Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

Please note you can only participate under Cycling Federation rules and Botany Council rules if you have a Ride It licence or above. You must bring this, or your receipt (for those waiting for their cards - Lindsay is following this up with the Federation). Please note that without evidence of a cu...

OK - so now it's birthday time for Jo and this time I really am getting her some wheels - they absolutely must have red blade spokes so I'm looking towards the TWE hand built - anyone got anything else to offer in the 1-1.5k range?

So that you know who I am I ride most Sunday's in slowies on a blue Trek.

Even better, put a post in the Introduce Yourself topic under Conversation and include a photo

BTW, I'll be there too but as Jo said we have an early dinner date so don't know how long we can stay for the racing.

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Stuart will appreciate this one

That's a beautiful Paul Smart replica - and I can now afford to pay someone else to do the mechanics, unlike back in the 80's and 90's !

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So what's that new name then Chris!

pity about the rain yesterday - here's some shots that Jo took before the racing began Simon http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/2009%20Cycling/DSC_0046.jpg Llewellyn skin suit day http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/2009%20Cycling/DSC_0044.jpg Mark and his new ...

Interestingly, the link above in Tims post and several of the pages in the forum don't load for me in Firefox but do work in Internet Explorer. That forum is using the next version of the same forum software we use - I am working on getting ours upgraded.

Yes yes - Jo & I are up for this - just have to move a dinner date we have for the Friday night.

Sun 15th I leave for Brisbane at 19:00 so this is out for me. Conversely, I could make Friday night!

Damage Update: Add that the front rim is also bent

So good to hear that Amy is OK and out of hospital. From what Jo said the driver was pretty shaken up and definitely admitted fault - even going on about how he had a daughter her age and would hate that to happen to her. I checked her light and it's bright and working fine. The bike came from Stanm...

On the assumption of quality products. (state ur name and quantity) Short sleeve jersey: 18 Name: Weiyun (1), Micklan (1), Simon.Sharwood (1), Mikesbytes (1), Shrubb Face (1), Stretch (1), Rainbow (1), Michele (1), JohnR (1), Anthony (1), Joanne Troutman(1), Franksun87 (1), Stevanr (1), GeoffS/Maria...

I think one needs to be at the starting line at about 7:30 AM, which would mean leaving Sydney around 5:00AM. I suspect that leading sports scientists would not suggest that as ideal preparation ... Start time for the long course is 8:30am - bus from Bathurst leaves at 6:30am for some reason - it's...

The ride was great but I went worse than last year I think - maybe not being able to suck wheel behind Jo's friend the triathlete made a difference! Difference to Waterfall is that there are a lot more hills, not hugely steep, just more of them and not riding in a bunch makes a difference. Was surpr...

for all the details of a great ride click this link

OK - I'm up for this as I've tried and failed to make Jo's BRAT's training sessions at 5:45 am on Tue & Thur at centennial on more occasions than I can remember. I could get to Olympic park by 18:00 on those days. Where do we meet then? please post a google maps link!

For anyone who is interested, here is the profile of the RNP Route

nice profiles! Are you a paying member of MapMyRide to get them looking so good or is there a trick I'm missing?

Thanks for the question. Just spoke with Lindsay. He will be at the track most Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and is happy to receive either cash or check. For RideIt Licence, I believe it is around $70. Click this link to the soon to be updated How to Join page for all the links to forms or on-...

I will be there on Saturday

So where are you staying?

So, besides Michael & Tracy, is anyone else a starter for LTL?

Jo & I will be driving up on the Sat. We have room for one more + bike. We are looking at staying in Bathurst and then getting the 6:30am bus to Blayney then we ride back to the car after the finish. Any otherr ideas from those who've been before?

See it here - live!

Dear all, Thanks for all the orders and feedback. At this stage, given the immediate urgent demand, and the existing template, we will be going ahead with the existing supplier. So anyone else wanting to specify sizes, please do. I think this is a big mistake and will not do the club any favours wi...

