Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

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Oatley and the St George Cycling Clubs have been notified

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Suggest you send this query to the St George Bicycle Club or the Oatley Cycling Club. Would be good if they were made aware of this thug in their area.

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I was never one to get into the steel is real and carbon is plastic argument. If I have, it was largely for fun and nothing more. In other words, my love of steel bikes has nothing to do with performance and more to do with the history and expertise behind them. Came across an interesting comparison...

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Seriously, this is all getting a bit too serious

. People just want to have fun. Who cares who or what we call ourselves; we are still members of the DHBC. Whether some of us like or appreciate older bikes is immaterial.m

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Thought the so-called 'Valley Wheelers' are part of the DHBC. If not, shouldnt this be clarified in some way?

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Great Ad!
When riding with a wind blowing from behind, it does feel like you do have wings.

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Hi, Thought some of you might be interested in watching interviews with old (and some new) steel bicycle frame builders. These interviews were done by a guy in Brisbane, Gavin Bannerman. He did a series of interviews with Qld based frame builders and in the last month completed several interviews wi...

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I know some of us trawl thru ebay and other sites looking for vintage bike stuff regularly. Would be nice to have a few interesting links posted out.

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The special race idea is a good one. Jo, would you like to contact her on behalf of the DHBC? Feel it is more appropriate if someone with a longer history with the DHBC (i only joined in July this year) or a DHBC committee member does so. Am not sure if she has an email address, but then havent had ...

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Found her! She works at Civic Bikes in Newcastle. I just called the shop and was told she only works Saturdays. Now that we have her contact number and she will be told the DHBC is keen to get in touch, what do we do from here? Invite her for the next DHBC function? Guest speaker? Write a column on ...

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Exceptions will also be granted for anyone who has a Caminade Caminargent . (French aluminium bike with octagonal tubes from the 1930s, http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/bicycles/Caminade/Caminade_city_bike_HS.htm[/quote] Damnit! Tossed one out last month during the council cleanup! :lol:

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[quote="lindsay"]Here's a couple of pics I've found of Waratah Rovers. Don't know much about these guys however I think they were around perhaps shortly after this period? The 'Rovers' were around in the 1880s. Not sure where they were based, but if they're meeting point was at Petersham T...

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I came across a news article from a Sydney-based paper from the late 1880s. The article recounted how local bicycle groups did regular cycle runs: 1. Sydney to Windsor (34 miles). Had to cycle towards Parramatta. Road was difficult but greatly improved once pass Parramatta. Then made way through Bau...

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Count me in!

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Harder than I thought; getting Margaret McLachlan's (nee Miller) contact details.
If anyone has any leads out there, please don't hesitate to try.
Regards
marc

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WTF

is that front chain ring for real

Can you imagine doing a cadence of 90-100rpm on those things? Need legs like tree trunks.

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They all probably went on a long tour to Turkey in 1914...

Yeah, you're probably right. Poor guys.

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Hi In the last couple of weeks I was privileged to acquire a rather rare early 1950s Alcon road bicycle frame. The Alcon name is significant to the Marrickville area. Alcon Cycle Works was set up at 312 Victoria Road (about 200m from the M'ville Cafe), Marrickville in about 1948 by Alvia Mervyn Conn...

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Dont know who these guys are or what club the 'Red club' is, but if they are as uppity as they look, their club wouldnt have lasted very long after 1913. By around the end of the first decade of the 1900s, the rich were abandoning the bicycle for the motor car. Around this time, the bicycle was beco...

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That heaps of info on Margaret, Jo.
DHBC should invite her back for one of our functions as a guest and/or speaker, or something like that.
marc

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Came across this article from the Australian Women's Weekly (dated May 1967). The story is about Margaret McLachlan (nee Miller) formerly from the DHBC. Margaret was an amateur racing cyclist but was so good often competing with and beating men. Consequently the NSW Amateur Cycling Union banned her ...

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Like John said, it'll be rather hard to find a copy today. I put in a acquisition request to Ashfield Library a few days ago. Will see what they say. Maybe someone living in the Marrickville council area can do the same with Marrickville library. Notice the book was a private publication (not with a...

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Thought it might be a nice way to end this thread by providing a listing of all the past and present velodromes and/or bicycle related sites in Sydney - built between 1900 to present. This info was largely (not entirely) lifted from the following website, but edited to give it a velo perspective: ht...

