The Thread about Nothing....

pshaw

So Tiger, where did we get to on those custom wheels?
Majority heavy XC use.
Need to be light,strong, high bling factor and <1000

royale

Do any of you peoples know anything about stationary trainers?

Was thinking that is cold, wet and dangerous outside so was thinking about getting one.

Torpedo7 just sent me an email for a Tranz X mag trainer (JD-111) for AU$170 (supposed to retail for over $400).

Is there much difference between brands models etc?

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Wilchemy

Is that the trainer with the free HR monitor?

climbo

not really, I have a fluid one (Trek branded Cyclops one), nice and quiet but farkin boring. I recommend no more than 45 minutes on one pre week.

Wilchemy

Haha... more bike chat on here in two days than two weeks on TAT. What's with that?


And so how DO you start the TVR?

royale

Yep, sure is.

I'm going for a record see if i can place an order every week (damn those emails they send)

2 weeks ago it was a work stand, then a cassette, crankset and chain, not this week is looking like a trainer!

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Wilchemy

What was the workstand like? I was thinking of getting one but the budget is tapped out.

I've seen the TACX trainers over here. They look okay for the price. Dunno about the HR monitor but it has more functions than my crappy old Polar

royale

I figure it would be boring, but i thought i could watch tv or read a book.

I'm trying to put in a bit more of a training effort but its hard finding the time and stuff.
I ride after work a couple of times a week but riding at night in traffic in the wet is not to safest feeling. I figure if I spend enough time out there in those conditions it'll eventually end in tears.

I could always try and find some safer routes.

Any of you ride after 5 in melbourne during the week?
What are some good routes for the time of day?

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classic1

Have you ever read how TVR got its name. Letters out of the founders first name. TreVoR.

'I'm taking my new Trevor for a drive.' Or 'I'm, taking my new twevow fow a dwive.' TVRs have always had quality issues. All those different owners, all those years and they still can't put this things together properly.

royale

Work stand is awesome. Really nice design. Folds down and doesn't weigh much. So good to take to enduro's etc.

All the foldy slidey bits are quick release. Can't go wrong for the money (I paid AU$115).

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Send in a moderator existance. I suggest Koffee...




Anan.

Wilchemy

Depends where in Melb you are. I sometimes go out Canterbury Rd to Ringwood then loop back via Maroondah Hwy to Box Hill at night. Normally after 8pm tho.

There's the "Alpine Tour of the Suburbs" on Thursdays too

Jono L

Kew or Yarra Boulevard. I spent many hours in the dark after 5pm around the kew boulevard, it is relatively car free.

Beach Road between Black Rock and Mordi ain't bad either, the traffic to get there sucks but once past Black Rock the traffic is fine and the trip back towards the CBD is fine also.

Albert Park is not too bad either, trafficy but not to bad plenty of room for cyclists, just watch pit straight with those barriers thingy's.

Velodromes-Brunswick, Hawthorn, Caulfield, Footscray, Coburg (need a key) boring but so very safe...

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Don't get me started on triathletes. Sluggo wearing, mechanically inept, dirty, dribbling, elbow steering spawn of Satan. Anyone who sticks food to their bike is a disgrace IMHO.