The Aussie Thread- Part 4
05-14-06 | 07:32 AM
#5576
Aluminium Crusader :-)
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Originally Posted by matagi
You sure about this? The Zefal website claims 135psi.
I've had four or five over the years, and they were all the same!! Funny thing about the Zefal rating on their website is that the last HPX I bought had "160psi" written on the box!! In fact, I cut it out and kept it coz i've encountered skeptics before
I started a thread about this a while ago, and some 'expert' said that max psi out of a pump is more about strength, rather that the structure of the pump....RAH ME!!!
05-14-06 | 07:36 AM
#5577
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Originally Posted by jock
I love it when a 200+psi beyatch lets go at DGV. KaBLAAAMMMMO.... and only the noobs bother to bat an eyelid, the old tools just carry on yakkin as if nothin's happened. Funny.
KABLOOOEY
05-14-06 | 07:44 AM
#5578
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From: Queanbeyan, Australia.
Originally Posted by 531Aussie
Yep
I started a thread about this a while ago, and some 'expert' said that max psi out of a pump is more about strength, rather that the structure of the pump....RAH ME!!!
I started a thread about this a while ago, and some 'expert' said that max psi out of a pump is more about strength, rather that the structure of the pump....RAH ME!!!
The mini pump you were describing with the "Air Supply" written on it is the same one that I was trying to describe. Mines been faultless and I've used it a few times.
Regards, Anthony
05-14-06 | 07:52 AM
#5579
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From: Melbourne, Australia
I also had a rim 'blow' on me; and this was before I even knew that a rim could wear so much that they break, so ididn't know what the hell was happening. When it 'went' (half the depth of the Mavic CD4, x ~8" length broke off), the tyre and tube obviously blew at the same time, so that was also quite a KABLAMMO!!
05-14-06 | 07:53 AM
#5580
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Originally Posted by AnthonyG
The mini pump you were describing with the "Air Supply" written on it is the same one that I was trying to describe. Mines been faultless and I've used it a few times.
05-14-06 | 08:19 AM
#5581
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From: Between the mountains and the lake.
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Originally Posted by jock
HDT 'owns' a black Silca too. I like it very much. Goes rather well with my red one 
By the way, I still have 2 of those left. They were US$10.
05-14-06 | 04:39 PM
#5582
sundy hopeful
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From: Sydney, Australia
Bikes: Connondale MTB, Malvern Star (historic) Orbea, GT (newest)
You over your hangover yet Jock?
05-14-06 | 04:46 PM
#5583
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I don't usually suffer from a hangover berny. That's not necessarily a good thing, especially from my liver's point of view.
But I'm sure some serious damage could be done with that rocket fuel when it becomes available.
But I'm sure some serious damage could be done with that rocket fuel when it becomes available.
05-14-06 | 04:58 PM
#5584
Phat but not too fat
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From: Bay of Plenty
Bikes: Kona Zing & Conder Cone
If you want to wave bye bye to your brain cells in a tasy Belgian way, just head to your nearest Belgain Beer Cafe and order any Leffe beer. They start at 6.5% and go up from there 
For an occasional treat I like the blonde, and the brune, and...
It would however be a tad more expensive than the Tooheys.
For an occasional treat I like the blonde, and the brune, and...It would however be a tad more expensive than the Tooheys.
05-14-06 | 05:02 PM
#5585
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yes, HDT got beaten by a young fella going up to C grade next week, so 2nd was not too shabby for his first outing up at Calga. Must be all the MTB training
05-14-06 | 05:30 PM
#5586
randomness inc.
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From: Sydney Australia
was good fun, but i need to learn how to follow a wheel!! have spoken to a racer at work and got some tips, still, 3rd group ride i guess it wasnt too bad, but having to get back on he group at least 3 times burnt a lot of matches. if i could have stayed on i could have attacked a lot more, which is what i plan to do next time.
thanks for the training program climbo, those days when im doing intervals on the trainer and nearly passing out seem to be paying off
thanks for the training program climbo, those days when im doing intervals on the trainer and nearly passing out seem to be paying off
05-14-06 | 05:40 PM
#5587
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From: Wherever good bikes are sold
Bikes: Thylacines...only Thylacines.
Originally Posted by jock
Occaisionally my liver and I like to have a good soak in Tooheys Extra Dry. By most ppls standards its a bit of a crap beer, but I like it coz I have a very narrow palate for beer (hoppy ales and lagers only), it has light taste and nose, and it's slightly sweet.
Anyway to cut a long story long, I dropped into the local IGA tonight and the dude brought out an 8 pack of a never before seen Tooheys Premium Dry. You won't find it on the lion-nathan website, and not even google knows about it. It's supposed to be smoother across the tongue than Extra Dry, but here's the kicker: the label on the neck of the bottle reads 6.5%. That's the equivalent of longwall mining your last few remaining briancells out. Think Elephant Beer and you'll be on the right track
IGA reckons an 8 pack will sell for about $20, which makes it only slightly more exxy than extra dry which seems to have found itself in the boutique brews section of most liquor shops even though it's probably just tooheys new cold filtered and dressed up in a clear bottle.
