New Pushbike(s)

[Big Dave]

Purchased two mountain bikes yesterday.
Co-pilot got a pretty standard unit but i lashed out on a slightly more upmarket machine. At $600 it's more than i paid for my first few motorcycles, but it's probably got better suspension than they had (and it's nowhere near the $3k plus the competition units ran out at)
24 speed shimano gears. great for the hills around here but aren't they a PITA to tune! new cables stretched and started dropping the chain - coulda taken it back to the shop, but no, muggins spent 3 hours this arvo getting them right.
Bloody good fun, even with the swolen knees and a sore arse. All part of the weight loss programme, but I can see me leaving the motorcycle at home and running the errands on the treadly for a while.
we don't need no steenkin' petrol. oooh my butt.....

[crashe]

But did you buy a helmet as well....
you must protect your noggon as well when riding these pushbikes...
You can buy really 'soft' seats for them now.. to protect your tush...

and where are the pics of these new bikes....?

[Big Dave]

But did you buy a helmet as well....
you must protect your noggon as well when riding these pushbikes...
You can buy really 'soft' seats for them now.. to protect your tush...

and where are the pics of these new bikes....?

Yesss muuuum - got new hats as well - I got a Bell for $50 - hers is a HJC for about the same. I'll snap a pic later.

[erik]

Good on ya.

I got me a mountain bike, doesn't seem that long ago, but it was actually at the start of the year. Got it secondhand through trademe, it's a basic one but I'm happy with it.

I've kinda been cycling on and off since I got it. First I thought I'd try cycling a little bit each day, but ended up getting sore knees. Anyway after lots of stuffing around I'm now cycling 3 times a week for just a short while (4.2km around the block twice, which is fairly hilly).
It's good fun though. Hopefully my knees will get more used to it and i'll be able to cycle longer and more frequently. I've got a couple of lecturers at uni that cycle to work each day - I kinda wish I could do that.
I'm starting to feel a bit fitter now, even if my knees aren't much better. Walking up stairs is easier and stuff.

Good luck with it.

[jrandom]

Purchased two mountain bikes yesterday...

Ha! A new mountainbike for $600?

Luxury!

I just barely escaped having to buy Mrs Random a $4,000 jobbie a couple of months back by giving her my $2,500 one and moving myself onto her old dunger (definition: almost a year old and cost less than $1,500).

And those bikes are just XC hardtails. I live in fear of the day that she wakes up and decides she needs a dedicated downhiller.

I guess I'll see you at the Karapoti Classic (www.karapoti.co.nz), then.

[Hitcher]

I guess I'll see you at the Karapoti Classic (www.karapoti.co.nz), then.
Are you shaving your legs yet?

[Coyote]

My Mongoose cost me 600 bucks, thought you were buying quality for a top name brand and at that price. But no. Gears change on you when you pedal harder, making you jump off the pedal and your groin slams into the frame. The frame creaks, even when I only weighed 50kg a few years back. And the shocks are too soft so when you go over a stone they bottom out

My Diamondback BMX however is much better. Not the greatest BMX bike as it weighs the amount of 3 decent BMX bikes, and its size is to suit a kid 5 years younger than me, but its never given me greif and never had to take it to the shop. Does good wheelies too

[Motoracer]

Ha! A new mountainbike for $600?

Luxury!

I just barely escaped having to buy Mrs Random a $4,000 jobbie a couple of months back by giving her my $2,500 one and moving myself onto her old dunger (definition: almost a year old and cost less than $1,500).

And those bikes are just XC hardtails. I live in fear of the day that she wakes up and decides she needs a dedicated downhiller.

I guess I'll see you at the Karapoti Classic (http://www.karapoti.co.nz/), then.

Eh? Yous are getting serious now?! How bout we hook up for some rides through wood hill or somefin.

Bloody pushbikes... My one costs just the same, if not more to maintain than an average small to mid sized motorcycle! (minus the rego and WOF fees ofcourse)

[Keystone19]

First I thought I'd try cycling a little bit each day, but ended up getting sore knees. Anyway after lots of stuffing around I'm now cycling 3 times a week for just a short while (4.2km around the block twice, which is fairly hilly).
It's good fun though. Hopefully my knees will get more used to it and i'll be able to cycle longer and more frequently. .

