Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club

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Bike with collapsible everything ... even wheels!
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/10/collapsible-bik.php

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Waterfall Cruisers are welcome to come and watch this crit. The plan is to ride out as a Cruisy bunch, take a lap or five of the crit track, watch the race and give our clubmates some vocal encouragement as they circulate. You'll almost certainly come away thinking you could do this crit thing easil...

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FWIW, Lindsay and I were chatting (very informally) the other day about getting a formal DHBC weekday ride going. I'll bring it up at the committee meeting that looks like happening tonight.

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A certain bike shop on Marrickville Road, if you want more guidance!

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What about putting a small patch of colour on each bottle, so we can write our names on them?
I suggest this as it occurs to me that if we all pop a club bidon on a table at, for example, the Marrickville Road Cafe, it may be a little hard to remember which one belongs to which rider!

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Count me in for 2.

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Thanks for all the input on spam and the legal and moral niceties. I think what I will do is one version of the newsletter for the fully opted-in, and another for those who have not had the chance to find this thread the the subscription form. The second version will explain why the email is arrivin...

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Aldi is doing bike gear again this week: http://aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2827_10186.htm
I like the fact that the helmet cam is waterproof to three metres.

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HTML means you'll get colour, pictures and even video in the email.
Text means you'll get words.

S.

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I'm not using the memberlist from the forums because:
a) It's a bitch to harvest the addresses
b) I think we are also better off building a list of opted-in people who definitely want the newsletter, rather than assuming everyone who is a member wants it and pissing off some members

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Sorry, Toff. You weren't first. Can't say who was or that would spoil the whole privacy thing.

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Hi all, with my Communications Officer's hat on, I'm preparing to write the first DHBC monthly email newsletter.
To do so we need your email address, which you can send by visiting this simple website and completing a form.
The site is: www.jargonmaster.com/DHBC
Simple as!

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lolz... why would you make such a strange guess?

'Tis but an attempt at humour, given the frequent jibes one hears about the ... erm ... appreciation that folks of all genders often express about budgie smugglers

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i can do it if you want, gives me a reason to bring out the camera gear i have.

You're it.
Congratulations for ignoring the "Never volunteer for anything" rule.

I'll PM you my email addy so you can send me the booty.

This does not rule out other helpers, of course!

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Oh well, I guess this time next week we'll be an all-male club ...

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Provisional results for handicapp 1. Simon Craig 2. Mike 3. Mark L 4. Simon L (fastest time) 5. Chris Thompson/ David Lamb? First female- Victoria And a coupla photos, the first of which shows off the ... ummm ... interesting qualities of an iPhone lens as the b-grade bunch streaks past, led by eve...

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Hi all, wearing my Publicity Officer's hat, I want to put out a big, bold press release announcing our likely very strong result* in RAW. An essential element of that release will be some photos, but sadly I cannot make it to Dunc Gray this week to do it myself. So ... can anyone get a few shots for...

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Flatted on the Cooks River cyclepath, of all places. Made sure my riding companion (Dad) did not so much as lay a finger on things to ensure my point! Also got a flat on the Shadow Bike towing my 7 year old. I'm claiming that, too. 27 jimmy 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 Glenno 17 .5 Timyone 16 15 14 13...

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What's a Russian Imperial Stout?

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Robot stoker on a tandem.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcW-Vzpg ... r_embedded

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My solution for that section has always been to occupy two lanes with one line of riders in each and then regroup at the top of the dipper. At that time of the day, it has zero impact on general traffic flow.

Agreed. But it won't happen unless we talk about it!

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If you know of a dangerous patch of road, share that information a few minutes ahead of the obstacle so you can communicate a looming lane change to the rest of the bunch. Prime example: the very pitted inner lane on Kingsway, just past the intersection with Port Hacking Road. If an experienced ride...

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If any non-racing slowies want to go out and have a look, that's what I am planning to do, possibly with long return via. Landsdowne Park, Prospect Ck cycle track, Liverpool-Parra rail trail and then the mighty Cooks River trail. About 70kms all up and a good look at bits of Western Sydney you proba...

