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- 25 Dec 2011, 16:41
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: To all the Cycling Fraternity...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2151
Re: To all the Cycling Fraternity...
Oatley and the St George Cycling Clubs have been notified
- 25 Dec 2011, 08:43
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: To all the Cycling Fraternity...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2151
Re: To all the Cycling Fraternity...
Suggest you send this query to the St George Bicycle Club or the Oatley Cycling Club. Would be good if they were made aware of this thug in their area.
- 23 Dec 2011, 16:22
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: 1950s steel road bike vs 2009 carbon road bike - TT
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1566
1950s steel road bike vs 2009 carbon road bike - TT
I was never one to get into the steel is real and carbon is plastic argument. If I have, it was largely for fun and nothing more. In other words, my love of steel bikes has nothing to do with performance and more to do with the history and expertise behind them. Came across an interesting comparison...
- 21 Dec 2011, 20:30
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Valley Wheelers February Ride - 12 February (Johhny Warren)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4240
Re: Valley Wheelers February Ride - 12 February (Johhny Warr
Seriously, this is all getting a bit too serious . People just want to have fun. Who cares who or what we call ourselves; we are still members of the DHBC. Whether some of us like or appreciate older bikes is immaterial.m
- 21 Dec 2011, 10:03
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Valley Wheelers February Ride - 12 February (Johhny Warren)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4240
Re: Valley Wheelers February Ride - 12 February (Johhny Warr
Thought the so-called 'Valley Wheelers' are part of the DHBC. If not, shouldnt this be clarified in some way?
- 19 Dec 2011, 08:16
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: old Bike ads
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1814
Re: old Bike ads
Great Ad!
When riding with a wind blowing from behind, it does feel like you do have wings.
When riding with a wind blowing from behind, it does feel like you do have wings.
- 16 Dec 2011, 20:47
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Interviews with old Steel bike frame builders - Qld and Vic
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1661
Interviews with old Steel bike frame builders - Qld and Vic
Hi, Thought some of you might be interested in watching interviews with old (and some new) steel bicycle frame builders. These interviews were done by a guy in Brisbane, Gavin Bannerman. He did a series of interviews with Qld based frame builders and in the last month completed several interviews wi...
- 16 Dec 2011, 06:45
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Older eBay items.
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15428
Re: Older eBay items.
I know some of us trawl thru ebay and other sites looking for vintage bike stuff regularly. Would be nice to have a few interesting links posted out.
- 14 Dec 2011, 19:01
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1960s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6788
Re: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1
The special race idea is a good one. Jo, would you like to contact her on behalf of the DHBC? Feel it is more appropriate if someone with a longer history with the DHBC (i only joined in July this year) or a DHBC committee member does so. Am not sure if she has an email address, but then havent had ...
- 14 Dec 2011, 16:08
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1960s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6788
Re: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1
Found her! She works at Civic Bikes in Newcastle. I just called the shop and was told she only works Saturdays. Now that we have her contact number and she will be told the DHBC is keen to get in touch, what do we do from here? Invite her for the next DHBC function? Guest speaker? Write a column on ...
- 14 Dec 2011, 12:41
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Valley Wheelers ride Sunday 8th January
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3522
Re: Valley Wheelers ride Sunday 8th January
Exceptions will also be granted for anyone who has a Caminade Caminargent . (French aluminium bike with octagonal tubes from the 1930s, http://www.classicrendezvous.com/France/bicycles/Caminade/Caminade_city_bike_HS.htm[/quote] Damnit! Tossed one out last month during the council cleanup! :lol:
- 12 Dec 2011, 21:06
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Bicycle Club trips: how little things have changed
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2351
Re: Bicycle Club trips: how little things have changed
[quote="lindsay"]Here's a couple of pics I've found of Waratah Rovers. Don't know much about these guys however I think they were around perhaps shortly after this period? The 'Rovers' were around in the 1880s. Not sure where they were based, but if they're meeting point was at Petersham T...
- 12 Dec 2011, 12:26
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Bicycle Club trips: how little things have changed
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2351
Bicycle Club trips: how little things have changed
I came across a news article from a Sydney-based paper from the late 1880s. The article recounted how local bicycle groups did regular cycle runs: 1. Sydney to Windsor (34 miles). Had to cycle towards Parramatta. Road was difficult but greatly improved once pass Parramatta. Then made way through Bau...
- 11 Dec 2011, 21:07
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Valley Wheelers ride Sunday 8th January
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3522
Re: Valley Wheelers ride Sunday 8th January
Count me in!
- 08 Dec 2011, 14:31
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1960s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6788
Re: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1
Harder than I thought; getting Margaret McLachlan's (nee Miller) contact details.
If anyone has any leads out there, please don't hesitate to try.
Regards
marc
If anyone has any leads out there, please don't hesitate to try.