Eventually your knees will get used to the cycling action. The constant rotation action should smooth out a groove where your patella sits and it will become more comfortable. Just make sure your seat height is adjusted properly and that once you have it in the right position don't change it.

To get the right height you want to be able to sit on the seat with your leg extended. Your leg should be just about straight (knee slightly bent) with the ball of your foot on the pedal.

[jrandom]

Are you shaving your legs yet?

Kiwis never, ever, ever shall be shaved.

[Velox]

Kiwis never, ever, ever shall be shaved.

Sorry completely nothing to do with anything but...

Hi mate! Good to see you back, and that you've obviously still got some wise advice to share!

[jrandom]

Hi mate! Good to see you back...

Hay'm not back, hay'm a figgy mint of your h'imagination, etc.


...and that you've obviously still got some wise advice to share!

Wise? Me?

Attitude like that, you're *bound* to end up in trouble, girl.

[Velox]

Wise? Me?

Attitude like that, you're *bound* to end up in trouble, girl.

It's a wise man, grasshopper, who comes up with such an incitefull quote as "Kiwis never, ever, ever shall be shaved". :p

[Motoracer]

I should note, though, that I suck. I'm only MTBing because SWMBO likes it. I'm still slow as a wet week and twice as boring. A more timid downhiller there never was. We did the Woodhill 6-hour last month and she was lapping a full 10 minutes faster than me. I gave up two-thirds of the way through to eat hot chips and cheer the rest of the field on.

I'm a bit twitchy about Karapoti; it becomes more difficult to put your feet up and eat chips on a single loop that goes 50km out into the boonies.

Gee mate, you sound like a lot of fun... :yawn: You'r wife sounds like she could be fun to ride with though. :D

I'll get in touch with ya JR.

[Yokai]

Hope you got a decent bike... And it wasn't a second-hand Shoreline Trail - my MTB got ripped off about 4 weeks back... :oi-grr:

GRRRRR... otherwise I'd be out there joining in (anyone know how to get an MTB to WoodHill on the back of an SRV???!!!! :woohoo:

[Keystone19]

However, the idea of road *racing* with all that peloton stuff and drafting and wotnot scares the crap out of me.

Hehe, have you ever been in a Peleton travelling at 40+kph? It is the biggest buzz on a pushbike - believe me!!!

[jrandom]

Hehe, have you ever been in a Peleton travelling at 40+kph? It is the biggest buzz on a pushbike - believe me!!!

No. The *idea* scares me. I'm quite sure that I'm not coordinated enough to avoid wobbling or standing up at the wrong time and taking out a whole raft of other riders, domino-style.

I'll dip my tootsies in some club racing over the medium term and see how I go, though.

Must... upgrade... road bike... gnnnngghhhh... three-ring front sprocket too shameful...

Oooh, Ultegra components on TradeMe!

I'm turning into a very sad little man.

[vifferman]

I now have three pushies in the gargre, and have spent very nearly as much on them as I've spent on my motorcycles.
Heh... sounds like when I caught up with a friend of mine a few years ago. He's an engineer, and so was very picky about how the suspension, gears etc. on his new MTB should be. He couldn't get the model he wanted here, so he imported it from Murka. Just after he landed it, a shop who said, "No, we're not going to import those - there's too small a market and they're too expensive" bought some in, for a few hundred less than his cost. :doh:

Scary thing was his treadly cycle cost more than my VF500...
Couldn't go anywhere near as fast though.

[Keystone19]

No. The *idea* scares me. I'm quite sure that I'm not coordinated enough to avoid wobbling or standing up at the wrong time and taking out a whole raft of other riders, domino-style.

I'll dip my tootsies in some club racing over the medium term and see how I go, though.

Must... upgrade... road bike... gnnnngghhhh... three-ring front sprocket too shameful...

Oooh, Ultegra components on TradeMe!

I'm turning into a very sad little man.

Hehe, I have ultegra on my race bike, I also have a triple chain-ring at the front. Yeah, everyone calls me a wuss but it's there for a purpose. I mostly do multisport races these days and if you've just done a four hour run and you still have to grind 35km on a road bike over a biiiig hill, that granny gear sure saves your legs - specially if you have to do it all again the next day!

