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Thursday AM group ride?
Started this discussion. Last reply by ChrisS Apr 15, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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Martin Turner replied to bikinbruce's discussion Single wheel Trailers in the group Touring"Hi Bruce,
Tout Terrain has some interesting trailer options for cargo and kids.
http://www.en.tout-terrain.de/trailers/"
bikinbruce replied to Tony Burns's discussion Cycling from and to Melbourne Airport"Hi,
That is the basic route we had friends from the states ride to our house on when they came to visit us in 2008.
I was just up that way a month or 2 ago, there is a detour involving a good climb to cross over the western ring road.
Construction…"
bikinbruce commented on John Chatfield's blog post Is this the Perfect Melbourne Commuter Bike? Salsa Vaya II with Alfine 8 IGH"WOW! Nice Build.
Thanks for posting about your new commuter, the timing was excellent, I am presently investigating acquiring something very similiar.
2 other options from the UK,
on-one (the only one that works for me size wise, I am…"
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The group for riders of tandems, whether you are up the front, or down the back.
bikinbruce replied to Adam Gardner's discussion Visiting on business - want to hire a road bike and join a Sunday ride!"Hi Adam,
Got a couple of links for you for the bike hire part of your post:
http://www.borsaricycles.com.au/loadShopWorkshop.do
http://www.bikenow.com.au/hire/bike-hire/
We rented a bike from BikeNow last month when we had an overseas guest from the…"
bikinbruce replied to Lukasz Gorniok's discussion Where to rent touring bikes?"Hi,
We have company coming from overseas in December. Does anyone know the where to hire decent bikes.
Thanks in advance for your replies."
bikinbruce replied to Doddsy's discussion Ride to work on census day"Hi,
Does that mean since I stay at hometo work on tuesdays my usual bike & train won't count? Maybe I should just pretend it's any other workday."
bikinbruce replied to ChrisS's discussion Farewell Tony Barter"Hi Adrian,
Yes, Tony will be missed, a nice welcoming sort of guy.
Thanks for the link to the photos, saw some of us & the kids. Also attaching another photo of Tony giving a start of ride talk at Lilydale Station on the first Tandem Weekend…"
bikinbruce might attend Gareth's event
Semaine Fédérale en Australie at Bright Community Center
January 16, 2011 to January 22, 2011
7 days of rides and entertainment from a central base. Semaine Fédérale is a week long series of rides from a central location catering for all abilities. In partnership with the Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme Audax Australia is organising Semaine Fédérale for the first time outside of France. Following a hub and spoke format rides start from Bright and visit the many attractions in the scenic country of the Alpine district. Rides of various lengths offer an opportunity to discover the…See More
andrew stretton replied to bikinbruce's discussion Single wheel Trailers in the group Touring"Hi Bruce,
If you contact Kate at the Otesha Project, I am sure she would be happy to give you their 'BOB' to try out and give you some feedback. They had an issue with it 'Fish Tailing' on one of their rides, throwing the rider…"
Peter Robinson replied to bikinbruce's discussion Single wheel Trailers in the group Touring"A great place to look for stories of other peoples experiences with trailers is crazyguyonabike.com"
bikinbruce added a discussion to the group Mums, dads and kids
Single wheel Trailers for family camping tour
Hi all,I posted a question on the touring group asking about trailers if any of you are interested, Please comment if you have some enlightening information.thanks,bruceSee More
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Single wheel Trailers
Hi All,I want to do short camping tours with the family, luggage space is at a premium for two tents & four sleeping bags, two tandems with kiddie cranks, mom doesn't get to ride as much as me. I was thinking about using a trailer on my tandem to off load my partner & even our paces of travel. I am not concerned about the length of the tandem with a trailer as we pulled the a kiddie trailer quite a bit in the past. Does anybody have experience with both an extrawheel, bob, and folding…See More
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Who are the commuters and track stars of the future?Share your stories about getting the next generation on their bicycles.See More
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- What sort of riding do you do ?
- Commuting, Utility/Transport, Road Cycling, Road BlingBling, Mountain Biking, Recreational, Touring, S.L.U.T (Sustainable Low Cost Transport), Whatever
- Where in Melbourne or nearby do you live ?
- Pascoe Vale South
- Now tell us about your bicycles ...
- Yep, got some
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- Being outside
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- Started riding in '72 as a recreational rider, now mostly a commuter
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700 x 32 Gumwall Tyres availability?
Posted on January 22, 2010 at 12:16pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
Hi,
Do any of you know where in Metro Melb I would be able to get some 700x32 tyres with gumwall sidewalls?
I tried Abbotsford, they just have blackwalls -seems not availble/not enough demand in OZ for us old farts with older bikes.
Has anyone purchased from Wiggle.co.uk?
thanks,
bruce
Do any of you know where in Metro Melb I would be able to get some 700x32 tyres with gumwall sidewalls?
I tried Abbotsford, they just have blackwalls -seems not availble/not enough demand in OZ for us old farts with older bikes.
Has anyone purchased from Wiggle.co.uk?
thanks,
bruce
Connex Fare question & thoughts
Posted on May 5, 2009 at 6:08pm 16 Comments 0 Likes
Hi All,
This my first question here. Hope what I want to say makes sense.
As a recent arrival in Melb, I not to sure about the following.
I commute using Connex for part of my trip.
I use an Early Bird ticket (free get off by 7:00 am)
Question is:
Now if Connex is late (surprise surprise) would it be allowed to ride train further by the amount of time of delay.
ie: today 6:38 sandringham train was 6 minutes late (per announcement at Flinders Street… Continue
This my first question here. Hope what I want to say makes sense.
As a recent arrival in Melb, I not to sure about the following.
I commute using Connex for part of my trip.
I use an Early Bird ticket (free get off by 7:00 am)
Question is:
Now if Connex is late (surprise surprise) would it be allowed to ride train further by the amount of time of delay.
ie: today 6:38 sandringham train was 6 minutes late (per announcement at Flinders Street… Continue
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 9:30pm on March 26, 2009,
ChrisS said… - Hello there bikinbruce,
A warm welcome to Melb Cyclist, if you haven't been welcomed yet. ;)
cheers,
ChrisS
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