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I'd love a Grand Seiko. My dress up watch is a Seiko SKX007 with a nice stainless bracelet. I know its a dive watch, but it still looks timeless and still gets a few comments every now and again. Something about those old automatic mechanical watches that scratches a bit of an itch.

Been running an Epix Gen 2 with the sapphire screen for the last 18 months. I'm usually pretty hard on watch faces being a diesel mechanic. But while the aluminum framing has plenty of scratches, the glass still looks perfect after all this time. I also run a velcro band. Can get that perfect...

Haha, yep that was pretty close. If you could, that would be awesome!

Hey mate, fairly keen on this for my son. Ever head West at all? I'm in Horsham Vic but travel a bit for work, mostly Central Vic (Bendigo etc).

I make sure I lock the doors when I'm passing through for that reason alone

And I drive past Ballarat all the time. Don't you worry I've been tempted haha

Yeah I think overall range can be very similar between 1x and 2x, but if you're doing faster flatter riding then those smaller steps between gears on a more road based cassette is something I enjoy. It really comes back to what kind of riding you are doing. I've done rides in the Otway's where a...

The beauty (or problem) with gravel bikes is the interpretation of the "right" bike can vary by a huge amount. Just think about all the different types of frames and geometries available in the MTB world among the same discipline. IMO, gravel for me is basically a more capable road bike because...

They were doing that a couple of years back but there was a bunch of stink kicked up over safety riding in packs due to not being close to a brake lever.

3 weeks back on the bike and now the first race ticked off for 2024. Woodend is always a good time, love the natural trails out there. Those switchbacks towards the end can eat it though. Did it alongside the wife for the first lap then had a dip on the second lap to see if I could wake up the...

Nostradamus over here after the latest post. In all seriousness, all the best with a quick recovery.

Not wrong, could get this and swap over my drivetrain, wheels and fork and it would have to be a 10kg weapon for decent coin...

Might be some good bargains on the old Epic Evo which looked about as perfect as a bike for me before the new one came out. No Brain, 120mm suspension, super light, efficient and decent geo.

Turning into a dream build!

It's such a balance hey! Not enough protein and your kind of doing the work for nothing because you don't get that super compensation. Not enough carbs and you're making it feel harder than it needs to be. I'm trying to keep my protein intake around 1.6g per kg of body weight, and fat around 1g...

Done that with helmets once upon a time. Wife was not impressed.

Well, its still early days but a positive 2 weeks since I got back on the horse. The first week I was suffering for the old "sore ass" syndrome that I don't think I've had the displeasure of experiencing since I got back into cycling 10-12 years ago. Really reminded me how hard it can be for...

Might have to look into a waxing station I reckon. I'd be lucky to get 100kms before a re-lube with RnR Gold. And with 5 bikes in regular rotation with my wife, son and myself the lube seems to go quickly. 3 to 400kms on a waxed chain sounds nice.

Holt? Keen to see this one

On that topic, anyone here go down the chain waxing route? I mean the whole soaking them in the crock pot style of chain waxing. Supposed to stay clean and quiet for ages. But price of entry seems high, you almost want to start with two chains so you have a changeover for when you are re-doing...