Occasional Retro Classic Ride
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Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Paul Watson » Sat Feb 16, 2013 10:06 am
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Postby harcs » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:10 pm
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Clydesdale Scot » Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:27 pm
steel rims?harcs wrote:... Trouble this morning was that it rained on the way home and 73 year old brakes are not good in the wet.
has anyone used Fibrax 'raincheater' pads (for steel rims only). Leather and rubber.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby harcs » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:03 pm
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Postby harcs » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:22 pm
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:28 pm
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby frailer5 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:22 pm
I'd prefer a longer-standing member here kick off some Sydney suggestions. If not, I'll stick my neck out during the week. Am in Hornsby area, but would be happy to train/drive to a starting point. Maybe greater P'matta somewhere. The Bi-Centennial track is good. Used to start at Merrylands High, then>Prospect Res, then>continue past Fairfield City Farm via the water-supply track, then along the creek track to Canley Vale. Just a thought; as an occasional thing. But if there was a reasonable number, could be a drop-in/drop-out. Do Sundays whenever you're free. (This is a Tony Abbott-style kite-flyer here).Wal42 wrote:There's now a Retro Rides page on the Queensland section of the forum, it's there for any Queenslanders to post their upcoming retro rides, I suggest you guys in other states, start your own retro rides page in your local state forum page if you want to meet others for retro ride groups.
My level currently would be Doddle+1, barely, but it's pretty flat in the bottom of the Sydney Basin, unlike up here.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Wal42 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:52 pm
frailer5 wrote:
I'd prefer a longer-standing member here kick off some Sydney suggestions. If not, I'll stick my neck out during the week. Am in Hornsby area, but would be happy to train/drive to a starting point..
You only need one guy to start it then get a core of guys.
Munga started ours up here, because of work, he hasn't made it for a month, but there's a core of 5 or 6 blokes, so even if a few of us can't/don't make it, it still goes ahead with the others. We're spread all over Brissie, the CBD is pretty much in the middle (unlike Sydney), so that's pretty much where we go from, everybody has to travel a bit, munga is probably the furthest away & it's about an hour for him.
Parramatta is probably a good start point, fairly central to the whole of Sydney, it's been 20 years since I lived there, you need parking for the cars (free is real good) & somewhere for decent coffee afterwards, our ride is very social, we don't try to set any land speed records, we all chat & ride, sort of goes with the whole retro bike feel.
Ok, Sydney guys, frailer has stuck his hat in, back him up, anyone who has been on one of our retro rides will tell you how much fun we have.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby frailer5 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:33 am
But worth working towards.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby harcs » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:38 pm
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Postby Saro28 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:38 pm
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Postby frailer5 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:07 pm
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Postby sunho » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:15 pm
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Postby Paul Watson » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:50 pm
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Johnj » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:10 pm
You're not wrong there. Still if you'd posted in the VIC forum it probably would have been ignored.Paul Watson wrote:Blimey! Didn't take long for my original thread to get totally sidetracked.
If you Sydney folk get anything organised I'll come along (depending on the date). Might be able to drag some of the DHBC crew along as well.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby frailer5 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 6:20 am
Early Sunday morn start.
Theory being is it may even out the journey times for a far flung bunch. But, early days, and open to suggestions. M7 cycleway certainly an alternative, though a less scenic ride.
I'm out for this coming w/end, at least, but feel free to kick it off...
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Thread jacked in a good way, Paul.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby ldrcycles » Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:37 pm
I've got a 1978 Viscount Sebring about 1/4 ready so far, will also have a 70s BSA Tour of Britain, half a dozen of the bikes i showed last year, and if time permits i want to build up something special, with the sort of over the top attention to detail you see at NAHBS. Should be fun .
EDIT: and by the way there is a Facebook page "Noosa L'Eroica bike ride", and a dedicated website noosa-eroica.com.au (i started and update the FB page but am not one of the organisers).
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby frailer5 » Tue Feb 19, 2013 9:05 pm
-there'll be a thread in 'NSW', notated clearly enough as an open-ended group ride in Sydney, most likely early Sundays, (but could be Saturdays on occasion as well, if a few want to).
-for older bikes/(probably) older riders. We won't be ageist though if there are 20-somethings who are into classic steel. Pace>sedate/social.
-plan to keep the thread there active as a weekly update on what rides/dates over the coming few weekends at any time. It will be an ongoing organising point.
-others please flag your interest over there.
-oh, critical mass is 2.
This should effectively break this topic to and fro away from here.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Saro28 » Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:57 pm
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=61622frailer5 wrote:Saro28 and I have conversed. Plan goes something like this:
-there'll be a thread in 'NSW', notated clearly enough as an open-ended group ride in Sydney, most likely early Sundays, (but could be Saturdays on occasion as well, if a few want to).
-for older bikes/(probably) older riders. We won't be ageist though if there are 20-somethings who are into classic steel. Pace>sedate/social.
-plan to keep the thread there active as a weekly update on what rides/dates over the coming few weekends at any time. It will be an ongoing organising point.
-others please flag your interest over there.
-oh, critical mass is 2.
This should effectively break this topic to and fro away from here.
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Re: Occasional Retro Classic Ride
Postby Rob74 » Sat Apr 06, 2013 9:41 am
=>> Have noticed in the "BNA NSW Thread" the "Retro Rides Newcastle".../Huntervalley is not getting much love?
MatZac has proposed date & time
Those keen?......Post rely over there in the NSW Forum Thread
=>>BNA "Retro Rides Newcastle"
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