Hey Gemma!

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Noice letter in the latest Australian Cyclist 😄

cant help you with the lend of 'Boras' tho

(i wish!)

Did the leter get published? I haven't seen it yet 🙂 I will have to get
myself a copy.....

Gemma Kernich said:

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Noice letter in the latest Australian Cyclist 😄

cant help you with the lend of 'Boras' tho

(i wish!)

Did the leter get published? I haven't seen it yet 🙂 I will have to get
myself a copy.....

longest one in there

damn mag has fuelled my lost desire to get hold of a tandem. just add it
to the list...

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flyingdutch said:

longest one in there
damn mag has fuelled my lost desire to get hold of a tandem. just add it
to the list...

Thought I'd hit ebay this morning to see if any new frames have
been added.

You wanted a tandem? Check this one out:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=581&item=3676-
615474&rd=1

hippy ;-)

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hippy said:

Thought I'd hit ebay this morning to see if any new frames have
been added.
You wanted a tandem? Check this one out:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=581&item=3676-
615474&rd=1
hippy ;-)

saw that. quite possibly the dumbest bike imagineable IMHO made for
thatrecent movie with the 2 joined twins, perhaps??? 😄

wanna tandem for de family or maybe to see just how quick I can do round-the-
bay. Dont think Im gonna get much quicker than last year's 7:09hours and
seeing some guys absolutely flying along on a tandem might give me
enough enthusiasm to do it again this year

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flyingdutch said:

Tubulars :eek:
How prevalent are they nowadays?
Are they more of a track thing...

I don't recall seeing them on a bike that wasn't:
a) a track bike or
b) a pro bike

But I'm sure some people are using them on the road, if only because
they only have tubular wheels on their bike/s. They are too
expensive nowadays IMHO to be practical for things like commuting or
club racing...

hippy

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Gemma Kernich said:

Following on from my recent letter published in Australian Cyclist
regarding the issues surrounding bicycle detection at loop actuated
traffic signals - in the interests of science I have bought myself a
pair of Zipp 404 Tubulars, with which I will check the actuation ability
at some Adelaidian signals =)
Well, that's one of many excuses for buying them! *grin* Gemma

Tubulars :eek:

How prevalent are they nowadays?

Are they more of a track thing...

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I'm sure Gemma will correct me if I'm wrong but I think she probably
bought them for TT (maybe for the track, also?)

Gemma is cycling mad and just lurvvv's buying anything cycling related.
🙂 I only wish I had the $$$$$ to buy whatever I wanted. I can but
dream. 🙂

Good on ya Gemster.

hippy said:

flyingdutch said:

Tubulars :eek:
How prevalent are they nowadays?
Are they more of a track thing...

I don't recall seeing them on a bike that wasn't:
a) a track bike or
b) a pro bike

But I'm sure some people are using them on the road, if only because
they only have tubular wheels on their bike/s. They are too
expensive nowadays IMHO to be practical for things like commuting or
club racing...

hippy

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flyingdutch said:

Tubulars :eek:
How prevalent are they nowadays?
Are they more of a track thing...

I don't recall seeing them on a bike that wasn't:
a) a track bike or
b) a pro bike

But I'm sure some people are using them on the road, if only because
they only have tubular wheels on their bike/s. They are too
expensive nowadays IMHO to be practical for things like commuting or
club racing...

I have them both on my track bike and road bike, but racing wheels only on
the road bike. They aren't dear to commute or train on (you can get cheap
tubulars for under $40) but they definately are a pain in the [censored] when it
comes to puncturing. I train on singles on the track, as punctures are very
rare.
I think you'd find they're still quite popular for club racing.... it's not
always easy to spot a single!
Really nice singles still feel way better than good clinchers IMHO.

Gemma

Bluenose said:

Gemma is cycling mad and just lurvvv's buying anything cycling related.

Gemma, will you marry me?

Oh wait. Cancel that. already got one of those 🙄

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flyingdutch said:

Tubulars :eek:
How prevalent are they nowadays?
Are they more of a track thing...

I don't recall seeing them on a bike that wasn't:
a) a track bike or
b) a pro bike

But I'm sure some people are using them on the road, if only because
they only have tubular wheels on their bike/s. They are too
expensive nowadays IMHO to be practical for things like commuting or
club racing...

hippy

I regularly do long rides on my Spinergy tubulars just for the hell of it.
Recently I did a 100 km ride with my Hed disk on the rear just for the joy
of blasting along the road.
Life is too short to leave your good stuff locked away in the shed.

Marty "Couldn't give a stuff" Wallace