Spare pushbike in Auckland?

**R6_kid:Me** · 28th November 2006, 08:40

As anyone able to lend me a pushbike to get to work on for a month or so? It'll be kept in a locked garage at home and chained up down the corridor in view from where i work.

Only have one in the family at the moment which my father is using to get to work on already.

**crashe** · 28th November 2006, 08:58

Got a warehouse blue 'Milano' pushbike here..... handle bars and seat adjustment to make it to your size.... as it is all lowered for my height.
Been hanging in the garage for a couple of years but still in great nick.... just have to pump up the tyres... still has its chicken strips on it....

You can borrow that if you want.... it does have lots of gears (about 18 I think) on it to help you go up hills.

**Ixion** · 28th November 2006, 12:28

Got an Avanti mountain bikey thing , 18 apologies for gears , you're very welcome to borrow . Very welcome, cos then I have a perfect excuse for not doing the "ride push bike for exercise to lose weight " thing. Not that it works anyway, cos all the roads round here lead inevitably to pubs. I can throw it in the Pajero to bring it round to you if y'need. As far as I'm aware it's all good, but I'm no expert on treadlies. Seems to work for me anyway. Size is for a bloke around 5/9" or a bit more.

**McJim** · 28th November 2006, 12:30

PM on it's way

**Keystone19** · 28th November 2006, 12:33

Bahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaa.....

**Mr Skid** · 28th November 2006, 13:01

I've got something here though it might require some kenad-it..

**McJim** · 28th November 2006, 13:03

Originally Posted by Mr Skid

I've got something here though it might require some kenad-it..

Yuck - it's covered in Shitmano too - not a decent Campagnolo equiped piece of kit then....

**Mr Skid** · 28th November 2006, 13:06

Originally Posted by McJim

Yuck - it's covered in Shitmano too - not a decent Campagnolo equiped piece of kit then....

Groups sets are ok, though wheels are a bit to be desired - it has/had a set of WHR-550s and I had to pull the tires & tubes to drain them after riding in the rain.

**jrandom** · 28th November 2006, 13:13

Originally Posted by McJim

Yuck - it's covered in Shitmano too - not a decent Campagnolo equiped piece of kit then...

Just out of interest, why do you prefer Campy?

I ride Ultegra because I saved about a grand over equipping my bike with Chorus. Campag is very expensive here, for some reason. Yes, the guys at the shop are always going on about how I need to put Record carbon on my next bike, but, you know... WTF?

Mrs Fish rides Chorus with a compact crank, and as far as I can tell from playing on her bike, it's much of a muchness, quality-wise. My drivetrain actually seems to shift a little more smartly, which I like.

**McJim** · 28th November 2006, 13:22

Originally Posted by Fish

Just out of interest, why do you prefer Campy?

I ride Ultegra because I saved about a grand over equipping my bike with Chorus. Campag is very expensive here, for some reason. Yes, the guys at the shop are always going on about how I need to put Record carbon on my next bike, but, you know... WTF?

Mrs Fish rides Chorus with a compact crank, and as far as I can tell from playing on her bike, it's much of a muchness, quality-wise. My drivetrain actually seems to shift a little more smartly, which I like.

The real reason? No Bullshit?

I used to live in Italy and have a lot of friends there - I therefore like Italian stuff. Shimano and Campagnolo have been developing their groupsets neck and neck for some years now. I've also seen an agressive market dominance gained by Shimano and their statements of "If you have any Shimano components on your bike you must equip your entire bike in Shimano as it's not compatible with any other manufacturer's components" tended to stick in my throat too. In short - I like the underdog...and back in the UK there's not a lot of $ difference between Record and Dura-Ace.

**jrandom** · 28th November 2006, 13:33

Originally Posted by McJim

In short - I like the underdog...and back in the UK there's not a lot of $ difference between Record and Dura-Ace.

Fair enough too, and a very common attitude. If I wasn't stuck down here where every item of European import costs twice as much as it should, I'd do the same. However, like I said, in NZ you save serious coin by sticking with Shimano.

In particular, the people who spend enough on the likes of Veloce, which isn't that great, that they could have gotten Ultegra instead? That's just sad.

If Dura-Ace was good enough for Lance Armstrong, it's good enough for me, and it's going on my next ride, which will probably be a Kuota. I guess we'll just have to wait and see whether popular wisdom is correct and that combination will cause the bike to cancel itself out, anti-matter style, in an outraged explosion of uncoolness.

**Ixion** · 28th November 2006, 13:42

Originally Posted by Fish

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In particular, the people who spend enough on the likes of Veloce, which isn't that great, that they could have gotten Ultegra instead? ,,

What ? Not the Veloce? I know nothing of the rest of it, but that's a noble name with which to conjure.

**McJim** · 28th November 2006, 13:49

Originally Posted by Ixion

What ? Not the Veloce? I know nothing of the rest of it, but that's a noble name with which to conjure.

I suspect there to be a conflict of contexts arising shortly (as I'm sure you do too!) to clarify - Veloce in this context is used to denote a bicycle groupset of the 'budget' variety manufactured by Campagnolo in Italy. Many of the bits that should be carbon fibre or at least aluminium alloy are made from plastic etc...but it does bear the brand....

Since the word 'Veloce' just means 'Fast' I suspect there to be a veritable plethora of applications of this word in the wheeled industries.

**Mr Skid** · 28th November 2006, 13:53

Originally Posted by McJim

I've also seen an agressive market dominance gained by Shimano and their statements of "If you have any Shimano components on your bike you must equip your entire bike in Shimano as it's not compatible with any other manufacturer's components" tended to stick in my throat too.

I was reading a Shimano ad where it talked about the design of their chainrings. It infered that, although another company could produce a facsimile, unless they understood how it was designed, it wouldn't work.

Huh?
Sounds like the start to an interesting discussion on metaphysics and identity theory, but I'll still rather have a Cannondale si unidirectional carbon crank on my SystemSix thank you.

Have you seen the Campag "Complete Organism" ads however? They seem to be taking the same approach as Shimano.

I'll scan the ad's and post them, if you want.