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GregC

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  1. No Go Pro's even... What about pink water bottles; red stripey socks; singing "chitty chitty bang bang" to myself...
  2. She "fixes" her plastic Engen motorbike while I work on mine. My bike that is, not my Engen motorbike, I get a professional to fix that.
  3. Yeah I watch her like a hawk. She selected all the tools herself, and tells me what I must tighten and "fix"
  4. If anyone needs any work done on their bikes...
  5. Your friend knows how to spoil himself...
  6. Hahaha thanks I'll try. I like going fast on my bikes but it helps to be able to go slowly too.
  7. Yeah it was only after mucking around so much on the Giant during diy-chain-tensioner-testing riding around in a small courtyard dodging dogs bowls and dogs that I felt a bit wobbly on the Scott.
  8. Thanks for suggestions. So far I've given up drinking and ordered a power balance suit from a nice Chinese online store. -Im a +- 1.6m shortass so my 15" Scott feels like the best fitting bike Ive had. The Giant is large because thats the frame that was going, its a project and I have a teeny 50mm stem on it. -Scott has a 75mm stem, if I sit in riding position, handle bar/stem intersection lines up with axel ( i was always told this is a sizing point?) -headset seems fine -pivots etc feel solid, although rear shock isn't as stiff as i feel it should be (i have it pumped slightly harder than my weight rating currently) -My wheel does appear to be sitting closer to the disc side?? -cant find training wheels in the colour I want
  9. So came to the conclusion that I feel a lot more steady on my slightly scrappy single speed project bike, than I do on my Scott dual suspension. My Giant singlespeed has a large frame, the Scott has a small frame. The Scott feels like the front wheel wants to fall over to the side, and feels generally "twitchy", but on the giant I feel like i can ride in a straight line at 0.001 kilometers an hour... Any suggestions welcome. thanks
  10. Im busy constructing a tensioner, I wanted the roller under the chain to maximize the wrap around the rear sprocket, but I cant seem to get the chain length to work in this scenario. If i remove another link, the chain will be too short, but if i leave it as is, it seems way too long and touches the chain stay. Running 17 and 34 ratio. Any ideas? Thanks
  11. Did you take this pic with a secret camera hidden in your fingernail? Extra super low-res
  12. Yeah this one was a Stash bar though. Took a close up.
  13. Bar is called a Stash bar. Made by Origin 8.
  14. Lots of weird and wonderful bikes in Sydney, everything from ancient rust buckets to unusual single speeds.
  15. This beauty got me to this spot this evening. Boardwalk along Curl Curl beach in Sydney.
  16. Did you air-lift that bike in there?
  17. Is that R67 vs R440 a week?
  18. Frame comes with the rear bracket
  19. Quite a few options for under 10k. Westdene cycles in JHB had at least 3 decent bikes for around that mark
  20. Used to get great service at Cajees Princess Crossing, had a look around, was a joke. Young guy "helping" was a bigger joke. Me: "Tell me about this bike." Him: "Its got a carbon frame" Me "Wow. For four thousand rand?" Him: "Um. Aluminium." Me: "Well which is it? Him: "Carbonaluminium"
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