What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!

[Stredda]

Rode the Zeehan Silver City trails with a group of mates on Saturday.

Had perfect weather, the West Coast gravel had a nice little bit of moisture in it, and it was my new Stumpy's first outing out there and this bike is built for this type of riding, couldn't be a better day out on bikes.

 

[Chriso_29er]

Rode the Zeehan Silver City trails with a group of mates on Saturday.

Had perfect weather, the West Coast gravel had a nice little bit of moisture in it, and it was my new Stumpy's first outing out there and this bike is built for this type of riding, couldn't be a better day out on bikes.
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That looks awesome.

 

[Cardy George]

Solo ?

I think @silentbutdeadly summed it up nicely.

After the 12hr in 2021 I said I'd come back for a 24.

Then they cancelled '22, and I'd just started chasing tractors in '23.

It's been 3 years in the making.

You coming too?

 

[Stredda]

That looks awesome.

It's a pretty solid ride but it's well worth it.

 

[Mr Crudley]

Had my last ride on the Process today, and Sue did too on her Stumpy.

Both got nicked in the Melbourne CBD, while having some lunch with our extended family.

Really sorry to hear this. I hope it works out for the better for you both. You just can't leave anything in public these days.

 

[Haakon]

Had my last ride on the Process today, and Sue did too on her Stumpy.

Both got nicked in the Melbourne CBD, while having some lunch with our extended family.

Phark, what a PITA.

As much as I loved the 153, and I did, I'm sure I 'll move on, but I feel real bad for Sue. She'd struggled through quite a few bikes, to find one that she was 100% comfortable with. She found her beloved bike, by riding an identical one in Bali on a volcano to ocean ride, and really loved it, and I magically happened across a matching frame with some bits and bobs. I used that and added the rest, and built her up a bike, and she rode the crap out of it... alas, it's now gone.

Anyway, no-one died, so small potatoes, really... but now I need to get her something that she's comfy with.

Ouch… How’d they get nicked? Locks cut?

Stumpys are easy enough to get though, surely you’ll be able to get the same one again.

 

[Scotty T]

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That hub looks neither carbon or ti, false advertising?

 

[DougalStrachan]

First time back at Harcourt since it reopened, was showing a few kids around of which a couple were defiantly beginners around so only did tracks 1, 2 and 4. The revamp of the bottom of track 4 is nice and track 2 was running nice. Did manage to get a 'good' run of track 2 with some clear track in front of me, so technically I have no excuse for the sheer amount of casing of jumps I did, so much so that I'm expecting a call from the Victorian Law reform commission asking me immediately hand in my bike as no lawyer would be able to help me. Good news was that the beginners had such a good time there was already talk of upgrading bikes.

 

[pink poodle]

This is a good time to buy a Kona @Lazmo

 

[Cardy George]

That hub looks neither carbon or ti, false advertising?

Correct! Apparently these are the core of what they do

X-SingleCarbon - Chainrings - Products

Bike components and bike accessories for road bike and mtb!

www.carbon-ti.com

These are on the wish list, but at $300 per rotor they can stay there

Carbon Disk Rotor Road Bike Superlight

Discover SteelCarbon 2 the carbon disk rotor for your road bike, superlight, semi-floating, with steel braking surface!

www.carbon-ti.com

 

[ozzybmx]

You coming too?

Working, start back on Friday or I would have headed up for a sticky beak.

The weather gods are looking after you, good luck !

 

[Cardy George]

Working, start back on Friday or I would have headed up for a sticky beak.

The weather gods are looking after you, good luck !

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I last looked a couple of weeks ago and they were saying low 20s.

Mrs George got a bit of a shock when she looked this morning and saw high-teens!

 

[ozzybmx]

I last looked a couple of weeks ago and they were saying low 20s.

Mrs George got a bit of a shock when she looked this morning and saw high-teens!

Might get nippy overnight up in the hills but high teens is perfect riding weather, easy to regulate temp.

 

[Lazmo]

Mrs George got a bit of a shock when she looked this morning and saw high-teens!

Yep, I understand how she feels. Luckily mine are in their twenties and thirties now, and don’t do that stuff anymore.

 

[ozzybmx]

Seen a Strava mate had signed up to do the April Fondo, thought I haven't done a hungie in a while, checked through the 'to do routes' and picked one around the 100 mark.
140km drive to Meningie and the ride should be flattish gravel with a ferry crossing and goes around Lake Albert, also goes near the Aboriginal town of Raukkan, the town that David Unaipon is from and where he built a church (bloke on the 50 buck note)
Called in there for food... cheapest place to eat ever, $9 for a vanilla smoothie, a sausage roll and a bottle of water add $10 to that in any other town.