Best thing I found for peleton riding was to make sure I was ultra-comfortable with drafting and then just increased the group size, two then three and so on. Drafting is easy, just have to practice and have balls... :rofl: :rofl:

[Ixion]

Ha! A new mountainbike for $600?

Luxury!

I just barely escaped having to buy Mrs Random a $4,000 jobbie a couple of months back by giving her my $2,500 one and moving myself onto her old dunger (definition: almost a year old and cost less than $1,500).

And those bikes are just XC hardtails. I live in fear of the day that she wakes up and decides she needs a dedicated downhiller.

I guess I'll see you at the Karapoti Classic (www.karapoti.co.nz), then.

GWARK !

HOW much ???? :shit: :eek:

I've never paid that for a MOTORBIKE. *crosses pushbiking off list of possible future activities*

I must show this to Mrs Ixion. That'll shut her up suggesting biking as good exercise. Exercise for the wallet arm! Must make sure she is sitting down first, though. $243 at the Warehouse, still seems dear, who has them for $99 ?

Seriously , GWARK !

[erik]

Heh. I got mine for $225 secondhand through trademe. doesn't have any suspension, disk brakes or other fancy stuff, but it's good enough for getting fit.

[jrandom]

HOW much ???? :shit: :eek:

I've never paid that for a MOTORBIKE. *crosses pushbiking off list of possible future activities*

I must show this to Mrs Ixion. That'll shut her up suggesting biking as good exercise. Exercise for the wallet arm! Must make sure she is sitting down first, though. $243 at the Warehouse, still seems dear, who has them for $99 ?

Seriously , GWARK !

A colleague of mine is about to spend over $10,000 on a roadracer. He wants to hit sub-10 hours in the '06 Ironman.

*My* commuting/racing-at-the-back-of-the-pack road bike was the cheapest Trek in the store, at $1,200. I am not worthy...

[curious george]

Hey you lot!
What about we get ourselves organised for the woodhill 12hr race comming up?
I forget details like when it's on etc... I'll get back to ya.
I've been told it's something like Taup and Vegas, 5 people, 12 hrs.
Works out to 2.5 hrs each if you want to split it evenly, but we rarely do for soem reason.
Who's keen?
Or something in Coromandel? Even Karapoti?
I've done it a few times a few years back, but we could have a kiwibiker Auckland 'vs' Wellington comp....
Or something

[curious george]

A colleague of mine is about to spend over $10,000 on a roadracer.
Hey JR, tell your friend I hope he spends his money wisely.... I know this from experience.
I would expect almost 5k of that to be wheeles, if not..... :violin:

[Motoracer]

Hey you lot!
What about we get ourselves organised for the woodhill 12hr race comming up?
I forget details like when it's on etc... I'll get back to ya.
I've been told it's something like Taup and Vegas, 5 people, 12 hrs.
Works out to 2.5 hrs each if you want to split it evenly, but we rarely do for soem reason.
Who's keen?
Or something in Coromandel? Even Karapoti?
I've done it a few times a few years back, but we could have a kiwibiker Auckland 'vs' Wellington comp....
Or something

I might be keen. Have you got a website for this event?

[Phurrball]

GWARK !

HOW much ???? :shit: :eek:

I've never paid that for a MOTORBIKE. *crosses pushbiking off list of possible future activities*

I must show this to Mrs Ixion. That'll shut her up suggesting biking as good exercise. Exercise for the wallet arm! Must make sure she is sitting down first, though. $243 at the Warehouse, still seems dear, who has them for $99 ?

Seriously , GWARK !

Like the motorised variety, one gets what one pays for. At the time I purchased my fully suspended XC MTB, the rear shock was worth more to replace than my cage! It's all about the grin factor...:yes:

(Mental note to self, get fat, lazy arse on pushbikes to justify their not-so-small-in-dollar-terms existence in my gargre!:shit:)

[Hitcher]

A colleague of mine is about to spend over $10,000 on a roadracer.
Who is he buying for that amount, Lance Armstrong?

[mattt]

Hehe, have you ever been in a Peleton travelling at 40+kph? It is the biggest buzz on a pushbike - believe me!!!

Yeh it's awesome. Finished a lot of the 200km races in Europe in times well under 5hrs... Plus doing round lake taupo in a little over 3hr50 was a nice too. Fastest average for a race will have to be a tailwind stage a few days into the Southland tour - hicktown to hicktown at a 52k ave.

