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brucef
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On Sep 21, 6:51 am, "Plodder" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd say spend a few bucks more and get a reliable bike from a bike shop.
> Tell them you want to store the bikes and you'll get advice on how to
> protect them and ensure they work when you want them to.
I saw a Giant at the bike shop around the corner the
other day. It looked like a normal mountain/hybriddy sort
of thing, adjustable stem, good tyres. Nice looking bike I
thought, although I am certainly no expert. Price $199.
The gotcha? Single speed. An interesting product.
This could be a great bike for a holiday house, assuming
no significant hills. Eliminating the gears could significantly
reduce the maintenance. You also eliminate one of the
brake cables.
I have a bit of a soft spot for single speed bikes. I had
a really ugly old single speed when I was about 18. A
friend lent it to me to get home one night and then
didn't want it back (I suspect it was stolen). I took it to
uni and used it daily. Never locked it. It was finally
stolen (restolen?) when I left it at the college over the
Christmas break. Or maybe someone just tidied it up.
> I'd say spend a few bucks more and get a reliable bike from a bike shop.
> Tell them you want to store the bikes and you'll get advice on how to
> protect them and ensure they work when you want them to.
I saw a Giant at the bike shop around the corner the
other day. It looked like a normal mountain/hybriddy sort
of thing, adjustable stem, good tyres. Nice looking bike I
thought, although I am certainly no expert. Price $199.
The gotcha? Single speed. An interesting product.
This could be a great bike for a holiday house, assuming
no significant hills. Eliminating the gears could significantly
reduce the maintenance. You also eliminate one of the
brake cables.
I have a bit of a soft spot for single speed bikes. I had
a really ugly old single speed when I was about 18. A
friend lent it to me to get home one night and then
didn't want it back (I suspect it was stolen). I took it to
uni and used it daily. Never locked it. It was finally
stolen (restolen?) when I left it at the college over the
Christmas break. Or maybe someone just tidied it up.
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BT Humble
Guest
Joel Mayes wrote:
> I've had a volunteer at work the past couple of week working on bikes
> for asylum seekers (we've got a big course comming up with ASRC) she's
> German/Chillian and has reasonable but limited english.
>
> I got a bit of a suprised look when naming the tool used to true a wheel.
Oh! Have you taken over the Red Cross bike servicing while Moike is
on holidays?
BTH
> I've had a volunteer at work the past couple of week working on bikes
> for asylum seekers (we've got a big course comming up with ASRC) she's
> German/Chillian and has reasonable but limited english.
>
> I got a bit of a suprised look when naming the tool used to true a wheel.
Oh! Have you taken over the Red Cross bike servicing while Moike is
on holidays?
BTH
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BT Humble
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Theo Bekkers wrote:
> BT Humble wrote:
> > Travis wrote:
> >> On Sep 20, 9:45 am, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> They sound perfect for what you want and at $70 a pop how can you go
> >>> wrong?
>
> >> Famous last words... probably spoken by people who thought their
> >> brakes would actually work...
>
> > Actually, famous last words are more commonly the last words spoken by
> > famous people. An example would be:
>
> > "I wanna be just like my brother!" -- Bobby Kennedy.
>
> Damn it Ben, I made a mess of my coffee.
I note that you didn't laugh at my Colin McRae remark over on
aus.motorcycles though.
BTH
> BT Humble wrote:
> > Travis wrote:
> >> On Sep 20, 9:45 am, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> They sound perfect for what you want and at $70 a pop how can you go
> >>> wrong?
>
> >> Famous last words... probably spoken by people who thought their
> >> brakes would actually work...
>
> > Actually, famous last words are more commonly the last words spoken by
> > famous people. An example would be:
>
> > "I wanna be just like my brother!" -- Bobby Kennedy.
>
> Damn it Ben, I made a mess of my coffee.
I note that you didn't laugh at my Colin McRae remark over on
aus.motorcycles though.
BTH
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Theo Bekkers
Guest
BT Humble wrote:
> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> BT Humble wrote:
>>> "I wanna be just like my brother!" -- Bobby Kennedy.
>>
>> Damn it Ben, I made a mess of my coffee.
>
> I note that you didn't laugh at my Colin McRae remark over on
> aus.motorcycles though.
Something must be lacking in my humerus.
Theo
> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> BT Humble wrote:
>>> "I wanna be just like my brother!" -- Bobby Kennedy.
>>
>> Damn it Ben, I made a mess of my coffee.
>
> I note that you didn't laugh at my Colin McRae remark over on
> aus.motorcycles though.
Something must be lacking in my humerus.
Theo
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Theo Bekkers
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brucef wrote:
> I saw a Giant at the bike shop around the corner the
> other day. It looked like a normal mountain/hybriddy sort
> of thing, adjustable stem, good tyres. Nice looking bike I
> thought, although I am certainly no expert. Price $199.
>
> The gotcha? Single speed. An interesting product.
