Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

jimmy

I'm interested.

I don't have any big rides planned for this year, so something like this could be good.

James

jimmy

i was yawning......

That means that you are nice and relaxed. Always a good sign if you are sitting in the bunch. Watch the Olympics, it isn't uncommon to see the starters yawning, a sign that they are very relaxed.

James

jimmy

Looking at the shots, I think that they guy in blue and yellow did actually win. Have a look at the second last picture, to me, his wheel is pretty much on top of the white line, while the front wheel of the guy in white is just a little bit behind it. Mind you, if the guy in white had done a bike s...

jimmy

Actually, the forecast isn't just for rain, it's also for some pretty strong wind. 80km/hr are potentially forecast. http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydney-set-for-a-weekend-drenching-20100528-wif7.html?autostart=1 If I was racing, I might be prepared to race in one of those two conditions, but to...

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+1 I remember a couple of mountain finishes (not containing Basso). 1) 2008 Tour de France - Stage 10. Won by Piepoli, second was Ricco. Both riders looked as fresh as daisys, and that they had just been on a nice Sunday jaunt. Compare to the photograph of Frank Schleck who is in a world of hurt. 2)...

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The problem that Mick Rogers has at the Tour is Mark Cavendish. I can't see HTC-Columbia leaving Mark behind when it comes to the Tour, so that means that he is going to have a couple of riders there to support him. Which then means that it is a few less riders who can support Mick in the mountains....

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Mike

Give me a yell if you want a price on a new iPod. We sell them. I can't get a huge discount (they are low margin products), but any saving is better than nothing.

James

jimmy

Chainsaws Clubs are easiest, the rhythm works the best. Let me know when you want to borrow a set. Also, if you want some help on learning, make a visit to Newtown Juggling Club. They meet every Wednesday Night from 7:30pm at St Stephens Church Hall on Church Street Newtown http://somethinkodd.com/...

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OK, here is the update after today's horror ride. We were descending down Galston Gorge, and one of the guys just behind me flatted. I heard it go and so we call called out flat and stopping. We pulled into one of the hairpin corners as it was the safest spot to stop. It was Pete's front tyre that w...

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oooo D-Day

jimmy

That could have been the result of a pinch flat as well. I have had a pinch flat go off like a gunshot, and it does destroy the bead of the tyre.

James

jimmy

Can I please ask, that if you do come along with Renegade to wear your DHBC jersey. The reason for this is that you are much more likely to know the route. I am not going to label you as "bunch leaders", but I am going to point out that the "red devils" know the way. I will be in...

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TT = Time Trial
ATTA = Australian Time Trial Association (I Think)
AFAIK = As Far As I Know
CNSW = Cycling New South Wales
UCI = Union Cycliste Internationale (The International Cycling Union) - The overall governing body for cycling

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Andres

We will be leaving at about 6:30am. We are meeting in the car park just off the Princess Highway opposite May Street.

James

jimmy

If anyone is interested, the Saturday Renegade Group is going to be leaving from Sydney Park this Saturday (15th May). The three groups are going to Kurnell (C Group), Bundeena Turnoff (B Group) and RNP Audley In (A Group). If anyone is interested in doing any of these rides, you are welcome to show...

jimmy

Are any of these still available? I lost one on todays ride.

Thanks

James

jimmy

Wow, your legs must be flying! Because you have 26" wheels, this actually makes the gear you're riding equivallent to about 67 inches in the roll out. I was under the impression that when talking in inches, that you are talking about the effective diameter of the rear wheel, not it's rollout. ...

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All this talk of people riding on 80 or 81 inches for a fixie commuter are making me feel like a wimp. I converted my commuter to a single speed, and it is a 26" mountain bike. It has 1.5" slicks on it with 40/14 as the gearing. Which means I am on... 71 inches. Gee, I'm feeling really sof...

