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Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:10 am

aaah... nice.

Does your computer show rpm? And do you wear a chest band for heart rate?

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:22 am

Cadence sensor sits inside your left pedal opposite to the speed sensor magnet.

Heart rate monitor included in the kit

cadence - I haven't worked out how to display it whilst riding and heart rate only displays for when you're on incline page.

Pretty cool as it gives you the gradient of the hill your on though

12% was the steepest yesterday and it was farken tough!!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 1:52 pm

Has anyone here restored any old bikes? I have an old bennett 80's road bike lying around and I wanna have a crack at doing it up... any tips? web-resources? not fussed about shit like decals etc, not going for that authentic restoration... thinking just turning it into a single speed/fixie. the thing is pretty rusted, but I reckon the frame is still good.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:04 pm

BNA forums are pretty good........ bicycles.net.au

There's a sub section called "The Shed" which is a wealth of information, quite a few guys on there know their shit inside out

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:06 pm

Feigan wrote:Cadence sensor sits inside your left pedal opposite to the speed sensor magnet.

Heart rate monitor included in the kit

cadence - I haven't worked out how to display it whilst riding and heart rate only displays for when you're on incline page.

Pretty cool as it gives you the gradient of the hill your on though

12% was the steepest yesterday and it was farken tough!!

There has to be a way to display your cadence whilst riding - that's the point of it. Sounds good though mate.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 3:47 pm

Direkt wrote:
Feigan wrote:Cadence sensor sits inside your left pedal opposite to the speed sensor magnet.

Heart rate monitor included in the kit

cadence - I haven't worked out how to display it whilst riding and heart rate only displays for when you're on incline page.

Pretty cool as it gives you the gradient of the hill your on though

12% was the steepest yesterday and it was farken tough!!
There has to be a way to display your cadence whilst riding - that's the point of it. Sounds good though mate.

I will find out.

or get really good at counting fast.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:53 pm

Watch the posted video on YouTube.

Post by **huge** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:57 pm

fucking keirin is full on

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:04 pm

innit

when i went to disc a while ago i saw a dude come down on the last turn of a keirin........he was fine but the massive THUD when he hit the boards was truly sickening

those guys were flying and from memory i think they were only c grade

def wanna go see some top level track racing at some point....austral wheel race is on this saturday but i have to fecking work

anyone keen on seeing some blindingly fast units hurtle round an indoor track for big prize money should go check it out

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:07 pm

mad ride this morn

dandy to the basin to prahran

ankle is healed and kicking arse, someone come for a ride with me........direkt?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:13 pm

hello bikers.

another friend is in hospital with broken collarbone and ribs from tram track carnage.

PLEASE be careful, especially city commuters etc

We like you all in one piece.

(happy your ankle is better tho aroes

)

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:14 pm

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:15 pm

WHATS WITH THE RETZIE NO LIKE TODAY AROES?

i care, that is all.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:29 pm

retzienolike, as in, it's fucking crap that someone scored a broken clavicle

if anyone knows how annoying and debilitating cycling injuries are it's me.......not being able to do anything for 3 months is pretty depressing

hope they make a speedy recovery

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Wed Mar 02, 2011 1:34 pm

roger that, yes its fucked.

mega pains.

i hope speedy recovery for all injured ppls.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:07 am

huge wrote:are you guys concerned at all about bmx riders who ride without brakes with a freewheel? litterally no brakes but their feet on the ground/tyre.

I saw a guy doing this last week... in peak hour traffic... was fine tbh, he was obviously a really good rider and had enough control over the bike imo

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 12:39 am

i washed my bike today

tis fair blingin if i do say so myself

anyone coming to the alleycat/trick sesh tomorow night? museum @ 7.30pm.......i'm thinking of entering for the lols......dunno if they let non fixed bikes participate though

also, big madison race on at disc saturday night. i'll be there. no doubt there'll be bare action

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:17 am

might go... see if I'm not too drunk

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:45 am

bicycle rights

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 9:02 am

my mate Ben was showing me pics of his mate who broke his hip alley racing. Ouch.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:14 pm

so, who's going on the nude bike ride this sunday??

http://www.asbareasyoudare.com/?page_id=315

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:22 pm

lol i know the dude painted blue out the front of parliament house

and for the record no, i won't be riding

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:39 pm

waiting for the bike off between the women in frocks and the naked biking hippies - same day and location:

http://www.bv.com.au/find/community-ride/6042

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 2:44 pm

aroes wrote:and for the record no, i won't be riding

pussy

nic · Post by **nic** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:24 am

show us ur pussy oles

CoB · Post by **CoB** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:47 pm

i am so not fit.
went for a ride down the shops before
dry reaching when i got home -___-

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:08 pm

Did the 1 in 20 for the first time today http://theclimbingcyclist.com/climbs/mt ... e-1-in-20/

Didn't find it as hard as I thought I would.....have never really done a proper climb before and got to the top with heaps left in the tank

Bugger all traffic, epic lush scenery, and a mad fast descent back in to The Basin

Most fun I've ever had on a bike

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:16 pm

what time did you do it in?

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:26 pm

Haha I was waiting for someone to ask me that

I didn't time myself mate. Never do when I ride. At this stage I still don't ride with a computer. When I get my funds right I'm gonna buy a Bryton or a Garmin, but TBH I'm only gonna use it for the GPS. Have never given a rats about cadence/heart rate/distance travelled etc.........I just pace myself, get into a rhythm and ride til I'm knackered

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:35 pm

the record is for 13.05 apparently.

would love to ride it - might put it on the list for when I'm down in October to ride with my dad.

if you're keen - Direkt, myself, obliveus and my dad are doing around the bay as a group in October. get on board if you want in - 210km leg queenscliff start.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:38 pm

yep i'm mos def up for that

keep me in the loop via pm

Post by **huge** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:50 pm

crikey 13mins is averaging 30km/hr up hill. not bad.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 4:59 pm

on it.

