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Patrick Turner
Guest
BT Humble wrote:
>
> Bean Long wrote:
> > The knee is getting better. Stretching every day to help things loosen
> > up. I also need to stretch just before getting on the bike and just
> > after. Still in need of a good bike fit to ensure the problem doesn't
> > persist due to poor posture or position on the bike. Slowly coming back
> > to it and hope to be doing ~300 a week in the near future.
>
> 300km a week? I'm doing about 160km, and it's getting easy. I should
> probably find myself a new Gordon-Woden route with a second big hill
> and an extra 10km or so on it.
Just add in Mt Stromlo and you'll be right.
Patrick Turner.
>
> I'll be in Civic again for a couple of weeks from mid-September, so
> that might do the trick for a while.
>
> BTH
>
> Bean Long wrote:
> > The knee is getting better. Stretching every day to help things loosen
> > up. I also need to stretch just before getting on the bike and just
> > after. Still in need of a good bike fit to ensure the problem doesn't
> > persist due to poor posture or position on the bike. Slowly coming back
> > to it and hope to be doing ~300 a week in the near future.
>
> 300km a week? I'm doing about 160km, and it's getting easy. I should
> probably find myself a new Gordon-Woden route with a second big hill
> and an extra 10km or so on it.
Just add in Mt Stromlo and you'll be right.
Patrick Turner.
>
> I'll be in Civic again for a couple of weeks from mid-September, so
> that might do the trick for a while.
>
> BTH
P
Patrick Turner
Guest
Theo Bekkers wrote:
>
> BT Humble wrote:
> > Bean Long wrote:
> >> Message from the interested party
> >>
> >> "Did it happen to contain - 2 tubes, 3 yellow tire leavers and a co2
> >> cartridge. If so its mine
> >>
> >> 0400966695
> >>
> >> James"
> >
> > Din ding ding! We have a winnah! :-D
> >
> > (And what's more, he only lives about 2 blocks up the street from me).
>
> Geez, what's the odds on that? 10 million bicycles in Australia and you
> managed to find someone in your street on this forum.
>
> Theo
Surely 'tiz amazin.
I thought hardly any of the hundreds maybe thousands of active cyclists
in ACT
would read this group...
But once passed the same guy going in the opposite direction 3 times
while out on a 90k ride. We didn't speak
as we passed, but it very improbable.
Patrick Turner.
>
> BT Humble wrote:
> > Bean Long wrote:
> >> Message from the interested party
> >>
> >> "Did it happen to contain - 2 tubes, 3 yellow tire leavers and a co2
> >> cartridge. If so its mine
> >>
> >> 0400966695
> >>
> >> James"
> >
> > Din ding ding! We have a winnah! :-D
> >
> > (And what's more, he only lives about 2 blocks up the street from me).
>
> Geez, what's the odds on that? 10 million bicycles in Australia and you
> managed to find someone in your street on this forum.
>
> Theo
Surely 'tiz amazin.
I thought hardly any of the hundreds maybe thousands of active cyclists
in ACT
would read this group...
But once passed the same guy going in the opposite direction 3 times
while out on a 90k ride. We didn't speak
as we passed, but it very improbable.
Patrick Turner.
P
Patrick Turner
Guest
jcjordan wrote:
>
> From the owner of the Saddle Bag.
>
> Thanks alot for the find, would have made my ride in the morning
> interesting as I hate putting the tubes and stuff in my back pockets.
> Might be time for a new saddle bag though.
>
> --
> jcjordan
I have a Brooks leather saddle on my bikes,
and I keep 2 tyre levers and puncture kit
in an old sock rolled in on itself, then secured
with a foot strap around the seat wire supports.
Nothing rattles or works loose, and if it gets wet, it dries out quick.
I have never lost anything in 110,000kms.
I don't like anything in my jersey pockets
except glasses, so i can see the punctures I'm fixing,
and $10 for a hot chocolate and fudge at Cafe Essen in town on the way
home.
During the last 6,000 km, I've only had 1 puncture
with Vittoria Randonneur 28mm tyres, after wearing it well into the red
rubber.
I broke a few spokes when I began these km because I started at 95kG,
but now at
77kg, I rarely break one, so I don't even bother to take a spoke key
with me.
I just keep the wheels well trued at home. Not just sideways, but
also make sure the hills and dales in the rim are adjusted out.
If a rim is perfectly round, the spokes must all be about the same
tension.
One should not have to carry a huge lot of tools when one is commuting
or doing a few long rides a week.
Last time I rode to Thredbo over 3 days in about 1990
I just had a flat triangular lightweight bag I sewed up tied in the
inside
of the frame triangle. I wouldn't like to use a saddle bag, unless I was
on a motorcycle.
Patrick Turner.
>
> From the owner of the Saddle Bag.
>
> Thanks alot for the find, would have made my ride in the morning
> interesting as I hate putting the tubes and stuff in my back pockets.
> Might be time for a new saddle bag though.
>
> --
> jcjordan
I have a Brooks leather saddle on my bikes,
and I keep 2 tyre levers and puncture kit
in an old sock rolled in on itself, then secured
with a foot strap around the seat wire supports.
Nothing rattles or works loose, and if it gets wet, it dries out quick.
I have never lost anything in 110,000kms.
I don't like anything in my jersey pockets
except glasses, so i can see the punctures I'm fixing,
and $10 for a hot chocolate and fudge at Cafe Essen in town on the way
home.
During the last 6,000 km, I've only had 1 puncture
with Vittoria Randonneur 28mm tyres, after wearing it well into the red
rubber.
