"CC #20,000 no match for this little black duck.
Definitely no mention of bicycles in it though."
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Advanced stop lines for motorists? Implications for cyclists. Discuss.
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bob Moore May 16. 35 Replies 1 Like
Had any "good" crashes lately?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jonathon Troy Apr 2. 29 Replies 1 Like
Around Australia Unsupported Cycling Record Attempt
Started this discussion. Last reply by Neil Alexander Apr 14. 13 Replies 0 Likes
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Neil Alexander replied to Woody's discussion noisy cassettes / freewheels""The one on the back..."
"Dollar, please."
(I'll have that new tandem paid for soon.)"
Neil Alexander replied to Ben's discussion Motorist hit and run on cyclists then boasts about it on Twitter"That's why I don't ride much in Chippendale either."
Si commented on Neil Alexander's blog post N/A Syndrome: Theory and Practice"@robflyte - I got mine done mates-of-mates-rates at Bike Addiction in Manly. Worked for me. Measured up so I could translate it to my other bikes. Boxhead (I think) knows somewhere in North Sydney where the guy is a physio as well as a cyclist and…"
Profile Information
- What sort of riding do you do ?
- Commuting, Road Cycling, Mountain Biking, Recreational, Touring, Whatever
- Where in Sydney do you live ?
- North Shore
- Tell us about your bikes
- Many, and mostly workhorses for towing the cargo trailer or transporting the kids, touring, commuting or occasionally going fast(er) on the weekend. Fleet now includes a garbage-collection-FS-MTB (emphasising the "garbage" part) and two hardtail MTBs. Newest addition to the stable is an Apollo Syncro 26 tandem for wife and daughter to tour on with me and Alexander riding the Kotzur tandem.
- About Me:
- Our household doesn't own a car (we never have) but we still pay income taxes, GST, stamp duties, licence fees, levies and council rates, all of which help subsidise motorists' use of freeways and tollways, prop up the car manufacturing industry and contribute to the building and upkeep of the roads and paths motorists drive on (and I do mean to include the paths) and we cycle on. We volunteer some of our spare time to the community via bushcare and the local school P&C.
I used to edit and produce cycling magazines then freelanced writing cycling guide books for Lonely Planet and Open Spaces ("Bike Rides Around Sydney").
My son, Alexander, now 16, has his own Trek MTB to ride to school or wherever (after growing out of an Avanti Black Thunder 24"-wheel MTB), and occasionally takes the rear saddle of our Kotzur touring tandem for personal travel. His sister, Laura, 12, now rides her brother's Avanti or the back of the Apollo Syncro tandem. Their mother has a green Jim Lemon touring bicycle (pictured below) which is the thing she says she likes best after me and the children. Our Kotzur tandem is a nice green, too. Newest addition to the stable is an Apollo Syncro 26 tandem for wife and daughter to tour on with me and Alexander riding the Kotzur tandem.
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N/A Syndrome: Theory and Practice
Posted on February 15, 2013 at 7:49am 44 Comments 1 Like
Just some of the conventional saddles I have known and not loved (enough).
L to R, Top row: Selle Royal Lookin Gel, Avocet Touring III, Scott SCT-21, Selle Italia FK(!?)…
Continue Worse-than-Third-World cycling conditions. Yes, a New South Wales tale.
Posted on January 4, 2013 at 9:30am 21 Comments 1 Like
I had a whole day to kill yesterday. The solution was, of course, a bike ride.
It didn't matter where, but it was going to be long. In the end, I made it up as I went along, setting off on a loop from the lovely, leafy North Shore out to Parramatta, then Liverpool, Campbelltown and into the southern highlands via the freeway and, after Picton, the old Hume Hwy. Where then would depend on how I felt.
Not everything went as well as it might. For which I blame the government. Not…
Continue Xmas Day cycling participation rate plummets in 2012
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:34am 12 Comments 0 Likes
WITWIMB 4 October 2012
Posted on October 6, 2012 at 12:30pm 8 Comments 0 Likes
Since it is a dreary, rainy sort of day which doesn't lend itself to cycling, after a week of lovely weather which did, perhaps another "Where In The World Is My Bike" is in order.
Now it shouldn't be too hard to identify the general location of this slightly left-leaning obelisk but I want accuracy,…
TdF 2012: Great Moments in Commentary – The Box Set (Part Two)
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:30am 3 Comments 3 Likes
TdF 2012: Great Moments in Commentary – The Box Set (Part One)
Posted on July 25, 2012 at 10:30am 0 Comments 2 Likes
For the reader who loved the series (surely there was one?), here's the full 21 days of commentary gold in two places without all the annoying interruptions. Now also (mostly) typo-free and with deleted scenes scenes deleted plus some previously unpublished jokes!
