Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

jimmy

If anyone's interested, the Renegade Group is going to Homebush on the 24th (4 groups, all leaving from 43 Burns Bay Rd in Lane Cove), and there's also a Palm Beach ride planned for the 1st of January.

James

jimmy

Mon 2nd is NSW public holiday.

Warning. Monday 2nd January is likely to be a crap day on the roads (that's the official term).

I'm not saying don't ride, just expect higher than normal levels of traffic.

James

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27th: what's' with the Audley in bit? I never wanted to try to ride up that hill, ever. I'll still probably come along though. You'll have to wait for me while I walk up though. 1st Jan: Probable Drive-Ride-Swim-Eat. Narrabeen-McCarrs Ck-Akuna Bay-West Head-Narrabeen. 70k's. 1k of climbing. Have to...

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Great story. Twenty five point three kph to Katoomba is impressive. Well done on finding the sunnies and getting back ok.
Will kick in to the tally.

Yawn

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/131801517

James

jimmy

I've got a bigfoot hardcase if you want to borrow it.

James

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One of he reasons I joined the club besides making friends was because of the road rule abiding reputation of the members. I stop for red lights, give way to pedestrians when riding on a shared path and wished to ride with like minded people. Please don't sully the name of my club by wearing our ki...

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You people are sick. Hills suck.

No, gravity sucks, hills just give you a reason to work against it.

James

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Why does this comic spring to mind...

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/10/31

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I was once riding home with a bottle of wine in the pannier, and I had a collision with a vehicle, I think that I pretty much went right over the front wheel, and having clipless pedals, I think that the bike followed me.

Bottle survived better than me and the bike.

James

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Hi Jo I have pre-registered my interest and am still to decide whether to ride. The more I think about it I believe I can raise $2,500 in 12 months. I am tossing around some fund raising ideas for work and donating the proceeds from the sale of some unwanted goods on eBay as ideas. I keep reminding...

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Sorry Stuart, I've already donated to someone else.

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Spotted a female DHBC ride at Homebush this morning at about 7:30am. She had her headphones in, so she probably didn't hear my "Dulwich Hill Spotted!" as we went past.

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34. A chance for guys to talk about shaving their legs with the girls.

I'm also tempted to try and put something in there about interval training giving you extra endurance (nudge nudge, wink wink)

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Nice ride report Eleri. Haha... Yes, Aimee and I had a lot to catch up on! And they do say you are burning fat if you can talk while you are exercising. I'm off to Japan in a couple of weeks so needed the lowdown on Keiren frames... 8) Aimee, Camilla, Andrew and I left at the Audley exit to go into...

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No, it's not me doing the PhD. One of the women who rides with the Saturday Renegade Group is doing a PhD in linguistics and is researching bureaucratic writing styles, and for that she needs some volunteers to read some government produced documentation, and then answer some questions on it. She is...

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I heard from a LBS Owner a while ago that Sydney was oversupplied with Road Bike Shops. If you want to survive in today's market with the internet, you either need to do something different. Just selling a repairing bikes won't get you very far today, or offer a level of service that people are happ...

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On another note, I am adding a spiritual note to my training, after reading a book by a lad called king Solomon, a Hebrew king from close to 1000bc, called Ecclesiastes, in which he states that what ever you achieve you wont really be happy. He says instead that you should just enjoy the day to day...

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West side of Galston is a bone jarring descent?

It's silk smooth. It used to be a lot worse, but it got resurfaced a couple of years ago and it's fantastic now.

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I've only used the bike path once or twice over Gladesville Bridge going South. Most of the time I run the gauntlet. With only a few riders, it's possible. Especially if you're strong enough, I wouldn't like to do it with a bunch though. I don't know what the road condition is like on the route you ...

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OK - so Jo & I did the re-con ride on Sat and the return route is all sussed out. Nice route it is too, except for the Gladesville bridge bit, which stands as testament to the RTA's complete lack of interest in providing cycling infrastructure, or even access. Seriously, it sucks. So here's the...

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As I'm not the ride leader, this is just some suggestions which the ride leaders can take or ignore. I was going to suggest regroup points or each of the climbs, as well as some tactical tips for those who want to compete on the climbs. Bobbin Head North, at the Toll Booth station on Ku-ring-gai Rd,...

