bikes

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:59 pm

I'm going to get a Scott Scale 50.. but will wait 'til after xmas.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:06 pm

retzie wrote:

What happened?

batman bridge, there is metal bits on the road which I rode across - tram track effect - wobble wobble slide...

strained shoulder, big bruise on leg and yuk grazes

same sore shoulder from my last accident a couple of years back when a car hit me and i broke my schaphoid

happened this arvo

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:24 pm

Ow. Your bike okay?

Farken bits of metal in roads! I split my face open coming off tram tracks a couple of months ago. Now I have a scar that looks like a swastika next to my eye. Woo.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:25 pm

just a bingle really. might need a realignment but its not like im precious about a scrape or two, its a pretty middle of the road bike

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:47 pm

ah the old scaphoid, first to give! i had my hand in a cast for almost 3 months (prob cos i kept riding)

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:47 pm

ah the old scaphoid, first to give! i had my hand in a cast for almost 3 months (prob cos i kept riding)

Post by **huge** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:47 pm

i need a new bike. waah.

Post by **huge** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:02 pm

maybe one of these!

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:16 pm

looks heavy

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:28 pm

I would not recommend fixed gear mountain biking

Post by **huge** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:58 pm

mad cred tho!

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:17 pm

serious huge you should get a SS roadie or fixie, so light,nimble fly through the street.

Post by **huge** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:24 pm

look like a premo tho.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:31 pm

premo?

nic · Post by **nic** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 8:52 pm

lol @ premo - do not do it unless you are willing to wear the neckscarf, canvas shoes and jig jig stupid walk while you listen to teh hottest indie band with a keyboard and mild social disorder

Post by **huge** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:01 am

huhu. i am actually mildly tempted to get one.

are they expensive? they all look homemade and kinda shitty to me. lol.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:22 pm

surly make a sweet ride for $1050 retail. Surly Steamroller

I have one. good times

Theres also Allegro Onya Singlespeed which is about 850 i think, but theyve been having import problem so wouldnt be able to get one till next year.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:16 pm

im looking for a bike.

anyone selling?

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:42 pm

i need a bike for a triathlon,. but only doing one so don't want to buy a new one i will not need again

any suggestions

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:44 pm

perhaps see if you can hire or borrow one ?
having said that, if the bike distance for the race is under 15k your average MTB will do the job (put some slick/road tires on it and max the PSI).

nic · Post by **nic** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:04 pm

RELUCTANT SALE

CAN'T AFFORD DRUGS - NEED CASH

Suit someone around around 5'10 ish, $1400 retail, 8 months old, embarrassingly excellent condition. Comes with bottle cage!!!... and 2 sets of tires (Schwalbe Marathon slicks and Kenda 2.3inch off road)

Will also chuck in some finishline dry chain lube!!!!!!11

$800 o.n.o

2007 GT Avalanche Expert
Medium Frame
6061 butted aluminum
Rock Shox TORA, u-turn 80-130mm adjustable travel with rebound adjustment (lock out)
Crank Bros Candy pedals
Front Derailleur-Shimano Deore LX
Rear Derailleur-SRAM X9
Rear Cogs - SRAM Nine speed index cassette 12-32
Shifters-SRAM X7 Trigger
Disc Brakes-Avid Juicy 3 Hydraulic
Brake Levers-Avid Juicy 3
Rims-WTB Speed Disc
Tires-Kenda Nevegal, 26 x 2.3 120tpi kevlar
Hubs-Shimano Disc 9 speed
Saddle-SDG Belle Air

Post by **huge** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:40 pm

just bought a norco charger

if anyone steals this one im gunna flip out for real

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:44 pm

someone has already stolen your pedals!

Post by **huge** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:46 pm

FUCK SAKE!

nic · Post by **nic** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:29 pm

sick - nice bike, ill keep mine now.
do you need shoes?
wot kine pedals did it come wit?

Post by **huge** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:37 pm

funny looking square ones. huhuh

my feet are massive.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:16 pm

HUGE

get a kryptonite lock
D / U lock

trust

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:18 pm

They are good locks.. but won't stop determined gypsies

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:19 pm

in the end they are only a deterant, not a failsafe.

nic · Post by **nic** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:42 pm

gypsies has a skeleton key

Post by **huge** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:56 pm

righto im gunna bite the bullet and buy some shoes.

where is the cheapest to get some good ones? i got shimano SPD pedals so i guess id need some matching shoes huhuh.

didnt want to spend fucking money on shoes just the ride the bike ffs.

anyway. any ideas? CBD? BSC? SHM? etc....

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:37 pm

Ain't no going back after you do! Post pics of first stack plz

I'm only good for shop recommendations if you can be fucked going out to Montmorency (Walker's Wheels - deadset farken legend). Rad advice and prices (complete with RRR discount), although far far away.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:53 pm

retzie wrote:Ain't no going back after you do! Post pics of first stack plz

I'm only good for shop recommendations if you can be fucked going out to Montmorency (Walker's Wheels - deadset farken legend). Rad advice and prices (complete with RRR discount), although far far away.