There is also this company called Santini - Australian reps in Melb, made in Italy . Basically minimum order = 30 and cost is $90 for 1-2 colours. They do the Tour Down Under (which seemed reasonable quality - we bought some for American friends) , Bay Series, the AIS, SA.com, Australian National Te...

Hey I'd like a jersey too. I'm not sure if I should get a womens 10 or 12. Do any women out there have any suggestions?

I've updated the Club Jerseys page with a link to here to place an order. It contains a sizing table.

That I will do. I'll find out if other fabrics are available from this brand..

Having looked at our jerseys, there's lots more room on the front, especially on the women's ones - or we could lose the 100 years of cycling in Sydney's Inner West?

nice video!
Got some balles aye?

I asked her not to leave that bit in .....

when is the next batch of jersey ordering? The club has grown even though i dont ride on sundays. i notice quite a few of us is actually wanting to wear the DHBC jersey. cheers

There is a new order being placed very soon. See this thread to order one

I have no issues with the present design. Who are you going to use to produce this run? The sizes of the last one was all over the place and the fit was terrible. I'd like to see the website address added to the back of the jersey. I also agree with Wieyun that the last run jerseys were terrible qu...

Starting bunch training on Saturday is a great idea, but does everyone that rides Sunday also do Saturday? We could always suggest that new riders try to make it to Saturday to get their skills up. Many of the inexperienced bunch riders in the Sun cruisers bunch are "step-ups" - people li...

Here's a new video of the Women's Winners Race from day three at Dunc Gray.

You'll get no argument from me re the need for better bunch organisation and I agree with both Weiyun and Matt here - not that I ride in the fast bunches but the Sunday cruisers now has many new riders and a high percentage of those haven't ridden in a bunch before. Here's what I had to say on this ...

More Press coverage
The Hobart Mercury - Two-time big wheel

The Launceston Examiner - Wheel of fortune isn't turning in Victorian rider's direction

And in related news
Schilter takes bragging rights on penny-farthing

oh ok. well the guy behind him in the 08 photo wore the same shirt this year! its the brother of the guy that comes second every year?! (5 in a row now!) I'm assuming this is you Tim? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3627/3297077356_672645c15e.jpg and Christian even http://farm4.static.flickr.com/342...

OK - here is a pic of Huw winning the 2009 National Penny Championship http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3296264067_637ed1bab7.jpg The one in Geoff M's post that was also on the main page is from 2008 - the event site has not yet been updated. I have replaced the front page pic with one from a set...

Jo & I will be riding to Waterfall tomorrow, Sat 21st Feb as we can't make it on Sunday. Start time is 06:00am from Marrickville and pace will be cruisers.
If anyone wants to come along please reply here or PM me. If no replies we'll leave direct from home.

Geoff, the text formatting is all screwed up on that page. It's all squashed to the right. Anyone else seeing the same problem? I am on Safari (Mac OS X 10.5.6). Webmaster here! That page looks fine for me. All the text runs down in a single column - that is a limitation of the layout capabilities ...

And I couldn't resist posting this one! Interesting the stuff you find while scanning slides and killing time.

This really puts my hate of winter riding into new perspective - that's snow on her bike!

Too wet for us as the downpipe rain alarm was dripping away this morning and the radar said RAIN! Two sleep-ins in a row ... bliss.

Was this Soholaunch what JamesC used to setup the site?
It might be worthwhile to check their forum or send in a bug report.

The software was sold to us by our England based hosting company so yes, this is what was used to setup the site originally when it moved to its current location.

My screen resolution was 1024 x 768. I changed it to 1152 x 864 and this solved the problem. Picture displayed perfectly. ...Then I resized my browser window to less than full screen, and guess what? - Problem came back. As I suspected, this is some less than ideal html coding. Better to use percen...

