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xmas 1973 malvern star dragster could pull great wheelies ended up breaking the frame on pimple jumps. i loved my first bike with its big high rise cissy bar. banana seat for two and 3 speed stick shift. 1978 apollo race bike a mistake heavy and rust prone. 1980s girlfriends girlfriends a...

hi abbot am having a bit of a time pronouncing the full version one so "sigr-d" it is. sorry rick i posted my avatar a bit bigger from the build phase. taking "vendetta" out for a ride just does not seem right. maybe it should be" vendy " out for a ride in your vwindy conditions. dr silvio...

fantastic set up ratz. really well done. i have shamelessly copied your hydration storage solution. hope you used some inner tube to help isolate the topeak mount this time :) cheers jon and again a big thanks for sharing.

WOW looks spectacular bob. is that a solid disc or a cover. looks like a cover and i want one for my bike. where did you get that from wheelbuilder?

THANKS RATZ FOR THE LINK AND INFORMATION. AS EVER DETAILED AND INFORMATIVE. GREATLY APPRECIATED.

if you really loved your bike , bike budget and knees you would move house abbot. that is fair . sorry could not resist.

ratz this is exactly what happened to me. as i got a bit more experience i have let out the boom an inch or so for a straighter leg extension. still not 100% sure it is set to my liking exactly. small increments can make a big difference to the right "feel" of the bike. i am persisting with...

ahh ratz you make me laugh. "wobble" and a 400 mile release on naming rights.... cracks me up. got to say i like "scout" "whisper" and "sortie" i may yet find my steeds illusive name yet.;) hmm maybe "Dart" but my bike is definitely a lady....... and she is very fast and long distance is her...

i remember watching the abc (australian broadcasting commission) New Inventors program and seeing john tolhurst demonstrating his bike to the judges. hmm "interesting " i thought and hoped it went well for the aussie i . john took out the show with a surprise to me win. well done strike one up...

strava does have an elevation correction tool for each ride if your altimeter is plainly wrong. click on elevation on ride page. figures as discussed re: accuracy

okay so 2000klm on and am having great fun

d does this mean i cannot eat a hot dinner every three hours on a long ride anymore.......nooooooooooooo seriously my aim is to try and maintain my weight really difficult if over 30 deg c. on longer rides of 300klm or more. heck i had better get out and do one again soon :)

as i understand it ( i have fsa mega exo crankset and bb) the new shimano standard bb is as you say smaller in diameter. shimano sells an adaptor tool so that the common bb tool (sram gxp/ fsa mega exo/prev generation shimano) works with the adaptor tool. i understand if you place two tools...

hi abbot rethink the strava thing. it can be competitive sure but only if you partake. but it is a great social resource too and the strava cruzbike club is not a hairy chested competition but a support network where we can see each others actual rides. finally it is a simple tool for record...

go team cruzbike. be safe. be inspired and yes carrying for the week some 340klm into the ride may have had something to do with it. residual fatigue... or just a bad day. no matter larry is a champion for finishing so close. great performances from ben maria and larry. awesome effort. and a...

wow fantastic bike suz congratulations to yourself and now battleaxe too. gee they are a fine looking machine. enjoy your journey. stay safe. ride often and practice your skills. and come june you will be "who is that lady going past my 10k road bike on that cruzbike without a sweat... "

man the ramparts battleaxe! awesome bike. congratulations yay. i want a silvio too now . i am now at 1600klm mark on my new v2. ratz has posted a great learning summary. until i got to about 1200klm i was still unsure and would have moments of no control and at speed some times. i am still...

larry this subjectivity can be a problem riding through the night without the hard data illuminated and your performance can drift. i find myself nursing the garmin home without a backlight and not knowing what or actually perhaps in my case not caring exactly what the figure is. i use a...

lief truly remarkable accomplishment. those last 30 miles must have seemed like forever at the time. but you made it you did it you absolute gold plated champion. :) thanks to everyone for posting. living vicariously through cruzbikers exploits is very inspiring and perhaps some of us will...

that would be very very cool. hope some people cruzbikers can make it to cheer on and help.