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If that tall thin person was riding a small wheeled folding bike, it was me.

I wasnt that miserable. Lovely morning. Enjoy enjoy.....
marc

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I also read somewhere (can't find it now) that there was another 'velodrome' at Hammond Park, Croydon/Ashfield. This is only about 3 kms from the original Canterbury velodrome in Canterbury. Cycle racing as a sport must have been huge back then. In fact I went to the Maritime Museum with the kids on...

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Took me awhile but finally found the info I was looking for. I have provided a link to the history of the original Canterbury Velodrome located on the present Mitre 10 site (or thereabouts) at Charles St, Canterbury. http://www.photosau.com.au/canterbury/scripts/genericIncluder.asp?filename=info/Edw...

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Bill Sorry to hear of your accident. Good to hear both riders weren't hurt but what horrible damage to a beautiful bike. :cry: If this accident happened despite the fact both parties were riding responsibly, I believe the relevant councils should be notified of this - it is their responsibility to k...

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Not to mention the over the top number of ad breaks

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I think the only other person in DHBC who builds steel bikes (penny farthings) is Alan Sumner. Anyone else?

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Wow, hope all goes well.
Am sure all will work out well and you'd be an expert old skool frame builder in no time.
A Jim Bundy in the making

Marc

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Find this thread hilarious. Coincidentally my wife is horrified when i told her about this thread. She hates those anorexic mountain climbers on TdF. I jokingly told her I was aiming to get a body like that and she believed me! Problem is that I use to be like that in my early 20s, and have the prop...

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Someone on the BNA Bicycle Cycling Forums (Retro Bikes) is organising a Swap Meet in Sydney. At the moment there is a short list of potential locations, one of which at the moment is Whitlam Park, Tempe. This is all being done very informally as a biggish BBQ at the moment. Nothing official which pr...

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In the city, near world square

If you join the Saturday slowies, might be a better idea to meet up at Kings St, Newtown.

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Dear Stuart, Lizanne and Charlie, Thanks for advice and offers. Stuart: Yes I would like to maintain the look of my old bike. For those who havent seen the bike, it is an old handmade bike (builder unknown so far) from the 1960s. To put on modern V-rimmed styled wheels looks horrible. I tried it onc...

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From what I understand, the latex spins inside the tire and once there is a cut, the escaping air pushes the latex out to form the seal. My mate used it with his carbon wheels+ tubulars and I have used them inside my inner tubes with clinchers. So far they have saved my ride from resolving 2 cuts o...

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There's a old bike auction house on Wattle St, Ultimo. They are open on Sat mornings and have plenty of old bikes. You might have luck hunting something down there. Weiyun, I thought those guys closed about 2 weeks ago. I got an old road frame from them cheap which I intend to make into an everyday...

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This is my suggestion: Item 1/ Fill tires with latex sealant http://www.wiggle.co.uk/effetto-caffe-latex-sealant-250ml/#more or http://www.wiggle.co.uk/stans-no-tubes-473ml-tyre-sealant-1/ Item 2/ Get a cheap-ish tubular backup. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-giro-tubular-tyre/ Either shove it...

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I presently have singles/tubulars wheels. This is part of an old, some say vintage, bike. While I like my retro set up, it is not very convenient if I want to do practical things like the Sunday Waterfall ride. If the tubulars get a flat, I am in trouble. I am looking for a reasonable set of wheels,...

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Handle: Marc Real Name: Marc Bike: unknown custom built racer from the early 1960s. Also commute on a 2004 Dahon Helios Folding bicycle. Location: Ashbury Best known for: racing through local neighbourhood back streets and looking like a dork on my folding bike, ferrying my kids on a bicycle child s...

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I presently have singles/tubulars wheels. This is part of an old, some say vintage, bike. While I like my retro set up, it is not very convenient if I want to do practical things like the Sunday Waterfall ride. If the tubulars get a flat, I am in trouble. I am looking for a reasonable set of wheels,...

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Today was the first time I'd ever done a pace run and have to admit it was pretty intimidating. Towards the end, found it hard to make head or tail with other non-DHBC riders coming in. However it obviously needs practice and I will be up for another training run, but this time a little more familia...

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Hi guys, This is my first posting as I just joined about 2 weeks ago. I have come into possession of an old lightweight racer from, I am told, the late 60s and early 70s. There are no identifying marks or decals (someone pasted some latter day ones probably in the 80s but they will be coming off in ...

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