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Which way around dumps you at a place for a good feed at the right time of day? If you finish in Bobbin Head, then you can stop at a Cafe on Bobbin Head Rd, if you exit at Galston, you're near Hornsby. Additional on the route Direction. If you exit from Bobbin head, then you bypass the big intersec...

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Following the great success of the Eleri & Mike C run 160k ride, next up is the three gorges on Sunday 11th Sep leaving Marrickville at 6:00am. Final route not yet finalised as the return journey has several options. We will however ride out via the Pacific Hwy. Pace will be fast cruisers, whic...

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In Australia, we don't use YMMV. Try YKMV or YDMV.

And don't forget, that if you give people 2.54cm, they'll take 1.609 km...

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A Lawyer, Doctor and a Cyclist are discussing the various merits of having a wife or a mistress. The Lawyer states that it's best to have a mistress, as there are no legal consequences if things go sour. The Doctor states that it's best to have a wife, because of the stability and the health benefit...

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Can you only be a spectator if you're an assayer? Or is it open to everyone?

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Cheap ebay carbon frame not recommended: http://tinyurl.com/3sccn34 At the threat of another derail... I read that article this morning, and my conclusion from it is, well, nothing. First up, it is an unsubstantiated anecdote. All we have is a picture of a bike with a separated head tube. Looking a...

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Back on topic. There are several things to consider, do you want an off the shelf bike? Or do you want to buy it in bits and pieces? Typically an off the shelf will be cheaper, but a bitsa allows you to pretty much customise everything. Not all frames are available as a separate purchase, so it does...

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If you want to test Awaba St, come out with the Renegade Group on 20th August, that's where we're going.

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I'm a fan of free speech. However, as a voluntary member of the DHBC committee I must have an eye to DHBC's and my own exposure to liability. DHBC is a publisher of this forum and there are circumstances where we could be held responsible as a club and potentially as individuals if something is &qu...

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I don't really have an issue with this at all as long as it it is not personal but decision related. But what's the difference between "censorship" & "well moderated" if both have the same consequence of someone else rather than yourself choosing what is right or wrong? Part...

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James - I don't think there is one particular incident that ignited this code of conduct, it was general. If I did some thing stupid in the bunch I think I'd prefer the old fashioned method of some one telling me, or private messaging me rather than cowardly being a smart arse in an open forum. All...

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This is a response to the Posting Guidelines that we all received a PM about as well is posted at the top of every forum. Unfortunately, this response is a direct violation of the guidelines themselves Forums should not be used to criticise club decisions – these are made by volunteers in the best i...

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Keep it down Dougie. This is a family website. Many of the Hors (French for "outside", meaning so hard that they lie outside of the classification scale) climbs are actually not that hard. They have an outside category because of their historic significance, rather than anything else. The...

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Interesting Blog post from Robert Miller

http://www.cyclingnews.com/blogs/robert ... k-brothers

Why Evans beat the Schleck Brothers.

James

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Anyone else feeling the love a bit more from motorists on their commute? I got a smile, a wave and a thank you this morning from three seperate cars! Don't think I will be buying a BMC kit. Sounds like they are on the road to becoming the next Giant. I got two "Go Cadel" from pedestrians ...

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How long is it, and what gradient?

West or East?

James

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Mine needs a warning on it to say that I put it together. I also need a pump that does non pista valves..

Are the cranks on the correct side? Personally, I'd put the seat post clamp at the back.

Can you ride it yet?

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Yeah

upper body strength, just what every cyclists needs to get them over the hills.

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I have enough trouble keeping upright on two wheels, so no. But all those clever people who can ride their bikes with no hands - I guess for them it would be no problem. If I had a lazy $200 I'd buy 5 and insist that races are run at the velodrome. Being able to ride a bike with no hands has no bea...

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Yep I can supply, I have a Bigfoot Hard case. You'll have to come and collect it though as I have no way of getting it to you. It's one of these http://www.bigfootbags.com.au/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=vmj_naru.tpl&product_id=10&category_id=2&option=com_virtuemart&am...

