HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Damn, I guess that's what it takes to be race fit. I need to break into 20km rides first. Most of mine is slow and technical.
What did you do TO / WITH / FOR your bike today!
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hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
rstim
Likes Dirt
How's the man flu? You must be in the mend.
moorey
call me Mia
I’m not race fit, but fit enough to enjoy the longer rides and races these days. Ridden more already year than all of last year. I’m prepping for the TransTas enduro, but hope to maintain fitness afterwards now that I’m in the habit.
moorey
call me Mia
Passed quickly. Self shuttles today, so not to physical, but the tracks are long and pretty demanding. Should be fighting fit for Sunday.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
I hate feeling fragile after an accident, I was hoping to try out the paw paw and bust out 20km this weekend!
Now I'm eating chocolate and drinking rum..
moorey
call me Mia
Spent a chunk of the last 2 years injured. Not fun. Too old to get my skills back these days (what little I had). Riding and racing for the pure pleasure these days.
Paw Paw?
moorey
call me Mia
I know, right! Hoping to see Chimpy in action at some stage
wkkie
It's Not Easy Being Green
Today I hit up Harcourt. Trails were in great condition. Not as slippy as I thought it was going to be.
I think I found my favourite suspension combo so far as well. Coil all round with 160 / 150.
Headed into the pub at Daylesford after for a beer and a Parma loaded with bacon and pulled pork! Good day all round!
I think I found my favourite suspension combo so far as well. Coil all round with 160 / 150.
Headed into the pub at Daylesford after for a beer and a Parma loaded with bacon and pulled pork! Good day all round!
moorey
call me Mia
Personally wouldn’t go with less than 140-160. No race up the climbs, and more forgiving on the rocky descents and jumps.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Skin soreness
Try and get a loan saddle, they will try and talk you into buying one with a 30 day no questions asked return - for credit off another style (as long as there's no damage) Also if you do buy one, make sure its a Comp... not a Pro or S-Works as 'we dont have them in stock'. The price jumps up...
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ausdb
Being who he is
Yesterday I dug the broken Ellsworth out of the shed to show the boy and his mates then took it to Quantum cycles to see if they thought it was weldable.
@Ponchoatdirtworks I'm not sure if Aldo is still around as a guy called Carlo looked at it. Somewhere between $200-400 was the estimate, depending on whether they stuck it in an oven for 9 hours @120°C or I do that part. I'm not 100% sold that it won't crack again if it's welded so said I'd think about it. It also buys me some time before I need to go unicorn hunting for a set of forks for it.
Today was a trip to the Kingsley pump & jump track which was a first for the boy and his mates.
I didn't take a bike but the boy let me have a turn to show off my lack of mad skills and I managed to roll the blue line without breaking anything
@Ponchoatdirtworks I'm not sure if Aldo is still around as a guy called Carlo looked at it. Somewhere between $200-400 was the estimate, depending on whether they stuck it in an oven for 9 hours @120°C or I do that part. I'm not 100% sold that it won't crack again if it's welded so said I'd think about it. It also buys me some time before I need to go unicorn hunting for a set of forks for it.
Today was a trip to the Kingsley pump & jump track which was a first for the boy and his mates.
I didn't take a bike but the boy let me have a turn to show off my lack of mad skills and I managed to roll the blue line without breaking anything
Nice pump track!Yesterday I dug the broken Ellsworth out of the shed to show the boy and his mates then took it to Quantum cycles to see if they thought it was weldable.
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@Ponchoatdirtworks I'm not sure if Aldo is still around as a guy called Carlo looked at it. Somewhere between $200-400 was the estimate, depending on whether they stuck it in an oven for 9 hours @120°C or I do that part. I'm not 100% sold that it won't crack again if it's welded so said I'd think about it. It also buys me some time before I need to go unicorn hunting for a set of forks for it.
Today was a trip to the Kingsley pump & jump track which was a first for the boy and his mates.
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I didn't take a bike but the boy let me have a turn to show off my lack of mad skills and I managed to roll the blue line without breaking anything
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Burn the Ellsworth.
moorey
call me Mia
I don’t use any cream, nor even padded nicks. Must have an arse of steel these days...blue steel.
mike14
Likes Bikes and Dirt
I really enjoy it there in Django (120/150) but yeah it does get a little sketchy through the rockier sections
leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Shredded the rear Dissector in one of the Bandages or Glory rock gardens on my second run at the Youies this morning, Rimpact insert and all hole in the tread should be fine with a bacon strip but the one right on the bead will be tricky. Will have to patch and relegate to the spare tyre collection.
hole in the tread should be fine with a bacon strip but the one right on the bead will be tricky. Will have to patch and relegate to the spare tyre collection.
ausdb
Being who he is
@creaky The track and setting is great, here's another view of the rest of the place.
The Ellsworth is a XS and meant to be a father & son project with the boy.
@moorey I wish I knew about rode runner last year, as the frame sat with my brother in Melbourne for ages. It's the one @Plankosaurus missed out on. My plan has always been to play with araldite and carpet fibre to fix it.