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Postby CKinnard » Sat May 02, 2015 5:29 pm
these days, you get water up the exhaust pipe and you just blew $30,000.
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Postby RonK » Sat May 02, 2015 6:20 pm
Some people have short memories but former owners know better.singlespeedscott wrote:There is a lot to be said for simplicity, however I do like my aircon, electric windows and cruise control. The other problem is your old land rover has no chance of passing a modern pollution, economy or crash safety standard.
Your Series II Landrover with its Lucas electrics typically stops at the merest hint of water.
A can of WD40 in the toolbox was essential (as was a spare long axle).
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Postby CKinnard » Sat May 02, 2015 7:19 pm
My grandfather (a mechanic turned farmer) had one on the farm, and I bet it did more off road k's than any city slicker 4wd. he loved it. The farm was on the mary river at Connondale, and it went through flood waters regularly.RonK wrote:Some people have short memories but former owners know better.singlespeedscott wrote:There is a lot to be said for simplicity, however I do like my aircon, electric windows and cruise control. The other problem is your old land rover has no chance of passing a modern pollution, economy or crash safety standard.
Your Series II Landrover with its Lucas electrics typically stops at the merest hint of water.
A can of WD40 in the toolbox was essential (as was a spare long axle).
contrast that with today. There was still at least 20 broken down cars on the side of the road within 2km of my place.
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Postby CKinnard » Sat May 02, 2015 7:54 pm
only if you were too thick to fix it properly the first timeldrcycles wrote:Yep the problem with "gee young whipper snapper in my day you could fix it with a screwdriver and some fencing wire" is everyone forgets the important bit which is "damn lucky too cos you needed to fix it every half hour".
contrasted against the 20 odd cars near my place that are still going nowhere 24 hours later, presumably because they can't be fixed with a screwdriver and fencing wire.
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Postby PiratePete » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:24 am
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Postby cancan64 » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:36 am
They could be the same cyclist riding at night in the rain with no lights... Nearly ran up the back of one yesterdayPiratePete wrote:Thick fog, kinda nice, wasn't cold. But why do some of us ride in the predawn murk with no lights? Runners too (on road) for that matter.
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Postby PiratePete » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:46 am
I did enjoy the fog though.
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Postby elantra » Thu Jun 18, 2015 8:46 am
PiratePete wrote:Thick fog, kinda nice, wasn't cold. But why do some of us ride in the predawn murk with no lights? Runners too (on road) for that matter.
Not foggy at the Coottha lookout this mornin
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Postby DTdotcom » Thu Jun 18, 2015 10:45 am
All Mt Gravatt photographers still had nothing to shoot by the time I rolled off.
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Postby kb » Thu Jun 18, 2015 11:51 am
Nah, just ride really slowly. Let their egos work for youPiratePete wrote:Mine was a big guy, definitely a road warrior, covered in Tatts. I passed him then he jumped on my draft, I had to work hard to loose him. I didn't want him hiding my tail light...
I did enjoy the fog though.
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Postby elantra » Thu Jun 18, 2015 12:15 pm
From the lookout at Coottha it did appear that Mt Gravatt was completely covered in fog.Dimma wrote:Fog was intense for sure, stopped raining at my place 7pm last night, roads still very wet for entire ride.
All Mt Gravatt photographers still had nothing to shoot by the time I rolled off.
Basically everything was covered in fog as far as the eye could see, only the very tallest brisbane buildings emerged above the fog, and of course the Southern Border Ranges and Flinders Peak.
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Postby elantra » Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:38 am
Riding this morning in and out of patches of warmth and cold, seemed to be colder at 7am than at 6am.
The obligatory Coottha photo (looking in the direction of city), a bit early for the actual sunrise.
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Postby PiratePete » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:37 am
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Postby ItsDank » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:26 am
https://www.strava.com/activities/359185692
Managed a pretty lazy 55km's. Mt Cootha can be fairly brutal for the climbing portion
Might try out Mt Nebo next time!
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Postby DTdotcom » Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:39 am
Nice, welcome to Brissie. Are you here visiting or relocating?ItsDank wrote:Awesome weather, is this really winter Brisbane?
https://www.strava.com/activities/359185692
Managed a pretty lazy 55km's. Mt Cootha can be fairly brutal for the climbing portion
Might try out Mt Nebo next time!
Next time try the back ascent, it's a little more brutal.
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Postby jasonc » Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:02 am
oh come on. it's not brutal. it's just a little more consistentDimma wrote:Next time try the back ascent, it's a little more brutal.
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Postby ItsDank » Mon Aug 03, 2015 11:46 am
Yeah I was going down that and thinking, this would have been far harder going up!Dimma wrote:
Nice, welcome to Brissie. Are you here visiting or relocating?
Next time try the back ascent, it's a little more brutal.
Just here for the next 4 months then back to Sydney!
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