I've forgotten how to ride a bike..help!

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Originally posted by hippy Hi guys

and Ladies too I hop

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hippy is back in Oz now after a month in Europe with not a singl
second spent on a bike <sob>

That's truly evil, how did ya manage that? Too much beer

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Has anyone got a set of training wheels they want to get rid o
cheap?;

Got a pair of noice pink ones in storage somewhere. Difficult to bol
onto a QR on either 26" or 700c

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Bike-Related Highlight: I got to watch/photograph the Rund Um Kol
UCI1.2(?) pro race in Cologne, Germany. This race was freakin massive!
I've never seen so many people at a bike race

Hmmm, wait until the end of this month, UCI Track

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Pix might come along one day.. I've only got 15GB of images to sor
through! (RAW, so that's not as many as you might think 🙂

15GB?!? Not much, cripes...

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hippy "ahh it's good to be back.. now, when can I go again?

Save your pennys.:

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Originally posted by cfsmt

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Originally posted by hippy Hi guys

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and Ladies too I hop

I've seen this done before.. "guys" is actually non-gender specific an
is okay for use when referring to groups of people :-
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=guys Good Morning Ladies an
Gentlemen! (forgive me, I've been asleep for nearly 24 hours..

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hippy is back in Oz now after a month in Europe with not a singl
second spent on a bike <sob>

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That's truly evil, how did ya manage that? Too much beer

The constant over-supply of beer was a factor but it was more the fac
that the gf doesn't want to ride around and I was too busy with the sight
seeing to ride..

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Has anyone got a set of training wheels they want to get rid o
cheap?;

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Got a pair of noice pink ones in storage somewhere. Difficult to >bol
onto a QR on either 26" or 700c

Pink would be lovely.. it'd definately give that "speed demon" look t
the road bike. The QR thing could be problematic though

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Hmmm, wait until the end of this month, UCI Track

Doh, to which I have no tickets! (and possibly no money left to bu
them! Must check...

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15GB?!? Not much, cripes...

Only ~2500 images, or about 90/day

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"ahh it's good to be back.. now, when can I go again?

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Save your pennys.:

and how... I just love coming home to 30 days worth of bills 🙂 and no
just aussie ones - UKP->AUD does NOT favour us!!

hipp

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Hiya Hippy!!

was thunkin you must be due back soo

my first ride this morning. hurties! re-aquainted with very tigh
hammies/ and calve

and someone has magically made my bike heavier too. honest!!

and why is it that so many cyclists date/marry non-cyclists? Someone t
drive us home after mtb-ing/audaxing/touring??

I got a complete bike's worth of Veloce inc Atalanta rims/wheels no
doing anything but then again you subscribe to the other mob, dont you

PS was emailed the prelim consultants report/findings from tha
Boroondara Traffic Strategy meetings (that I met you at way bac
when). some good. most pathetic whitewash with allot o
recomendations conveniently suggesteing other people/orgs pay fo
everything 😠 😠 :mad

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hippy said:

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Hmmm, wait until the end of this month, UCI Track!

Doh, to which I have no tickets! (and possibly no money left to buy
them! Must check...)

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Welcome back.

They're still advertising on TV so it's probably
not sold out yet.

You knoooooww you wanna and surely you have a credit card 😉

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PS was emailed the prelim consultants report/findings from that
Boroondara Traffic Strategy meetings (that I met you at way back
when). some good. most pathetic whitewash with allot of
recomendations conveniently suggesteing other people/orgs pay for
everything 😠 😠 😠

Ahahaha, guess you've now had an introduction to the joys of proces
lobbying/bureaucracy/local government/motherhood statements....

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hippy said:

Hi guys!

hippy is back in Oz now after a month in Europe with not a single second
spent on a bike <sob>.

Has anyone got a set of training wheels they want to get rid of cheap?😉

If you fit them to your track bike, let us know when you're going to
the velodrome. It would be fun to watch :-)

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Bike-Related Highlight: I got to watch/photograph the Rund Um Koln
UCI1.2(?) pro race in Cologne, Germany. This race was freakin massive!!
I've never seen so many people at a bike race!

Lucky ohttre.

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flyingdutch said:

PS was emailed the prelim consultants report/findings from that
Boroondara Traffic Strategy meetings (that I met you at way back
when). some good. most pathetic whitewash with allot of
recomendations conveniently suggesteing other people/orgs pay for
everything 😠 😠 😠

Ah, I got that by snail mail, guess they couldn't read my hand-written
email address...