[Keystone19]

Hey you lot!
What about we get ourselves organised for the woodhill 12hr race comming up?
I forget details like when it's on etc... I'll get back to ya.
I've been told it's something like Taup and Vegas, 5 people, 12 hrs.
Works out to 2.5 hrs each if you want to split it evenly, but we rarely do for soem reason.
Who's keen?
Or something in Coromandel? Even Karapoti?
I've done it a few times a few years back, but we could have a kiwibiker Auckland 'vs' Wellington comp....
Or something

You've missed the Woodhill 12 hour - it was a couple of weekends back. There is the Taupo Day Night Thriller on October 1st. Check out www.daynightthriller.co.nz

I'll be a starter.

[inlinefour]

I have a GT Avalanche 2.0 and its finially a bike that I cannot break :woohoo: Nothing like going down a hill at stupid speeds and trying to told on for grim death. :devil2:

[Posh Tourer :P]

Damn if this is still going when I get back, I'm in. Havent mountain biked before, but keen on road. I'm average but then I didnt train. Right now I'm so out of condition it isnt funny. I think you kow the feeling JR.....

What I want to get into it adveture multisport.

'cept I cant swim, so triathlons are out.

[jrandom]

You've missed the Woodhill 12 hour - it was a couple of weekends back.

Great fun, too. I did the six-hour in a team of two.

Next year I'm going to train properly and have a crack at the 12-hour solo.

[beats chest manfully]

[Keystone19]

I can see it now:

The KiwiBiker Adventure Racing and Mountainbike Team

There's just one problem that I have found. It's bloody hard to tie a kayak and a mountainbike onto a motorbike...

[crashe]

I can see it now:

The KiwiBiker Adventure Racing and Mountainbike Team

There's just one problem that I have found. It's bloody hard to tie a kayak and a mountainbike onto a motorbike...

Mate now thats when you have a trailer attached to the back of your m/bike.
There are heaps out there with trailers who use them when they go away for weekends or touring around the countryside.

[Keystone19]

Mate now thats when you have a trailer attached to the back of your m/bike.
There are heaps out there with trailers who use them when they go away for weekends or touring around the countryside.


:rofl: :rofl:

a kayak, on a motorcycle trailer, this I have to see...

[Ixion]

I can see it now:

The KiwiBiker Adventure Racing and Mountainbike Team

There's just one problem that I have found. It's bloody hard to tie a kayak and a mountainbike onto a motorbike...

Meh. Ye of little faith. You just haven't tried. Here's the treadley, I'm working on the kayak. Thinking maybe adapt it as a sort of streamlined helmet cover.

[Keystone19]

Meh. Ye of little faith. You just haven't tried. Here's the treadley, I'm working on the kayak. Thinking maybe adapt it as a sort of streamlined helmet cover.

:Punk:

Can't wait to see the kayak...

[Big Dave]

Meh. Ye of little faith. You just haven't tried. Here's the treadley, I'm working on the kayak. Thinking maybe adapt it as a sort of streamlined helmet cover.

Use it AS the helmet. And Pushbike helmets are already the right shape.

[Ixion]

Use it AS the helmet. And Pushbike helmets are already the right shape.

Only if I can find a kayak with DOT or Snell certification

[Keystone19]

my kayak only weighs 12kg so weight shouldn't be a problem... :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[slob]

I've been commuting to work (10km each way) on my Trek 4400 hardtail (bought 2nd hand for $400) and I must say in comparison commuting on my motorbike feels absolutely boring! On the pushbike I get to (well maybe not legally) run red lights, switch between road and footpath and practice jumps off any raised surface!

Bought a 2nd hand Kona Coiler full suspension bike for $1400 a couple of months ago and was regretting it after riding it on the road a few times (it's a bastard to climb up hills on) - then I took it to WoodHill. Suddenly all the trails lost their bumps and everytime there was a downhill section, I'd leave all my mates on their hardtails waaay behind! Got to work up the courage to take on the harder jumps there though..

If anyone is interested, I'm thinking of doing the King country classic MTB race (http://www.kcclassic.co.nz)..

[Motoracer]

Meh. Ye of little faith. You just haven't tried. Here's the treadley, I'm working on the kayak. Thinking maybe adapt it as a sort of streamlined helmet cover.

Cool wheelie bar!