Look for it in you IGA store some time in June. Look for 17yo kids and unsuspecting yanks passed out on your front lawn about the same time.
Have fun.
Anyway to cut a long story long, I dropped into the local IGA tonight and the dude brought out an 8 pack of a never before seen Tooheys Premium Dry. You won't find it on the lion-nathan website, and not even google knows about it. It's supposed to be smoother across the tongue than Extra Dry, but here's the kicker: the label on the neck of the bottle reads 6.5%. That's the equivalent of longwall mining your last few remaining briancells out. Think Elephant Beer and you'll be on the right track
IGA reckons an 8 pack will sell for about $20, which makes it only slightly more exxy than extra dry which seems to have found itself in the boutique brews section of most liquor shops even though it's probably just tooheys new cold filtered and dressed up in a clear bottle.
Look for it in you IGA store some time in June. Look for 17yo kids and unsuspecting yanks passed out on your front lawn about the same time.
Have fun.
On another topic, I have had the best Thylacine week so far, and am in the process of doing THREE bikes at the same time, two of with are TITANIUM!!!!!!
I'm a happy chappy.
05-14-06 | 05:45 PM
#5588
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From: Newcastle Australia
Tooheys Extra dry is favoured by young drinkers because its soft drink properties. Extra dry is a very bubbly beer allowing new beer drinkers and teenagers alike to get easily sloshed on beer.
However as these drinkers get older and figure out this beer tastes bad, but having started off on a beer that is better tasting than vic or new, they tend to move onto the "premium" beers like coopers pale ale, becks, stella artois etc.
However as these drinkers get older and figure out this beer tastes bad, but having started off on a beer that is better tasting than vic or new, they tend to move onto the "premium" beers like coopers pale ale, becks, stella artois etc.
05-14-06 | 05:50 PM
#5589
Phat but not too fat
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Coopers Sparkling Ale is 5.8%, but even that'll get you pretty happy pretty quickly That plus being the best beer brewed in Oz makes for good drinking in my book.
That plus being the best beer brewed in Oz makes for good drinking in my book.
05-14-06 | 05:52 PM
#5590
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by 531Aussie
Yep
I've had four or five over the years, and they were all the same!! Funny thing about the Zefal rating on their website is that the last HPX I bought had "160psi" written on the box!! In fact, I cut it out and kept it coz i've encountered skeptics before
I started a thread about this a while ago, and some 'expert' said that max psi out of a pump is more about strength, rather that the structure of the pump....RAH ME!!!
I've had four or five over the years, and they were all the same!! Funny thing about the Zefal rating on their website is that the last HPX I bought had "160psi" written on the box!! In fact, I cut it out and kept it coz i've encountered skeptics before
I started a thread about this a while ago, and some 'expert' said that max psi out of a pump is more about strength, rather that the structure of the pump....RAH ME!!!
And maybe you should change you name to 531Arnie.
05-14-06 | 05:53 PM
#5591
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Bikes: Wilier, Alchemy, Merida MTB,
I love how this thread regularly returns to a beer theme!
05-14-06 | 05:58 PM
#5592
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by Wilchemy
I love how this thread regularly returns to a beer theme!
05-14-06 | 05:59 PM
#5593
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From: Newcastle Australia
Goon is good when your broke
05-14-06 | 06:04 PM
#5594
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by mrkott3r
Goon is good when your broke
05-14-06 | 06:14 PM
#5595
randomness inc.
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either that or instant recognition that somone is living the uni lifestyle!
05-14-06 | 06:23 PM
#5596
Sarcopenia: Living Decay
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Wine tastes like crushed grapes to me
05-14-06 | 06:41 PM
#5597
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From: Melbourne, Australia
Bikes: Wilier, Alchemy, Merida MTB,
I' quite happy to drink nice wine, especially if it came from the father-in-law's wine cellar & i didn't have to pay for it!
05-14-06 | 06:46 PM
#5598
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From: Bathurst oz
Originally Posted by mrkott3r
they tend to move onto the "premium" beers like coopers pale ale, becks, stella artois etc.
05-14-06 | 07:27 PM
#5599
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From: In a parallel universe
Originally Posted by HDTVKSS
either that or instant recognition that somone is living the uni lifestyle!
05-14-06 | 07:41 PM
#5600
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From: Between the mountains and the lake.
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Originally Posted by Thylacine
Corporate beer still sucks, and you should be ashamed of yourself drinking that sheit, Jock. Anyway, isn't Coopers Sparkling 6.5% and actually tastes like beer? It's only about 14 bucks for a sixer *Waits for Exy to chime in about how you can buy beer at the 711 over there and that it's cheaper than milk* (and tastes like it, too)
On another topic, I have had the best Thylacine week so far, and am in the process of doing THREE bikes at the same time, two of with are TITANIUM!!!!!!
I'm a happy chappy.
On another topic, I have had the best Thylacine week so far, and am in the process of doing THREE bikes at the same time, two of with are TITANIUM!!!!!!
I'm a happy chappy.