How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby familyguy » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:02 pm
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Lizzy » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:07 pm
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Postby JBark » Tue Oct 16, 2012 1:34 pm
Yep, I've gotten buzzed by it a couple times in the past week. I'm not exactly sure how close it gets, but no contact so it hasn't done much but scare the hell out of me. I'm thinking of turning the camera on the helmet backwards, to see if I can get video of it swooping in from behind.Lizzy wrote:Nice fast (for me) ride home last night - partly to outrun a maggie who buzzed my shoulder at terminal velocity. Perth Kwinana PSP detourers FYI, the Broadhurst Ave Barnstormer is back in action! Late out of the blocks this morning, but nice windless cruise in.
On the plus side, the road works on Urbahns Crescent are finally done, so that alternate detour across South St isn't such a pain to get to. Was pretty annoying to spend the past month adding another block or two onto to the detour to go around the tunnel work they were doing.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Comedian » Tue Oct 16, 2012 5:18 pm
Hi mate... when you flip the stem or move the spacers you have to re-tighten the headset. There is a procedure for it. Not hard but you have to know how to do it. Let me know if you're having issues.jasonc wrote:so the shorter stem seems to be good, except now I've loosened my headset by the look of it - anyone got an 8mm allen key - otherwise no KOM smashing for this arvo
Don't overtighten or you might have issues steering.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Marto » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:05 pm
That is concerning. I double or triple check my steering and brake work, and carry all the relevant tools for the first couple of day after changing anything.Comedian wrote:Hi mate... when you flip the stem or move the spacers you have to re-tighten the headset. There is a procedure for it. Not hard but you have to know how to do it. Let me know if you're having issues.jasonc wrote:so the shorter stem seems to be good, except now I've loosened my headset by the look of it - anyone got an 8mm allen key - otherwise no KOM smashing for this arvo
Don't overtighten or you might have issues steering.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Comedian » Tue Oct 16, 2012 7:06 pm
He's uploaded a bucket of PR's to strava so he must be still alive.Marto wrote:That is concerning. I double or triple check my steering and brake work, and carry all the relevant tools for the first couple of day after changing anything.Comedian wrote:Hi mate... when you flip the stem or move the spacers you have to re-tighten the headset. There is a procedure for it. Not hard but you have to know how to do it. Let me know if you're having issues.jasonc wrote:so the shorter stem seems to be good, except now I've loosened my headset by the look of it - anyone got an 8mm allen key - otherwise no KOM smashing for this arvo
Don't overtighten or you might have issues steering.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby jasonc » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:20 pm
so the problem was due to the new stem. the headstem height of the stem was shorter than the original.
by fluke i had a spare spacer
spacer installed. headset play gone
now.... where were those KOMs
btw - good ride home - just couldn't help myself - that bike of mine is quick
EDIT: worth noting that the play was only when you slammed on the brakes - it was such a minimal difference in height that I didn't notice it last night.
thanks for all the advice and guidance
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Postby DavidS » Tue Oct 16, 2012 11:59 pm
Windy would be an understatement, just about got blown off the bike on the way home along the beach. Plenty of riders struggling with the wind gusts, very hard to keep it straight in those conditions. Oh yeah, it rained tooTailWind wrote:Windy In Melbourne for the ride back.
Cool but problem free ride into the CBD this morning.
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Postby TailWind » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:50 am
Clear but chilly start this morning for the ride into the CBD. Missed all of the ride-to-work day activities due to the early hour of my commute.
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Postby clydesmcdale » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:26 am
Came in this morning the short way... approx 12km. Lungs were burning, coughing and spluttering. Exhausted when I arrived. I knew it was going to hurt. Hope it doesn't take too long to recover.
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Postby Lizzy » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:15 pm
Left a half hour or so earlier than usual to help set up the R2W breakfast at my workplace and I've nevaar seen the paths so busy - lost count almost immediately, warmed the cockles of my heart! No joke, when I crossed over at Leech there were at least a dozen bikes stacked up waiting.
Lovely weather for it too, loaded up on the free breakky and snagged a couple of handy prizes, w00t!
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Postby goneriding » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:48 pm
Very busy in Sydney too. It was very difficult to pass on the Harbour Bridge this morning due to the amount of cycle traffic! Cage traffic was just as bad as yesterday!Lizzy wrote:Happy Ride to Work Day everyone
Left a half hour or so earlier than usual to help set up the R2W breakfast at my workplace and I've nevaar seen the paths so busy - lost count almost immediately, warmed the cockles of my heart! No joke, when I crossed over at Leech there were at least a dozen bikes stacked up waiting.
Lovely weather for it too, loaded up on the free breakky and snagged a couple of handy prizes, w00t!
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Postby DaveOZ » Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:59 pm
*well, most days but I did ride today.
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Postby Boognoss » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:27 pm
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Postby elStado » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:17 pm
In the afternoon, limping home with a wobbly wheel and no rear brakes, I had a guy squeeze past me at speed while I was already in the outside lane overtaking a pedestrian. Colourful language was used on this occasion, although I prefer being dangerously overtaken to being crashed into from behind.
So many dangerous speed demons out there. I feel like I am already becoming that ranting old man because of all these guys trying to beat PBs etc during peak hour with peds, prams, animals etc all on the paths at the same time. People need to SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY THE RIDE when the paths are busy.
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Postby ColinOldnCranky » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:22 pm
The weather was again brilliantly stil on the way in.
I did my first workday ride with the giraffe today. (Thanks BWA brekky for the invite.) Which meant that I only did a partial morning ride in.
But when I toted up the overall distance for the day I actually had managed a decent distance, considering. (google maps as I do not have meter on the giraffe).
Not keen to replace my regular ride with it though.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby Fresh » Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:25 pm
Welcome to Syds eh!
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Postby nickobec » Wed Oct 17, 2012 11:59 pm
Great day to ride, calm when I left home, picked up mild tailwind on way in. Don't know if it was that I was 45 minutes earlier than usually or ride2work day but lots more riders than usual out and in both directions.
Still nobody to play with , I chased down a few riders, but everyone happy to cruise at their own speed, which was slower than mine. Sitting just below race pace HR for the PSP sections.
Got brekky in Melville and headed into city, got passed by somebody my age riding a nice Bianchi, I had not warmed up from brekky stop, so sat in behind. The traffic on the Canning to Narrows Bridge PSP was heavy, with people heading into the city, plus big groups heading out after their ride to work brekky in the city. So we slowed and accelerated many times, each time accompanied by the clattering of gear changes from the bike behind.
By the time I warmed up, we were approaching the CBD, so I thanked the guy who did the work on the front and apologised for not doing my turn, as I did not really warm up after the brekky stop and we part ways. I then saw the guy who was behind me, a young (well 20 something) on a flat bar, who looked like he just finished a race, red faced, dripping sweat. While the two blokes twice his age on the front, looked they the just warmed uo for a race.
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Re: How was your commute ... today, yesterday, last week ...
Postby TailWind » Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:38 am
Ride in this morning had a creature-feature. A fox was snacking on something in the middle of Cheddar Rd near Thomastown, standing right on the center lines. Whistled at him, but he didn't flinch, and apparently wasn't worried by passing cars either.
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Postby find_bruce » Thu Oct 18, 2012 10:01 am
Not very good at aiming are you, he says with more than a hint of jealousy. I suppose I should say congratulationsjasonc wrote:riverloop commute to bring up 10000kms for the year (not bad considering I was aiming for 7k)
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