Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

cycling as a water sport...

http://reflectionof.me/homemade-amphibious-bike

would it rust up? im sure that thing could come in handy in some villages

I suppose you need carbon fibre and plastic to avoid rust.

Are you ready to put this in your “Bikini Bottom”?
I was shopping at the supermarket yesterday when I came upon a unique piece of Nickelodeon merchandising - a Spongebob Squarepants Musical Rectal Thermometer! Yes, it’s musical. And yes, it’s clearly marked for rectal use. It actually plays the Spongebob theme in your ass when your temperature is taken!
Spongebob is a huge success, and merchandise like this literally sticks it to the competition. But this product ranks with the infamous Mickey Mouse vibrator as one of the most miscast in cartoon licensing history! What were they thinking? Spongebob has enough trouble regarding his sexual identity. Ren & Stimpy may have been a better choice here… but Spongebob? Nah!

http://j.mp/9dMq8g

if they were mountain bike riders they could just ride up the steps!

Is there an urban version of cycle cross?

last night i re set my clock too the hour back on my phone, turns out, my phone did it an hour too so it was 7 o clock real time when it went off

last night i re set my clock too the hour back on my phone, turns out, my phone did it an hour too so it was 7 o clock real time when it went off

try again next year

My excuse was that it was P***ing down

My excuse was that it was P***ing down

Mine too. It was because I washed my bike yesterday - sorry everyone.

im now in love with a cyclist from the itallian team
Gloria Presti




I have a growing list though, half the girls in orange from rabobank?!!!?!

Hmmm - Vanderkitten huh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPi7mVbGLjA

lol i just looked her up, and im awaiting her friend thing on facebook she hasnt accepted me

im going through her facebook pics now, she needs to smile more. She seems to be known for pics with a low cut singlet and her jersy undone?! if you check half her pics thats how shes taken!!4346_]

i dunno if that one was suitable for this forum, but it was the first one i found where shes nearly smiling,and she isnt wearing her helmet





this one has her labled, but dont think its her



heres her sponsor


and the one i remember her from!!!




this looks aloooooooooooooooot like a sydney city kit?!




she has met tom boonan!!!

heres her fan page, i wont give out her facebook id
it has more pics though?!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth ... =ts&v=wall

Tim, when did you start stalking....

James

ok this is what our team car needs to look like for us to really want to take on the drapa boys


and lol, im not a stalker yet, i only discovered her face book thing today, dont remember seeing it before besides the hanging beer pic

I have ummm, come across an MP4 version of the Liz Hatch DVD called Come Ride With Me - it's pretty good actually, even Jo thought so - very motivating. I'll make you a backup if you like Tim?

Also, here's some photo's that show she really does race, even with those plastic breasts.

heres her fan page, i wont give out her facebook id
it has more pics though?!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Elizabeth ... =ts&v=wall

You haven't thought that thru Tim, once she's your friend, then her facebook id is in your friends list

lol!!!
if you read the thread they are in trouble for posting photos of her too!!
lol mum didnt like the helmet pic, so i took it down sorry to any one offended

Interview with one of my fave ozzy track cyclists, sarah kent
http://www.cyclingtribe.com/article/pos ... e-Journals

(also a plug for cycling tribe)

So, double stem to mount lots of lights - I like the idea but how does he have all that space ...

http://www.sydneycyclist.com/profiles/b ... essory-bar

lol!!!
if you read the thread they are in trouble for posting photos of her too!!
lol mum didnt like the helmet pic, so i took it down sorry to any one offended

No need to delete it Tim, the trick with posting inappropriate or sensitive content (ie non G rated) is to not post it as an image, but to post it as a link with a NSFW warning. So we don't accidentally open it at work and minors don't open it accidentally.

lol
we have that on our whole thread.

Man i just realised theres an etiquete thread in the road section! and G has posted some of the funniest stuff in it!! and i wanted to joke about it, but its from last year?! man seriously we have to not have these things in sticky's?! i dont read them if they are a sticky, and normally nothing in the news section, so yeah. So any thing that is in the list on the conversation thread i dont read, though i checked out the distances thread and it turns out you can put numbers next to your distance if youve done it more than once man mike, ive totally done the 160 in double digits, and a few 200's etc too and cant post it

Is it just me, or does the guy to the left of the rider look a lot like the guy that works at victoria yeeros, that used to work up at the the yeeros shop in dulwich hill before it closed down. Hes greek

i need a pressure hose thing hey, do ya have to take every thing off the bike though first?

Tim, can you do this on your motorbike?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56crwvk8HPE

http://www.insidecyclingtv.com/videos/1 ... grand-prix

this vid is has a fly v guy winning, its a crit in america, theres a crash in it where you can see the guy trynna take one of the main compepetitors out, well so he reckons

James C is now redundant
Honda U3-X: Unicycle of tomorrow

James C is now redundant
Honda U3-X: Unicycle of tomorrow

move over http://www.segway.com/ I want a u3-x now

Err.. One hour at walking pace. That's a 4-5 km range guys.
I preferred that NZ one that ?Mike linked to. At least it can go fairly fast and has handles to hold onto!

