Forum: Australia
November 9th 11, 12:57 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 21
Views: 3,718
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Forum: Australia
November 5th 11, 03:43 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,969
folding bicycles
"Fraser Johnston" wrote
On 10/01/11 5:03 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:
What? They make pensioners pay for bus fares in Sydney? *******s!
In Perth, where I am a pensioner, all bus and rail...
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Forum: Australia
September 21st 11, 04:59 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,369
learn, as they say, from my fail
"Zebee Johnstone" wrote
Theo Bekkers wrote:
Come on Zebee, are you telling me you didn't know bicycles need rim
tape too?
I agree about the plastic stuff...
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Forum: Australia
September 18th 11, 05:45 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,369
learn, as they say, from my fail
"Zebee Johnstone" wrote
So when you get a new front wheel with dynamo hub for your Brompton,
don't wonder what the odd blue plasticy strip thing in the package
is.
Look at it and think...
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Forum: Australia
July 18th 11, 09:03 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,270
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Forum: Australia
June 29th 11, 03:13 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,107
The use of a woolen scarf in cycling
"Geoff Lock" wrote
Stuffed if I know what others do with their woolen scarves in
cycling but I use my woolen scarf to keep the neck and the front of
my torso warm during these past few days...
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Forum: Australia
June 22nd 11, 02:06 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,562
23 channels and nothing to watch!
"terryc" wrote in message ...
Theo Bekkers wrote:
OTOH, I have 130 channels of Foxtel, so I have more crap to choose
from.
I'm waiting for the rest of...
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Forum: Australia
June 21st 11, 02:52 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,562
23 channels and nothing to watch!
"terryc" wrote
Geoff Lock wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that, I now have 23 channels of
crappy digital ****.
ditto. Aren't you just excited about the digital swap over.
Did you...
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Forum: Australia
June 2nd 11, 02:58 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 24
Views: 2,876
culture of fear
"Rob" wrote
Actually the word "tort" means ---
"-noun Law .
a wrongful act, not including a breach of contract or trust, that
results in injury to another's person, property, reputation,...
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Forum: Australia
May 23rd 11, 05:21 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,082
bicycle stuff
"Geoff Lock" wrote
On 23/05/2011 1:21 PM, F Murtz wrote:
http://wimp.com/bicycleskill/
I dunno, man, that bike setup look dangerous - I didn't see any
brakes on the bikes and I reckon...
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 11, 02:52 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 4
Views: 730
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 11, 07:12 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,167
Crap brakes in the wet
"Geoff Lock" wrote
On 21/05/2011 2:54 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:
Adjust them so that the front of the pad has a slight toe-in, so
that
the leading edge of the pad contacts first.
A...
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Forum: Australia
May 21st 11, 05:54 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,167
Crap brakes in the wet
"Travis" wrote
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...
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Forum: Australia
May 11th 11, 01:19 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,615
Sydney drivers at there best !
"BT Humble" wrote
Rob wrote:
When was there any room for cyclists on the roads -
1893?
Bicycles were very dangerous machines before the invention of the
"safety" and were not in common...
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Forum: Australia
May 10th 11, 03:59 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,610
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Forum: Australia
May 9th 11, 12:02 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,610
Commuting on a mountain bike - a few questions
"John Henderson" wrote
Unless a narrower tyre permits running a higher pressure (most
do), be aware that a wider tyre will have less rolling resistance
than a narrow one (at the same...
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Forum: Australia
April 11th 11, 02:57 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,280
McGee still in the news
The news this week says that, after only five years, the Lawyers
Council has decided that McGee did not do anything serious enough to
justify a reprimand by the Council. He only ran over a cyclist,...
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Forum: Australia
March 18th 11, 01:00 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 704
Freewheel Sprocket Removal
"Theo Bekkers" wrote
On 18/03/2011 7:36 PM, Alan wrote:
I need to get the sprocket off a 27" wheel and the spline tool I have is
to
big .
The sprocket...
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Forum: Australia
March 18th 11, 12:34 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 704
Freewheel Sprocket Removal
"Rob" wrote in message
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On 18/03/2011 7:36 PM, Alan wrote:
I need to get the sprocket off a 27" wheel and the spline tool I have is
...
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Forum: Australia
March 9th 11, 02:20 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,582
Tyre pressures
"John" wrote in message
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On 2011-03-08, noemail@nowhere noemail@nowhere wrote:
I use 120 front and rear ( or them...
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Forum: Australia
March 6th 11, 05:00 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,836
Was I caught by an electric bike?
"Geoff Lock" glock@home wrote
On 6/03/2011 2:34 PM, Theo Bekkers wrote:
Except for the spelling, no. Back pedal brakes, also known as coaster
brakes
were pretty much standard on most...
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Forum: Australia
March 6th 11, 03:34 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,836
Was I caught by an electric bike?
"Geoff Lock" glock@home wrote
On 6/03/2011 7:08 AM, Rob wrote:
On 5/03/2011 4:55 PM, Geoff Lock wrote:
The postie bike I saw in Canterbury had the motor in the rear hub. It
was hardly...
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Forum: Australia
January 22nd 11, 03:31 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,795
My second encounter with the AFP
"TimC" wrote
On 2011-01-22, Theo Bekkers wrote
"TimC" wrote
Yeah, but you come from the land of Sir Joh. In more civilised parts
...
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Forum: Australia
January 22nd 11, 12:34 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,795
My second encounter with the AFP
"TimC" wrote
On 2011-01-20, Peter Gordon wrote
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I'm from Qld and have no idea of NSW law. Here it is illegal to
disobey a police directive.
Yeah, but you come from the land of Sir Joh....
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Forum: Australia
January 18th 11, 09:15 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 46
Views: 2,795
My second encounter with the AFP
"Ken & Stace" wrote
"Zebee Johnstone" wrote
If they can't pass, they shouldn't. If they can, they should.
If Geoff was a truck would you also...
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