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btw seeing as this has become the official Melbourne thread. What's you fav Melbourne bike shop?

Mine has to be Melbourne Bikes in Clifton Hill - cause my mate works there and gives me stuff for free and never charges me for his work/time. Awesome. It's also a great shop and the staff are passionate about bikes.

It's pretty cold here in Melb today and has been for most of the last few months. Possibly colder than its been in England in Winter. Bitterly cold. A bunch of ppl have said its the coldest they'd ever known it to be. I should go back to Cairns.

They did. I had an interview today and had to be directed. The person arranging the interview was like "go to Spencer Street station and then...." and I was like "what street station?"

I've always known it as Southern Cross - but then I've only been here since end of May.

hardhat! I know you from other places (I'm Brob on HumHum). Fancy seeing you here!

oldie but goldie.

hippy [quote]David K It's all down to hippy and aidan, who apparently do nothing but post on here for a living.

The benefits of human cloning, proved.[/quote]

Surely it should be "Proven"

Sorry.

I'll shutup

what is the blip on the graphs?

Where it shoots down to zero and back.

OMG. Want. Now.

I'd quite like to cover a bike in coke cans. Have to tape or filler up the edges though.

teenslain Hey Tallsam, Whereabouts in Australia are ya? I'm moving to Brisbane next year, can't wait to leave London behind... :-D
Saw tons of hardcore cyclists while I was there over xmas/new year, lotsa knee-crunchin' hills in that town...

Melbourne. Home of Phil Anderson, The Hell Ride, Track Cunt (I think most of you know who he is). Oh and tour newbie's: Simon Gerrans and Brett Lancaster

Cycling seems to be bigger in Aus than in the UK but then they do have the weather. Also most main roads are huge (like 6 lanes) and lots have bike paths but even if they don't there is always space for the cars to go round without getting too close. Doesn't stop some ppl trying to show you the back end of their car in great detail though.

Also it helps that they have so many good tour cyclists.

kipsy [quote]Being as I don't ride fixed and don't live in London you may wonder why I come here (infrequently). I just like bikes and talking about them. I find the whole fixed craze quite funny. It's like the Skateboarding craze about 10 years ago but for ppl a bit more grown up. I think its great though. More bums on bike seats is a very good thing imo.

I remember the skateboarding craze as being 30years ago!? (bolocks, did I miss another one?)

Is my memory starting to go......[/quote]

Yeah then too. I guess it kinda got popular again. Whoever said its 10 year cycles is probably right. I just remember in about 96 I got a new board after not having one for a good 5 years or so. I gave up soon after. I'm shit. Taught me not to follow crazes. :)

I forgot to add that I had a Harry Hall frame that I was making into a single speed before I left. I was taking way too long doing it so I kinda bodged together the last few parts. It was never a great ride. Gave it to my dad who is gonna undo all my work and turn it into yet another geared roadie. Might pinch it back when I return though.

Fair enough. I think your case is a bit of a rarity though.

That chain is proper fugly.

I used to have a Harry Hall. Nice frames.

you should probably give him some idea on quantities. 1 carton, 2?

I don't ride fixed. Used to. Didn't like it.

Coasting is the best part of cycling (IMO). I know I'm not gonna win many friends here saying this but just being honest.

Been riding bikes since I was physically able:
little kiddie bikes
Raliegh Striker (mini grifter)
Raleigh Styler (Basically a Mag Burner but yellow)
Sid Standard Superbe 531 tubed Racer
MS Racing MTB (company later stopped making bikes under their own name and made bikes under the alpinestars name - alpinestars being the motorcycling clothing brand. Was one of the first alu MTB's - still got it and it works fine)
A long long time riding these two bikes.
Gave Superbe back to my dad when he was worried about me breaking it as I was becoming fascinated with trying to be a stunt biker
Raleigh Record Ace - converted to single speed then to 6 gears.
Raleigh framed (?) fixed wheel later converted to single speed freewheel
Paragon fixed - only a loan really from my dad, had to give it back when I got so scared about scratching it I stopped riding it all together (its very nice)

Plus a few more BMX's along the way as an adult (some Dyno thing, Schwinn Hydramatic, converted 80's night burner, Redline John Purse sig cruiser)

and a cast of loads more randoms that I've had and broken quickly, sold quickly, given away etc...

The remaining bikes (I still have around half of them) are in England. But I'm in Australia. Whilst here I've accumulated:
Melbourne bikes MTB
Gemini racer (nothing special, Exage grade stuff)
and a "Dutch bike" which cost me $10 and is amazing. I probably ride this one more than the others.

Being as I don't ride fixed and don't live in London you may wonder why I come here (infrequently). I just like bikes and talking about them. I find the whole fixed craze quite funny. It's like the Skateboarding craze about 10 years ago but for ppl a bit more grown up. I think its great though. More bums on bike seats is a very good thing imo.

I may build myself up a fixed wheel when I get back to England. I have a dream single speed commuter build in mind so may as well make it flip flop. But honestly I just don't like riding fixed.

BTW I've always had access to fixed and other bikes (my dad is a collector) so its not like I've not had the exposure.

nv55 You can get adapters to do it the other way round, but I've never heard of one that goes that way.

Quill stems are shit anyway - they fuse into the forks because it's impossible to get an airtight seal and water and stuff gets in. I had a quill stem that fused and had to cut it away from the fork steerer to get it out. Then had to throw both away.

Quill stems aren't shit really are they?

We all managed fine on them for years. I still use them on my roadie. True, AHead is a better system but quill is just fine for most ppl. If you maintain your bike thoroughly quills are fine and won't fuse. Lets remember as well we're only riding a bike along a road. If you were riding BMX Freestyle or Freeride or Trials then yes a quill would be stupid. Aheadsets are a bit overkill on road bikes for my liking.

another one that doesn't listen to music and ride. But those B&O headphones (the inner ear ones) look pretty cool

I generally just rub it off with my hands. It's such a satisfying job.

I've had the same problem on a couple of bikes. I just used spacers but its not ideal. Especially if it worked fine before.

MAtt Hoffman is pretty crazy. Have you seen his latest thing? It's like a parachute with a motor. It's nuts. Google it or check on thecomeup bmx blog.

bookmarked.

Holy crap thats bad. I dunno what tyre would've stopped that puncture.

Are you gonna get a new rim?

rakan Wandsworth council tips is one of the best places in London!

The building i live is in a little alleyway, on one side their are gardens all with falling down fences, i can see someone has a stack of bikes which havent been used for ages piled up in there - however im too scared to either sneak around in their garden or knock on their door because they are always having nasty domestics.

Pics?

Nice one. Good work.

jefefelipe I might have a cheeky bid on these, I have a std.metallic front one

a red one on the rear of a fixed will stand out like a baboon's arse

I had a pair of these, plus hubs, levers and chainring. Sadly (for you) it was on a BMX (1980's Raliegh Nightburner)

hope you get to them before a bike dealer does.