Nope, had a mtg with the brains trust about the Jr Tour beforehand. Five guys sitting in a minivan in the middle of nowhere. Must've looked awfully suspicious.

I thought a solid 1-lap hit out would be adequate after 6 weeks off the bike and only 1 on. Pulled up OK after staying with them over Blood, so everything is on track. "Mewhawhawhaw" or something similar. Cue lightning and thunder fx.

75km next week should be a bit more of a test/struggle. I hope there's more than 10 ppls in it otherwise I might be in for a long and painful ride.

+1 again! Road & MTB

very good then.

you should have come (or anyone) to the CCCC ice skating day yesterday. As it turned out it was me and Ponty, so unofficaily we are the best ice skaters in the club.

Maybe vid night might be a better idea. "A Sunday in Hell (Paris-Roubaix)", followed by "Hell on Wheels", and finish with a bit of comic relief in "American Flyers" or "BMX Bandits"

sounds like you went for the quiz prize on the newsletter...

and jeezuz my quads hurt from skating......

Anyone watch "Peking to Paris" on the ABC last night?

The reason I ask is that when the cars were driving through the Verdun, they passed a number of cyclists, all of whom were riding mixte frames with "upright" handlebars. As far as I can see, these are an ideal commuting bike and probably far better suited to the majority of people who want to do a bit of gentle cycling and/or run a few errands on their bike.

My question based on the above is ..... why isn't this style of bike generally available over here? Or is it, and I've just failed to notice?

You mean "flatbar"? Plenty of models available over here, cruisers are just not all that popular. Hopeless in commuter traffic coz the bars are too wide to squeeze between lanes with confidence, but good for a trip to the shops to get your 'husband beater' loaf.

i've seen quite a few on my commute of late, flat bars, disc brakes, the works... good street machines for the average commuter. They are starting to catch on more and more, my brother just bought a couple for his family also.

i tend to gravitate towards the specialized saddles. i have an alias with carbon bling on the road bike, a rival MTB on the commuter and to buck the trend a Fizik somthing on the cannondale MTB ( only there cause it came on the bike..... for some reason the specialised saddles with the cut out doesnt hurt my man bits and i find them quite comfy, unlike the fizik arione which had me off to the doctor after it left me with a severe case of bruised balls after just one 1 hour ride.....

Nah, I know what a flat bar is

These have the "curvy" bars and the handle grip ends point back towards the rider - I'm sure there is a proper term for them. They aren't all that wide as far as I could tell, certainly seemed narrower than the trekking bars I have at home.

And just to make sure we are all on the same page, by mixte frame I mean the step through style.

The only thing I've seen locally which remotely resembles these bikes is that clunky Giant thing that has the ultra-wide seat and looks like it is designed to take an electric motor.

aaaah, moustache bars ?

and what's with this bike? 22 bids, nearly $300.

https://cgi.ebay.com.au/AtomikMamba-N...QQcmdZViewItem

dont let that get out in the main forum, youl have seppos getting all antsy about upgrading to a 14 speed gear system.... ( is that a typo or what?, are they counting 10 at the back, 2 jockey wheels and 2 front chain rings?)

also, that quote up the top cant be for that bike..... who said that , the owner of the importer??

also, kotter, you were asking about how to set up your brakes on your bars? thats not it.....

My ISP has been foobared for the past 24hrs. What did I miss?

erm... nothing. only a handful of posts.

anyone heard from berny lately? hasn't posted for two weeks, a but unlike him.

BTW, the lime marmalade is "sweet as". Queens Birthday here today, breakfast was a fresh ciabatta from the bakery and we knocked off 1/4 jar of the new batch.

My birthday today lads.....

Happy Birthday Ed

New bike to replace the Scapin?

he just got the poster and hung it on his wall.

" i went to colgnao and all i got was this stupid poster... "

Happy birthday ed!

it was to motoviate you guys to chip in for my prez.....

Nah....still got the Scapin. Flat tyres and layer of dust and all.....

Happy Birthday ol' fella.

I've seen your posted picks of the Scapin. That Colwogo is too small for you.

Should have put in pic of one of Tigers frames....might get a birthday discount

Happy Birthday ed ya old coot!

Funny how tastes change. I actually don't like the look of road bikes with horizontal top tubes anymore.

And I haven't liked Colnagos since 1988 when I was 17 and didn't know any better.

On the way to work this morning I passed every cyclists worst nightmare: a lost load off a truck. This one was special: over 100 car and truck batteries scattered along a 300m sectin of the highway.

Imagine being hit by that. Nasty!