I'm lucky I have one hill between my house and a load of bike ways along the water front. I can ride to there from my house on the footpath where it's only giant monster truck prams I have to dodge.
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I'm lucky I have one hill between my house and a load of bike ways along the water front. I can ride to there from my house on the footpath where it's only giant monster truck prams I have to dodge.
Swanny - definately doable - was a couch potato this time last year - that said - my mate from work has pushed me all the way, so that helped...Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanny
The Trek is nice - built for distance, so gentle on the soft parts of the anatomy... The 11 speed groupset is also handy with the hills.
DB I remember riding in Canberra - so many bike paths and they seemed to actually go somewhere. If only in Perth - half ours end suddenly or are missing bits, no wonder cyclists and drivers are getting agro with each other.
Yhep.. It is really stupid of the state Government not to push a decent bike path system..
Perth could be a great city to cycle in if there were more dedicated bike ways that, like Canberra, actually go where they are needed.
My eldest son ( he's just about to turn 47 ) does a ride to work when the weather is not too hot / wet from Clarkson to the City.
Them in WA will appreciate that it's a fair ride even if it is pretty flat
Couple of cool bikes, Dedman! Looks like the fat bike's tyre is almost as fat as the Trumpy's!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
LOL yea. I had a 30's Enfield that ran about the same size tyres as the FatBike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Swanny
I only ride 1 kind of bike... up here in New England, we typically get 3 seasons of riding.. though this time last year, we had 8 ft (2.5 m) of snow hanging around. This year, Ive ridden every month so far. This pic was taken on Christmas day.. it was about 50 degrees (10 celsius)... http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...6280224368.jpg
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Dude, I am still on my 06 OCR Zero! Third set of cranks, second set of wheels, two bottom brackets, 3 rear cassettes (and a partridge in a pear tree), Giant rock, this thing has been a brilliant bike and it is still going strong. I'd buy another Giant in a heartbeat, though my next bike is likely to be a Bullit or similar for the conveying, fetchin' and entertaining of the young 'un.Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
sounds good Franken, you must have ridden some distance on the OCR to go through all those parts !
my previous road bike was a OCR1 would have been similar vintage or older. I clocked about 50,000km on that
DB. WA are amateurs, you want to see true government stupidity in action, come Visit NSW.Quote:
Originally Posted by dingobass
Dunno about that, up here they keep painting cycle lanes everywhere, even up to intersections so god knows who has right of way when turning left. The lycra clad super heros think they own the road once fully adorned for their trip to the nearest coffee shop. Always riding two or more abreast when there is barely room for single file and get the sh!!ts when you drive too close. Another thing that cheeses me off about them is that they don't obey the same road rules as the rest of us. Always running Red Lights or darting across a lane when there is only the slightest gap.
Agree that dedicated bikeways like they have in Canberra is the only way to go but obviously our Governments have squandered most of their money on other useless crap instead.
Unfortunately as with any community there are a couple of idiots that ruin it for everyone. Lately have been doing a lot of outer suburbs riding - long windy single lane roads and have had pretty good car / bike interactions - couple of times though as we get closer to town we've had idiots with the top half of their body hanging out of cars to yell abuse at us while we're single file in a bike lane.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
And your first statement is the biggest issue of all Waz, no one is sure about who has right of way to proceed. Here in Sydney it is the same irrespective of the type of vehicle you Ride/Drive (and in instances Pilot). The state of road craft of Cyclists and Motorists in this burg is ABYSMAL.Quote:
Originally Posted by wazkelly
I will confess that some of that gear changing was due to equipment carnage (BB's and one set of Cranks, 110kg Pacific Islanders weren't really Giant's target riding group when they designed it). I'd reckon it would still be less than half what you did with yours. (did i mention 3 trip computers? They go missing when you aren't watching and they don't like being run over.)Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
I am an ex NSW boy.. I grew up in Bowral so yep, I know all about dumb arse NSW Governments......Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Hahahaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
To be quite truthfull with you Franken, I dont think many things were designed for use by chunky Pacific Islanders...
When I had my Stonemasonry business going I employed two MASSIVE Maori boiz....
Those guys did twice the work of any of the other blokes but man, they could kill any piece of equipment simply by picking it up :p
One of the boiz weighed in at 137kg and he could pick up a stone that weighed around 150kg as if it was a feather....
He bent a 60mm hardened steel jump bar just by smacking a stone with it.. Not to mention countless numbers of 25kg rock hammer handles. I had to keep at least five spares on hand at any given time.
Powerful brutes, but gentle as lambs.
Those stories sound suspiciously like stuff my cousins would do. I remember helping a mate & his dad firewood a couple of big old pines they had to have removed. I managed to break six ax handles, including a supposedly unbreakable splitting axe handle.
haha Franken, must explain why you have had to replace so many parts on your bike.
I always remove the trip computer if I have to lock it up anywhere, takes 3 seconds
hope you are more gentle with guitars haha
I persisted with cat eyes, but I had one die by working loose and then have the cable drag it into the wheel, and another that died as a result of an unplanned interaction with another rider. I've since switched to Garmins and gave had no issues other than remembering to keep the beggar charged.
I am much gentler with guitars, though my two year old takes a toll on them!
This is too good not to share..
Pretty well sums up my feelings on Fender custard oops custom shop bull shite....
haha nice one DB, nice urine take !!
What tha!!! next it will be drag a guitar behind a truck then sell it as a truck wreck.
They are running out of ideas fast.
The bit that cracked me up was the 'Monkeys on LSD'....
this thread has covered so many topics but the main theme that is common is oxygen thieves hahah
haha, the bad photoshop job and key phrases like "who ****** cares" really have me doubting the authenticity of this one......Quote:
Originally Posted by dingobass
I thought this would fit in here, a woman asking a man for advice, why would she?.
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Seems like sound advice, don't you think?
This is forked up
So, I posted this a while back. Hilarious, until I did almost exactly this while absent mindedly passing the iron between hands a few moments ago. I really don't recommend it.Quote:
Originally Posted by pablopepper
haha Pabs, you have to be switched on using a soldering iron
@ KB, classic hard tail fix !
I think everyone has felt the wrath of a soldering iron, i got a good hit recently heating up some shrink wrap on a wiring job, wasnt soldering so sort of forgot what i was holding.
There is a fine line between genius and lunacy. I'm undecided which side this is on. If it wasn't for the two big screws at the back....Quote:
Originally Posted by kimball492
What can you say about this...
http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/u...ng-shooter.jpg
haha classic, I accidentally shot my guitar. Well a good guitar repair could steam the neck off and replace the neck
Too funny. I've never accidentally shot my guitar but did drill through a headstock last night by accident! I'm still breathing..
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which axe Ponch ? that is an amatuer mistake bro !
OMFG.
People like that should be neutered so the stupid cant breed
The surf strat... I even used hand drill to have more control. The masking tape drill marker slipped. Oh well... The screws for the vintage machine heads were quite long (apart from string tension it's all that holds the machine heads in) . I've fixed up with a cocktail stick and CA glue. Looks ok and should be hidden by the strings......Quote:
Originally Posted by wokkaboy
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good work Ponch, nice workaround bro. The old masking tape on the drill marker slip trick !
trap for young players bro !