thought so. I just wanna know if the cut-out is any wider than most of the other seats going 'round.



yeah, you either have heaps of mates with heaps of stuff, or you spend all your cash at one shop over a period of time, then they love you so much that they let you try anything :)

Well this morning's ride lasted about 5 minutes. Just long enough to get up the road to the roundabout and position myself in front of some blind cow who proceeded to play cyclist skittles.

Result:

Me: bruised quad and arm, plus grazes on my knee, bum and elbow.
Bike: both wheels out of true, seat busted, fork looks dodgy, might replace bars as well

I think she hit the front wheel/forks and tipped me over the bonnet. I got to watch the sky from a new perspective for a second or two and landed on the road on my back.

I had witnesses so the insurance claim should go through sweet along with the driver paying the excess.

Overall just happy to be in one piece and feeling a bit shaken still.

vette, good to hear that your OK for the most part.... so did you end up replacing your brake cables?

yeah, I had a spare brake cable, and installed it on the front. The old one was fine.

I guess the rear derailleur cable gets the most use, and the constant bending and straightening in the mechanism weakens it, where brake cables are pulled straight in the lever.

I think I'll go with an annual replacement policy now

reminds me that i need to check / do mine as well......

Damn! Glad to see nothing too broken. I'm hoping you're gunna get some serious sympathy from the hand brake.;)

The wife's off to the USA next weekend and the kids are off to the in-laws. YEHAW!

Anyhow, the wife's feeling a bit guilty for leaving me here while she goes off for work and the subject of "what can I get you when I'm in the State" came up last night. My first idea was a new set of cool wheels...bubow, she ain't prepared to drag wheels back. I've got all the riding gear I need so they'res nothing I need there. So I'm thinking a new set of pedals might be just the ticket. Yehay, she says I have a budget of $350. So I have Shimano riding shoes and was thinking of getting some LOOK pedals.

My first question is, are LOOK pedals compatible with Shimano shoes? My second questions is, are there any recommendations for pedals I should be using (other than LOOK) that will fit in my budget?

yep




Hammond will know what to do, but he can be a bit expensive.

is it old? Some of those old Vettas are complete bricks.

"Look 'R' compatible". You might as well get the top of the range.....

http://bike.shimano.com/catalog/cycl...=1150516548085

but I'd go for some of these :)
http://www.sidi.com.au/Ergo1Carb_Argentoa.gif

I think wattsy has the shoes, he wants flash pedals now. Go for some LOOK Keo Ti jobbies. Your Missus could buy them online and get them shipped to her hotel.

Shimano's road pedals all fit the same three hole mounting pattern as LOOK and the other big brands, so you'll be sweet.

Thanks OZ. I had a cheap job done on them at Kennedy and they're worthless now. I'll give TH a call.

Mmmmmmm, LOOK Keo Ti pedals.

Thanks Vette and guys for helping me make up my mind. :)

Cuzzy bro vette, bummer to hear about your stack :( - glad you weren't more seriously injured.

Wattsy, I'm looking to get some Keos soon, can't afford the Ti jobbies tho, probably just the the Sport model from Probikekit I think. Got me some new shoes the other day for a bargain, ( new old stock I think) so I need some pedals to match. :)
The new shoes:

sorry to hear about the stack vette.

Hey Odin what (motor)bike do you get around on?

Nice shoes...How much and where'd you get em from?

Good to hear yer still in one piece vette.

None Gabe, I traded 3 race bikes fer 2 kids a couple of years ago :D

so you dont ride anymore?

Drooooollllss....and go's for a look at his new sidi's!
Nice shoes...look like the kind der Kaiser might wear?

Nope, never really rode on the road after I started racing... hardly any of the blokes I raced with did either... too many loonies on the road.

EVCC RR today. Bloody disaster.
First I ended up running late leaving fer the race, not to worry, it's only an hour or so away and being a bit late means I'll only get 20-25 mins warm-up.
Traffic was **** so I ended up getting there 2 minutes after the entry cut-off. They kindly let me enter, but I only had 15 mins to find a parking spot, get me gear on, get the bike ready and show up at the start line which was 1km down the road.
Riding flat out to the start was me warm-up, just in time as they started sending the bunches out.
Must've been full of nervous energy cos I spent most of the time in the front 3 chasing down anything & everything :rolleyes: (I usually wait fer a bit to see if anyone else is gonna move)
It's a hilly course with one short, sharp nasty bugger just near the end of the 18km lap.
I was near the front of the bunch when we got to it so I could slide back, and when I stood to climb, I got a mouthfull of vomit... gross... had to sit and swallow to finish the climb... more gross... over the top and down to the turn-around and my guts was doing cartwheels. Made the turn, one of the others came past me and said "bloody hell, you alright?" (I must've gone pale as a sheet) so I disappeared down a side road and hurled violently.
I felt like absolute **** so chucked it in and came home.
½ hour later, I was right as rain.
Never had that happen before. Same food as I always eat before a race, kids aren't crook at the moment... buggered if I know.

90's I think. I can't remember the type of tubing... Columbus something-or-other... couldn't find a Columbus tube type on Google.

yeah, could be anything, coz there's millions of them, and this isn't all of them: !!!!

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bobequ...mbus-tubes.jpg