It'a a shame they ruined one of those rare LHD pushies to make this...

Nope, the ride-on looks much better. I actually have a reel type push mower, not a petrol one.

HaHa nice!

How do you guys generally carry your bikes around on your car?

- roof racks
- bike rack
- chuck it in the back
- other

I have been thinking of getting some sort of bike rack, but i dont want to fork out for a tow ball as well.

Always in the back, after an unfortunate incident with a carport at a race in QLD.

Back of the station wagon unless it's already full, then the bike get racked up on a bike beak. I use a sponge to protect paintwork at the clamp point, and ye olde pedal straps to hold front wheel straight and tie pedal to beak stem.

Unfortunately I have only a smallish boot with a weird back seat fold down option that doesnt really allow for much. Yes I would feel uncomfortable leaving my bike sitting on the back as well somewhere.

roof racks are excellent, as you can shove the bikes up there, then fill the car to the brim. You don't have to worry about access to the boot with a roof rack and there's no nasty clamp squishing your eggshell thin six13 tubes.

Downside is forgetting they're up there (like I did) and that they get covered in insects etc on long trips. can be costly too....Thule, Rola etc don't come cheap.

Are they actual real, still functioning Hanebrink forks? Amazing! Very 1996, but amazing none-the-less. :p

Good news for me from the doctor. The hospital did a bang-up job fixing up the old leg apparently, so they didnt have to change the dressing or anything, and there's no sign of any nastiness.
My oath they did a good job - nearly had a chuck when they were scrubbing the grease out of it.

Thylo....I'm reading about some sightings of your brethren deep in the Tasmanian bush. Some bloke reckons he even got a whiff of one...."Smells like awful wet socks" or something.

My wife, who is an emergency nurse, tells me they use a scrubbing brush on guys who come in with road rash in order to get all the crap out of the wound.

I think that having your wound scrubbed out would probably hurt more than damaging yourself in the first place.

Yes. It does. I've dry retched having it done.....went all pale and sweaty too. Good fun.

I have that, but they gave me a "local" before they did it.

For memory it was a wire brush

Yeah, I went all sweaty and pale, but managed to avoid the chuck.

I can't describe how happy I'd be if they find some Tassie Tigers still bangin' around in the bush down there in Taswegia, but I'm not holding my breath. That guy is obviously full of **** because Thylacines don't smell. The definitive bible on the subject is 'The Last Tasmanian Tiger', by Robert Paddle. It's a bit dry and scientific, but insanely detailled.

Wow, how cool are Indexes - "Some olfactors have described the thylacine as posessing a clean animal smell, like that of a horse (Wainwright, 1970), wallaby (Cooper, 1970) or dog." Different story in captivity though.

... but it's not as bad as the alternatives: infected wound, strep, staph, septicemia, etc.

I love the peroxide bath. There's something about those pink bubbles... :o

Rola Roof racks. Carried 4 racers on top, with 5 dudes in the cabin and all there gear for almost 2 weeks of camping around 500 km both ways in a Subaru Impreza sedan. Needless to say with an extra half a ton of gear and flesh the poor car was struggling up all the hills. But the bikes made it to and from the event in top condition. Was very quick and easy to get the bikes on and off as well once I worked out how.

Here's the link

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2005/...546871415.html

Hey Tiger, was that an insult on the Hanebrink? My mate Dean bought the company/rights, and now sells them under the brand ATC Racing. He also made a few parts (10,000) for those little RC cars the US gov't sent to Mars. Those forks are 2004 models. Modified for tandem use of course.

How do you go about boxing that bad boy up? or can you park it in the aisle way of the aircraft :D

Take the frame apart, and it's not so bad. We just need to get a Marzocchi DJ fork, because the single crown will pack a lot easier.

Expat, you can stop building me an MTB. I have access to a 2001 or 2002 Trek 4500. Hard tail + 80mm front shok. Or am I taking my life in my own hands?

Would be good if it were still alive and well somewhere in the wild. I wonder if they will ever find the blank panthers that they believe exist down victoria as well. Same issue again, photos, foot prints and noises but no actual hard evidence like a body.

that's the whole idea of the MTB ride !

You guys heard about SBR (the biggest toss/bling shop in Melbourne) going bust and
being bought at the last minute?