DFG

hey, i've never seen cyclists on the highway before, i didnt think you were allowed to ride next to cars doing 80k's?
i thought you all went along beach rd with the nice view

Hitchy

...sorry, I didn't look at his map....just when he worked out that 'Franga' was actually Frankston, I just agreed.....nah...we are definately doing beach Rd...Nepean Hwy from Mordy only

Hitchy

DFG

thought so, you'd piss off quite a few motorists which would have been funny, esp if there were like one hundred of you hogging two lanes

speaking of motorists, what are the people like? any nasty stuff happen to any of you?

531Aussie

Hitchy, Ed, Thylacine, and probably everyone else know more about this stuff than I do, but they won't have time to give you a lengthy response -- them being high-rollers, and all. I think they all work at the top end of Collins St.

I have been told that bearings do need to be worn in, especially sealed bearings, but in my opninion, overall weight is the main "roll" factor. I'm a big fat 88kg 'at the moment', and I out roll EVERYBODY, and I'm pretty sure it's the weight.

Like most other attributes of a bike, rolling speed probably can't be put down to one component, so I'd say it's gotta have something to do with the tyres, the whole wheel, and maybe other stuff.....not sure.

I've got a theory that's supported by a few old wise bike shop guys, that sealed bearings are a teeeny weeeeny bit slower than a cone and balls, not that would really notice it in a side by side roll-out. I've done some crude "spin tests" at home, and the cone hubs win every time. Many guys will say that sealed units create more friction, especially the older sealed hubs that have an "industrial" type bearing like an SKF, or whatever. These guys claim that industrial bearings are designed more for heavy loads and very high speeds, not low resistance at low loads and low speeds.

Wait for Tyhlo to crack up at my urban myth spruking

Hitchy

...I may also bow to his superior 'bikeillect'.......I'm in the corner of the overall weight peoples.

hitchy

531Aussie

Don't you pros go down Station St. between Mordy and tha Patterson Lake bridge thingy?

531Aussie

I said this on the "snobbery" thread a while ago, but I fukn hate bike shop boys!
Fukn w@nkers, snobs, and just little SH1TS.

If some bike shop boys is doing 30kmh, and I roll past him at 31kmh, and say "g'day", then he
makes eye contact and totally ignores me...GRRRRRGH...he's fkn TOAST!!!

fkn little SH1TS

Hitchy

.....I'm, assumimg station st is the one next to the railway after mordy?.......nah, not usually, but we can do, doesn't worry me......an' don't worry son...I'll talk to you on ATABFR (I hate blokes who think up acronyms & don't tell anyone else what the fark they actually are!)

Hitchy

rockmuncher

Sorry about that, the software is intended for motorists who wanna get summawhere in a big fat hurry. And I know nothin about Melbourne except the route to Fern Gully from the city (don't ask!).

I just checked with Virgin. Cheapest I can get is $270, and that doesn't include the bike, so I'll skip the inaugural run. I'll save my nuts and berries ready for another one early next year. Maybe a quick roll from Bendigo to Melbourne, or something equally insane. And make sure there's beer involved somewhere, not just sissy cakes and cappu-fargin-chino.

531Aussie

Hey Hitchy, in that Phil Anderson article in Cycle Sport, the most recent photo
of him has what looks like a Felt behind him.

What's going on there?

I told Baldsacc the other day that Felts were in the same boat as Norcos and Meridas, etc

531Aussie

Hey badsac, I was talking a bit of Beach Road Bull last night, and I was running out of
conversation, so I said: "um....um...er....um...OH, this 'dude' on the net just bought a Roubaix."

He said that he nearly bought one (he had a Giant ), they
had an awesome review in some magazine, and they were Specialized's best seller,
partly because they're very comfortable.

Hitchy

...they are out here...although judging by some of the threads around here the 'seppo's' get pretty excited about 'em......haven't had much of a look at the mag yet....was out on the bike last nite...but will check it out.....BTW, I wouldn't be takin' any notice of a bloke on a giant, (unless he admits that he bought it cos it was cheap!....honesty i can live with!)

Hitchy

531Aussie

Weather 101, Room 244, Science & Technology building, 1 x 1hr lecture:

Pay attention

On days like today, with a strong northerly and moderately warm temperature,
the big blue blob on the weather radar does not give us huge rainfall due to something
called "virga". This is when the rain evaporates before it hits the ground.

So, if you see a huge blue blob with a northerly, like this, it doesn't necessarily mean we're gunna get saturated.https://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR022.loop.shtml

I have no life

531Aussie

Not only that, he was Polish!!

badsac

Thanks 531. For what it's worth, I'm 88 myself. Obviously a good healthy weight range.

As for the mate on the Orbea, he's 92 so it can't just be weight. But yeah, I guess to many factors.

As long as my newey rolls alright then I wont care.

badsac

WAAAAAAAT!!!!

How in gawds name do you toss up buying a Giant and a Roubaix, and get a Giant? The nob.

Got to say I've read a few reviews on the things. Apart from the different possie that they mostly end up liking, I haven't really heard a bad thing about them. Had to listen to the w4nkers at the bike store yesterday blather on for 15 minutes about other peoples opinions being worth sh1t all. But as per statistics, when you can get a large enough sample to allow you to sort the wheat from the chaff, you can get an idea.

I'm sure it will be a big change from a tinsey 13 year old mountain bike anyway. I cant wait.

[edit] Geez it gives me the ***** having half my posts starred out.

Hitchy

..........& for any of you 'newbies' or 'thread lurkers' out there....it's Ok....we're just trying to humour him until we can get him back on his medication!

Hitchy

rockmuncher

Hey sacman, you reckon we should do a ride up here somewhere on the 21st in support of our southern cousins?

Hitchy

Oi Ed,

you hitting the gym tonight?...Think I'll get this fat aarse down there around 6.30-7.00
I've been off the bike 3 weeks & managed to put on 3kgs......probably be more 'cept I think some muscle has turned to blubber as well!......the things we go through to look beautiful!.....

hitchy

Hitchy

yeah...we should get one up in every state!......no reason the 'seppo's' can't join in as well.....hmmm not as silly as its sounds.....we could be onto something here.....I could sell T-shirts, saccy could show his stitches, 531 could run the weather tent, Ed could do his 'biceps R us' travelling show, Munchy could hold a forum on why we won't call him 'rock' & 'where the fark is Gosford?'....hey this ideas got legs ya know....reckon I should post this in a new thread.?....(cos no-one reads ours!)

hitchy

Hitchy

./.....well I thought it was a good idea.......we could get all touchhy feely with the seppo's having a ride on the same day at the same time in each of their 50 states!.......I haven't noticed anyone from SA on out thread......but I s'pose thats cos its still 1954 in adelaide...bill gates won't be born for another 4 years!

hitchy

badsac

Yeah, that would be great. I've got to attend an engagement party in Orange on that day though. We'll have to see about the next one though.

531Aussie

hee hee hoo hoo ha ha koo koo li li bler bler



I know I wasn't supposed to, but I'm still working out what "ATABFR" stands for

Hitchy

...it actually wasn't that obscure given the subject d'jour A ussie T hread A t B ike F orms R ide


BTW, don't wanna intrude on your domain...but it's P!ssing down outside.....looks like Gym tinite instead of the bike!

Hitchy

531Aussie

Same here -- I've just dusted off the bench press