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Wow Mullumbimby to Byron Bay in 2 1/2 hours!

That means they were going at an amazing... 6.4km/hr.

That's fast by Byron standards!

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Yet more weirdness: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... 669477.htm
The question I have is what happens if one of the things in this story is coming the other way?

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Sydney to Gong, Good Weather? The last time I did it was when it reopened to Wollongong, we had 60km/hr Southerly Winds with rain for good measure. Prick of a day. James That was my first ever gongride. Did it on a MTB. The headwinds were 75km/h according to the BOM. It put me in bed for two weeks ...

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Electric unicycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAojeqJCzvo

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Aldi has $30 wireless heart rate monitor/watch combo next week.
http://aldi.com.au/au/html/offers/2827_ ... 8-21-03-57
Dunno if it's any good. But it is $30

S.

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I thought it politic to spare Woolworths my knicks ... and where would I have stored the cheque without my jeans?

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Hi all, you may be aware that a few months ago, we applied for a grant from Woolworths, as part of its Fresh Food Kids scheme. The good news is that we were given $1,400, making us one of 1900 grant recipients from among 11,800 applicants! The plan is to use the funds to acquire some equipment that ...

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I don't know whether to laugh, cry or buy ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRnaKh2mQvo

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Our very own Adrian E explains some of these issues in this very fine podcast!
http://www.yarrabug.org/radio/?p=359

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A week ago? I am so lame.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn29DvMITu4
Takes the piss out of roadies, fixies, carbon freaks, vintage frame freaks, rappers, druggies ... well worth the 2:49 it runs.

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I'm in, but might be with my cycling alter ego - Geeks on Bikes, a motley collection of people from around the IT&T communities. If they fail to get their junk together, I'll be proudly DHBC on the day!

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Dunno. Was just passed onto me by a mate.

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http://www.bicycology.com.au/
Proprietor is apparently ex Clarence-St and has positioned his shop near the Pyrmont Bridge for city commuters.
Just saying - no affiliation!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVM-7JM4lyk

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oops. just realised that is a fence, not wallpaper. I stand by the upholstery comment.

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Outstanding upholstery and wallpaper in this thread, FWIW.

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Would the fixie riders be willing to be met by a guard of honour comprising non fixie-owning members (a.k.a wimps) out Liverpool way for some encouragement over the last 20-30kms?
Could be a fun ride for the wimps and we can see what real riders are made of!

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Anyone doing the Ride for Life this year?
I plan to take the kids for the casual ride. Anyone else keen for a family ride?

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I've been wondering about a club hill climb challenge for a while and reckon Livingstone Avenue could be the way to go, seeing as it has little traffic.

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Check out this yarn: http://www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news ... -crkz.html
Long story short, it's a seat designer for Specialized on the reasons cutaway seats are important.
While you're there, click an ad - save a journo!

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Hey I like that idea Camilla. All the Normans, please come out and declare yourself as a team. We can then have team races at the omniums. Are there any Lees out there?

What if half a dozen riders suddenly change their name to Llewellyn?

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Here's our first piece of coverage!
http://www.torchpublishing.com.au/read/ ... ge_015.jpg
It shows that pictures are key, so the more we can get the merrier.

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D'oh! I shall get Jessica right next time. My Journo skills were off on a Friday night ...

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Hi all, for those of you who don't know, I scored the gig as Communications Officer at the last AGM. The first thing I hope you will start to see from me in this role is some coverage of the club's exploits in the local press, driven by press releases I will write and distribute (I work as a journo ...

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What do we think of this fella:

It's $100 here: http://www.oo.com.au/_P7037.cfm?utm_sou ... ws20090706

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I'll be zipping past Stanmore at about 5:50, I reckon.

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I'm at training tonite too so you can see I do not have cooties.

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I'll be heading off from Marrickville about 6 to spectate and photograph, not ride. Happy to offer a front seat ride.

