silentbutdeadly
has some good things to say
I do believe the bloke is a mad man. So why even ask?Solo ?
I do believe the bloke is a mad man. So why even ask?Solo ?
Is that per item or per event?Yes, I believe so... apparently Contents Accidental Loss Or Damage - covers contents away from home up to $15K... we'll see how that goes tomorrow ha ha.
Regardless, 2 x NBD soon.
Still, it was nice to get out.
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That looks awesome.Rode the Zeehan Silver City trails with a group of mates on Saturday.
Had perfect weather, the West Coast gravel had a nice little bit of moisture in it, and it was my new Stumpy's first outing out there and this bike is built for this type of riding, couldn't be a better day out on bikes.
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I think @silentbutdeadly summed it up nicely.Solo ?
It's a pretty solid ride but it's well worth it.That looks awesome.
Really sorry to hear this. I hope it works out for the better for you both. You just can't leave anything in public these days.Had my last ride on the Process today, and Sue did too on her Stumpy.
Both got nicked in the Melbourne CBD, while having some lunch with our extended family.
Ouch… How’d they get nicked? Locks cut?Had my last ride on the Process today, and Sue did too on her Stumpy.
Both got nicked in the Melbourne CBD, while having some lunch with our extended family.
Phark, what a PITA.
As much as I loved the 153, and I did, I'm sure I 'll move on, but I feel real bad for Sue. She'd struggled through quite a few bikes, to find one that she was 100% comfortable with. She found her beloved bike, by riding an identical one in Bali on a volcano to ocean ride, and really loved it, and I magically happened across a matching frame with some bits and bobs. I used that and added the rest, and built her up a bike, and she rode the crap out of it... alas, it's now gone.
Anyway, no-one died, so small potatoes, really... but now I need to get her something that she's comfy with.
That hub looks neither carbon or ti, false advertising?
Correct! Apparently these are the core of what they doThat hub looks neither carbon or ti, false advertising?
Working, start back on Friday or I would have headed up for a sticky beak.You coming too?
I last looked a couple of weeks ago and they were saying low 20s.Working, start back on Friday or I would have headed up for a sticky beak.
The weather gods are looking after you, good luck !
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Might get nippy overnight up in the hills but high teens is perfect riding weather, easy to regulate temp.I last looked a couple of weeks ago and they were saying low 20s.
Mrs George got a bit of a shock when she looked this morning and saw high-teens!
Yep, I understand how she feels. Luckily mine are in their twenties and thirties now, and don’t do that stuff anymore.Mrs George got a bit of a shock when she looked this morning and saw high-teens!
Can't say I've ever experienced a day down there that wasn't windy or wet.Seen a Strava mate had signed up to do the April Fondo, thought I haven't done a hungie in a while, checked through the 'to do routes' and picked one around the 100 mark.
140km drive to Meningie and the ride should be flattish gravel with a ferry crossing and goes around Lake Albert, also goes near the Aboriginal town of Raukkan, the town that David Unaipon is from and where he built a church (bloke on the 50 buck note)
Called in there for food... cheapest place to eat ever, $9 for a vanilla smoothie, a sausage roll and a bottle of water add $10 to that in any other town.
The ride... FFS started 9:45am then soon into a 40kph NW headwind while I'm heading NW for 45km, roughish gravel and every tourist that went past had me eating their dust and wiping it from my eyes, got to Raukkan, ate and left at 1pm, had a nice tailey for 10km where I was doing 35kph, then turned South, so did the wind, complete change in 1 hour. 50kph S Westerly and back to 12-15kph, It was a beautiful ride but absolute murder and the 2km unexpected hike-a-bike over a sand track felt like a nice break. Got back to Meningie, thought fark-it, dry April has done well for 23days so went to the pub for a beer (just 1), where a local said there a big fire 15km East and out of control by 50kph winds... thats when I checked Windy, no wonder it was murder.
Carried a complete set of spares as it was a bit far for a mums-taxi, including a spare tyre, sealant and chain but needed nothing apart from my 2 bananas and a Cliff bar.
Anyway, it was a nice gravel loop with a bit of tarmac and got back with 97.5km done, then had to ride 1.3km up the main street and back to get the magic hungie.
Definitely up there with the hardest 100 I've ever done.
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