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Arden St Coogee is pretty steep - Awaba st steep (well at least sth to nth - Havent done it the other way. bikelys elevation profile suggests its as steep either way....) I can tell you for a fact, it isn't. Awaba Street is a leg breaker, it is 15% average from the bottom to the roundabout, and hit...

jimmy

Nope, that was how much I meant to give you.

Have a good ride Antony.

James

jimmy

May the 4th be with you!

jimmy

Antony

Have a good ride and say hi to the All Trails crew for me. There are a few riders on this who I did the Alice to Darwin and Darwin to Broome with last year.

James

jimmy

The trick to riding something like that is to watch the horizon, not right in front of you.

Further, you want to do it at a reasonable speed, not stupidly fast, but fast enough where the bike is happy to stay on it's line.

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jimmy

Sorry Tim, not in his budget atm.

James

jimmy

Tim

I've passed the details onto someone at work, I'll let you know if he is interested.

James

jimmy

I sighted you as you were heading for your first descent at Bobbin Head, we were just coming out and on the final leg of our ride home.

James

jimmy

There has been no mention of it on the forum, but Cadel managed to win the La Fleche Wallone the other night. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/74th-la-fleche-wallonne-his/results There are some good pictures in this report too. http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/la-fleche-wallonne-from-behind-the-l...

jimmy

There is an interesting piece in the Fitness Q&A on Cycling new's website relating to Training

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/cyc ... il-20-2010

It is the first article.

James

jimmy

Mark, the rides leave from Lane Cove, so I would suggest you make your own way there. I typically ride along Victoria Rd, and you are welcome to try and meet up with me along there if you want, but I am feeling pretty strong at the moment, so don't expect a gentle pace. And Weiyun, you may want to c...

jimmy

OK, search seems to be sorted now, can some others please test it to see if you are getting the results that you expect.

James

jimmy

you can use the advanced keywords in Google's search by adding

inurl:dhbc.org.au

which will only search pages that have that string in their URL's

or

site:dhbc.org.au

which will only search the dhbc.org.au site (which includes the forum)

I will try and have a look at the search issue.

James

jimmy

Thanks for the correction James! The welsh do a good line in unspellable and unpronounceable names. I blame my parents :) Try the Irish, you can tell they are a nation of drinkers with some of the ways that they spell their names. Oh, and Trouty, it's Brest, but it is often easier to just refer to ...

jimmy

I have some old road ones, but I think that the bearings are on the way out.

James

jimmy

Elirie (spelling?) Elerie Trouty was close, Start failed abysmally. The correct spelling is Eleri. But then again, I have practice, I used to work with a woman with the same name, so I assume that the Eleri in the club is also Welsh. Sounds like a good ride, I probably should look at doing some Aud...

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Mike

Can you be more specific. Are you after the pedals or the cleats? Road or Mountain Bike?

James

jimmy

I am in the process of making a unique style for the Forum. One thing with it though, I am making it with a minimum width of 1080 pixels. Here is a nasty test page showing what that looks like http://www.jamescheetham.net/DHBCForumTest/1080test.html Can a few people have a look at it and let me know...

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Just a reminder that the 3 gorges is on next weekend. Also, the Renegade group is going to do a ride to the South on the 15/5 if anyone is interested. Start point is at Sydney Park for a 6:30am departure. The route is C Group - Kurnell - 60km B Group - RNP to Bundeena Turnoff - 80km A Group - RNP Au...

jimmy

I have updated the style so that a visited post link will now appear as a dark grey rather than black.

James

jimmy

Thanks for the ride Buckingham Palace and Weiyun: - smooth surface descent from Garie Beach turn off was really great fun! just had to ride up the other side

extra points if you manage to avoid braking through the last 4 corners...