Given my requirement to be home early tomorrow and assuming the forecast rain holds off Jo & I are going to do a quick ride down to Cronulla or Kurnell instead of going to Centenial, starting from Marrickville at the SS time of 6:30. We'll ask any interested parties present tomorrow morning if t...

OK - I've reproduced it Firefox 3.0.x (but not IE 7.x) at a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or below. Any resolution above this works for me. Unless your PC is > 6 years old it should be able to display at a higher resolution than 1024 x 768. Can you please try upping the resolution and see if still...

im getting the same thing here with Google Chrome, XP SP3 and a clear cache.

Can you try it with IE and see if get the same results.

What screen resolution are you using?

Look at it in Firefox: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7527/dhbcpicej9.th.jpg Still a huge white gap before text starts. I suspect you may be the only one seeing this Chris. I have tested using WinXP SP3 with both Firefox 3.0.x and Internet Explorer 7.x on my desktop with 22" flat screen monito...

Given the issues we had last year with only half of the loop road being available and lots of vehicles making life "interesting" La Perouse sounds like a great idea Weiyun - how long would that take? I have lunch guests tomorrow and need to be back home by 9:00. Wish I done that mailing li...

Thanks Jo, found it!
Also, any chance we can fix the home page so you don't see a big empty white page when you go there? Some simple table formatting should do it.

Are you still seeing this error?

Man we have found some of the most amazing places here already?! id seriously love to move here?! millions of bikes, motor and push. Cafe's every where, and nice ones, and the lane ways are even cool?!

Just wait for winter - you may not be so taken with Melbourne then

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Given that the Slowies is the level for beginning riders, Stuart, you might be a good lead for the Slowies at this point in time. If you can't cope, then no newbie rider can cope. As for the graduates, they should just move to the Middies this Sun. Given the normal distribution, the Middies bunch s...

The original idea was to allow the bunches to catch up by around Kingsway, so that the Slowies and Middies can sweep those who got dropped by the faster group respectively. By the look of things last Sun, the Middies didn't catch up to the Slowies until close to Waterfall. Guess the tail wind towar...

Are there any calls for regulating the pace of a bunch? Yes - when I yelled out from the back at the start of Grand Parade "can we slow it down on the front" that was a signal to go slower! Unfortunately I didn't make this call again at Kingsway as everybody but me seemed to be coping OK ...

So I was one of the riders who thought the pace was too fast at some points and I got dropped going up Kings Way. I acknowledge that some of this is due to the after effects of my chest infection but the Sunday slowies is meant to be just that. Riding at around 25kph most of the way and slower up th...

I'm loving the blog Lindsay. Hats off for keeping on riding in 42 degrees but where's big Matt and those glasses gone? Did he just go halfway?

Further to Geoff's comments, before you come on a ride please fill in the new rider registration form

And here are the details on joining DHBC - see you on Sat

I've started a crazyguyonabike journal, here's the link - http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2009_Velo_Tassie Lindsay

I've put a link to this blog on the homepage to give it some more exposure. BTW, Is Matt wearing those glasses for a joke or is he on the public health glasses list!!

A shame, because after 110km it was an excellent challenge. Especially given it was the first time I'd ever done a century, albeit only an imperial . Do you mean "metric" there Camilla .... It will be my first real metric 100 as well, given my only other one had a 2.5hr break for lunch in...

Would be more than happy to participate in some kind of transport arrangement with fellow DHCB riders. I understand that the direct route from Bathurst back to Blayney is significantly shorter than 110km.

According to Google Maps it's 38.1 k's from Mt Panorama to Blayney!

OK all the video's are now posted to the DHBC web site videos page - just click this link for video of New Riders race, the girls races and a men's race.

Jo & I are intending to do the Blaney to Bathurst 110k ride / race this year and are looking for other interested riders and possibility of having a car at each end. NO racing licence is required for this ride. On-line registration is here but maybe hold off until we know numbers etc as there is...