I broke a few spokes when I began these km because I started at 95kG,
but now at
77kg, I rarely break one, so I don't even bother to take a spoke key
with me.
I just keep the wheels well trued at home. Not just sideways, but
also make sure the hills and dales in the rim are adjusted out.
If a rim is perfectly round, the spokes must all be about the same
tension.
One should not have to carry a huge lot of tools when one is commuting
or doing a few long rides a week.
Last time I rode to Thredbo over 3 days in about 1990
I just had a flat triangular lightweight bag I sewed up tied in the
inside
of the frame triangle. I wouldn't like to use a saddle bag, unless I was
on a motorcycle.
Patrick Turner.
A
Aeek
Guest
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:47:26 GMT, Patrick Turner
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I thought hardly any of the hundreds maybe thousands of active cyclists
>in ACT
>would read this group...
Sarcasm? What other group would we read.
I work with one, race with the other.
On that, I really should be getting the bike and me ready.
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I thought hardly any of the hundreds maybe thousands of active cyclists
>in ACT
>would read this group...
Sarcasm? What other group would we read.
I work with one, race with the other.
On that, I really should be getting the bike and me ready.
S
Simon
Guest
On Aug 18, 12:06 pm, Aeek <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:47:26 GMT, Patrick Turner
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I thought hardly any of the hundreds maybe thousands of active cyclists
> >in ACT
> >would read this group...
>
> Sarcasm? What other group would we read.
> I work with one, race with the other.
> On that, I really should be getting the bike and me ready.
And you used to live next door to two others. Till they threw us out...
> On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:47:26 GMT, Patrick Turner
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I thought hardly any of the hundreds maybe thousands of active cyclists
> >in ACT
> >would read this group...
>
> Sarcasm? What other group would we read.
> I work with one, race with the other.
> On that, I really should be getting the bike and me ready.
And you used to live next door to two others. Till they threw us out...
Z
Zebee Johnstone
Guest
In aus.bicycle on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:56:33 +1000
TimC <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I just got my tax back. There is more than enough there (if there
> wasn't already in my bank account. Gosh I love being a public
> servant) to buy some new bling. I just have to work out how to buy it
> then ship it home. Heck, I could buy a motorbike and obtain a license
> and go over to the dark side with the money ATO gave me. If only I
> weren't so lazy.
No, recumbents are the dark side. Motorcycles are in another
universe....
Zebee
TimC <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I just got my tax back. There is more than enough there (if there
> wasn't already in my bank account. Gosh I love being a public
> servant) to buy some new bling. I just have to work out how to buy it
> then ship it home. Heck, I could buy a motorbike and obtain a license
> and go over to the dark side with the money ATO gave me. If only I
> weren't so lazy.
No, recumbents are the dark side. Motorcycles are in another
universe....
Zebee
T
Theo Bekkers
Guest
BT Humble wrote:
> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> BT Humble wrote:
>>> Din ding ding! We have a winnah! :-D
>>
>>> (And what's more, he only lives about 2 blocks up the street from
>>> me).
>>
>> Geez, what's the odds on that? 10 million bicycles in Australia and
>> you managed to find someone in your street on this forum.
>
> Considering that I found his gear on my commuting route, I'd say that
> the odds were greatly improved! Not *that* many people live within
> 8km of my house, after all. ;-)
My amazement was that someone on your commute route is a reader of this
forum.
Theo
> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> BT Humble wrote:
>>> Din ding ding! We have a winnah! :-D
>>
>>> (And what's more, he only lives about 2 blocks up the street from
>>> me).
>>
>> Geez, what's the odds on that? 10 million bicycles in Australia and
>> you managed to find someone in your street on this forum.
>
> Considering that I found his gear on my commuting route, I'd say that
> the odds were greatly improved! Not *that* many people live within
> 8km of my house, after all. ;-)
My amazement was that someone on your commute route is a reader of this
forum.
Theo
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Bean Long
Guest
Theo Bekkers wrote:
> BT Humble wrote:
>> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>>> BT Humble wrote:
>>>> Din ding ding! We have a winnah! :-D
>>>> (And what's more, he only lives about 2 blocks up the street from
>>>> me).
>>> Geez, what's the odds on that? 10 million bicycles in Australia and
>>> you managed to find someone in your street on this forum.
>> Considering that I found his gear on my commuting route, I'd say that
>> the odds were greatly improved! Not *that* many people live within
>> 8km of my house, after all. ;-)
>
> My amazement was that someone on your commute route is a reader of this
> forum.
>
> Theo
>
>
Well, it went something like this...
BT advertised his find > I read it on a.b > I passed it on to Canberra
Roadies > jcjordan read my msg > jcjordan and BT got in contact >
jcjordan replied to a.b... small world isn't it! especially if you ride
a bike in canberra!!
--
Bean
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> BT Humble wrote:
>> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>>> BT Humble wrote:
>>>> Din ding ding! We have a winnah! :-D
>>>> (And what's more, he only lives about 2 blocks up the street from
>>>> me).
>>> Geez, what's the odds on that? 10 million bicycles in Australia and
>>> you managed to find someone in your street on this forum.
>> Considering that I found his gear on my commuting route, I'd say that
>> the odds were greatly improved! Not *that* many people live within
>> 8km of my house, after all. ;-)
>
> My amazement was that someone on your commute route is a reader of this
> forum.
>
> Theo
>
>
Well, it went something like this...
BT advertised his find > I read it on a.b > I passed it on to Canberra
Roadies > jcjordan read my msg > jcjordan and BT got in contact >
jcjordan replied to a.b... small world isn't it! especially if you ride
a bike in canberra!!
--
Bean
Remove "yourfinger" before replying
