Mr Crudley
Glock in your sock
Now, that is a very winter looking beach!Took the pooch to Aldinga Beach this morning. The cooler weather certainly helps with keeping the punters away.
Now, that is a very winter looking beach!Took the pooch to Aldinga Beach this morning. The cooler weather certainly helps with keeping the punters away.
Managed to dodge the rain @Mr Crudley..and Adelaide is in the mid teens today, so was comparatively balmy compared to 4 or 5 days ago when we got hammered there. Pretty windy though.Now, that is a very winter looking beach!
You sure can tell it is winter here too. I'll bet it is a bit crisper there. The windy isn't a bunch of fun but winter afternoons are a nice time for a ride if you can sneak out - which work has stopped me from doing that todayManaged to dodge the rain @Mr Crudley..and Adelaide is in the mid teens today, so was comparatively balmy compared to 4 or 5 days ago when we got hammered there. Pretty windy though.
My son makes me do hill repeats, all that extra ballast definitely makes it a workout.... after which he wanted me to slog up the hill to ride home. Feels like I’ve had a workout at least!
Yeah, definitely! Especially on trail tyres!My son makes me do hill repeats, all that extra ballast definitely makes it a workout.
Not easy riding in snow is it lol
Wasn’t really enough of it to impede progress. Just enough to make it slushy and hide rocks and roots!Not easy riding in snow is it lol
Expected at least a bit of green.While I was going through some bits to send off and organising some stuff, thought I'd take a snap of more than enough bits to start the PYR... This collection probably won't suprise anyone.
140mm Diamond D1, 40mm Ragley Stubbing and 800mm, 50mm rise Spank bars.
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Three months down the trails and Evie is due for her quarterly rear shock service. So, as promised here's some photos of the innards.Waxed the chains finally, shortened the gear and lock out cables, sorted the computer and light mounts, pulled the rear shock apart to put in the middle sized volume spacer and gave it a bath before it's race debut tomorrow. I wanted to shorten the brake lines too, but the barb and olives are still a couple days away.
Probably should have taken a photo of the shaft, so you'll have to wait till next time, but basically the Kashima you can see from the outside is just a guide, and the moving piece is effectively a double ended fork outer leg. The damper lives inside the shaft, driven by the bolt that goes in the hole in the middle of the carrier. The shock stroke length is no more than 30mm. There's also oil soaked foam blocks to help control sideways movement. Somewhat typically from both suspension manufacturers, neither the shaft seals nor foam blocks had any lubrication.
In my defence, I went looking for the snow deliberately…Got out for a ride for the first time in a week. Beautiful morning, but fresh. Being a local, I knew to stay below the snow. Still at the highest point above the North South track:
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Very chilly.
Then down the Kangaroo fire trail to N/S junction and down to the bottom. Rode through the baby jumps, got very wet and thoroughly enjoyed it!
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Bike looking clean before descending.
Tool the rook to Hornsby for some dirt lumping and a cruise over the big bridge in order to eat some Brazilian bbq...it's been a pretty good day.