I called them up to give some feedback on those findings, since some
of them seemed pretty different to what came out of the group I was in
at that Malvern Town Hall meeting. My comments seemed to be well
received but I don't know how much difference it'll make!

hippy said:

I rode to work for the first time in a month or more and I'm well off
the pace! Was really struggling for air up some of the hills and my
backside doesn't seem to like a bike saddle any more!
Rode the SS though, just to 'pretend' that I'm still hardcore 😉
Managed to catch another guy on an mtb.. but don't think I'd last a lap
in a C grade crit.. :S
Training wheels on a track bike... I'll get back to you lot when the
research is complete! 😉
jetlagged hippy (still?)

i hear ya

after 2 weeks sans bike, way too much red wine over weekend down a
Inverloch and subsequent food poisoning (yeah right!) and gettin
cold/flu thing, Im currently riding 2-3 gears lower than normal an
letting people pass me on my commute (unheard of

PS gots me a SS now too!!!!!!!!! 90% finished in shed. needs brake
sorted and me feeling bette

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Originally posted by flyingdutch after 2 weeks sans bike, way too muc
red wine over weeken

urgh.. wine.. no wonder you were sick

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gots me a SS now too!!!!!!!!! 90% finished in shed. needs brakes sorte
and me feeling bette

Noice.. more details please. I saw the On-One-Oz ute drive dow
Glenferrie before which reminded me that I need to buy somethin
from them :

I also want to build or buy a fixie for the road.. I'm too used to th
SS for commuting and need a new challenge 🙂 It might help prepare m
for track racing next year too

hipp

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gots me a SS now too!!!!!!!!!

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90% finished in shed. needs brakes sorted and me feeling better

Noice.. more details please. I saw the On-One-Oz ute drive down
Glenferrie before which reminded me that I need to buy something
from them 🙂
I also want to build or buy a fixie for the road.. I'm too used to the
SS for commuting and need a new challenge 🙂 It might help prepare me
for track racing next year too.
hippy

As i said, very rough. in all respect

all made of found-or-scrounged bits off old bikes and a mtb frame
found (long horizontal forward facing dropouts) which looks like a earl
90's pig-iron-cromo job with that awful purple/black crazed paintjob
bluuurggh! but if it goes slow it will be cos its not red :

38 chainring (old suzue? cranks. was a triple 28-38-48 off another bike

picked up a SS wheel, freewheel hub tho (see thread approx 3 weeks ol
on here from Koon Yong) which suits me as my commute is way hilly and I
not up to grinding 38-16 day-in-day-ou

Once my thighs resemble Sean Eadie's I'll go truly fixe

got flat bars at this stage but wanna play with drops as I prefe
em. Maybe I need to look at cantis/Vbrakes that will be cable-pul
compatible with my campag-ergos (8spd veloce leftovers afte
chorus upgrade)

Now that work is easing off and I can have weekends again, th
shed/workstand beckon

I also would prefer the 700c fixed (hey, what's another bike?) fo
road/commuting but the 'pig

On-One-Ute??? must blow alot of smoke only running one gear :

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all made of found-or-scrounged bits off old bikes and a mtb >frame
found (long horizontal forward facing dropouts) which >looks like
early 90's pig-iron-cromo job with that awful >purple/black craze
paintjob. bluuurggh

Maximum style points for that paint job! :

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38 chainrin

That's pretty big, I'm only running 32/15 on the road

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picked up a SS wheel, freewheel hub th

Umah! You paid money for parts :

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my commute is way hilly and Im not up to grinding 38-1

Make sure you're not blowing out any knees with this ratio man! At th
moment, I'm out of the saddle on a couple of the bigger hills alon
Whitehorse Rd. (I wasn't before I went Euro). I rode in again today
just as slow, but felt easier/better

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Once my thighs resemble Sean Eadie's I'll go truly fixe

I just want a setup resembling the courier bikes I saw in London an
Scotland. Fixed gear road bikes with funky bars. Only difference is tha
I'll be fitting front and rear brakes - front because I'm not ridin
brakeless along Maroondah Hwy and rear because I want the symmetry an
two hoods to ride on

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got flat bars at this stage but wanna play with drops as I prefer >em
Maybe I need to look at cantis/Vbrakes that will be cable->pul
compatible with my campag-ergos (8spd veloce leftovers >after choru
upgrade)

You can get adaptors to use road levers with v-brakes and vice-versa
think. Expensive though, from memory. Will a full set of road brakes fi
onto it (levers and calipers)? You might be able to find a set with lon
enough reach for 26" wheels

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On-One-Ute??? must blow alot of smoke only running one gear :

Seemed to run alright - the driver must know how to 'spin' properly ;

hipp
- with lots of euro bike catalogs to read through..

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38 chainrin

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That's pretty big, I'm only running 32/15 on the road

thank the lord. I thawt i would be labelled a nancy if I opted for th
36/16. right! the 38 goes..

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picked up a SS wheel, freewheel hub th

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Umah! You paid money for parts :

i know. not as hardcore as i claim hu

('Umah' Big grin when I read that. you ol' dawg!

