Hmm, tough to be objective.

Where are you from?

You can't beat Melbourne's Beach Road.

But seriously, I can not stand doing hard rides in the heat. The ideal "hammering" day for me is about 14 degrees. The last time I went to Sydney, the humidity nearly killed me (naturally, I took a bike with me).
And Brisbane.....I would drop dead of heat stroke on my first ride.

g'day,

wish I had the ability to choose where i lived based on my cycling!....anyway, agree with '531', melbourne is the cycling mecca of Aus...If you can cope with winter. I live out toward the Macedon ranges....god designed this area with cyclists in mind. Plenty of hills, plenty of undulating stuff, a nice mix of flats etc...not much traffic & a zillion different training routes....I'm blessed........just wish it was a little warmer in winter!,

cheers,

Hitchy

Macedon?!?!!? it must be FREEEEEEEZIN'

I hope you have these in your favourites:

https://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.loop.shtml

this one gives you up to date temperatures around Victoria:
https://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV65119.shtml

Hmmm...11 degrees at Coldstream -- not too bad.

I went for a little ride yesterday. Nearly coughed up a lung ( stoopid cold ) but felt stong - it was almost warm too.

To be honest I'm a bit sick of Melbourne, although I have to agree, I do like riding when it's between about 20 degrees. If you moved to Brisvegas, you'd be begging for Summer to end, but down here, you're begging for Winter to end, so you're dammed either way. As for Sydney, well, driving is a nightmare is Sydney, so I can't imagine ever cycling there. Plus, if I moved to Sydney I'd probably turn into a yuppie and do something in 'marketing', so there's little chance of that happening.

I hear the Alice is nice this time of year

G'day Tigerboy,

a mate of mine was up there last year for the Aus. masters champs....he reckons its God's gift to cyclists at the right time of the year...totally flat, reasonable road surfaces, not to much traffic........he hadda bitta trouble fitting the bullbar to the Colnago, but apart from that.........

cheers,

Hitchy

"Col-what? Sounds like a bloody pooftahs bike tah me."

yikes! I would think twice about getting out of bed at that temp. 20 is just bearable.

I'd rather ride in 36degrees and 80% humidity.

LOL, I guess it won't be the sole decision maker, more likely it will be job opps, etc etc. Thought it would be interesting to hear opinions and be a good way to get an impression before I actually get there ... whereever it turns out to be. Fiance is in Pharmaceutical Research over here so could end up in any of the three.

I am from BrisVegas but since I left my sister moved to Sydney and my brother moved to Mellers. I have a lot of family down there in Victoria and I really love the city but yeah I would hate the winter ... and in Brisso, coming back from New England I think I wouldn't handle the summer too well either... but that's where the oldies are...

Good point about the Sydney traffic ... probably would be a bit nasty.

Cheers
Damo

Yikes, nothin'. I blow a head gasket at 18C

We do have some unbearable days, and I think we've had more than usual this year. When it's wet, and 8 degrees, I really regret selling my Minoura trainer.

Do they really refer to us as Mexicans?

Haha ... yes that is what you're called...

My Mum is from Victoria and always talks about having to move
into the "Deep North" ... and I think we get called banana benders but
are there any better ones for Queenslanders?

Na.... we have really been able to laugh at Queenslanders since Joe Bjelke-Peterson and Mal Coulston got the a$$.

Aaahh, those were the days.

We did manage to produce a quality red haired politician from Ipswich

Yea like Vegimite is a step up.

G'day,

Geez guys, Robbie got another 'green' & not a peep outa you blokes........I know it finished late but c'mon (says Hitchy who fell asleep when Scott sunderland was in the break)

cheers,

Hitchy

I fell asleep too. I hate to say it, but this years tour was a yawnfest. I don't even really care who won the final stage.

Okay, maybe a little bit

I think the highlight for me was knowing that Robbie knows how to pop a wheelie.

[QUOTE]I think the highlight for me was knowing that Robbie knows how to pop a wheelie.[QUOTE]


G'day,

you ever tried to do that on the 'roadie'?......ever since the lads saw Robbie doing it last week, everyones been tryin' it....haven't seen any of them pull it off yet. personally I'd be to scared of putting to much pressure on the rear 'triangle'.....carbon might go bang...Hitchy would cry,

cheers,

Hitchy

[QUOTE=Hitchy][QUOTE]I think the highlight for me was knowing that Robbie knows how to pop a wheelie.Yeah, it'd be nice if we could all afford to bust our frames and forks

Jeez, O'Grady's not bad, is he? He's always up there around 5th or so.

Thylacine would laugh and say "Shoulda bought steel"

g'day,

How sad is this thread!....I reckon we've got the record for 'the longest thread with nothin' much to say'....5 pages so far......we'll be up to the 'campy v shimano' or 'why does everybody hate lance' threads soon...(& we'll be about as interesting & relevant!)

cheers,

Hitchy

What about, "handle bar tape: with or without adhesive?"

do ya dare me?

With!

WITHOUT

Don's ask me, I'm running old school Vinyl Bike Ribbon bar tape.....with a layer of inner tube underneath to cushion/fatten things up. It's the hot set-up according to the experts ( namely, me )

yaaah...6 pages