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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #500 on: October 09, 2016, 04:49:09 PM »
I gotta' be one of the odd ones... I started on flats in the late 70's/early 80's. Moved to toe clips with mountainbikes in the mid 80's, then clipless SPD's in late 80's when they came out...

Rode clipless off road almost exclusively unless I was touring (big lap in 92' and Cape York in 95').

But a couple of years back... I switched back to flats.

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #501 on: October 09, 2016, 05:16:04 PM »
In between power outages and Bathurst, we managed to get my son's project bike back together today, pretty happy with how it turned out. Just needs brake cables, a new chain, custom stickers and it is ready to ride.

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #502 on: October 09, 2016, 07:06:04 PM »
Looks great
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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #503 on: October 13, 2016, 08:37:39 AM »
I know we all love trick bike gear so I thought I'd post this. I couldn't find a Garmin mount to suit a 35mm bar. Instead I found a K-Edge mount that replaces a spacer. Turned up this morning, 5 minutes to fit and looks very neat.

http://www.openroadcycles.com.au/products/k-edge-stem-mount-adjustable

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #504 on: October 14, 2016, 02:27:30 PM »
That's interesting D4D, I didn't know they made bars that thick.  ??? Good find.  :)

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #505 on: October 14, 2016, 02:36:11 PM »
I know we all love trick bike gear so I thought I'd post this. I couldn't find a Garmin mount to suit a 35mm bar. Instead I found a K-Edge mount that replaces a spacer. Turned up this morning, 5 minutes to fit and looks very neat.

http://www.openroadcycles.com.au/products/k-edge-stem-mount-adjustable


Another idea which would be similar - there are Garmin mounts that replace your stem top cap. So even if potentially your steerer tube did not have room to fit the spacer, you could fit the mount as well.
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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #506 on: October 14, 2016, 04:59:57 PM »
Another idea which would be similar - there are Garmin mounts that replace your stem top cap. So even if potentially your steerer tube did not have room to fit the spacer, you could fit the mount as well.

Yeah K-Edge make a top cap mount too. I already had 2 spacers so adding the top cap mount would make the Garmin sit very high, so I went with the spacer style. If you didn't have any spacers the top cap mount would work well.
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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #507 on: October 22, 2016, 07:17:18 PM »
As they say......N+1. This will be in my stable the first week of next month, minus the wheels as I don't race on high pressure wheels.  :cheers:


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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #508 on: October 22, 2016, 08:08:06 PM »
No brakes, how do you stop? :)
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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #509 on: October 23, 2016, 04:29:12 AM »
You don't.  ;D

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #510 on: October 23, 2016, 04:48:03 PM »
I saw the Giant Fastroad Comax carbon, nice bike.
Now to convince the other half that i need a new bike.

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #511 on: October 23, 2016, 04:55:42 PM »
Wet weekend, so I spent some quality time in the garage cleaning & tweaking all the bikes. Decided to take the hardtail back to stock and set it up as a commuter/family ride bike.

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #512 on: October 23, 2016, 04:59:11 PM »
You could eat off that garage floor, Jamie!!

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #513 on: October 23, 2016, 06:42:14 PM »
You could eat off that garage floor, Jamie!!

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #514 on: October 30, 2016, 04:13:26 PM »
Managed to get out for a ride today with my son, he left a bit of knee skin behind but didn't scratch the bike so all good. :) Also put my hardtail back to being a hardtail rather than a downhill bike, rides really nice, I'm going to keep it for family rides. Stickers finally turned up for the BMX so that is all finished now too.

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #515 on: October 30, 2016, 05:13:36 PM »
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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #516 on: October 30, 2016, 05:16:37 PM »

 Doh! ;D

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #517 on: October 30, 2016, 08:31:37 PM »
Been doing some Commuting. ..but you still need to be able to collect the essentials on the way home!

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #518 on: October 30, 2016, 08:36:12 PM »
Good to see you kept with the same colour scheme :)
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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #519 on: October 30, 2016, 09:49:22 PM »
Good to see you kept with the same colour scheme :)
A little less conspicuous... was funny as I got the typical MAMIL looks as I entered DMurphy but those faces turned to begrudging respect as I set off home.

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #520 on: October 30, 2016, 10:16:19 PM »
I had a couple of cool second hand bmx's as a kid so what better way to relive my youth then ride a second hand $20 Diamond Back (laying on the ground) around with my kids on their bmx's. Every holiday other campers always inform me I need a bigger bike.


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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #521 on: November 03, 2016, 01:11:39 PM »
Dunno if this should be Ebay find or here

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #522 on: November 04, 2016, 02:17:55 PM »
My new frame was waiting for me, when I got home. So first order of the day was to put my good wheels on it.



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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #523 on: November 05, 2016, 07:54:14 AM »
Dunno if this should be Ebay find or here

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Looks like a fair bit of junk. How deep do you need to dig to find the needle in that haystack?

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Re: Show us your bike (bicycle)
« Reply #524 on: November 05, 2016, 08:20:33 AM »
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