> This could be a great bike for a holiday house, assuming
> no significant hills. Eliminating the gears could significantly
> reduce the maintenance. You also eliminate one of the
> brake cables.
I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed with a
single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever told me they
couldn't go uphill.
Theo
> I saw a Giant at the bike shop around the corner the
> other day. It looked like a normal mountain/hybriddy sort
> of thing, adjustable stem, good tyres. Nice looking bike I
> thought, although I am certainly no expert. Price $199.
>
> The gotcha? Single speed. An interesting product.
> This could be a great bike for a holiday house, assuming
> no significant hills. Eliminating the gears could significantly
> reduce the maintenance. You also eliminate one of the
> brake cables.
I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed with a
single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever told me they
couldn't go uphill.
Theo
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brucef
Guest
On Sep 21, 12:57 pm, "Theo Bekkers" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed with a
> single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever told me they
> couldn't go uphill.
Theo, weren't you raised in the Netherlands?
> I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed with a
> single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever told me they
> couldn't go uphill.
Theo, weren't you raised in the Netherlands?
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Theo Bekkers
Guest
brucef wrote:
> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed
>> with a single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever
>> told me they couldn't go uphill.
> Theo, weren't you raised in the Netherlands?
Until I was ten. Were you asleep in geography or do you really believe there
are no hills in Holland? Even by the time I was 20 three speed Sturmey
Archers were still esoteric equipment. As to derailliers...... Wow!
Theo
> Theo Bekkers wrote:
>> I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed
>> with a single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever
>> told me they couldn't go uphill.
> Theo, weren't you raised in the Netherlands?
Until I was ten. Were you asleep in geography or do you really believe there
are no hills in Holland? Even by the time I was 20 three speed Sturmey
Archers were still esoteric equipment. As to derailliers...... Wow!
Theo
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Zebee Johnstone
Guest
In aus.bicycle on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:57:47 +0800
Theo Bekkers <[email protected]> wrote:
> I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed with a
> single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever told me they
> couldn't go uphill.
I rode single speeds till I was in 2nd year (year 9 to you youngsters)
when I got a 10 speed. It was one of very few 10 speeds in the school
bike shed.
Zebee
Theo Bekkers <[email protected]> wrote:
> I never saw a multi-speed bike when I was a youngster. Single speed with a
> single back-pedal brake was the norm. No cables. Nobody ever told me they
> couldn't go uphill.
I rode single speeds till I was in 2nd year (year 9 to you youngsters)
when I got a 10 speed. It was one of very few 10 speeds in the school
bike shed.
Zebee
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brucef
Guest
On Sep 21, 1:21 pm, "Theo Bekkers" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Were you asleep in geography or do you really believe there
> are no hills in Holland?
Be nice. The parts of Holland that I remember were pretty damn flat.
> Were you asleep in geography or do you really believe there
> are no hills in Holland?
Be nice. The parts of Holland that I remember were pretty damn flat.
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Theo Bekkers
Guest
brucef wrote:
> On Sep 21, 1:21 pm, "Theo Bekkers" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Were you asleep in geography or do you really believe there
>> are no hills in Holland?
>
> Be nice. The parts of Holland that I remember were pretty damn flat.
So is the Nullarbor.
As a cyclist you should already know that it's all uphill and into the wind,
no matter where you are.
Theo
> On Sep 21, 1:21 pm, "Theo Bekkers" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Were you asleep in geography or do you really believe there
>> are no hills in Holland?
>
> Be nice. The parts of Holland that I remember were pretty damn flat.
So is the Nullarbor.
As a cyclist you should already know that it's all uphill and into the wind,
no matter where you are.
Theo
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TimC
Guest
On 2007-09-20, Zebee Johnstone (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> In aus.bicycle on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:31:51 +1000
> Pete <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm looking for two cheap bikes to leave down at a holiday house near
>> the beach. Will mostly be ridden on sealed roads and bike tracks, and
>> usually only during summer and easter.
>>
>> What do people think of the Huffy bikes in the latest K-Mart catalogue?
>
> Ask BTH... he seems to be doing OK on a cheapie.
I gave away my GVBR bike. Sorry Dutchie!
--
TimC
Always carry a short length of fibre-optic cable. If you get lost, then
you can drop it on the ground, wait ten minutes, and ask the backhoe
operator how to get back to civilization. -- Mike Andrews in NANAE
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> In aus.bicycle on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:31:51 +1000
> Pete <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I'm looking for two cheap bikes to leave down at a holiday house near
>> the beach. Will mostly be ridden on sealed roads and bike tracks, and
>> usually only during summer and easter.
>>
>> What do people think of the Huffy bikes in the latest K-Mart catalogue?
>
> Ask BTH... he seems to be doing OK on a cheapie.
I gave away my GVBR bike. Sorry Dutchie!
--
TimC
Always carry a short length of fibre-optic cable. If you get lost, then
you can drop it on the ground, wait ten minutes, and ask the backhoe
operator how to get back to civilization. -- Mike Andrews in NANAE
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