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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:46 pm
Thats sadpospete wrote:Wish I'dd never sold the thing now.
If the R-1 rule is broken, what happens to N+1?
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Postby reparto corse » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:06 pm
I've seen the ATOMIK'S they look very impressive pospete.I understand how easy it is to support all the different hobbies with ebay, one is so spoilt for choices on there, lol
byclewa how did you get a combination of half alloy and cromoly,
how have you got it set up, main triangle alloy with cromo rears and forks
or vice versa. sounds very interesting.
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byclewa how did you get a combination of half alloy and cromoly,
how have you got it set up, main triangle alloy with cromo rears and forks
or vice versa. sounds very interesting.
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Postby heavymetal » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:10 pm
The front forks are Chromoly and the frame is aluminium, but the seat down tube appears to be Chromoly as it makes a different sound when tapped. It's a Mongoose Randonneur of a few years vintage.reparto corse wrote:bicyclewa how did you get a combination of half alloy and cromoly,
how have you got it set up, main triangle alloy with cromo rears and forks
or vice versa. sounds very interesting.
I don't want to scratch the paint off, but taking the seat tube out and looking down the tube, it doesn't look like aluminium.
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:25 pm
Like this ?pospete wrote:You guys should post pics! I have no experience of Roadies apart from they usually overtake me at Warp10!
This is Aussie day when I was killed off by the younger generation doing a 120k ride including RNP (thats a hilly bit south of Sydney). I'm 45 in the blue hemet. The bloke in the middle is 33 and the rest are in their 20's.
If the R-1 rule is broken, what happens to N+1?
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Postby tuco » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:50 pm
Still sunny up here. Getting as much riding in as I can in case the wet season remembers it is actually the wet season.
Although this is a happy thread I have to say the heat is over powering.
At 6:00am the heat index (the old apparent temperature) was 34.2C with 92% humidty, and that was 6AM IN THE MORNING!!!!!
What else do you do when it's that hot at 6am? Practice hill climbs of course!
After 2 I thought 10 would be a good round number, after 5 I was rooted.
I had to get off the bike, my legs were wobbly and the funny part (after all, this is a happy thread) was me trying to drink with a pulse of about 170 and gasping for air. If I timed it wrong I would have drowned myself. You had to be there.
The other happy thing is the ringing in my left ear has gone. It comes and goes. Sadly doctors just say it's tinnitus and give me a pamphlet, that'll be $50. I know it's not permanent as it comes and goes and I know there is an under lying cause because it comes with extreme tiredness (EG wanting, no needing, to sleep at 9pm - that's unheard of for me!), sinus pain, etc but do doctors want to help?
I haven't had a cold since April 2000 and this problem started with back in July last year. Instant ringing in ear, tiredness, sinus pain, etc.
I had a hearing test but it was during one of my good periods and the test came back perfect.
Anyway, enough of my problems.
When it's bad riding is great because I can't hear it.
I better make the most of it. Now I can concentrate I better modify some databases so I can incorporate them into my shop database. I've been putting it off for a week.
Although this is a happy thread I have to say the heat is over powering.
At 6:00am the heat index (the old apparent temperature) was 34.2C with 92% humidty, and that was 6AM IN THE MORNING!!!!!
What else do you do when it's that hot at 6am? Practice hill climbs of course!
After 2 I thought 10 would be a good round number, after 5 I was rooted.
I had to get off the bike, my legs were wobbly and the funny part (after all, this is a happy thread) was me trying to drink with a pulse of about 170 and gasping for air. If I timed it wrong I would have drowned myself. You had to be there.
The other happy thing is the ringing in my left ear has gone. It comes and goes. Sadly doctors just say it's tinnitus and give me a pamphlet, that'll be $50. I know it's not permanent as it comes and goes and I know there is an under lying cause because it comes with extreme tiredness (EG wanting, no needing, to sleep at 9pm - that's unheard of for me!), sinus pain, etc but do doctors want to help?
I haven't had a cold since April 2000 and this problem started with back in July last year. Instant ringing in ear, tiredness, sinus pain, etc.
I had a hearing test but it was during one of my good periods and the test came back perfect.
Anyway, enough of my problems.
When it's bad riding is great because I can't hear it.
I better make the most of it. Now I can concentrate I better modify some databases so I can incorporate them into my shop database. I've been putting it off for a week.
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Postby LuckyPierre » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:22 pm
This is fun when you're on the bike too!tuco wrote: .... the funny part (after all, this is a happy thread) was me trying to drink with a pulse of about 170 and gasping for air. If I timed it wrong I would have drowned myself. You had to be there.
So is trying to eat when you're gasping. My cunning tactics for Sunday meant that I had to start eating my 'Growling Dog' just before the halfway mark - which was just after a climb, with 3 kms of rolling terrain to come. Getting the bl**dy thing open was hard enough, then my mouth was too dry to chew it - if you didn't laugh you'd cry.
And, yes, I had only just finished chewing the first mouthful when my chain went!
ps. the 'happy' part of this post is 'Growling Dog'. I'd much rather be thought of as a 'growling dog' than a 'whingeing cat', which is what I usually am by mid-race!
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Postby Hotdog » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:28 am
Vaguely back on topic, I'm happy with setting a personal best time for the longer of my two commutes home from work (i.e. to my place rather than the GF's, ~22km, 1:07) yesterday and following that up with a personal best time on the way into work this morning (~21km, 1:16, worse traffic and more hill climbs in this direction). I'm loving my new Continental Sports Contact 26x1.3"s and cadence sensor
Oh, and it's Valentine's Day too
Oh, and it's Valentine's Day too
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Postby heavymetal » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:51 pm
Are we all still happy?
No one had posted in here for awhile, so are we still happy?
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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:03 pm
What route are you riding?Hotdog wrote:Vaguely back on topic, I'm happy with setting a personal best time for the longer of my two commutes home from work (i.e. to my place rather than the GF's, ~22km, 1:07) yesterday and following that up with a personal best time on the way into work this morning (~21km, 1:16, worse traffic and more hill climbs in this direction). I'm loving my new Continental Sports Contact 26x1.3"s and cadence sensor
Oh, and it's Valentine's Day too
Have a nice day
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Postby heavymetal » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:13 pm
Have you been for a good ride yet?Mulger bill wrote:HAPPY AS , got me new girl today I did
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Postby Mulger bill » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:22 pm
Pretty good I spose, the junior at the LBS sold the 'puter Tim put aside for me 'bout fifty minutes, these things work you so differently to a MTB, all good.
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