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I got it. the attachments are fine - Gmail's virus scanner rated them as clean, then I used the Google Docs PDF viewer to read them. It doesn't have the bugginess/flakiness of Acrobat Reader. And yes - it is a new race, at Mt Annan. Not sure about the Spam- I think the guy concerned also runs the Ri...

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This one don't look so bad either ...

It's a shot of the points race in the US championships at the Hellyer velodrome, San Jose.

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I'll come, but late after another party (a 40th). Should I bring dessert?

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I'll come down Friday night with my publicity officer's hat on to get some pictures of our riders in action, so we can start a stream of press releases about our results to the local press. Those guys hoover up well-written press releases and photos, so we should expect to start seeing ourselves in ...

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Bike sat in shed for two weeks, mysteriously developed flat rear tyre. 18 Glenno 17 jimmy 16 15 14 13 12 11 10.5 Timyone 10 09 08 07 Camilla, mikesbytes 06.5 Alex C 06 Terry 05 Huw, Kate 04.5 Micklan 04 Simon S, Simon, Lindsay 03.5 yewenyi 03 Wallman 02.5 02 Geoffs, TBone 01.5 Mark L, Christian 01 V...

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FWIW, I have a couple of kids helmets to offload. Suit a toddler and a pre-schooler. My kids' heads got big and we had to get them new helmets.

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Wanna come. Can't.
Stoopid family holiday. Stoopid kids.

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I plan on riding out to watch, too. But don't wait for me - I've had a shocking cold!

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http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-new ... -c7xf.html

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Eeeek! That is indeed a horrid-looking contraption. I imagine it smells terrible and makes an awful noise as well.

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The Tour Down Under has announced a community participation thingy. Long story short, you can ride a stage of the Tour on the same day as the pros! http://www.mcct.tourdownunder.com.au/ for details.[/url]

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My plan was to do it on Monday. Note the past tense, as I have a very heavy cold and may not be right for a long ride by Monday.
Am going back to bed now.
(Pretty sure it's not swine flu, parmageddon, swine eleven etc, but if you see me going by in a hambulance you'll know why)

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It's got a Brooks saddle. Surely that makes it a bicycle even without pedals?

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"Motor madman Bob Maddox is back with a twin-engine jet bike that makes the raucous rocket he rode last year look tame. He recently bolted a dual-exhaust pulse jet engine to the side of an ordinary bicycle, donned a leather jacket and helmet and then held on tight as he peeled off a 73-mph run ...

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Anyone want to take advantage of the long weekend to do the M7 cycleway at a cruisy pace? I imagine riding to Liverpool, do the M7 all the way, then down through Parramatta and eventually the Cooks River for a glide home ...

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My understanding is that there were, in times past, individual clubs in Marrickville and Newtown, plus Dulwich Hill. The other two have folded ovef the years. I know that Lionel Cox, for example, rode for Marrickville before being selected for the Helsinki Olympics. I did a slideshow about this last...

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I'm pretty sure there is a photo of the club executive just after its formation. I'll see if I can dig it out.
Marrickville Council has some shots, too.
Find 'em here: http://photosau.com/marrickville/scripts/home.asp

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Simon suggested we bring the bunch to DGV next month. Perhaps we should notify on our home page. Bring 'em! There's a nice ride back, via. the Prospect Creek cycleway and Liverpool-Parramatta rail trail. It's a bit narrow and twisty at times, but generally quite pleasant, especially the bits in Lan...

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Good news everyone, we have a new sponsor: Woolworths! You may have seen TV ads for the company's 'Fresh Food Kids' program, which doles out $3 million in grants to sporting organisations that encourage kids to live healthy, active lifestyles. We applied for a grant (not an onerous process, they ask...

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Attaching it to an omnium sounds like a good idea - we could hit forums all over the sydney cycling community and get a crowd, maybe even some blow-in entrants. And of course, bigger makes it easier for me to spruik with my Publicity Officer's hat on ...

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Bother. Waterfall it is, then!

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I'm a crit-doing slowie!

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Cool. I plan to come.

