The push bike thread

[Water Boy]

Which bike shop do you work at dude?

I ride street bmx, and skate park at times.

Frame - Eastern Jane
Pedals - Odyssey
Forks - Odyssey GI forks
Rims - Front hoffman w/ light weight hub, rear Odyssey Hazard w/ Left hand 9 tooth
Cranks - Primos
Brakes - None
Tyres - Animal ASM
Chain - KMC Kool

Nice ride mate. Why did you go for the left side drive (Do you grind right side?)

I work at Bicycle Workshop in Ringwood. (Just up the road from the skate park)

[GeorgeMK1]

Neeh its not that good. You guessed it, im sick of damaging my sprocket, so i thought i'd be different with a left side hub.

I dont think i've ever gone that far, furthest skatepark i've been to was Camberwell. I see alot of good riders there. Have you ever been to my local, Rampfest near Tottenham?
As soon as i get my license, buying roof racks and getting back into bmx

[gareth_oau]

haha dub_star Ive got a Diamondback Topanga as well.

Getting a bit old now - if I rode more (anh had the cash) I'd like a nice Scott Spark

[bigfoot]

Bianchi 928 Carbon / Campagnolo 11sp Record + Chorus / Fulcrum R3s

Drool

I might be getting my hands on the Oltre Nero

Bit of carnage at the TdU last night! Cav went down heavily in the last 5km and took out half a dozen others and broke CJ Sutton's bike clean in two. Another stack in the final 300m resulted in a broken collar bone for Bernie Sulzberger McKewan took second for the stage and the overall lead.

1 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Radio Shack
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team

Santos Tour Down Under: Stage 2, Route Maps & Results | Cyclingnews.com

[Water Boy]

Neeh its not that good. You guessed it, im sick of damaging my sprocket, so i thought i'd be different with a left side hub.

I dont think i've ever gone that far, furthest skatepark i've been to was Camberwell. I see alot of good riders there. Have you ever been to my local, Rampfest near Tottenham?
As soon as i get my license, buying roof racks and getting back into bmx

Yeah I do hit up rampy a bit. "Take it to resi" Camby used to be where all teh good riders rode but now it juts full of scooter fags, kids with too much money and underage girls who grind ay gears.

Im really more keen on riding trails. I <3 DIRT

[bigfoot]

Has been a massive few weeks in the cycling world with Jack Bobridge winning in style at the Australian Open Road Championships and Cameron Meyer taking put the Men's Elite Time Trial. Both these guys are only in their early 20s and have massive futures...

Bobridge Breaks Boardman's Record | Cyclingnews.com

Australia's Jack Bobridge has broken Chris Boardman's 4000m individual pursuit world record of 4:11.114 today on Sydney's Dunc Gray Velodrome at the nation's elite track championships.

Bobridge had previously held the fastest 'non-superman' individual pursuit time - set during last year's Australian National Track Championships - but after stopping the clock at 4.10.534 this afternoon he now holds the fastest mark ever.

Meyer out-muscles the sprinters

WEST Australian powerhouse Cameron Meyer has all the ingredients to one day become a giant in stage racing, judging by his overall victory in the Tour Down Under.

[bigfoot]

Tour of Qatar

Haussler wins stage 2 in bunch sprint

Heinrich Haussler (Garmin-Cervélo) gave an early indication of his 2011 ambitions with a thrilling sprint victory on stage two of the Tour of Qatar. The Australian won a tight dual with Daniele Bennati (Leopard Trek) in the finishing straight to move within one second of Tom Boonen's (Quick Step) gold jersey

[Water Boy]

Splinter from the track world cup:

[Greg Roles]

[Pepe]

Can't believe I didn't notice this thread...

Used to live in Canberra, was a lot easier to ride there than on Sydney's north shore (aka we'll run you bloody cyclists off the road! region)

My ride has a bit of history... used to race road, mountain and track back in high school. Had myself a lovely Kerry Hopkins Reynolds 531 custom frame made up in 1993 with the first 105 groupset with the fancy brake shifters Cost me a lot of dosh back in the day (well, at $5.20/hr Maccas was paying anyway). Fell out of love with cycling not long after I got it due to the restrictions placed on junior cyclists (I was 6'3" at 14 y/o) so my bike sat unused and unloved for many years.

Fast forward to 2009, my wife signed me up for the Sydney to Gong ride. I needed a set of wheels for it, the options were to either buy a new bike, or pull the old girl out of storage and see what I could do.

Went the trusty old frame, ponyed up for an Ultegra 6700 groupset and wheels, new saddle, and a bit of a clean up. Looks an absolute treat! Every second person at the Gong ride wanted to check it out, retro chic I guess!

[bigfoot]

Sydney's north shore (aka we'll run you bloody cyclists off the road! region)

really, where are you riding??

west head, akuna, bobbo, old pacific etc hwy are brilliant

[bigfoot]

Splinter from the track world cup:

pic wont open for me...is that the malaysian guy?

[Pepe]

really, where are you riding??

west head, akuna, bobbo, old pacific etc hwy are brilliant

I live right near the intersection of the Pacific Highway and Ryde Road... Sunday morning is about the only time I've not had someone attempt to run me off the road. And I'm a pretty considerate cyclist too.

[bigfoot]

Urban downhill!!!

[*thad*]

fark that is cool. I aim to get back into down hill again soon but thats mad. going through a shop door then off that ledge!!!!