James

jimmy

i reckon keep the 600 though, the fact that its nearly double the highest rank deserves some note I agree, I stopped at 320km because that is the highest I thought that we would reach when I first put the post up. But I don't see the point of listing 350km, 400km, 450km, 480km... until we get to 60...

jimmy

Considering the way that this thread has now become a sticky, I am not entirely sure that it is "my thread". My thoughts are though (and they are only thoughts), is that the table shows the highest distance that you have done. I have broken 200km on several occasions, and I have done 240km...

jimmy

I saw this on SMH's site today http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cyclists-mowed-down-by-truck-20100410-rz7v.html 4 cyclists were hit by a truck while riding in the break down lane of the M4 this morning, sadly, one of the cyclists was killed. The other three are in hospital with serious injuries. My condole...

jimmy

For those who didn't see it on the TV, you can watch it on iView

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/#/view/545182

If the link doesn't work, just go to

http://www.abc.net.au/iview/

and search for collectors. It will be up for a fortnight.

James

jimmy

Apologies if this has already been covered and is being worked on at present, but "view active topics" doesnt' seem to work for me. This is a handy feature if you're a casual forum reader and want a summary of what has been recently posted across the entire board. You should be good now. ...

jimmy

Tim, when did you start stalking....

James

jimmy

Do I get any points for assisting in two mechanicals on Saturday?

One guy broke a spoke, so I helped get his bike to a point where he could ride it again. The other snapped a rear derailleur cable, and I helped get him a lower gear.

James

jimmy

A little off topic, but can someone suggest where to put files What sort of files are you talking about Mike? If they are photos I would suggest using one of the many photo hosting/sharing sites that are available. If it is a file that is in the club interest, the I would think that it could be hos...

jimmy

That is basically happening because of the width of the two images, they are limiting the minimum size of the table that they are part of, and so once the screen is reduced too much, the table is then pushed below the side navigation bar.

This is basically because of bad web design.

James

jimmy

this is a file test

did it work?

jimmy

Weiyun

I'm not seeing that, can you please email me a screenshot.

Thanks

James

jimmy

Just quickly, I know that some people wanted to do the three gorges when it was held by someone in the club a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, the Renegade group will be taking the A and B Groups through there on the ANZAC long weekend - 24th April. Check out http://www.jamescheetham.net/Renegade for mo...

jimmy

There's 10 minutes of my life I will never get back. If you're interested, the code is 192 lines long, of which only about 4 do anything, the rest are no ops. Luckily I have been learning about regular expressions so I could decipher it. The code is heavily obscurificated. The domain that it points ...

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Weiyun

You were right, the main site had also been attacked. I didn't notice it as firefox on Linux doesn't bat an eyelid. There were no obvious errors on the page either.

I have now fixed this up too.

James

jimmy

This time it mainly seems to be the forum.

jimmy

I saw an ad for this in the window of Bike Depot on Enmore Rd http://www.hirespeedwheels.com.au/ It looks like you can hire some pretty high end Zipp or FFWD wheels for the weekend. I would say that Bike Depot are agents, so you can probably collect and drop them off from there. Hire price seems to ...

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Hi All As some of you may be aware, the forum has been attacked lately and has had malware inserted into it's code. Stuart and I are aware of this, and once we are made aware, either of us can easily fix the problem. It is pretty basic attack, and it is obvious either by your virus scanner going off...

jimmy

As I always say, knicks are meant to be worn like a Scotsman wears his kilt.

James

jimmy

I haven't listed your guess, just the amount of numbers that you had within your "range". So you picked 785,559, and the next lowest guess was 754,859 and the next highest guess was 816,629. So by the rules, you would have won if your guess was the closest to one of the winning numbers. Th...

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OK, the results are in.... But first, I thought that I would post what everyone's range is, as well as the % of numbers that they covered. colin 3,743 0.37% Nada Z 6,270 0.63% kiwiames 12,227 1.22% orphic 12,834 1.28% mikebytes 14,179 1.42% Karzie 14,344 1.43% Camilla 14,676 1.47% othy 19,151 1.92% ...

jimmy

For those who haven't entered and can't think of a six digit number.

Here's a page to do it for you

http://www.jamescheetham.net/random.html

James

jimmy

Just a reminder that this closes on Friday, so far I have only received 19 guesses. That is what surprises me...

