Recent content by StanTheMan

you don't agree? It is perhaps exessive. But when it comes to punktures I'd rather be safe than sorry. I must admit when racing, Ive only ever suffered 1 burp on Mt Stromlo, where I only had 2 canisters with me. The delmour I had, do I put a tube in? or just get home, as i wasn't sure if it was...

It all depends on the type of race you are racing. how muchj water you carry is also very indiviual. I do the 24 hr team events. If I'm out for about an hr. I don't take any water. any more than (1 hr 15 estimate) I have to take water. If you are racing in 40 deg heat. I would take water...

a bunch of us converted to these 5 piece bushings when they first came available in late 2012. I paid $65 to get it installed at a LBS because the Site in Germany was taking ages to deliver them.If memory serves me correctly LBS charged about $40 for the set & $25 to install it. I ride an...

we have 25m people here in AU about 13m are insured through private health fund in one way or another. from a 2013 survey we have about 1.9m active riders in AU. http://www.cycle-helmets.com/cycling-1985-2013.html Bupa Medibank Private HCF NIB together have about 80% of the Australian Private...

yes Ive always been a little long sighted & go cross eyed while reading to accomodate. But its gotten to a stage where I need correction. While I can still ride without glasses, looking at the small numbers on a Garmin is becoming harder in certain light conditions.

Ive been doing a bit of research/work on C/lenses & Cycling. I'm in my late 40's & I had some c/lenses prescribed for Presbyopia. This means its an aging thing & its harder to focus for close work. So my optom got me into Mono Vision. This is one eye has distance, the other has near vision...

after putting a superb event late last year I'm surprised they haven't sold out. Its a great venue. plenty of space where you don't need to fend off idiots for your real estate. Village atmosphere is very familie orientated. Lots of fun. Food could improve.....joking ha, ha. Nothing like...

what is it with the roadies hate here. They are having a go at MTBiking..... you blokes make us seem as arrogant as they are. Were better than that.

oops....too late. someone already said what i did

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Someone on Nobmob was saying the Ranger was there this week removing all the Trail closed signs Must have been Tue or Wednesday Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Ohhh no.....LOL the wife, the cruise, The Mont 24. I smell a rat.

I got my original XT 785 brakes with the Icetech metal pads. they were great. pads lasted me 4048 km. I changed them just before the scott 24 last year & got some resin pads. purely for cost reason. They were much cheaper. I don't recall where I got them from. The resin pads lasted me 2594...

I agree with rider seventy7. The way I read it, its defensive riding. Right of way for a cyclists is not garranteed. Ive been comuting just for a little while now but I recon there is more idiot riders than drivers on the road. No rider will win a game of chicken with a car , bus or truck...

i used flats to begin with after not riding for over 20 years. I tried the clip-less after 12 moths and haven't looked back. how do clip-less mask bad riding? I thought I became a much cleaner rider with clip-less. I did have a few slow speed stacks & some lost skin....but skin grows back