I have an order of stuff coming from the UK, and another order of stuff coming from Italy. I'm guessing I won't be seeing either order any time soon, thanks to that Icelandic volcano!

Some of it is wet weather gear, and cold weather gear too. Hope the weather stays warm...

Err.. One hour at walking pace. That's a 4-5 km range guys.
I preferred that NZ one that ?Mike linked to. At least it can go fairly fast and has handles to hold onto!

lol i didnt think about this until people on facebook started pointing it out in their posts!

There were a lot of races missing riders too!

this is what cyclists drove in the 80's!! (or is it 70's?)

I want to look like this, though maybe red and black
Victor Hugo Peña a toda maquina

So, double stem to mount lots of lights - I like the idea but how does he have all that space ...

http://www.sydneycyclist.com/profiles/b ... essory-bar

barney off how i met your mother

hmmnnnn if these guys can dmake one of these wall of death circles, maybe we could make our own mini veledrome thing like the red bull one from nz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T5UOtMc ... re=related

Bargain???

wow that does look sorta cheap

...until you get to the price at the bottom of the page!

oops i skimmed it, was thinking one less 0

hey theres a friends or foes list in our profiles If you put some one on the list you dont have to read what they say
Guess whos on mine! lol!!

ok thats just not funny, you cant add mods?!
What am i going to do now?! im out of options, im taking a break from this all, i might go join randwick instead.

You could do Actual Reality

eWaste recycling day in Marrickville:

Why has noone shown me this before!!!

http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_ima ... purple.jpg

What about this... Your bikes paint job is getting a little shabby, or you are a poor uni student who wishes to give their bike a splash of colour but are too poor, or are wondering what it would be like to have a fun paint job on your fixie but are worried about it getting damaged or stolen, this is for you...

http://www.streetwrapz.com/

All the colours...

http://www.streetwrapz.com/pages/products.htm

All the colours...

Who knew it was that easy to get a carbon fibre bike! I might upgrade tomorrow.

What about this... Your bikes paint job is getting a little shabby, or you are a poor uni student who wishes to give their bike a splash of colour but are too poor, or are wondering what it would be like to have a fun paint job on your fixie but are worried about it getting damaged or stolen, this is for you...

...Or you could just buy a couple of rolls of Contact for about one fifth of the price.

From the discussion at track tonight -

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tail-22736

From the discussion at track tonight -

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tail-22736

Hey whats this BS => Your message contains too many smilies. The maximum number of smilies allowed is 5.

From the discussion at track tonight -

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/m ... tail-22736

Thats to funny. The guy is a fully sponsored national cross country rider though.

What about this... Your bikes paint job is getting a little shabby, or you are a poor uni student who wishes to give their bike a splash of colour but are too poor, or are wondering what it would be like to have a fun paint job on your fixie but are worried about it getting damaged or stolen, this is for you...

http://www.streetwrapz.com/

All the colours...

http://www.streetwrapz.com/pages/products.htm

some more fancy bits:

http://www.funreflector.com/

Boy colours and girl colours:

http://blag.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

Be careful on Taren Point road - the SMH says there's a cane toad infestation there: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conse ... -u75m.html

Boy colours and girl colours:

http://blag.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/

hahaha That's gold!

hahaha That's gold!

"Here are the color names most disproportionately popular among women:

1. Dusty Teal
2. Blush Pink
3. Dusty Lavender
4. Butter Yellow
5. Dusky Rose

Okay, pretty flowery, certainly. Kind of an incense-bomb-set-off-in-a-Bed-Bath-&-Beyond vibe. Well, let’s take a look at the other list.

Here are the color names most disproportionately popular among men:

1. Penis
2. Gay
3. WTF
4. Dunno
5. Baige"

some more fancy bits:

http://www.funreflector.com/

This is seriously cool!!! Thanks for the link Now to decide what will suit what bike...

tour hair removal tips
http://media.smh.com.au/tour-shaving-se ... 61901.html

this guys top ten all time world cup goals
http://media.smh.com.au/sport/sports-hq ... 92729.html

tour hair removal tips
http://media.smh.com.au/tour-shaving-se ... 61901.html

Hey does anyone have any suggestions as to why, at SMH I get audio but no video. I'm guessing it may be a codec problem, but its got me stumped

n+1

n+1

What are you going to juggle?

What are you going to juggle?

Chainsaws

Chainsaws

Clubs are easiest, the rhythm works the best. Let me know when you want to borrow a set.

Also, if you want some help on learning, make a visit to Newtown Juggling Club. They meet every Wednesday Night from 7:30pm at St Stephens Church Hall on Church Street Newtown

http://somethinkodd.com/juggling/

The biggest tips are

Put your weight on the saddle
Lean forward

After that it is just practice, it takes on average about 2 weeks of practice at about an hour a day.

After that, well, just about anything is possible

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA0QskOsmVI

James

thanks James. Time to hit waterfall, its only sprinkling

That was a crap ride, shouldn't of gone

That was a crap ride, shouldn't of gone

Yeah, I got a hundred yards up the road and remembered all those other crap rides that I'd ever been on in the wet and turned around and went back to bed.