I bought a bike from there once. Am surprised they are still there.. so many others in that area have gone.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 5:16 pm

It's because Marcus is a legend. He competes in fixed MTB events, so will always be known among the cool kids and people will literally travel hours to go to him. There was even a sneaky reference to him in Cadel's Tour speech, so he's got connections. He is also a no bullshit, endlessly helpful bike shop person, with stupidly good prices and follow-up. <3 Marcus.

Mellogs · Post by **Mellogs** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:52 am

nic wrote:RELUCTANT SALE CAN'T AFFORD DRUGS - NEED CASH

Suit someone around around 5'10 ish, $1400 retail, 8 months old, embarrassingly excellent condition. Comes with bottle cage!!!... and 2 sets of tires (Schwalbe Marathon slicks and Kenda 2.3inch off road)

Will also chuck in some finishline dry chain lube!!!!!!11

$800 o.n.o

2007 GT Avalanche Expert
Medium Frame
6061 butted aluminum
Rock Shox TORA, u-turn 80-130mm adjustable travel with rebound adjustment (lock out)
Crank Bros Candy pedals
Front Derailleur-Shimano Deore LX
Rear Derailleur-SRAM X9
Rear Cogs - SRAM Nine speed index cassette 12-32
Shifters-SRAM X7 Trigger
Disc Brakes-Avid Juicy 3 Hydraulic
Brake Levers-Avid Juicy 3
Rims-WTB Speed Disc
Tires-Kenda Nevegal, 26 x 2.3 120tpi kevlar
Hubs-Shimano Disc 9 speed
Saddle-SDG Belle Air

is it still for sale?

Post by **system** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:57 am

huge wrote:just bought a norco charger

ah, finally noticed. welcome to the crew.

shimano do some cheap mtb spd shoes, but most bike shops should be on sale at the moment, so shop around.

like nhd said, get a kryptonite u/d lock stat.

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 11:00 am

is it still for sale?

sorry melologs its spoken for!

drew · Post by **drew** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:32 pm

soon to be my bad boy... but with a 105 groupset instead:D

Phyltr · Post by **Phyltr** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:43 pm

My brother has recently informed me that just prior to heading off to South America he left my bike locked up on Brunswick St overnight - needless to say, it wasn't there the following day when he returned to fetch it.

It's a mid 90's model Giant ATX 980 or 970.

Dual suspension - the main portion of the frame is canary yellow, rear is a dark blue/purple. It's got old school rockshox 21R's on the front. Blue OURY grips and a blue lizard skin next to the rear derailer.

It's not worth nearly as much as what it used to but that ol' bike's been with me pretty much every where over the past ten years.

Give us a shout if you happen to pass it lying somewhere looking lonely.

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:36 pm

drew wrote:

soon to be my bad boy... but with a 105 groupset instead:D

same o · Post by **same o** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:03 pm

i like giants...

i need to give myne a service and start riding again, putting on teh pounds.

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:05 pm

one less car
one more bike

same o · Post by **same o** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:06 pm

nhd wrote:one less car
one more bike

i dont drive either.. lol, i just dont move if i has no bike. lol

drew · Post by **drew** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:17 pm

fooishbar wrote:
drew wrote:

soon to be my bad boy... but with a 105 groupset instead:D

also with a 105 groupset and shimano frames and a carbon seat post:D

nhd wrote:one less car
one more bike

i still got my car... need it for the odd occasion. eg going coast styles...

Post by **huge** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:39 pm

the collective have a new film coming out.

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:23 pm

OK so i am looking at riding to work, we have showers and parking etc, and it has to be easier then walk for blocks two trains and walk for blocks....

Coburg (Moreland Rd) to Richmond near Yarra off Church St.... am thinking bike path down sidders, then along Royal Pde to Victoria st then to Church yes???

approx time to do this do we think???

Will do a test on Sunday

Post by **huge** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:32 pm

would try to avoid riding along victoria.

you could cut through collingwood a bit.

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:32 pm

drew wrote:
nhd wrote:one less car
one more bike
i still got my car... need it for the odd occasion. eg going coast styles...

LAZY!!!

Charlie73 · Post by **Charlie73** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:43 pm

huge wrote:would try to avoid riding along victoria.

you could cut through collingwood a bit.

true that bad on a bike?

perhaps cut through on Gertrude?

same o · Post by **same o** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:52 pm

Charlie73 wrote:OK so i am looking at riding to work, we have showers and parking etc, and it has to be easier then walk for blocks two trains and walk for blocks....

Coburg (Moreland Rd) to Richmond near Yarra off Church St.... am thinking bike path down sidders, then along Royal Pde to Victoria st then to Church yes???

approx time to do this do we think???

Will do a test on Sunday

i used to do that ride to get to work when i worked at the grand.

i used to ride down the train tracks till you get just after jewel station, then turn left and ride on the bike path (not on the rd) on the left hand side of royal parade.
stay on the path and go around past the cemetry and into swanston.
go down swanston and take left once u go over the bridge that goes over sth bank.
once u do that go along the bike trail that goes down along the yarra and u eventually get to church street.

that is by far the safest way to go, the only time u are on the road is on swanston, and where ever u go after church.

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