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But at the end of the day, this is what I'm reading Recumbent cyclists tout that a "normal" bicycle saddle can cause ED issues. This, as per the discussion above, is based upon a flawed study. Now, as Weiyun pointed out, this doesn't mean that there is no correlation between sitting for ho...

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Website quote: "The [typical] saddle Causes (sic.) Erectile Dysfunction (ED) in 5% of men who ride more than 3 hours per week. :(" I seem to remember hearing somewhere that they did do a study between cyclists and swimmers and found a slightly higher rate of ED in cyclists. But when you a...

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On the new inventors this dude has produced a front wheel drive recumbent. He says that it has a huge efficiency difference to a rear wheel drive recumbent. Good or bad argument? http://www.abc.net.au/tv/newinventors/txt/s3236719.htm http://www.cruzbike.com/ Personally? Bad argument. Try riding it ...

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Damn

I thought this was going to be a post for people to rant about facebook in general. You had my hopes up...

There will always be ignorant motorists out there.

James

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Nutjob fundie already has a new date . Gee his dates are inconsiderate. The first one was for Saturday Evening, halfway through the weekend, and the next is for a Friday night. Why can't they predict it for a reasonable time, like 9am Monday morning. At least that way when you don't show up on Mond...

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I don't have an issue with the k's on a stationary bike being added, but I think that they should be split out of the total, so you can see k's road, k's stationary, k's total.

James

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Looks like this Sunday's Waterfall ride is our last End of the world 21-5-2011 Actually Mike, the end of the world is 6pm Local Time (every where), so god will be destroying the world time zone by time zone as it strikes 6pm 21st May whereever you are. I heard someone called Family Radio (the compa...

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I've got to stop doing k's that don't count....

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James C on 2k to the shops... hmm were they before or after I saw you turn into RNP on Sunday at 6:30am??? : ) But it's an honesty system, and I can't honestly claim those k's, or the ones I did on Saturday, or last week, or this morning... Basically, with someone like me at the bottom, it means th...

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Might as well add my figures in. Rode to the paint shop yesterday for some home maintenance. (hey someone's got to come last) 1. Victoria 451k 2. Simon L 446k 3. Adrian E 437k 4. = Lizanne, Mikesbytes 404km 6. Julio 340k 7. Christian 339k 8. Camilla 296k 9. PeterOS 285k 10. James F 270k 11. Trouty 2...

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Don't worry Tim. I was piking too. I didn't read your post until now, so I rode to the shop to tell you in person.

Get well and take it easy.

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Sorry Adrian, I've already got another ride planned on Thursday morning to West Head with someone from the Renegade Group.

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Actually Tim, after giving it some thought, let's move the start time to 6:30am, or is 7am better for you? Just thinking ahead for the return trip along the busy roads like General Holmes Drive etc, I would prefer to be behind the traffic rather than in the middle of it. Also, because of the traffic...

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Tim

Let's do a RNP run on Tuesday morning. 6:00am at Cnr Marricville Rd and Illawarra Rd? Or do you want to start later?

James

jimmy

Hi All

I have some time off work, and I want to do a lot of cycling. Is anyone interested in doing some weekday riding between the 9th and 17th May (inclusive)?

I would be looking at RNP, Stanwell Tops, maybe Wollongong.

James

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Long sleeve wind jacket ($100) XS S Eleri, Camilla (possibly XS) M - Julio, Anthony, jbcow, Trouty (or I might be a small - will confirm on sample sizes), Alison G (or small), Danny, Trevor L - Karzie (Ian C), Shrubb face, Stuart, Dougie, Adam F XL - Michael Ward, Colin XXL Sleeveless wind vest, mes...

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I was called last night by a marketing company doing a survey for the RTA. I had a few minutes to burn, and so I took part. I'm glad that I did (I normally can't be bothered with these). The first question "When did you last ride a bicycle?" I looked at the clock, and answered 1 hour ago. ...

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Mike, you should be able to absentee vote at any booth in the state. If you are going to be out of the state, you will need to do a postal vote before the day. Also, at the State Level, it isn't mandatory to mark all of the boxes on the Legislative Assembly, you only have to provide an initial prefe...