James

jimmy

As per my original post, not every store in a Westfields will accept them. I am pretty sure that DJ's and Myers do not.

If you are unsure, visit Westfields website and look up the store, it will list if they accept Westfield Vouchers.

James

jimmy

I thought I would have another go at explaining how this is going to work. The range of numbers possible is 0 to 999999, I know that I said a six digit number, so 0 should really be 000000. When you pick a number, you are in fact getting a range of numbers, but that range is dependant on what number...

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No You guess a 6 digit number, then if your guess is the closest to one of the two 6 digit numbers that I get off my SecurID, then you win one of the cards. So, as an example, suppose that 3 people make guess of 250000 500000 750000 and the two numbers that come up are 248754 409088 Then the guess o...

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OK, I know that this is going to sound crazy, but I assure you that it is legitimate. I have recently acquired some Westfield gift vouchers through work. I can’t be bothered trying to either use them, or get rid of them another way. So, I am going to give them away. I have two $500 gift card voucher...

jimmy

I haven't been on it for a while, and I am unwilling to commit to running it at this time.

If someone else wants to take over they are welcome to.

James

jimmy

Hi I went to use my rollers on Sunday, and the belt snapped, luckily not while I was on them. They are Cinelli (I think) rollers, noisy as hell, but they still work. Does anyone know the best place to source a replacement belt for these? Or is it possible to repair them? It has broken at the join. B...

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Two fat cops on mountain bikes... I'd let them chase me. Wouldn't be getting a ticket! One of the security guards at work was once dating a member of the Australian Cyclones. The National Womens Mountain Biking Team. She was working as a cycle courier once, and while riding the wrong way down a one...

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I'm not sure that unicycle counts.... Just a technicality, but Nada asked for "types of bikes", bikes is a contraction of the word bicycle, bi meaning two. A unicycle only has one wheel. (As a side note, It is amazing how often someone says when I am on my uni to their child "Look at ...

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recycling your bicycle tyres...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?li ... d=38538011

used....

yeah right.

That tyre has never even seen a bicycle wheel.

I think that some of them are recycled, but not all.

James

jimmy

Nice to see chauvinism alive and well.

jimmy

That is just bizarre. He tests positive, and is suspended. They either were together at that stage, or they got together after the fact. Then she tests positive, and he separates from her. Wow. I also like the way that he has separated pending her B sample. So much for innocent until proven guilty. ...

jimmy

From what I have heard, the best video apps on a Mac are produced by Apple themselves. Here are the ones that I can get along with my buy price. iLife - $103.26 - http://www.apple.com/au/ilife/ Final Cut Express - $214.72 - http://www.apple.com/au/finalcutexpress/ Final Cut Studio - $1,195.70 - http...

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According to this site http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-video-editor.htm Avidmux and VirtualDub are good options. I have used Avidemux at home, and from what I gather VirtualDub is pretty powerful, but it takes a bit of practice to use. There are a lot of guides around on how to use it. If ...

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adjustment as per my previous post

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07 G
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3.5 Christian
03 orphic
02.5 Weiyun, Rainbow
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01.5 othy, jimmy
01 Julio, Camilla, Stuart, Anthony
0.5 Mikesbytes, Lindsay
0 Timyone

jimmy

whoops didn't see that rule about not carrying the correct stuff. When I flatted the other week, I wasn't carrying a spare tube, but I did have tyre levers and a puncture repair kit, but I decided to walk it anyway. Is that a penalty? The next morning, I did have a spare tube, but the tyre got destr...

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Did you puncture all 5 tubes this year? Or are they carry overs from past decades? :wink: I patched them this year, when I got the flats is irrelevant. Maybe I will become a scab this year, and pick up tubes that others are going to throw away so I can patch them. Easy way to get points... James

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If we get 0.5 points for patching, then it should be 2.5 points. I patched 5 tubes that night.

