OK, for those that want to "fill their car" with what I'd recommend as fairly bog std crap for long-ish touring rides (ex the Chch Weds Night Rides thread after I reminded them that a tyre kit wasn't a bad idea and then someone did a clutch cable too & then they got all smart-ass): Yeah, well I do carry one of those too - don't want the 6-weeks-ex-germany-its-unobtainium-otherwise BS I'd get via Murphys' law if i didn't have one!... But I thought I'd already lectured the obvious too ...
I have been house bound on Wednesdays for the last few weeks for various reasons, so the Wednesday wedges rides have been on hold. Last night I got "told" to go for a ride by my darling wife and come back a more resonable person. This usually works too ! I can become a bit of a handfull if I dont get a ride for a while. Thanks Nic! So I caught up with the Welly wednesday night ride and over the hill to Featherston it was. The ride over was good and the condition on the hill ...
KB has several groups which you can belong to access different site areas and functionality. You can check your group memberships in settings under Permission Groups. When you first join, you belong to the "registered" group. Over time, you can join the Senior Member group. How do I become a Senior Member? Once you have been an active member on Kiwi Biker for long enough, you will be made a Senior Member. This change is automatic once you have been an active ...
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Well, the day started as normally as I would expect, I got up, had breakfast and contemplated about what indulgences I could get up to. As it turns out, I remembered to go to Sylvia park to purchase two novels from my favourite cash draining locality. From there, it was but an easy decision to head off to the wild west and peruse some of the roads and locations. I wandered willy-nilly around the back blocks and hills of the Waitakeres. I went around to Piha and through to Karekare. ...
Yes, that’s right. Cycling. ‘Motorcycling’ but minus the motor part, which some would characterize as rather important... As I cycled, motorless, into work this morning I noticed three things. One, when I stop I put my left foot down. Stretched, on tippy toes, I keep the bicycle as upright as possible. Catching a glance of this in a shop window it looked quite ridiculous really. The habit of stretched-left-leg-right-foot-on-brake that I have picked up since riding the DR dies hard, ...
OK got the front sprocket, rear is coming in tomorrow morning. A mate and I got the rear wheel off to find the front sprocket nut is on very tight (well dah you might say) and I'm going to need a power socket / rench 32' to get it off, hopefully I can borrow them from a mechnic tomorrow after work. The chain is in good condition but had quite a bit of crappy grease on it, I cleaned what I could with meths (took freaking 45mins!) and will re-lube properly when its on ...
Last time we worked on the bike it was a major downer. She fired up instantly but within a couple of runs a major death rattle appeared. We stood around, arms folded just staring at her for a good half an hour before we said "fuck it" and went and drank more beers. Anyway, we found what we suspect the problem was - a severe case of clueless fuckwit muppets with tools. Someone had loosened off every single nut they could get a socket on with the sump off, which meant the conrod caps ...
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