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Simon

I've already blown my March donation budget on the Japanese Earthquake. I'll send my April budget your way.

James

jimmy

How long does it normally take the Sunday bunch to go from the RNP turnoff on the Princes Hwy at Loftus to Waterfall, and back to that point? I've often thought it would be nice to to get a little bit of hill training in on Sunday by turning left into the park, go a set number of minutes into the p...

jimmy

So where were you? We only got rained on once. It started at about 6:30am, and didn't stop until about 10am.

Just kidding. Wasn't too bad for most of the ride.

James

jimmy

If anyone is interested in doing some of the short sharp hills in Balmoral, the A and B Groups with Renegade are doing them next week (19th Feb). Both groups go to North Head, and then the B Group do 3 hills in Balmoral, while the A Group do the same 3, Awaba St, and then first 3 again. http://www.j...

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All Books are now taken.

Can James and Julio contact me about the best way to exchange them. I'm happy to deliver if you live relatively local to Enmore.

James

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I'm going to pass on all of my cycling books, I need to clean out my book case. Lance Armstrong - It's Not About the Bike Lance Armstrong - Every Second Counts Cadel Evans - Close to Flying John Maclean - Sucking the Marrow out of Life Matt Seaton - The Escape Artist William Fotheringham - Put me Ba...

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For those who went through the Park today, I though that this was appropriate. Twas in the forest of Sherwood in the year twelve hundred and ten, lived a pusher buy the name of Robin Head and his band of very merry men. They lived on nuts and berries, and occasional spotted deer. Doing the macrobiot...

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I was going to do a long one, Helensburg, and then returning all the way through the Park to exit at Loftus.

James

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Tim and I rode Awaba yesterday morning on our way up north...
There was talk of a possible 'DHBC Hill Sprint Championship' up to the roundabout.

Yawn....

Been there, done that, didn't buy the t-shirt though.

James

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Stuart Have you looked through the list of possible mods that you can install into phpbb to change the user creation system. Here are a couple of interesting ones http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/atlbl_antispam/ http://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/mod/peoplesign_captcha_plugin/ http://www.phpbb.c...

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Maybe we should ask the author if he is still running past the age of 50. That is a big uptake area for cycling, runners who have done their knees.

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Stuart

That's a class A Address, so unless it has been broken into a CIDR address, then it shouldn't be too much of an issue for many people.

James

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I've made this message a sticky, and removed the sticky from the 2010 flat tyre thread.

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My wife gave me a unicycle for Christmas, having concealed the gift for some months by saying, straightfaced, that it was not bicycle related. I know James C is a keen unicyclist, and if you are out there James please get in touch and give me some hints about how to get going. Help from anyone else...

jimmy

Can I suggest that you change the background image, it's too repetitive.

I'm happy to make that image with more white space around it if you want, or see if I can come up with something more subtle.

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Merry Christmas everyone including the Atheists and those that are so old testimate.

He's a modern version of the story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkHNNPM7pJA

I'll stick to celebrating the Solstice.

James

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Thanks to Marcus and Andre who came out with us on Saturday, sorry we didn't see you at Sutherland Andre, but we had a fairly major mechanical at the start of the park that held us up for about 20 minutes. Also, the Renegade Group is doing a big ride on New Years Day. We are planning to go north up ...

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There is another Renegade Ride to the south this weekend.

A Group - Waterfall/RNP
B Group - Waterfall (optional Waterfall descent and climb)
C Group - Audley

If anyone is interested in coming, we are leaving from the Car Park at Sydney Park on the Princess Highway at about 6:30am.

James

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If I can add my tuppence worth (despite not riding with the bunch at all). Personally, I think that it isn't a good idea to keep the fasties and middies together at all. I have seen a similar thing on the Renegade Ride, and it often means that the middle group will have a few keen riders on the fron...

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Sounds promising. As a young man we used to have races (in cars, in neutral) down Black Mountain in Canberra to see who would hit their brakes first. Somewhere like this would be great for the event. A long downhill with some excellent corners + little traffic and no other entry points.... Black Mo...