The magistrate has believed his version of events, giving him "the benefit of the doubt" against all the cyclist witnesses. It is clear that in Sydney there is open season on cyclists approved by the courts. Unbelievable - we must mobilise around this outrage. We must complain to the DPP a...

The guy has his day in court, representing himself

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/pac ... 95327.html

This is a tragedy and it seems that the truck driver may be at fault, given that police detained him and he is seeking legal advice. My condolences to the families and friends and hope that the injured man recovers http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/truck-driver-held-after-cyclist-killed-in-crash/2...

There is no .jpg on the end of those links so they won't work - you probably need to right click on the pics themselves and select properties of the image and then copy the link which should have a .jpg on the end

I won't be doing this ride so I'll try to be cruisers Waterfall bunch co-coordinator for the day (with Geoff S) in place of Lindsay who will be riding to Melb - that does not however mean I'll stay on the front all the way like he does, all riders will get a turn on th e front and we'll change over ...

Who is Kate Hudson? and whatever happened to Ms Crow, I thought they were good together. He broke up with Ms Crow after having some kids with her too - oversexed American, maybe its to prove the one testicle he's got left still works! BTW, Kate Hudson is an actress and daughter of Goldie Horne and ...

Now updated to have sub-pages and menu items plus a couple of new video's - check it out!

New Video of the girls wheel race This is the race where Jo crashed - pity I missed that bit!
Also added to the updated video's link page in the main menu

Guys here's a video of the footage me & Dad took on Saturday night. Not much racing & we missed Alex's crash but here's what we did get

So is Alex OK? I see him walking in the vid so I assume so but just what did happen!

First up great report - very comprehensive and really gives a feelign for your experience on the ride. secondly, and as you can see above, your image posting didn't quite work out! The syntax for posting a picture is as follows (but without the space at the start - I had to put that in so you could ...

Jo & I have one (1) set of Vaude Road Master panniers that are basically new that somebody can borrow - we just use them for the small shopping trips. They are universal fit (I think) - we have Topeak racks and they fit fine. Fight it out amongst yourselves as to who gets them - it's on a you br...

Big News People - New Home Page Menu Item - CLUB VIDEOS See Simon & Alex win the Madison on Day 3 of the 3 Days of Sydney plus 5 other videos for your enjoyment including Day 1 of the TDOS and the Boxing Day Omnium. This page is currently a bit quick and dirty but I'll clean it up when I get th...

Big News - New Home Page Menu Item - CLUB VIDEOS See Simon & Alex win the Madison on Day 3 of the 3 Days of Sydney plus 5 other videos for your enjoyment including Day 1 of the TDOS and the Boxing Day Omnium Here's the direct link to the TDOS day 3 madison video . It's filmed by Jo standing on ...

More pictures - these are the ones from ActionSnaps (thanks to Dave for providing the ones of Jo on the deck for free). http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/NSC_3079.jpg http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/NSC_3086.jpg http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stu...

ok thanks guys. i will bring my wallet with me and have a chat with Lindsay. Try to download the form here >> http://www.cycling.org.au/site/cycling/national/downloads/2009%20Membership%20application.pdf before you come along - just fill it out, pay Lindsay the $76- that's $10, one time only, to jo...

Yes, it's clear from that photo of Jo at 45 deg that the photo was taken with a flash. Given the amateur status and the desire of riders to have their photo taken, I suspect there's special permission given. I would bet that you won't get that kind of flash set up at a pro event as flash can dazzle...

So your not riding up there

That would be a big NO

[Are you sure they are using the flash for "action shots"? Absolutely sure - The guy from Action Snaps standing on the inside of the track near the start / finish line uses a flash for EVERY shot - I was in the stands on the start / finish line and you see it go off every time he takes a ...

Can someone tell me the web site for the pro shots?

All Three Days Photos

Jo already ordered some, including this one of her about to crash!

