Yep, some years back a mate of mine got pinged while wringing out his 1000cc motorbike on the M4, he managed to reduce the 3 year suspension to one year on appeal. He started riding an old mountain bike from Kellyville to Pymble for work, I helped h…
I'm not sure why there would be a problem, quill stems were used for decades without the stem 'resting' on the headset locknut and the reason that threadless stems have spaces is not about holding the stem up but rather allowing it to preload the he…
My 9 yr old boy made himself a bow and arrows yesterday and spent half an hour 'hiding' up a tree waiting for one of the bunnies around our place to show up, no luck however.
Real car, real figures but "ready to be launched.... for sale in Shanghai for $600" is rubbish. VW have approved a limited production run for this year and I'd be surprised if it was sold anywhere but Europe. I think it's a great idea, almost like a…
The rule of 'you get what you pay for' still applies. I wouldn't expect any better quality out of Cell than anything else for a given price, wether you are spending enough to buy a k-mart special or a halfway decent commuter. 'Cheap' bikes often wil…
@jamescgray on twitter, I don't use it to say much but it's good to listen in on professional (web developer), sporting (cycling) and other interest (photography and general gadgets) chatter.
Facebook I find good as a stay in touch tool but it also…
I would say Silca largely due to a design that doesn't seem to have changed since the dawn of time (solid enough to club a wooly mammoth too!) and it seems every bike shop stocks Silca washers.
Amen to the defensive riding, I learnt my lesson over 10 years ago when a driver turned right in front of me on a bright sunny afternoon with the sun at her back. You cannot assume anything about traffic except that it will hurt when it hits you.
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Will there be any info on where the counters will be located so we can make our rides to work count as many times as possible? I'll have to leave late in any case as I'm usually at work before the counting starts.
I rode in this morning later than usual, coming across Anzac/Pyrmont bridge a bit after 8 rather than crossing the Harbour Bridge before 7, and was impressed at the volume of cyclists streaming in to the city. I tend to start and finish early when r…
Easily. When you have restricted lanes heading north over the bridge the traffic banks back very quickly down the eastern distributor, over Darling Harbour to Anzac bridge and Victoria road feeding it. It doesn't take much.