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my commute is way hilly and Im not up to grinding 38-1

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You can get adaptors to use road levers with v-brakes and vice-versa
think. Expensive though, from memory. Will a full set of road brake
fit onto it (levers and calipers)? You might be able to find a set wit
long enough reach for 26" wheels

thawt maybe some older hoods/levers or maybe those diacompe 28
somethings that On-one list

i want something that accomodates guards th

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hipp
- with lots of euro bike catalogs to read through..

yeah, that's right. Show off why dont you!#@#!! Evil hippy, n
biscuit!!

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38 chainring

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That's pretty big, I'm only running 32/15 on the road.

thank the lord. I thawt i would be labelled a nancy if I opted for the
36/16. right! the 38 goes...

Hey, just going one better than Hippy doesn't make you butch. :-)

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Originally posted by flyingdutch
thank the lord. I thawt i would be labelled a nancy if I
opted for the 36/16. right! the 38 goes...

I did have a hugely funny reply written for this post,
Pulitzer prize winning no doubt! But the gremlins in
cyclingforums.com reckon I had too many images!!
Images??! What images?! The gremlins ate the post.. 🙁

Anyway, the standard starting point for SS gearing is 2:1,
so 32:16 is perfect. I didn't have a 16T rear so I used 15T.
Of course, once you've ridden it a bit, you'll know if you
want to gear up or down.

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Umah! You paid money for parts :P

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i know. not as hardcore as i claim huh

Meh.. if it helps get you rolling quicker.. do it!
I'm lazy so I'll buy stuff if it makes my life easier 🙂

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('Umah' Big grin when I read that. you ol' dawg!)

Young at heart? (Are not! Am too! Are Not! Am too! I know
you are but what am I?)

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thawt maybe some older hoods/levers or maybe those
diacompe 28-somethings that On-one list?

Not really sure as I just try stuff until it works.. or nearly
works.. or maybe doesn't work at all... 😉

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i want something that accomodates guards tho

You nancy!! 😉

Nah seriously, I'm so sick of getting a soggy
[censored] riding in Melbourne. I've gone 5+ years without mud
guards and I'm sure I whinge about getting soggy every
winter so I must get some... must... maybe... later.. perhaps...

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- with lots of euro bike catalogs to read through...

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yeah, that's right. Show off why dont you!#@#!!

They can be borrowed 🙂

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Evil hippy, no biscuit!!!

After a month with no bike, far too many fried breakfasts
and far too many pints (if their is such a thing).. I don't need
the damn biscuit! 🙂

hippy
- posting with good ol' OE because the cycfor keeps eating
this post?

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Hey, just going one better than Hippy doesn't make you butch. :-)

hehe.. yeah! :-)

You need at least 62/12 in Melbourne for that,
as well as another 2ft of hair and at least 60%
body coverage of tattoos. Piercings get you
credit points but don't count towards the final
exam score.

hippy
- missing uni?

Drs said:

Hey, just going one better than Hippy doesn't make you butch. :-)

more naivety, me think

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Young at heart? (Are not! Am too! Are Not! Am too! I know you are bu
what am I?

A kid at a Baseball game years ago came back at me with a pearler of
remark after i said to him "what are you lookin at?" To which he replie
"Dunno. didnt bring my animal book!" clever little bugger :-

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You nancy!! ;

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Nah seriously, I'm so sick of getting a soggy [censored] riding in Melbourne
I've gone 5+ years without mud guards and I'm sure I whinge abou
getting soggy every winter so I must get some... must... maybe..
later.. perhaps..

i have those clip on ones and probably only use em maybe 10% of the yea
and its more to keep mud/grime off me/bike/pannier. AND I hate th
badgar's [censored] look. Its SO five minutes ago! (as my 10yr old going-on-16yr
old daughter says

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yeah, that's right. Show off why dont you!#@#!

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They can be borrowed :

mmmm. maybe temp swap for a large wack of C+ UK mags sometime..

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Originally posted by cfsmtb Hmmm, wait until the end of this month
UCI Track

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They're still advertising on TV so it's probably not sold out yet. Yo
knoooooww you wanna and surely you have a credit card ;

Bought a ticket to the Sunday session today. I was going to buy one fo
Sat and Sun but when I saw the $7.70 added on for post AND pickup(!!)
thought "bugger it!" and settled for one day's racing only. One day i
about all my heart can handle anyway 🙂 Scored Section 32 I think, whic
is up the back just after the finish-line section. I wonder if they'l
let people wander around? I wanna move up to the fence and take som
photos.. hopefully the size of the camera will scare security off
Apologies in advance for blocking the view of all the people who pai
for Gold seats.. bwahahahaha! ;-

evil hipp

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cfsmtb said:

Currently running 32:16 on SS, but I'm a girly.😄

Gee, does that mean I have to whack a 42 on the front before I ge
labelled soft!

hipp
- 1/20th the way through europe pix and the weekend is gone

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