The ride... FFS started 9:45am then soon into a 40kph NW headwind while I'm heading NW for 45km, roughish gravel and every tourist that went past had me eating their dust and wiping it from my eyes, got to Raukkan, ate and left at 1pm, had a nice tailey for 10km where I was doing 35kph, then turned South, so did the wind, complete change in 1 hour. 50kph S Westerly and back to 12-15kph, It was a beautiful ride but absolute murder and the 2km unexpected hike-a-bike over a sand track felt like a nice break. Got back to Meningie, thought fark-it, dry April has done well for 23days so went to the pub for a beer (just 1), where a local said there a big fire 15km East and out of control by 50kph winds... thats when I checked Windy, no wonder it was murder.

Carried a complete set of spares as it was a bit far for a mums-taxi, including a spare tyre, sealant and chain but needed nothing apart from my 2 bananas and a Cliff bar.

Anyway, it was a nice gravel loop with a bit of tarmac and got back with 97.5km done, then had to ride 1.3km up the main street and back to get the magic hungie.
Definitely up there with the hardest 100 I've ever done.

 

[pink poodle]

Fuck...read all of that trying to find details of your kiwi BBQ.

 

[Labcanary]

The youngest canary decided to practice getting going from stand still on his pedal bike last night.

Today he wanted to go for a longer ride and ended up riding 4km.

Ain't no stopping him now!

 

[Cardy George]

Seen a Strava mate had signed up to do the April Fondo, thought I haven't done a hungie in a while, checked through the 'to do routes' and picked one around the 100 mark.
140km drive to Meningie and the ride should be flattish gravel with a ferry crossing and goes around Lake Albert, also goes near the Aboriginal town of Raukkan, the town that David Unaipon is from and where he built a church (bloke on the 50 buck note)
Called in there for food... cheapest place to eat ever, $9 for a vanilla smoothie, a sausage roll and a bottle of water add $10 to that in any other town.

The ride... FFS started 9:45am then soon into a 40kph NW headwind while I'm heading NW for 45km, roughish gravel and every tourist that went past had me eating their dust and wiping it from my eyes, got to Raukkan, ate and left at 1pm, had a nice tailey for 10km where I was doing 35kph, then turned South, so did the wind, complete change in 1 hour. 50kph S Westerly and back to 12-15kph, It was a beautiful ride but absolute murder and the 2km unexpected hike-a-bike over a sand track felt like a nice break. Got back to Meningie, thought fark-it, dry April has done well for 23days so went to the pub for a beer (just 1), where a local said there a big fire 15km East and out of control by 50kph winds... thats when I checked Windy, no wonder it was murder.

Carried a complete set of spares as it was a bit far for a mums-taxi, including a spare tyre, sealant and chain but needed nothing apart from my 2 bananas and a Cliff bar.

Anyway, it was a nice gravel loop with a bit of tarmac and got back with 97.5km done, then had to ride 1.3km up the main street and back to get the magic hungie.
Definitely up there with the hardest 100 I've ever done.

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Can't say I've ever experienced a day down there that wasn't windy or wet.

Did a Tour Down Under participation ride from Strath to down there somewhere and the stretch into Goolwa was pure torture

 

[Asininedrivel]

Early (for me) skid around the local network as I didn't trust the weather forecast. Conditions were perfect, great fun. New super thick soled RC Concept shoes have felt a bit clunky elsewhere but were excellent at dialling out chatter and taking the sting out of drops etc. when there's no rear suspension.

 

[Mr Crudley]

I have been toying with the idea of giving the Greater Sydney Ride a crack. There are 230k and 150k loop. Got a phone mount, powerbank and a bunch of Clif bars and spare tubes.

Well, it isn't easy and there are plenty of hills around. It was hectic in the city and pubs all had queues outside and loads of people just walking around. You can't dodge them all. I did half of the 150km and headed back home using the commuting route that I did once upon a time.

Great day for it but hot and busy. Will have to poke myself with sharp stick to do the lot one day, but still plenty to see on the first half.

Anyhow, here are the happy snaps from the very successful 'Bike leaning on stuff' series. The mapping app munted the return path since I didn't follow what I was supposed too. Ahhh, technology.