Confessions of a new commuter

[Resound]

"Stuart Lamble" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 2005-03-01, TimC <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 at 00:44 GMT, Stuart Lamble (aka Bruce)
> > was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
> >> The ride home was a killer, though. Damnit, I *know* I have bidons;
> >> where the hell did I put them... *kicks self*
> >
> > I was proud of myself this morning. I didn't take the train, and it
> > was over 25 degrees. In fact, it was in the vicinity of 30
> > degrees.
>
> In the shade. That's probably around 40 degrees on the black asphalt,
> I'm guessing. Either way, "It's hot. Damn hot."
>
> > Geeh, it sure was warm. Hopefully autumn will now proceed to
> > kick in.
>
> Tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday should be much nicer; the bureau is
> forecasting around 22 or so for all three days.
>
I'm rather pleased at having the day off today, I must say. Washing clothes,
drinking cider and idle bike fiddling. Most pleasant.

 

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>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Lamble <[email protected]> writes:

Stuart> *grins* It's on the list of things to buy. Honest! Trust me!
Stuart> Would I lie to you?

Dunno, don't know you. No offense

Stuart> Would it be worthwhile before I switch to a road bike? If
Stuart> yes, whom would people recommend? If no, again, whom would
Stuart> people recommend, with the understanding that it's likely to
Stuart> be anywhere from 6 months to a year before I get myself a
Stuart> road bike.

Do you have cleats on your current bike? If not then IMO that should be
one of your first purchases. My cycling coach is Caren at Start Line
Cycles. I know jack about cycling technique but she seems to know what
she's doing and my cycling's come on leaps and bounds. She's got an ergo
cycle thingy so you can rock up in your car if it's a bit too far to ride.

Stuart> I know that much -- I've had problems with my car on wet
Stuart> tram tracks, and can only imagine what it'd be like on a
Stuart> bike (especially considering how easily a bike could get
Stuart> stuck in the tracks, too.)

Heh, I didn't. We don't have trams in the UK, had them in Germany but I
didn't cycle there. So far I've skated down the road once at Exhibition
/ Swanston and twice at the bottom of Fitzroy Street / Esplanade.

I hate tram tracks.
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Cheers
Euan

 

[hippy]

Resound wrote:
> I'm rather pleased at having the day off today, I must say. Washing clothes,
> drinking cider and idle bike fiddling. Most pleasant.

Grr.. lucky *******..

hippy

 

[Richard Sherratt]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:04:02 GMT, Stuart Lamble
<[email protected]> wrote:

[tram tracks]

>I know that much -- I've had problems with my car on wet tram tracks,
>and can only imagine what it'd be like on a bike

It's nit just tram tracks that are treacherous when they're wet.
Anything metal.

>(especially considering
>how easily a bike could get stuck in the tracks, too.)

Oh. You don't want to do that. Take it from me.

http://tinyurl.com/6c4lu




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Regards.
Richard.

 

[Stuart Lamble]

On 2005-03-01, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> "Stuart" == Stuart Lamble <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Stuart> *grins* It's on the list of things to buy. Honest! Trust me!
> Stuart> Would I lie to you?
>
> Dunno, don't know you. No offense

None taken.

> Do you have cleats on your current bike? If not then IMO that should be
> one of your first purchases.

Put it this way. My current pedals -- SPDs -- are around 9 years old.
(I need new shoes; the old ones are getting rather uncomfortable,
although they'll suffice until I can afford new ones.)

[tram tracks]
> Heh, I didn't. We don't have trams in the UK, had them in Germany but I
> didn't cycle there. So far I've skated down the road once at Exhibition
> / Swanston and twice at the bottom of Fitzroy Street / Esplanade.
>
> I hate tram tracks.

*nods*

Fortunately, for the most part, they're in the middle of the road where
cyclists *tend* not to be.

I remember as a kid when there was a tram driver's strike. The tram
tracks down the middle of Burwood Highway made a *wonderful* bike path.


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