Jo & I are going to do the Loop the lake charity ride again this year with a couple of Jo's friends. Had a nice ride last year and the course is fairly challenging (for me anyway). Date: Sun 8th March 2009 Location: Lake Macquarie Distance: 85k's Entry: $35 early or $40 on the day We go up the n...

Most riders don't appreciate camera flashes.

The pro photographers all had flashes ..... even on a Nikon D3 ($8000 just for the body)

Here's a couple of pics from Dunc Grey - I really need to buy a flash for DG as there's not enough light for good action shots. http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/DSC_0002.jpg http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/DSC_0003-1.jpg http://i374.photobucket.com/albums...

what are the blue shirts? Jo says: The blue shirts are the 2nd Street cycling group (SSCG). The group of people that ride with us that live on Second st Ashbury. (Better known and named by me as "The Russians" - for reasons of competitiveness) The Russians consist of: Anthony, Victor, And...

Great ride Geoff and thanks for organising. Here's a couple of snaps from the ride Waiting for the SSRG riders to turn up http://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/stuarthickson/IMGP4194.jpg The SSCG (The Russians) + Jo on Anzac bridge - Geoff's missing 'cause he was helping Michael with his inevitab...

So that's 06:35 @ cnr New Canterbury & Constitution (Beach)? We'll see you then.

Interesting heckler in today's Herald - There is more than a hint of truth in this piece and I think I'm guilty of this sometimes even though I don't commute. Note to self - must smile more and say hi and give a wave, if not all the time then at least some of the time. Heckler - The charge of the ly...

The URL needs https: at the start, not http: so the full URL link should read:

https://www.registernow.com.au/agf/Donate.aspx?F=64

Sadly, one of the Melbourne cyclists has died, along with a cyclist in Sydney. Pity we never get to hear if the drivers get charged - especially in the Melb case where the guy hit 2 cyclists from behind and then took 600m to stop. "Police have spoken to the driver of a Toyota sedan, a 31-year-o...

Joanne says - Thanks every one for turning up, and especially to Marian, Geoff, Camilla, Ted , Adrian and Ian (the coffee king) - who just got in there and helped to pull it all off - especially after we realised the big turn out. The coffee and the food would not have been served on time had it no...

I was trying out my new camera at the Omnium and have posted all 114 photos here >> DHBC Boxing Day Omnium Remember this is my first attempt at cycling photography! This album is public so if you want to forward on the URL from the site then feel free. You can also download as many as you like. Here...

Hi all - after having been given the keys to the city (the admin password for the DHBC website) I have been taking a look around at features we are not using. One of those is mailing lists. I propose to create a page, or several pages (including on the rider registration page), where interested site...

sounds good to us. What would you like us to bring? geoff & marian No need to bring anything as we'll be starting immediately post ride as we would at Bobos and "bringing" anything would be difficult! So, unless you want to drop off comfy clothes before hand and have a shower at our p...

As Bobos (like most cafes) will be closed next weekend Jo & I thought we would offer our place at Dulwich Hill as the post ride breakfast / brunch venue with offerings of bacon, eggs, sausages, toast, fruit, coffee, tea and domestic sparking wine. For those so inclined it may spread on into lunc...

Geoff - we should get the home page updated to reflect these new times and groups.

Done!

We get the magazine because we are bicycle NSW members - here's the pic scanned. It's Pete for sure.

it's Scottish Pete, husband of Fiona ! Is that Peter Day?

So - As Jo is riding Shimano Ultegra then I can't use a Campag wheel? Is that right? Torpedo 7 have the 2008 Campag Zonda for $770 till Monday. Is this a good buy or? Looks like the Fulcrum 3 is about $900-$1000 and Fulcrum 1 is out of my price range at about $1600. I liked the sound of $1000 hand b...

If the Boxing Day test could be on somewhere in the background, that would be quite excellent. Ted might even show up then! Is it doable?

You can always just listen to it on ABC radio 702 - much easier than a TV.

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