I actually meant pristine looking instead of clean.Heh, so I'd given the bike a clean prior to suspension servicing and that photo was taken halfway up the first climb. Don't worry it looks trashed now.
Ah right. Well taking photos with a potato phone helps, lack of detail hides all sorts of blemishes. I've found frameskin helps with handling errors and weirdly I haven't had any big offs on this bike. It's so stable I've usually had time to point it at some comfy vegetation if it all goes to shit.I actually meant pristine looking instead of clean.
my fork lowers are scratched, cranks banged up, rims scratched etc etc. I bought a carbon rim off Beeb a while back. Looked brand new. Three rides in and there were marks all over it.
Just say no.Rides like that are a nightmare.
Just say no.
Only 3?3 agro chunts on the road today, one quite scary... This is getting exhausting.
Its not a great way to start the day.Only 3?
Edit: i can get at least that before leaving my street, and sometimes even before leaving my driveway
Bloody spoils the vibe, gives me the shits as it's my way to decompressIts not a great way to start the day.
Im going to have to start taking the same way in as I come home along. Its longer, but its mostly on a bike path...Bloody spoils the vibe, gives me the shits as it's my way to decompress
I've driven through school zones with people tailgating the shit out of me and even pass me in the zone, only for them to pull into the school to drop their kids off.Im going to have to start taking the same way in as I come home along. Its longer, but its mostly on a bike path...
The way I go in is direct and pretty quick as its mostly downhill, but there is a 500m section where I have to take the lane as its narrow between parked cars and traffic islands - and cars get dangerous monstering me and trying to squeeze past. It's a 50 zone and Im doing 30ish so not exactly taking a lot of time out of their lives, and I invariably pass them again another km down the street at the next lights, but its just too much stress and a shit start to the day.
Yeah... I feel the redneck factor is a smidge higher here as its such a car centric town, but its an Australia wide cultural problem. It's exhausting.I've driven through school zones with people tailgating the shit out of me and even pass me in the zone, only for them to pull into the school to drop their kids off.
This is the kind of mentally you/we unfortunately are dealing with with it comes to fuckwits on the road.
Does your partner follow you out and give you some 'motivational' aggression before you leave for work? A few beeps of the horn and a rev of the car. Like Rockys training?Only 3?
Edit: i can get at least that before leaving my street, and sometimes even before leaving my driveway
What about this place?Yeah... I feel the redneck factor is a smidge higher here as its such a car centric town, but its an Australia wide cultural problem. It's exhausting.
Post dogs we are serious about moving to europe for a bit. Go live in a city thats not full of bogans and live totally car free for a while!
Amsterdam is refreshingYeah... I feel the redneck factor is a smidge higher here as its such a car centric town, but its an Australia wide cultural problem. It's exhausting.
Post dogs we are serious about moving to europe for a bit. Go live in a city thats not full of bogans and live totally car free for a while!