Regards
marc
- 07 Dec 2011, 21:38
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: A Couple of Oppy's Bikes
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2839
Re: A Couple of Oppy's Bikes
Can you imagine doing a cadence of 90-100rpm on those things? Need legs like tree trunks.WTF
is that front chain ring for real
- 07 Dec 2011, 08:55
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: The Red Touring Bicycle Club from Brisbane
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2220
Re: The Red Touring Bicycle Club from Brisbane
Yeah, you're probably right. Poor guys.They all probably went on a long tour to Turkey in 1914...
- 07 Dec 2011, 08:48
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Marrickville's own: early 1950s Alcone Road Special
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1544
Marrickville's own: early 1950s Alcone Road Special
Hi In the last couple of weeks I was privileged to acquire a rather rare early 1950s Alcon road bicycle frame. The Alcon name is significant to the Marrickville area. Alcon Cycle Works was set up at 312 Victoria Road (about 200m from the M'ville Cafe), Marrickville in about 1948 by Alvia Mervyn Conn...
- 06 Dec 2011, 15:07
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: The Red Touring Bicycle Club from Brisbane
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2220
Re: The Red Touring Bicycle Club from Brisbane
Dont know who these guys are or what club the 'Red club' is, but if they are as uppity as they look, their club wouldnt have lasted very long after 1913. By around the end of the first decade of the 1900s, the rich were abandoning the bicycle for the motor car. Around this time, the bicycle was beco...
- 03 Dec 2011, 09:07
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1960s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6788
Re: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1
That heaps of info on Margaret, Jo.
DHBC should invite her back for one of our functions as a guest and/or speaker, or something like that.
marc
DHBC should invite her back for one of our functions as a guest and/or speaker, or something like that.
marc
- 02 Dec 2011, 21:24
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1960s
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6788
DHBC girl beats boys in competitive racing back in the 1960s
Came across this article from the Australian Women's Weekly (dated May 1967). The story is about Margaret McLachlan (nee Miller) formerly from the DHBC. Margaret was an amateur racing cyclist but was so good often competing with and beating men. Consequently the NSW Amateur Cycling Union banned her ...
- 02 Dec 2011, 06:24
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Dulwich Hill Club 1908-1988 book - anybody got a copy?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1829
Re: Dulwich Hill Club 1908-1988 book - anybody got a copy?
Like John said, it'll be rather hard to find a copy today. I put in a acquisition request to Ashfield Library a few days ago. Will see what they say. Maybe someone living in the Marrickville council area can do the same with Marrickville library. Notice the book was a private publication (not with a...
- 19 Nov 2011, 20:29
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Canterbury Velodrome
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8128
Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Thought it might be a nice way to end this thread by providing a listing of all the past and present velodromes and/or bicycle related sites in Sydney - built between 1900 to present. This info was largely (not entirely) lifted from the following website, but edited to give it a velo perspective: ht...
- 18 Nov 2011, 12:25
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Dulwich Hill spotted
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 302922
Re: Dulwich Hill spotted
If that tall thin person was riding a small wheeled folding bike, it was me.
I wasnt that miserable. Lovely morning. Enjoy enjoy.....
marc
I wasnt that miserable. Lovely morning. Enjoy enjoy.....
marc
- 15 Nov 2011, 19:15
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Canterbury Velodrome
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8128
Re: Canterbury Velodrome
I also read somewhere (can't find it now) that there was another 'velodrome' at Hammond Park, Croydon/Ashfield. This is only about 3 kms from the original Canterbury velodrome in Canterbury. Cycle racing as a sport must have been huge back then. In fact I went to the Maritime Museum with the kids on...
- 15 Nov 2011, 11:30
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Canterbury Velodrome
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8128
Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Took me awhile but finally found the info I was looking for. I have provided a link to the history of the original Canterbury Velodrome located on the present Mitre 10 site (or thereabouts) at Charles St, Canterbury. http://www.photosau.com.au/canterbury/scripts/genericIncluder.asp?filename=info/Edw...
- 06 Nov 2011, 17:11
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Advice Welcome. Riding Accident. Bike Destroyed
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4539
Re: Advice Welcome. Riding Accident. Bike Destroyed
Bill Sorry to hear of your accident. Good to hear both riders weren't hurt but what horrible damage to a beautiful bike. :cry: If this accident happened despite the fact both parties were riding responsibly, I believe the relevant councils should be notified of this - it is their responsibility to k...
- 03 Nov 2011, 13:20
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: SBS at risk of losing Tour Down Under
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3783
Re: SBS at risk of losing Tour Down Under
Not to mention the over the top number of ad breaks
- 01 Nov 2011, 21:34
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: New frame (some assembly required)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11682
Re: New frame (some assembly required)
I think the only other person in DHBC who builds steel bikes (penny farthings) is Alan Sumner. Anyone else?
- 01 Nov 2011, 20:47
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: New frame (some assembly required)
- Replies: 43
- Views: 11682
Re: New frame (some assembly required)
Wow, hope all goes well.
