- Go to the room of mirrors & have a good hard look at yourself
- Don't pull in front of people at the lights unless you are quick
- The fact that I passed you, uphill, hauling more than 30 kgs of excess weight should have given you a clue that you are in fact slower than a wet week
- repeat step 1
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Postby TailWind » Thu Sep 19, 2013 10:46 am
Wind and weather was definitely not mild for me either heading up north.DavidS wrote:Wind wasn't mild going down Beach Rd on the way home ;)DS
A number of sqalls along the way, then dry patches, then more rain. Made it home without getting too soaked though.
A P-Plater managed to spin his car turning left into Plenty Rd from Childs Rd, even though the road surface was hardly damp - will upload the clip later.
Very gusty on the way in this morning, arrived in the CBD a good few minutes behind my average time.
Edit: Here's the video of the spin:
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Postby __PG__ » Thu Sep 19, 2013 11:58 am
I have a beautiful tailwind for the last 3rd of the ride as well..that magical feeling when it all goes quiet and you just glide along effortlessly.
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Postby Marto » Thu Sep 19, 2013 2:31 pm
Had some really poorly judged passes from motorists within the first 5km, where 2-5 seconds of waiting would enable them to have a clearer safer pass.
Here is an amusing video of a sequence of everybody wanting to get into my lane. None of these are surprising (especially at the front of a shopping area), but the close sequence of events makes it look like that scene from The Truman Show, where everybody is organised to get in Truman's way. Within 100 metres there was a reverser, doorer, oncoming turner, left turner without indicator, and of course a magpie.
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Postby gretaboy » Fri Sep 20, 2013 7:30 am
So having had a gutful and also having some family type commitments I am not riding today. I could have but am being lazy
Body needs a break too
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Postby nezumi » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:23 am
Today only you get....
Not one!
Not two!!!
But three punctures, all for the low low price of 1.5hours!
That's right folks, three punctures, all on one tube, today only on the Main Yarra Trail!
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Postby TailWind » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:39 am
Ouch, which section? I'll be heading along the MYT outbound between Fed Square and Fairfield Park....nezumi wrote:That's right folks, three punctures, all on one tube, today only on the Main Yarra Trail!
My commute yesterday afternoon along MYT to Greensborough and beyond was uneventful, but felt pretty sluggish for some reason.
Just missed a rain front at 4am this morning, caught the last few drops as I left, and had a rather cautious ride into the CBD on very wet roads.
Happy Friday!
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Postby nezumi » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:29 am
Two holes side by side, and one at the stem. I ended up grabbing a fresh tube, but it's a 700x23-28 in a 35c tyre.
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Postby TailWind » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:34 am
Thanks. I'll be keeping a beady eye out for the puncture fairy in that area anway...just in case..nezumi wrote:I think they may have been pinch flats - it was on the inbound section before dwights falls.
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Postby jules21 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:34 pm
well be grateful.. i binned it this morning! (3rd prang in a month! i'm getting worse at this cycling thing)nezumi wrote:Today only you get....
Not one!
Not two!!!
But three punctures, all for the low low price of 1.5hours!
That's right folks, three punctures, all on one tube, today only on the Main Yarra Trail!
on the wooden plank section down near the river at Rector Woodley's (just after coming off the city-side of the Walmer St bridge), it was wet. i normally stomp through there on my MTB with 2" tyres, but today was on my roadie with 23c GP4000s slicks. obviously i slowed down. but not enough - i learned. cracked my helmet.
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Postby jasonc » Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:59 pm
new helmet too by the sounds of it
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Postby TailWind » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:22 pm
That's a horribly uneven and slippery surface, with the bolt heads sticking out more often than not. Even in the dry, rattling across there is somewhat unsettling.jules21 wrote: on the wooden plank section down near the river at Rector Woodley's (just after coming off the city-side of the Walmer St bridge), it was wet. i normally stomp through there on my MTB with 2" tyres, but today was on my roadie with 23c GP4000s slicks. obviously i slowed down. but not enough - i learned. cracked my helmet.
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Postby jules21 » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:31 pm
what got me was my complacency due to riding it almost daily on my MTB, which is more forgiving. shared paths - with all their bumps, gaps and surface changes sure are a challenge when you jump on a roadie.
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Postby gretaboy » Fri Sep 20, 2013 1:37 pm
I did that too....on my first ride on my first ever roadie, only 2 years ago....had only ever ridden a hybrid before...my undoing was railway lines with a light rain at the timejules21 wrote:thanks guys. anyone seen any deals on helmets?
what got me was my complacency due to riding it almost daily on my MTB, which is more forgiving. shared paths - with all their bumps, gaps and surface changes sure are a challenge when you jump on a roadie.
did it front of the wife....a car and two other riders coming up behind us..one of them a guy I work with..went down like the proverbial sack of
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Postby Mulger bill » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:56 pm
Velogear have a sale on their Kali lids ATM.
Coming in tonight was a bit confusticating. I got tailgunned along Flemington Rd from The Kids, through the Haymarket and along Collins as far as Franklin before he turned off. It was a Skybus!
Hope their mgmt doesn't read these pages or the poor bloke will get sacked for defying company policy and being nice to a cyclist.
Rest of the ride was just pure fun, even the CBD peds were playing nice
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Postby DavidS » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:45 pm
I ride home along the beach and go a bit further than I need to and then turn back. Generally I'll stop for a minute or two off the bike path as I'm turning around. Just wanted to say thanks to the guy who asked if everything was ok when I pulled off and stopped. Nice to see cyclists sticking together
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Top job!jasonc wrote:just realised I've passed my commuting total for 2012
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