hayleyearth Posted July 9, 2024 Posted July 9, 2024 On 6/25/2024 at 8:02 AM, patham said: Beware of deterioration! Amazing how hydraulic brakes turn to sponge, sealant turns into gunk, chains turn into friction generators, and gear indexing falls apart when bikes are left alone too long. My one spare bike became an absolute health hazard and was unrideable after sitting for 1.5 years. Expand I have stripped my beloved bike this past weekend and taken the fork, shock and dropper in for a full service. The bearings in the suspension links are done! Going to be good riding again after this, thinking of booking in weekends already with Layla. But I'm going to Japan from 1st Sep - end Nov (business), so will have to put that on hold a bit.
hayleyearth Posted July 9, 2024 Posted July 9, 2024 On 6/25/2024 at 7:56 AM, patham said: Just as a warning for Hayleyearth, this drowned Xenomorph from Aliens nearly gave me a heart attack when I saw it in a drainage pit in my backyard. I really, really, really never want to see a live one. Expand I'll actually be in Brisbane on 5th Aug, quick business trip (I'm employing someone there at the new Suntory factory in Swanbank).
patham Posted July 9, 2024 Posted July 9, 2024 On 7/9/2024 at 8:27 AM, hayleyearth said: I'll actually be in Brisbane on 5th Aug, quick business trip (I'm employing someone there at the new Suntory factory in Swanbank). Expand Swanbank- Ipswich. The Springs of Brisbane. Don’t judge us all like that please. But as you drive there you might see my hills of my local trails on the right hand side of the M5 highway from the airport just as you exit the Legacy Way tunnel. I’ll be in the vineyards outside Adelaide for a work conference that week, so I can’t offer a 1 hour tour….
Stretched@Birth Posted July 10, 2024 Posted July 10, 2024 On 7/9/2024 at 8:03 AM, hayleyearth said: Riding looks a bit different these day than what it did on The Spruit.... 10 points for the 1st one to recognize the old Spruit local Expand It’s Jay, glad to see he can still pedal a bicycle..: 🤪
patches Posted July 16, 2024 Posted July 16, 2024 On 7/10/2024 at 3:55 AM, Stretched@Birth said: It’s Jay, glad to see he can still pedal a bicycle..: 🤪 Expand Boy can he ever! I know when he first moved over he was commuting from Titirangi to Mt Wellington and back each day... and it's not a flat ride.
Wayne Potgieter Posted August 18, 2024 Author Posted August 18, 2024 BUMP How is everyone doing on this thread? Everyone ok? patches 1
E1A104 Posted August 18, 2024 Posted August 18, 2024 On 8/18/2024 at 8:57 PM, Wayne Potgieter said: BUMP How is everyone doing on this thread? Everyone ok? Expand All good thanks, was a wet weekend in Wellington... why am I surpised?
patches Posted September 9, 2024 Posted September 9, 2024 On 8/18/2024 at 8:57 PM, Wayne Potgieter said: BUMP How is everyone doing on this thread? Everyone ok? Expand Between the rubbish weather and the public holiday drought, this time of year is always a little bit of a slog. Labour day long weekend can't come soon enough!
Wayne Potgieter Posted September 9, 2024 Author Posted September 9, 2024 On 9/9/2024 at 9:39 PM, patches said: Between the rubbish weather and the public holiday drought, this time of year is always a little bit of a slog. Labour day long weekend can't come soon enough! Expand Absolutely agree. Any plans for the summer?
patches Posted September 10, 2024 Posted September 10, 2024 On 9/9/2024 at 9:44 PM, Wayne Potgieter said: Absolutely agree. Any plans for the summer? Expand We're about 5 days away from going unconditional on a little place in Takapuna. Once that happens and we settle (planned for late October), we're going to be broke as, haha! We have 1 last hurrah, 10 days in Sydney around labour weekend, but for a change we'll be doing Christmas the Auckland (with the in-laws possible coming over). Plus I'm on call at the hospital over this year's Christmas break (I manage to avoid it most years by going away), so not shaping up to be a very exciting summer. How about the Potgieter family? Anything fun planned?
Wayne Potgieter Posted September 10, 2024 Author Posted September 10, 2024 WOW - Thats cool news about the house. Yeah, also trying to save some pennies so a quiet December is planned. Other than some runcations we are going to hang around. Orewa is gorgeous over summer, so we will enjoy all it has to offer. patches 1
patches Posted September 10, 2024 Posted September 10, 2024 On 9/10/2024 at 12:13 AM, Wayne Potgieter said: WOW - Thats cool news about the house. Yeah, also trying to save some pennies so a quiet December is planned. Other than some runcations we are going to hang around. Orewa is gorgeous over summer, so we will enjoy all it has to offer. Expand The house thing is exciting but also not, haha! It's just a little investment property, which initially will require a significant rent top-up so it's going to cost a small fortune and we don't even get to enjoy it, haha!* RE: Orewa... indeed, far worse places one could spend their summer. I think Jaffas take the beauty of the Hauraki Gulf for granted at time. As I've probably mentioned before, when I went to Hawaii for the first time, I was left somewhat underwhelmed and thinking "Auckland and Northland have better beaches than this". *As an aside: it's crazy how one is willing to sign u for a 30yrs of debt (or drop some crazy cash) on a property they've visited once or twice for like 15min each time, but when it comes to buying a new bike part, headphones, or most other gadgets, we watch 20 YouTube reviews, read 5 articles and still question the heck out of the sales person, before committing. Wild! haha! davetapson 1
patches Posted February 3 Posted February 3 @Wayne Potgieter, great bumping into you at in the Koru lounge!
Wayne Potgieter Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 On 2/3/2025 at 10:47 PM, patches said: @Wayne Potgieter, great bumping into you at in the Koru lounge! Expand Likewise. Sorry I was a bit Frazzled. Had been stuck in traffic trying to get there and was super not excited about my trip. How was your trip?
hayleyearth Posted March 3 Posted March 3 Was wondering what is happening still on this thread... Not much over summer it seems with only one page for me to catch up on since I was last on here about 7 months ago!! The weather has been great, anyone been riding? I'm thinking off actually buying property in Rotorua, for short term rentals that should be a good reason to get down there more often!
patches Posted March 4 Posted March 4 On 3/3/2025 at 8:56 AM, hayleyearth said: Was wondering what is happening still on this thread... Not much over summer it seems with only one page for me to catch up on since I was last on here about 7 months ago!! The weather has been great, anyone been riding? I'm thinking off actually buying property in Rotorua, for short term rentals that should be a good reason to get down there more often! Expand You're right, suspiciously quiet here! Plus I was rude and missed Wayne's question about how a recent Melbourne trip was Riding... sadly no. My bikes are so dusty and lonely. I may even have forgotten how to ride a bike 😅 Most weekends are taken up with kids parties or house hunting (which is painful at the best of times, but extra tricky when dragging a toddler along, or trying to visit open homes around her nap times). A recent trip to Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula did have me considering a change of scenery. As much as I never feel "cool enough" for Melbourne, we had a great time in the city and noticed those extra features it has... ...it's still no South Island though, haha!
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