Prologue
It didn't take 'em long to start making their bids for classic commentary greatness…
Signs of the climbs. Ascending, and descending, Mt Hotham
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 3:30pm 9 Comments 1 Like
Above: The view from Mt St Bernard Snow Clearing Control Station on the way to Mt Hotham
One of the great things about the annual Audax Alpine Classic, run in the Victorian Alps around Australia Day, is the opportunity it gives to ride all the other roads in the area surrounding Bright. These fabulous,…
Continue Just another road trip with Geoff and John (Sequel to: Just another night on the road?)
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 2:30pm 17 Comments 0 Likes
Well, it has been a while but a few readers asked for more, especially since I left them hanging by suggesting there were horrors as yet unrevealed... so, as the Alpine ride is approaching, it may be a good time to continue the saga of my nightmarish cycling trips with Geoff and John (not their real names -- to protect me) in the 1990s. Though this is less a cycling trip than a…
Continue Official: 78.3% increase in Xmas Day cycling since 2009
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:00am 6 Comments 1 Like
Yes, you read that correctly. On my 2011 Christmas-morning ride I saw a grand total of 66 other cyclists on a 77 km route from Artarmon to West Head via Roseville Bridge, Forest Way and Mona Vale Rd, returning via Pymble and Pacific Hwy. This is up from 37, on an admittedly different route in 2009, but actually rather similar to…
Continue What were you doing at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11?
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:06pm 26 Comments 1 Like
I was here. (This is not a WITWIMB but can you name the lookout?):
Where were you? You have my sympathies if…
Comment Wall (122 comments)
- At 6:29pm on June 19, 2008,
noelbike said…
- Hi. I have been in Kirribilli for 3 or 4 years but I get bagged out for it by my inner west mates so I don't advertise the fact.
I am often the thorntree website (lonly planet) but have increasingly noticed that this one is good.
Do you guys ride in bike north groups much or just with your friends?
- At 7:13pm on June 19, 2008,
- wots lct sup?
- At 11:15pm on July 2, 2008,
Phil said… - Yep, but off for July to do some editing work on the TdF site for SBS, back at the shop in August.
- At 12:03pm on July 26, 2008,
GW said… - Love the discussion about the number of cyclists! I ended up driving from Randwick to Redfern for work at peak hour this week (not something I"d normally do!), and was amazed at the sheer number of cyclists I saw.
- At 9:12pm on August 11, 2008,
KimR said… - Hi there. Thanks for posting the Times letter. Some people like Mr Herron just can't see there is more than one one to look at things. I still think that overall his extreme views help to raise the profile of cycling as people read and take in the more balanced replies to him.
- At 12:09pm on August 12, 2008,
Bob Moore said… - Hi Neil
Re those pics, I can save them off Sydneycyclist and then upload into my album, which seems a little roundabout. Not sure if there is a way to transfer them more directly - must ask Damian. Or you could start a photo gallery of your own and then I think its easy for me to drag and drop such pics into my album.
- At 4:48pm on August 14, 2008,
Dabba said… - Hmmm! I was a bit disappointed in Tassie. I found that the rewards weren't worth the effort required. Then again, I don't travel as far each day as you seem to, and certainly haven't climbed every mountain yet. Having done the trips there that are on my website, I doubt that I would go back again.
At this stage, I think that my Kosciuszko trip - which I hope to do in Mar/Apr next year is good, as are my planned 5 weeks away in Sep/Oct going from Lithgow to Cootamundra, West Wyalong, Dubbo, Muswellbrook, Manilla, down the Oxley Hwy to Wauchope and then back to Newcastle. I hope to do the beautiful areas of N NSW in spring of 2009. At some stage, I want to get to do the Flinders, but all of these plans hinge on my wife's health, so I can only dream at this stage, at least until I head off.
Good luck with your trip.
- At 1:49pm on August 24, 2008,
Kim said… - Neil, I'd love to cycle Tassy. Can you tell me what parts you would recommend? What time of year would you recommend?
- At 6:09pm on August 24, 2008, Dabba said…
- Seeing the photos of your tribe on tour reminded me of something that we did to make it easier to drag a laden tandem up the hill while we were touring. We made a "harness" for the stoker so that she could pull the bike up the hill while I balanced and pushed it. As you know, tandems aren't easy to balance and push up hill, and it is pretty near impossible for 2 people to push. We used our 3-4m clothesline and tied it to a shoulder strap that we had for carrying our handlebar bag. The strap formed a sash over the stoker's shoulder to spread the load and it all worked quite well for us. We got quite a few looks (especially from the tourist buses) and plenty of friendly toots.
- At 6:48pm on August 24, 2008,
Jamin said… - No suspension on the Mountain unicycle except for the legs being able to absorb all the impact. Legs do braking as well.
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