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02 Rainbow
1.5 othy
01 Julio
0.5 Christian, Mikesbytes

jimmy

I start the year with a bang, flat last night on the way home, no spare, so walked the last part of it. Patched last night, new tube in this morning, lasted all of about 1km, when it went off, it blew the bead off the tyre, so the tyre is a write off as well. 10 09 08 07 G 06 05 04 03 02.5 Weiyun 02...

jimmy

How much interest is there in the club for these rides to continue? I know that I haven't been there for the last couple of rides, but it has felt that most of the time there is usually only 1 or 2 other riders who are doing these.

James

jimmy

didn't go...

jimmy

Best I can offer is 6am start.

James

jimmy · How does 6:30am at Mick Mazza's sound? James

How does 6:30am at Mick Mazza's sound?

James

jimmy

Is anyone interested in doing this with me?

James

jimmy

Who said that I bike can't be art...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68N43K5Y0Ek

Hope everyone has a safe and happy Christmas.

James

jimmy

I seem to remember someone mentioning to me a while ago, that some clubs have a certain dress code for club events, be it racing, or training. If you look closer, you find that it filters down from the UCI, we are subject to Cycling Australia Rules, and they are pretty much based on UCI regulations....

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And I get to stretch my lead, a flat on the commuter on Friday night. 31 jimmy 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 Timyone 23 22 21 20 19 18 Glenno 17 16 orphic 15 Wallman 14 13 mikesbytes 12 11 10 09 08.5 Alex C 08 07 Camilla 06.5 06 Terry, Simon S 05 Huw, Kate, Simon 04.5 Micklan, Christian 04.25 Anthony 04 Lind...

jimmy

The map hasn't loaded for me yet, so I don't know your exact route. I assume that you would be doing La Peruse to Kurnell. Ride along Wentworth Ave to the very end (Botany Rd), then turn right, and then first left, then right onto Qantas Drive (I think that it is called something else there). Follow...

jimmy

I would pretty much follow the Sydney to Gong route down to Thirroul, and then up Bulli Pass.

There we could either take the Old Princess Highway all the way back to Waterfall, or the F6 to Helensburg, and then the Old Princess Highway to Waterfall.

James

jimmy

Having ridden on NYD in the past, there is stuff all traffic anyway.

Personally, it is one of the best days of the year to actually go for a ride, you tend to be the only vehicle on the road.

James

jimmy

Assuming that not everyone parties too hard on Thursday night, who fancies a good ride on Friday morning?

I was going to do Bulli Pass. About 150km from Marrickville. Rating, very hard, Bulli Pass is about 3.5km averaging about 10%.

James

jimmy

Here's an odd one...

Having not ridden direct to Waterfall and directly back this year.

James

jimmy

Good points Mike Something else to be aware of, is that written text is harder to convey a hidden meaning. Vocally, we use tone, and visual indicators to help express our meanings. When something is written, no matter how many smilies and the like we put around it, it is much easier for something to...

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Stuart

The other post is in Track, which I will admit is a forum I don't read. I only only know about it because it is in Conversation.

James

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Tim

One other thing. The ride from Sydney to Goulburn via the highway is really really dull.

James

jimmy

I have cycled from my place (Enmore) to just shy of Goulburn. That was 180km. I have also cycled from there to Canberra, that was about 100km. If you don't want to take the highway, you are going to do over 300km. It is about 70km from Enmore to Pheasants Nest, where there is a Service Station you c...

jimmy

and that's the reason there is a sticker in the helmet indicating which end is the front.

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jimmy

I'll make a deal with G, if he doesn't wear budgie smugglers, I won't drop him on the climbs.

I will be out riding this weekend regardless. I am trying to get my k's up over 10,000 on the road bike for the year. I was aiming for 12, but I had a few quiet months.

James

jimmy

And on that note, I think I will be missing this week's RNP Ride.

James

jimmy

It's easy, look at the horizon and where you want to go, and then just ride, don't hesitate too much, speed is your friend, and your across before you know it. You can easily practice by riding along the road and sitting on a white line on the road. it is a lot easier to do by looking ahead than by ...

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