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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... 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 ...
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...
... 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....
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
http://www.phantomcycles.com.au/product.php?productid=3259&cat=55&page=1 ... From: Chris Horsfield To: sydneytandems@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 13,...
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...
Geoff I think you should set up an Aussie franchise of Tandem East. Is that AUS$45 plus shipping? If so I would like 2. I will have a look at the Tandem East...
Hi Blue, Fred and Barb are members now so they will be getting your post as well. I went out for a spin with John T on Saturday on our trikes. My right knee...
I have cracking in the side walls of the tyres on my tandem so I am up for two more as well. I am the same as Chris if the numbers are $AUD45 ea + shipping...
Which bank are you going to rob for Christmas Ken :o). The Trident convertible does look like fun. One of the friends we were travelling with on the BNSW ride...
Hi bluemover Fred and Barbara have been trying to reply but they have been having trouble posting to the list. If you send me an email containing your email...
Thanks Geoff. If your package's value is over a certain amount you may get charged GST. I have never had this problem but I think the amount is somewhere...
A quick note to say hello to everyone. I probably recognise half of you by site, but fewer by name. Chatting with Geoff on the big ride he told me to look up...
Welcome Adrian, yes it is a site for all tandemists and I am regretting the name, as I have been told by those from down south and up north I should have gone...
Hi Guys Barb and I have just got our soma 26 *1.25 tyres from Geoff. They are fantastic and I suspect that it won't be too long before most of our tandems are...