Im guessing fairly old, but I have recently pulled it apart cleaned, noticed there wasnt much wear put it back on the bike.

It stayed the gears up. I think mainly because the lever did change position and Im sure I didnt touch it before hand.

Sure your brain didn't flip out of gear for a second? ;)

I'm not much into violence, but this morning I found that here's nothing more satisfying than whacking the driver side window with you pump's valve locking mechanism. Gives off a really sharp and loud "wake up to yourself or the next noise you hear might be breaking glass" sound.

so what dastardly act of driver incomptence prompted that departure from your normal zen like state?

What you doing on the drivers side in the first place?

Just one guy's inability to cope with a cyclist being on the road coupled with an affinity for the hand-on-horn problem solving technique (my pet peeve). So me, not being in a hurry, obliged by slowing down to under 10kmh and watched myriads of other cagers happily fly on past in the other two lanes. More hand on horn, coupled with futile shouting of some sort. He STFU when he met mr pump at the red light 50m up the road.

Can't wait for this afternoon's edition...

i think it's funny that drivers think that 'hand on horn' is going to make you faster or get out of the way. i slow down and make sure the definitly can't get by.

Thing was there was plenty of time and space for him to go around me safely when he first caught up. But not for long. A seemingly endless torrent of traffic emerged from nowhere, like a very surreal version of karma out of control. I thought it was pretty funny at the time.

thats what im trying to decide. it ws weird

jock - maybe a "honk if you're horny" sticker on the back of your bike may stop them blasting you so much?

maybee it was jock riding past with his frame pump! :eek:

Not good news for Gary Niewand... :(

http://www.theage.com.au/news/nation...020058687.html

Guys, what's the official rule of going the the front of stopped traffic at a red light? I always do that if the light isn't going to change before I get there, that way ever driver knows I'm there and has to go around me.

Last week I went to the front and made obvious jestures that I was turning right, and when the green arrow went, this guy flys past me screming his head off.

I flipped him the bird and that was that.

It's perfectly legal doing that, yeah? I mean, I've been to intersections where the bike lane leads up to the stop lights, and right accross the road at the front is a box with a white bike rider sprayed on it, indicating to me that that's what you're supposed to do.

I'm a road rules ****** - my rule is 'No harm no foul' usually when it comes to riding on the road (That's what happens when you're an inner city boffin).

Does anyone know what the official rule is? Was this guy just pissed that he didn't get laid the previous night or wot?

first q? was there a tram involved? Us NSW'ers get confused with that :)

On a green arrow, hell yeah, I'd do that. If it was a green light only and you had to give way to oncoming cars, I'd probably just wait at the back of the line so the cars could go straight ahead without me blocking them but if you have a green arrow then go for it. I believe in NSW you are allowed to go ahead of the line in any situation like that.

RTA Quote:
"Cyclists also have some special rights, which include:
Riding two abreast, no more than 1.5 m apart

........Travelling to the front of a line of traffic on the left hand side of the stopped vehicles...........

Travelling in Bus Lanes and Transit Lanes. However, cyclists cannot travel in Bus Only Lanes
Travelling on the footpath where indicated by signage
Cycling on the footpath if the cyclist is less than 12 years old. An adult, who is riding in a supervisory capacity of a cyclist less than 12 years old, may also ride with the young cyclist on the footpath
Turning right from the left hand lane of a multi-lane roundabout with the proviso the cyclists must give way to exiting traffic."

fark. mate had 2 bikes stolen this morning from his house :( scum.

what and where? Post the models and makes to every shop, forum you can. If they are unique, someone may get caught out trying to sell it off. That farken sucks !!! :( I've had a bike nicked before and it sucks arse !!

All states now follow a uniform set of National Road Rules, so it doesn't matter what state your in (except the states of "insobriety" and "under the influence of drugs" :) ).

So yes, you are legally entitled to ride up the left side of traffic to the front of the queue if you want to.

Two things come to mind tho:

Often the path down the left side is blocked by a motorist too far left. Is it OK to lanesplit to get past the blockage?

Being at the front of the queue now puts you in more danger than if you had stayed in the lane of traffic, because you're off balance and not clipped in for the first few metres and drivers behind you cannot determine a predictable path. Should there be an amendment to the rules to allow cyclists to legally roll through red lights when cross traffic is given amber (and where safe) so they can get up to speed without hindering traffic?

[edit]if you get bored you can read the entire thing here: http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/rulesregul...austr_dl1.html [/edit]

2 bikes, both mountain bikes taken from marayong in sydney. one was an 05 Mongoose Teocali, the other an 04 Norco Storm. both white. have posted it up on farkin.net as they have a good lost/found/stolen section. there goes my partner for the 8 hour on the 19th march :( aparantly a few houses have been knocked off in similar circumstances. neighbors called the cops after seeing 2 guys ride off on the bikes as get away vehicles....

luckily he was insured. he wasnt totaly happy with the mongoose, but you never like to get that sort of thing happen

they should bring back the death penalty for that offence

Damn, sucks to have yer steeds nicked. Hope he gets them back.

I've never had a bike stolen. Maybe because the seat of my bikes are 10ft off the ground and they're usually pink, gold or orange? :rolleyes:

Good news about the 'ride to the front at the lights' rule. Yay for me, now I appear consciencious. *thumbs up*

I think all cyclists need to learn how to track stand... Problem solved. However my current gear selection for the SS makes me a bit slow to start.

I've been finding that traveling though traffic on the right side is sometimes better here in melbourne. People tend to sit left of the tram lines which usually blocks cyclists and gives you the joy of having no escape from opening doors.

hey Thylo, why does your new avatar have a pretty bow on the top of the skull?

dunno what the law is

If I'm going straight (and let's face it, I'm only talking about Beach Rd coz that's the only place I have the guts to ride), I roll up to the front then sit out of the way of the cars. When the light goes green, and if there's only a few cars in the left lane, I'll let them pass me before I swing into the lane.

I ain't got the guts to do the 'right hand turn' trick that you described -- it sometimes takes me a few seconds to get my put in the pedal, and I'm not doing a w@nky track stand in front of 50 drivers!!! :p

I don't like being at the back of a queue at traffic lights since I got rear ended in my car by some silly chick talking on her mobile phone. If I had of been on my bike I would have been squashed. I'll go up the front where there's some metal protecting me thanks.

Didn't look right without the ears. Looks better when it's not 64x64 pixels. Maybe?