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Someone’s selling an old GT Ricochet on Facebook for $50. They haven’t listed the size though…. And sadly not an earlier steel version.I am looking for something similar to mess around with the kids on
Someone’s selling an old GT Ricochet on Facebook for $50. They haven’t listed the size though…. And sadly not an earlier steel version.I am looking for something similar to mess around with the kids on
I’m recovering on the couch this arvo and came across this vid. I’m definitely guilty of trying to push too hard a gear.Yeah 300m vertical at Kalamunda no worries but 150m at a constant rate is sapping. I’m running DHF/Aggressor at 2.5 so similar, but it feels like dragging a sled behind me
Yep, it’s fun for sure… it’s a bit of a thing, finding the rideable sand. Sometimes near the water’s edge is best, other times the opposite is true, but a laugh finding it out.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this won't be your last either..in the right mindset, it can be quite therapeuticBuilt my first ever wheel.
Was just a hack job, firstly to see if I could do it, 2ndly to create a spare rear for my hardtail.
Combined stuffed front hub with rear smashed rim. Some how fluked the correct dish and has come out straighter than it was as a front rim lol.
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I built my first as a high school kid back in the 12th century. No money to buy a new wheel and I buckled the front so badly it barely turned in the forks. Grabbed a spare rim (27"!) from a mate for hard labour and set about making a new wheel. Made a frame from timber to hold the axle and position the wheel in the right place ish and it fucking worked! So satisfying. Then made tuckshop money rebuilding and straightening wheels for a while.I have a sneaking suspicion that this won't be your last either..in the right mindset, it can be quite therapeutic
Got here at 9am. It was full. Did two laps of the carpark and a hiker who was coming back to his car have me a wave. Score. Thanks whoever that was!A 6:30am start at the Youies as I had an hour before life took over again. First time on proper single track since 5 August. So good to be back out again. I left around 8:15 and the carpark was starting to fill up, with a lot of cars with bikes hanging off them also spotted on the highway.
I’ve got an Ultegra flat bar shifter on Kirsty’s Soma and it’s lovely.Tried to buy my wife a flatbar road bike. Saw one in stick with good specs so roadtrip. Thought 105 11 speed was the spec to go for. Surprised when she said it was stiff but she was right, it was awful. Tried ither brands that ransora or mtv shifters and all were nice. Am i missing something ? Shop said they tried other bikes with 105 triggers and theyre all like that.