Am sure all will work out well and you'd be an expert old skool frame builder in no time.
A Jim Bundy in the making
Marc
Am sure all will work out well and you'd be an expert old skool frame builder in no time.
A Jim Bundy in the making
Marc
- 03 Oct 2011, 18:04
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Race Weight
- Replies: 167
- Views: 46581
Re: Race Weight
Find this thread hilarious. Coincidentally my wife is horrified when i told her about this thread. She hates those anorexic mountain climbers on TdF. I jokingly told her I was aiming to get a body like that and she believed me! Problem is that I use to be like that in my early 20s, and have the prop...
- 20 Sep 2011, 14:56
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Swap meet being organised
- Replies: 0
- Views: 749
Swap meet being organised
Someone on the BNA Bicycle Cycling Forums (Retro Bikes) is organising a Swap Meet in Sydney. At the moment there is a short list of potential locations, one of which at the moment is Whitlam Park, Tempe. This is all being done very informally as a biggish BBQ at the moment. Nothing official which pr...
- 22 Aug 2011, 06:40
- Forum: Road
- Topic: A question for a beginner like me.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2175
Re: A question for a beginner like me.
If you join the Saturday slowies, might be a better idea to meet up at Kings St, Newtown.In the city, near world square
- 16 Aug 2011, 10:20
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular tyres
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3170
Re: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular ty
Dear Stuart, Lizanne and Charlie, Thanks for advice and offers. Stuart: Yes I would like to maintain the look of my old bike. For those who havent seen the bike, it is an old handmade bike (builder unknown so far) from the 1960s. To put on modern V-rimmed styled wheels looks horrible. I tried it onc...
- 16 Aug 2011, 07:57
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular tyres
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3170
Re: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular ty
From what I understand, the latex spins inside the tire and once there is a cut, the escaping air pushes the latex out to form the seal. My mate used it with his carbon wheels+ tubulars and I have used them inside my inner tubes with clinchers. So far they have saved my ride from resolving 2 cuts o...
- 16 Aug 2011, 07:50
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular tyres
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3170
Re: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular ty
There's a old bike auction house on Wattle St, Ultimo. They are open on Sat mornings and have plenty of old bikes. You might have luck hunting something down there. Weiyun, I thought those guys closed about 2 weeks ago. I got an old road frame from them cheap which I intend to make into an everyday...
- 12 Aug 2011, 18:04
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular tyres
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3170
Re: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular ty
This is my suggestion: Item 1/ Fill tires with latex sealant http://www.wiggle.co.uk/effetto-caffe-latex-sealant-250ml/#more or http://www.wiggle.co.uk/stans-no-tubes-473ml-tyre-sealant-1/ Item 2/ Get a cheap-ish tubular backup. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-giro-tubular-tyre/ Either shove it...
- 12 Aug 2011, 15:29
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular tyres
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3170
I want to go to Waterfall! But not on singles/tubular tyres
I presently have singles/tubulars wheels. This is part of an old, some say vintage, bike. While I like my retro set up, it is not very convenient if I want to do practical things like the Sunday Waterfall ride. If the tubulars get a flat, I am in trouble. I am looking for a reasonable set of wheels,...
- 10 Aug 2011, 00:40
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Introduce yourselves
- Replies: 97
- Views: 70364
Re: Introduce youselves
Handle: Marc Real Name: Marc Bike: unknown custom built racer from the early 1960s. Also commute on a 2004 Dahon Helios Folding bicycle. Location: Ashbury Best known for: racing through local neighbourhood back streets and looking like a dork on my folding bike, ferrying my kids on a bicycle child s...
- 10 Aug 2011, 00:10
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: Free Stuff
- Replies: 310
- Views: 287583
New wheels for waterfall ride
I presently have singles/tubulars wheels. This is part of an old, some say vintage, bike. While I like my retro set up, it is not very convenient if I want to do practical things like the Sunday Waterfall ride. If the tubulars get a flat, I am in trouble. I am looking for a reasonable set of wheels,...
- 06 Aug 2011, 20:31
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Sat Slowies 6/8 Cycleskills Session Bunch Riding & Pacelines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1568
Re: Sat Slowies 6/8 Cycleskills Session Bunch Riding & Pacel
Today was the first time I'd ever done a pace run and have to admit it was pretty intimidating. Towards the end, found it hard to make head or tail with other non-DHBC riders coming in. However it obviously needs practice and I will be up for another training run, but this time a little more familia...
- 09 Jul 2011, 08:43
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Identifying old 1960s lightweight racer frame
- Replies: 0
- Views: 745
Identifying old 1960s lightweight racer frame
Hi guys, This is my first posting as I just joined about 2 weeks ago. I have come into possession of an old lightweight racer from, I am told, the late 60s and early 70s. There are no identifying marks or decals (someone pasted some latter day ones probably in the 80s but they will be coming off in ...