Do we all have our Ride Guides in out hands? A few more big hills early on than I expected. Day 3 has the first 20km uphill but downhill for the rest of the...
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Geoff Semon
oz_guy64
Feb 13, 2006 12:07 pm
We still haven't done our shirts either but I will do them in the next couple of days as we are catching the train to Wangaratta next Monday so it's a mad rush...
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Ken Williams
LJ1309
Feb 13, 2006 10:26 pm
I have all the bits but done nothing with it. ... From: Chris Horsfield To: sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:21 PM Subject:...
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Feb 14, 2006 6:05 am
Sounds a good warm up Geoff. I guess you are carrying all your gear so when you get to the Big Ride and offload a bit you will fly. I got an email asking us to...
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gongtandem
Feb 15, 2006 4:49 am
Hi Chris and all you guys. I'm not sure if you read the Tandem forums- http://www.bikeforums.net/forumdisplay.php?forumid=44 but if you search here Chris I'm...
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Geoff Semon
oz_guy64
Feb 15, 2006 5:46 am
Hi Chris I use Tri-flow which seems to work the best for me. (It is also brilliant on outside padlocks). White Lightning is ok and doesn't pick up dirt easily...
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Geoff Semon
oz_guy64
Feb 15, 2006 5:57 am
A good source for tandem info is the Mark Livingwood who contributes to tandem@hobbes and as Tandemgeek on Bike Forums. His website which is ...
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Feb 18, 2006 10:28 am
I am almost at T shirt making time. Should the text be in red or black? Chris...
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Geoff Semon
oz_guy64
Feb 19, 2006 8:23 am
I haven't had time to find another colour cartridge for my aging printer so ours are going to be black. I just have one more quote to do and then I will print...
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Feb 19, 2006 8:37 am
Have a good trip Geoff - I'm glad I'm not the only one doing things at the last minute. May you have nothing but tailwinds and no punctures. See you at...
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Ken
LJ1309
Mar 3, 2006 9:22 pm
It was a sad thing to be told my ride was over but I must say waking up in my own bed today was pretty good. The thought of the rest of you chaps out on the...
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sydneytandems@yahoogr...
Mar 6, 2006 3:04 am
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Mar 6, 2006 11:21 am
... Hi Ken, We survived the end of the ride but I am still recovering. The 90km day proved to be pretty tough. Endless hills, my speedo said 1200metres of ...
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Ken
LJ1309
Mar 6, 2006 11:44 am
Lisa has just come home from a meeting at her work and was told that lots of flats happend on the 90k day or the day before. The Police had to ferry tubes out...
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wd_malcolm
Mar 7, 2006 7:13 am
... The cheek of it! I suspect we all know that the "bend in the middle" type of cycle is a much harder beast to pull around, especially over a full 9 days....
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Ken
LJ1309
Mar 8, 2006 5:27 am
This could save some time on the big ride. http://www.airfreetires.com/ Also I emailed the organisers of Bike the Park as it is not that far off, and they tell...
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Mar 8, 2006 9:15 am
... I think the only dealer is Epic Cycles in Brisbane: *http://tinyurl.com/gvutu Dungog is up this way so we will give it some thought. Chris *...
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wd_malcolm
Mar 9, 2006 7:34 am
I've done PedalFest once, great countryside. Missus fell off her bike on the Friday evening ride and didn't ride for the rest of the weekend. Will put it in...
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Ken
LJ1309
Mar 9, 2006 9:07 am
I can not make it this Sunday as it is time for Rugby trials. Also I am still being told not to ride my bike by everyone who has an opinion. Be it right or...
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Geoff Semon
oz_guy64
Mar 9, 2006 10:25 am
I still haven't been on the bike yet since we've been back. Legs are just about feeling ok again after that wonderful 100km ride that we all (your excused Ken)...
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gongtandem
Mar 10, 2006 1:10 am
Phew! what a busy week settling back into reality. Sorry you had to leave early Ken, hope the boys werent too disappointed and we hope your knee heals quickly....
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Ken
LJ1309
Mar 10, 2006 7:55 am
Thanks Adrian, all is well I am going to give the trike a run to Parramatta and back tomorrow and see how I pull up. The boys wanted to keep going and have...
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wd_malcolm
Mar 12, 2006 12:14 am
Uploaded a couple more Big Ride photos today; plus added pictures of #1 and #2 rig to the member tandem photos. #2 is a real bugger to keep under control....
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cjhfield
Mar 12, 2006 2:08 am
I have uploaded some photos as well. Ken I have quite a few with you and the boys - if you send me your postal address I will send you a CD as they are too big...
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Mar 13, 2006 5:46 am
Geoff where do you get these tyres? I prev user IRC slicks. I replaced them with some lighter ones but the front one's side wall got damaged very easily and I...
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Roger Leigh
roger.leigh
Mar 13, 2006 6:29 am
Phantom www.phantomcycles.com.au have a good range of tyres. I used some Conti Travel Contacts from them on the ride and was very happy with them. Cheers ...
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Chris Horsfield
cjhfield
Mar 13, 2006 8:42 am
Thanks Roger. They seem to be 1.75" and I was hoping to try something narrower - I was using 1.5" and I did not know you could get 26" 1 and 1.25 tyres in...
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Ken Williams
LJ1309
Mar 13, 2006 8:57 am
http://www.phantomcycles.com.au/product.php?productid=3259&cat=55&page=1 ... From: Chris Horsfield To: sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 13,...
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Geoff Semon
oz_guy64
Mar 13, 2006 9:04 am
Hi Chris I bring these in from the US. They are a wire bead version of the Panaracer T-serv. Cost is about $45. On the website ...
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bluemover_2000
Mar 13, 2006 10:26 am
hi guys went for my first ride since i come home from big ride tonight,it took 1 week for my ass to heal from a 8 hour ride on sat,i had to ride standing up...
