AM, Travis wrote:
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Forum: Australia
May 25th 11, 09:55 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
On May 25, 2:21*am, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
On 24/05/2011 9:17 PM, Travis wrote:
On May 24, 12:08 pm, Geoff Lockglock@home *wrote:
On 24/05/2011 8:51 AM, Travis wrote:
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Forum: Australia
May 24th 11, 12:17 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
On May 24, 12:08*pm, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
On 24/05/2011 8:51 AM, Travis wrote:
On May 22, 2:46 pm, Geoff Lockglock@home *wrote:
On 21/05/2011 11:24 PM, Travis wrote:
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Forum: Australia
May 23rd 11, 11:51 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
On May 22, 2:46*pm, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
On 21/05/2011 11:24 PM, Travis wrote:
I intend to ride to uni again on Monday. I've gotten my mountain bike
set up with wide tyres that...
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Forum: Australia
May 22nd 11, 06:20 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,170
Crap brakes in the wet
On May 22, 8:51*am, TimC -spam-accepted-
here.org wrote:
On 2011-05-20, Travis (aka Bruce)
* was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
So it's reasonable...
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Forum: Australia
May 22nd 11, 03:20 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 732
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 11, 02:24 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
I intend to ride to uni again on Monday. I've gotten my mountain bike
set up with wide tyres that should be able to handle the sand quite
well. I'll report back, if anyone's interested, on the state...
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 11, 02:14 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 732
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
On May 21, 1:01*pm, Geoff Lock glock@home wrote:
On 21/05/2011 12:24 PM, Travis wrote:
No delays for me! Given the crap all over the path i was happy to ride at a slowish pace, though I...
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 11, 03:24 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 732
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Forum: Australia
May 20th 11, 10:54 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
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Forum: Australia
May 20th 11, 10:24 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,452
Kwinana Freeway cycle path a mess (Perth)
I don't know how many of you rode along the Freeway bike path today
given the storms, but I was one of the nutters who did.
Evidently the river must have risen during the day with waves lapping
over...
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Forum: Australia
May 20th 11, 06:39 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,170
Crap brakes in the wet
So it's reasonable to expect that your brakes won't work as well when
the rim has been lubricated with water compared to dry conditions, but
I was just wondering if there is such a thing as a "wet...
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Forum: Australia
May 16th 11, 02:36 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 2
Views: 815
Virtual cycle
On May 15, 7:10*am, Moike wrote:
When you get that urge to ride a bike, but....
http://tinyurl.com/69zowve
Moike
That's great!
Travis
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Forum: Australia
May 13th 11, 01:42 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,613
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Forum: Australia
May 11th 11, 09:35 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,613
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