Huge - Very fast.

I average 12kmh

hahaha

not really

but close.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:56 pm

on that note - anyone who is keen, shout out.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:34 am

Dan - you should do it on your new bike.

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:38 am

Donna Buang is the climb you wanna do.
Can have it timed at this... http://justcycle.com.au/ in the 120km ride.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:49 am

DBoy wrote:Donna Buang is the climb you wanna do.
Can have it timed at this... http://justcycle.com.au/ in the 120km ride.

I should've jumped on this

Didn't think my ankle would heal in time. I was wrong

Now I've left it too late to get the time off work

Bugger

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:06 am

Feigan wrote:Dan - you should do it on your new bike.

210Kms on a fixie don't sound that fun tbh... I guess it depends on how long and/or steep the climbs are.

andy_hoffman · Post by **andy_hoffman** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:09 am

DBoy wrote:Donna Buang is the climb you wanna do.
Can have it timed at this... http://justcycle.com.au/ in the 120km ride.

Coming downhill along the back road in winter is awesome. They have it closed off for snow season so you can use the whole road and get some pretty crazy speed up down the mountain

Watch out for some of the tight little hairpins tho!

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:17 am

deviant wrote:
Feigan wrote:Dan - you should do it on your new bike.
210Kms on a fixie don't sound that fun tbh... I guess it depends on how long and/or steep the climbs are.

I've never done around the bay before, but by all accounts it's pretty flat

Pretty sure you'd be more likely to run into trouble with wind, which can be pretty shithouse near the coast

Another thing to think about would be riding harmoniously with a bunch. If you've only got one gear it can be hard to adjust to changes in intensity. If you did it fixed that also adds another element of risk with emergency stops etc

Andy White, the guy behind Fyxomatosis, reckons he used to do bunch rides fixed. He also reckons that after a while he was politely asked to make like a tree

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:18 am

deviant wrote:
Feigan wrote:Dan - you should do it on your new bike.
210Kms on a fixie don't sound that fun tbh... I guess it depends on how long and/or steep the climbs are.

just a thought - I'm not sure on the first half for hills, the Sorrento - City side has a couple towards the start after that it's not too bad.

Post by **huge** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:28 am

stick a 54t on there and you'd be pushing 90 gear inches (uphill leg death tho). also going downhill would be lols.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:33 am

Feigan wrote:just a thought - I'm not sure on the first half for hills, the Sorrento - City side has a couple towards the start after that it's not too bad.

The Bellarine side is pretty much flat (mebbe some hills in the 250km option?) The Mornington side has Balcombe Hill/Mt Martha/etc. in the middle. It was my favourite part, although, I was on a mountain bike :lolidiot:. I somehow dun think it would be much fun on a fixie.

The headwinds riding up Beach road are an absolute cunt. Very glad I only had to deal with them on training rides, especially since the year I did it was when it was freakishly hot with strong north winds.

For peeps doing ATB, the hot tip is to not actually go around the bay at all, but do Sorrento return. Sitting on the ferry does not do good things. Fuck, I thought I was going to die afterwards.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:42 am

retzie wrote:
Feigan wrote:just a thought - I'm not sure on the first half for hills, the Sorrento - City side has a couple towards the start after that it's not too bad.
The Bellarine side is pretty much flat (mebbe some hills in the 250km option?) The Mornington side has Balcombe Hill/Mt Martha/etc. in the middle. It was my favourite part, although, I was on a mountain bike :lolidiot:. I somehow dun think it would be much fun on a fixie.

The headwinds riding up Beach road are an absolute cunt. Very glad I only had to deal with them on training rides, especially since the year I did it was when it was freakishly hot with strong north winds.

For peeps doing ATB, the hot tip is to not actually go around the bay at all, but do Sorrento return. Sitting on the ferry does not do good things. Fuck, I thought I was going to die afterwards.

i did this last year on the one side, not officially but close - Chelsea - Sorrento - City - Chelsea.

what was the downfall with the ferry retz?

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:16 am

Feigan wrote:what was the downfall with the ferry retz?

You sit still for about an hour, eat lunch and your whole body decides the ride is over. I dunno. I tend to have fairly epic fails of blood sugar after major exercise and having to get back on the bike for another 100km after the crash was not fun. I reckon short stops and small snacks only would have been better. That being said, I think riding the last 50km in that fucken headwind would have actually killed me.

I should note that I was probably the utterly crappest of crap riders to finish ATB that day. I hadn't been riding much that year, never had been a road cyclist, did 3 months training, had a face-smushing stack a couple of weeks beforehand and only had a mountain bike

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 11:56 am

gotcha - I felt the same after stops, took ten minutes to get back into the swing of things, god knows how i would have felt after an hour stop.

such a good feeling at the end once you get through it all though

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:33 am

My Garmin Edge 500 with HR rocks!

First ride on it this morning: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/72457405

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:18 am

Nice one - go to the Player button top right corner and watch your ride.

awesome feature.

I couldn't see yours for some reason - said I didn't have enough privileges to view?

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:25 pm

Yeah, that's a cool function for sure.

I've got my privacy set to 'public', don't know why you can't see it.

Had a 50+km ride this morning which sorted me out.... can you see this one? http://connect.garmin.com/activity/72964062
EDIT: link won't work... weird. I've emailed support.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:42 pm

Nah - same deal, says I have no access.

Hmmmm

'Tech Support'!!!