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Do let me know if and when this goes ahead - it's got my Publicity Officer's antennae twitching!!

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Interesting question, has anyone ridden out to Bundeena? Looking at the profile that was generated by Map My Ride, the biggest hill is Artillery Hill. I did Bundeena a few weeks back, but after going to Waterfall first. Artillery Hill messed me up but good, given that I already had 60kms under my b...

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I for one already do this on sites that I want to see continue. Basically that means the SMH, selected IT & cycling sites along with motorcycling stuff. I don't actually then read any of the stuff that comes up in the new tab, I just try to give the site some revenue, however small from my one ...

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Speaking as a journo who basically gets paid by advertisers (albeit in a roundabout way) by all means ignore or block ads. But give the odd one a sympathy click to keep a roof over my head!

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Yay Jo and Amy!
(Cranks up club song ... )

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I bought a $50 A-frame trainer. Not as good as rollers, but also much less noisy! I set it up in the shed and get over the boredom factor by popping a TV show into my iPhone/iPod and watching that while I pedal. For me, the training benefit is the chance to sit and just pedal, pedal, pedal for as lo...

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There is better stuff to come.
SBS fires up its Digital channel on July 1 and the extra channel will mean simultaneous coverage of the TDF AND Ashes Cricket.
I'll be in heaven ...

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I bow my head in shame.

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Sure it's a BMX, but you gotta admit, this guy has mad skillz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

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Sorry, Huw, I cannae make it.
But have a fabulous tour! tour

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FWIW, May 10th is Mothers' Day.
That'll probably knock me out of the next RNP slowies and riding that Sunday in general.

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Yes but WHY is part of Jervis Bay in the ACT?

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FWIW, me finishing with a "$6/km - what value!" look on my face

http://www.abbeydigital.com.au/ev/09041 ... /U4316.jpg

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I did not ride between flats

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Rim tape is impeccable. Not a single loose thread. I'd invite inspections but then I would be messing around with tyres again and I'm over that right now. Did I hold the valve stem still? Not consciously. Was the product faulty? Well the last one out of the packet punctured after about 15kms. Was I ...

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The dud tube had a 3mm long split just near the valve weld. Even I would struggle to somehow create that during a tube change!
But I will accept the judges' decision without further argument.

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It's the mutant offspring of a recumbent and a windsurfer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKGpmbPF ... r_embedded
http://whike.com/

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I'm claiming four: 1. Slow leak on track bike - self repair 2. The one that blew when I was preparing for the B2B - self repair 3. Puncture during the B2B, - helped by breakdown van then replaced with ... 4. Dud tube tried then discarded during the B2B That's 3.5 points, right? 2-4, FWIW, all happen...

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I had a very odd ride indeed. I headed off on the long course, but punctured about 6km out of Blayney. Then my replacement tube would not inflate. It would get to about 40 psi but no more:-( So I broke out my second spare, but by this time the breakdown wagon decided they were falling too far behind...

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Anyone wanna get together for dinner in Bathurst?

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Public liability seems to be where the upgrade has been made "Individual members are covered for any activity involved with cycling 24 hours a day, 7 days a week." Pfah! Public liability every time you ride a bike is a pretty slim benefit. How often is one going to do sufficient damage wi...

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I just cleaned up a small section of my desk (the whole thing is too scary) and found my Cycling Australia insurance brochure.
It offered https://welcome2.willis.com/cycling/default.aspx as the place to get all the details on the cover.

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Fourthed.
John is great and very funny too.
He's good enough that he got picked up as team Physio for the ICL - the rebel Twenty20 cricket league in India - and spent two months there with one of the teams.

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Woah! There's a moment at about 0:20 where the front guy seems to stop pedalling - or push backwards - and his wheel keeps turning. Weirdzilla!

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we should have Dulwich Hill Bicycle Club on the shirt, ... DHBC is not informative enough ....

I gotta agree with that. If we are to promote the club, we need more than just four letters that could stand for anything ... such as the Druids Hill Baptist Church at www.dhbc.org

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