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I'm sure I was one of those "crazy guys" going down the wrong side of the road and overtaking 'cause when you can't climb you've gotta make time on the descents. Personally, I don't get that sort of an attitude, and I hope that it was in jest. I like descending, and I can descend quite qu...

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What's the definition of the time period to complete? As I started the thread, I should probably answer it. I feel that it is basically as one ride. Now stopping for a break is acceptable, but it is basically one continuous ride. In my mind, stopping for a break where you either a) sleep, or b) get...

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Thanks to everyone for the tips.

Cycling Projects have black ones only (they can order Silver ones). In the end, I called Bob in Stanmore Cycles, he is going to get them from Cycling Projects, and I'll buy them off him.

A slightly convoluted path, but I can pick them up on Saturday.

James

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Hi I rode the road bike in this morning, and while attempting to find the source of a rattle, I found that I had lost 2 chainring bolts. At lunch I visited Maroubra Cycles, Albion Cycles and Cheeky Monkey, all to no avail. Can anyone help me out? I am after Campy part FC-CH003 and FC-CH010, 2 of eac...

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The advantages of wearing a helmet

http://www.jamescheetham.net/helmet/

However, I ride a unicycle without a helmet, and I don't have an issue with that.

James

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The front wheel is the same one as James C's unicycle Well spotted mike. I suspected that it is a Coker wheel from the picture. In response to the slang vs marketing. You can run into situations where a brand enters the common lexicon. The modern example is "Google it". The term Yakka is ...

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I wiped out years ago on a right hand corner, it was just one of those bad luck accidents. Even the people behind me were surprised that I went down. For a couple of weeks afterwards, I was really shy about right handers, I could turn left with no issues, but I was really hesitant about the rights. ...

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In relation to your comment about the derailleur hanger, when I purchased my new bike, that was pretty much number 1 priority, having a replaceable derailleur hanger. I haven't had to replace it yet, but at least it is a (relatively) cheap part compared to either a new frame.

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90cm

are you sure

maybe you mean 90mm

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jimmy

Tweed is a type of cloth, and subsequently the clothing that is made from it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweed_%28cloth%29

Think of a Toff.

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I hate to tell you this, but alcohol cools you down. As far as "once your moving you warm up", last year I was on the bike at about 6:30am leaving Aileron, it was about 1 or 2 degrees once we were away from the roadhouse. I didn't warm up for about an hour or so. Despite the thick winter g...

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The fact that a lot of riding was going to be on busy highway was one of the reasons I wasn't that keen on this particular ride.

But I do agree with you about just having to worry about riding. All Trails do a fantastic job of organising everything.

James

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But think of the relationship you are building with the bike...

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The entrance gate for the West Head park is a bit away from the turn off from McCarrs Creek Rd, so you can park at the bottom. You can also park up in Terry Hills, it is only a few k's away.

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yeah, but West Head is now one of the best road surfaces in Sydney....

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I've got a cheap set if you want to use them, but I don't think that they fit oversize bars.

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From what I have heard, wax is the worst possible lubricant you can use, it doesn't work when it is under load, which is when you want the lubrication to work.

I use progold prolink (or visa versa), it seems to be a balance between wet and dry lube.

James

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I've heard the rule of thumb to be 2 chains to 1 cassette 2 cassettes to 1 chainring So every second chain change, you should do the cassette, and every second cassette you should do the chainrings. However, that assumes that you do the chain after about 3,000km or so. As soon as it starts to show t...

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I've got a set of 90mm cranks if you want to try those.

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I quickly knocked together two different timetables for a possible ride. 5 day Day 1 - Lithgow to Gulgong - 182km Day 2 - Gulgong to Dubbo - 208km Day 3 - Dubbo to Peak Hill - 194km Day 4 - Peak Hill to Canowindra - 203km Day 5 - Canowindra to Lithgow - 176km 7 Day Day 1 - Lithgow to Mudgee - 154km ...

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Personally, this is a load of crap. A professional rider would have too much at stake. If this is a risk, then the simple solution, is when the rider shows up at the finish line, the UCI confiscate the bike, and inspect it. If they are using it. Game Over. Now, they say that the motor disconnects an...

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