Great Vic Bike Ride bikes

Kmart low end types - Dunlop, Huffy, etc

Will get you from A to B - but don't use them for serious off road
stuff

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mugwump< wrote:
I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

>mugwump said:

I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

They come highly recommended by Tim C. 😉

On 2006-09-27, jazmo (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

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Quoted message said:

mugwump Wrote:
I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

They come highly recommended by Tim C. 😉

You may be exagerating 🙂

They're adequate. My 1 year old was much better than my 10 year old
"MTB" from a bike chain, but that's hardly a fair comparison. The
wheels are shieß though. Once a spoke or three die, throw the wheel
out.

--
TimC
"How should I know if it works? That's what beta testers are for. I only
coded it." (Attributed to Linus Torvalds, somewhere in a posting)

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mugwump< wrote:
I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

It depends on what you want to use them for. They're *really* cheap,
the gears are ... ordinary ... and the wheels etc ... urgh. But, if
you want a bike to take to the pub/shops etc, they're fine. I don't
think I'd want to ride too far on one, but as a ute? No worries ...

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mugwump< wrote:
I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

Pub bike.

On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:48:30 +1000, ">mugwump<" <> wrote:

I got one of the bikes working today and it goes okay. However, when
I'm freewheeling (not pedalling) the derailer arm keeps catching
somehow and moves forward then springs back again (if you know what I
mean). Any suggestions how I can fix this? TIA

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:48:30 +1000, ">mugwump<" <> wrote:

I got one of the bikes working today and it goes okay. However, when
I'm freewheeling (not pedalling) the derailer arm keeps catching
somehow and moves forward then springs back again (if you know what I
mean). Any suggestions how I can fix this? TIA

It's not gently catching on a spoke is it? Sound odd that it happens when
freewheeling...

me

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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 14:48:30 +1000, ">mugwump<" <> wrote:

I got one of the bikes working today and it goes okay. However, when
I'm freewheeling (not pedalling) the derailer arm keeps catching
somehow and moves forward then springs back again (if you know what I
mean). Any suggestions how I can fix this? TIA

Sounds like something is stopping the freewheel from "freewheeling". So its
spins with the wheel and unwinds the chain from the derailier, making it
move forward. It could be the plastic spoke shield is loose(1) or just the
bearings a little gummed up, it may free up over time or just need a few
drops of oil in the freewheel.

(1) the shield snapped on my bike once and I had to ride about 2km home
pedaling all the time like a fixy with 150mm of extra chain. was interesting
to see just how often you stop pedaling without even thinking about it. I
just cut mine off, but you have to make sure that it doesn't over shift into
the spokes or you may rip the derailer off.

Slightly OT but as you may be aware the bike is not "free" this year but comes at a nominal cost of $80.

I heard that the entries are coming in very slowly this year, about 1,800 as of about two weeks ago.

Mike

mugwump said:

I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

Turns out there's something amiss with the freewheel. It grinds and
jams spasmodically. Probably something gone wrong with the bearings. I
will have to take it to a bike shop coz I haven't got the right tools
or the ability to fix it. However, I don't want to pay too much as
it's just a poor quality Flat Bar bike.

mugwump said:

mugwump said:

I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

Turns out there's something amiss with the freewheel. It grinds and
jams spasmodically. Probably something gone wrong with the bearings. I
will have to take it to a bike shop coz I haven't got the right tools
or the ability to fix it. However, I don't want to pay too much as
it's just a poor quality Flat Bar bike.

Please forgive me if my terminology is inaccurate, for I am but a
novice. Here's what happened. I took my two rear wheels to some bike
shops hoping that they could swap the cluster from the badly buckled
wheel with the cluster from the straight wheel with the stuffed
freewheel bearing. I jumped on a train with wheels in hand and headed
for Carnegie. I took the wheels to the two bike shops in Dandenong
Road but they could not help me. They said it was too difficult to
take the components apart. In fact one of them damaged a tool in the
process. I then decided to take the wheels to the Melbourne Bicycle
Centre at 179 High Street Prahran. They swapped the clusters in about
3 minutes, and they performed the work free of charge. That made my
day. It's good to know there are some helpful and generous people
around.

QUOTE=mugwumpOn Sun said:

mugwump said:

I just found two Great Victorian Bike Ride MTBs thrown out on a
suburban Melbourne nature-strip. One is intact, whilst the second
lacks a seat and handlebars. Got one home by holding the bars with my
right hand while riding my racer. Had to travel about 2 kilometres or
so. Jumped in my son's car and picked up the other. They are green in
colour with Great Victorian Bike Ride in black text. Does anyone know
if they are good quality? Probably made in China and probably not much
good. Anyone?

Turns out there's something amiss with the freewheel. It grinds and
jams spasmodically. Probably something gone wrong with the bearings. I
will have to take it to a bike shop coz I haven't got the right tools
or the ability to fix it. However, I don't want to pay too much as
it's just a poor quality Flat Bar bike.

Please forgive me if my terminology is inaccurate, for I am but a
novice. Here's what happened. I took my two rear wheels to some bike
shops hoping that they could swap the cluster from the badly buckled
wheel with the cluster from the straight wheel with the stuffed
freewheel bearing. I jumped on a train with wheels in hand and headed
for Carnegie. I took the wheels to the two bike shops in Dandenong
Road but they could not help me. They said it was too difficult to
take the components apart. In fact one of them damaged a tool in the
process. I then decided to take the wheels to the Melbourne Bicycle
Centre at 179 High Street Prahran. They swapped the clusters in about
3 minutes, and they performed the work free of charge. That made my
day. It's good to know there are some helpful and generous people
around.[/QUOTE]
This tool that was damaged, where was that tool normally kept?

*ouch*