Yeah, I got a hundred yards up the road and remembered all those other crap rides that I'd ever been on in the wet and turned around and went back to bed.

there were points a plenty today for flat tyre comp

Mike - did ur ipod survive? - i saw it for about 3 seconds dangling near your rear wheel and chain and then ping it came off from the headphone cable - nearly minced in ur fixed gear - I didn't run over it either...

ipod dead. It has been on death row for about 4 weeks since it played up in a class, so I'm not concerned, will buy another today as I need one for Monday lunchtime

Photo opportunity http://vimeo.com/11824989

Call me crazy, but that was the best Waterfall ride I've done in ages.

I like riding my fixie in the rain.

Crazy, by the time I got home my feet were frozen.

Ha, its 29'c up here in Carins and im in a singlet and shorts. Sadly i dont have a bike with me though.

Mike

Give me a yell if you want a price on a new iPod. We sell them. I can't get a huge discount (they are low margin products), but any saving is better than nothing.

James

took me some time to warm up when I got home.

Thanks James but I needed one straight away, especially as my burner is working so I couldn't burn a play list for Mondays class. Cost me $186 today at Marrickville Metro. Its tax deductible so I'll get some of the $186 back. Some of the instructors use 2 ipods, so they have a backup one if the dies, so I'll take you up on it sometime.

In california again - really need a bike out here, lots of cyclists. Checked out some bike stores yesterday then went to Maker Faire, which had some weird and wonderful bicycle contraptions built, will post photos when I can get them off the camera. Wish I could have gone to the Tour of California but it is finishing down in LA this weekend, bit far to drive from San Fran.

Hey othy, if you cruise past mikesbikes, can you pick me up some mikesbikes socks

Who needs a power meter

If you look at the top picture of those two pictures of the broken Nervar cranks you will notice that there are two distinct zones visible in the cross section of the broken crank. On the shear plane, towards the outside face of the crank is a dark zone, and on the inner side is a lighter zone. This tells a great deal about what happened. Many years ago (possible over a decade ago or longer), the crank got scratched on the outside surface. Scratches are very common, but this scratch happened to be close to the middle of the crank - a place where crank flex is greatest. Over the years, this scratch was the initiation point of a crack in the crank. which gradually grew deeper and deeper into the crank. The dark zone shows how deep the crack got. The dark colour is caused by penetration of water, oil, dirt, and other impurities, as well as oxidisation of the aluminium. It shows that the crack extended nearly halfway into the crack before the crank eventually failed under load and the end of the crank sheared off cleanly. The light zone shows the part that sheared off under load. It basically shows that this crank was close to twice as thick as it needed to be for this user, because the crank was able to support his load for many years before it finally expanded to a point where it there was no longer sufficient material to support the rider's stresses.

If this rider conducted proper maintenence of his bike, which includes cleaning and inspecting his cranks, the crack should have been visible, and preventative action could have been taken.

What is clear is that this rider is not a high power user, as high stresses would probably have caused this crank to fail much sooner.
In any event, a power meter would not be recommended for a rider who demonstrates that he/she cannot look after his equipment.

Hmmm. Is this your bike, Mike?

Yeh Alex looked at the crank last night and explained about the dark quarter. The crack wasn't visible and its only been on the bike for 6 months. Based on what you have said, it would appear that the crack was much older.

Of course if it was a Campy crank it wouldn't of broken

What is clear is that this rider is not a high power user, as high stresses would probably have caused this crank to fail much sooner.

All of these failures are fatigues failures and no rider can crack a crank by single blow brute force ie. There are no "high power" riders.

is this why you are going to miss the TDF this year mike?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/clement ... -de-france

is this why you are going to miss the TDF this year mike?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/clement ... -de-france

Yeh, it says its due to injury, but the real problem was that the team contracted 6.8kg bikes and they can't withstand the true meaning of brute force

Of course if it was a Campy crank it wouldn't of broken

I think PMP cranks are the most campy cranks I have seen, although I have never seen one fail.


Campagnolo cranks do fail in this manner...

See here.

All of these failures are fatigues failures and no rider can crack a crank by single blow brute force ie. There are no "high power" riders.

I don't want to get too technical, but this crank shows two sorts of failures...

The dark area failed shows a progressive fatigue failure, which is almost certainly a process that took many years. If you look closely at the dark area, I am sure it will show a circular pattern similar to tree rings eminating from the initial fatigue crack. The lighter area shows a sudden catastrophic failure attributable directly to the application of "brute force".

I think PMP cranks are the most campy cranks I have seen, although I have never seen one fail.


Campagnolo cranks do fail in this manner...

See here.

Now that's true bike porn

The dark area failed shows a progressive fatigue failure, which is almost certainly a process that took many years. If you look closely at the dark area, I am sure it will show a circular pattern similar to tree rings eminating from the initial fatigue crack. The lighter area shows a sudden catastrophic failure attributable directly to the application of "brute force".

Nay... It was the straw that broke the camel's back! A light feather down stroke and it was gone.