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Dan,

I Cycle every weekend at the moment, Well since getting home anyway, Now living in Innaloo, So I will be riding up and down the coast from now on, But I am sure we could meet up some time

Mike

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i used to ride competive about 3yres for a good 7yrs,it is a great way of getting fit and it is so relaxing when just going for a roll along the road...

i wish i still did but 550-700km a week is to hard with my job and thats a minimum amount of kays a week to be real competive...

enjoy ya bike dan

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Yeah i just started cycling, i always wanted to get into it but never really had the full motivation to go buy a bike. Till i lost my licence for speeding. Now i ride everywhere, to and from work, girlfriends, mates places and lovin it. Getting super fit now, droped a few kg's. Losing the licence was almost a blessing in disguise........sorta. I STILL MISS MY CAR

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So how long did it take?

I'm considering buying a bike and riding to work too. It's rediculous man, I live about 5 minutes drive from work, I could walk it if I could be bothered. It would probably be much better for me and much better for the ride (cutting out the short trips). And also much better for petrol. Right now I'm spending around $50 a week just going to and from work, it's all that stop-start crap down Beaufort street.

Hey also, reading the membership benefits page. The Dan you're supposed to ask for at Zest in Bibra Lake.. is that you Dan the Man? Reason I ask is, I've been going there for the past 4 years til I moved up here and now I'm going to the Mt Lawley one. I have to say, although the Mt Lawley one is bigger, the Bibra Lake one is much cleaner and better maintained. Wish I could still go there.

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So how long did it take?

I'm considering buying a bike and riding to work too. It's rediculous man, I live about 5 minutes drive from work, I could walk it if I could be bothered. It would probably be much better for me and much better for the ride (cutting out the short trips). And also much better for petrol. Right now I'm spending around $50 a week just going to and from work, it's all that stop-start crap down Beaufort street.

Hey also, reading the membership benefits page. The Dan you're supposed to ask for at Zest in Bibra Lake.. is that you Dan the Man? Reason I ask is, I've been going there for the past 4 years til I moved up here and now I'm going to the Mt Lawley one. I have to say, although the Mt Lawley one is bigger, the Bibra Lake one is much cleaner and better maintained. Wish I could still go there.

you can go to any zest. you just need to sign up membership at mt lawley. then you can go anywhere. The original guy who we had the agreement with has since left zest. but another dan who works at mount lawley has agreed to carry on the deal. I spoke to him before xmas about it but he was away so i couldnt finalise it. I shall do it next week when I am back there and hopefully he is :yes:

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I ride to work with a group of us a couple of days a week, the rest of the time we're car pooling, so most of my fuel generally gets used on weekends.

A race bike would be real good, I was riding my crappy MTB the first few days to work (18ish ks), then I got a flat bar road bike, there is such a massive difference, was struggling before and suddenly it became so much easier :( ...it doesn't do awesome skids tho.

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i used to ride a lot when i was younger - thats how i got to school, after 12 years of riding a bike to and from school everyday (well, almost) and riding every where else all the time i ended up with huge muscles in my calves, with awesome definition

i still occasionly ride, and can still go a long distance b4 i tire, and can keep a pretty good pace too

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I used to ride everywhere on my Haro BMX until I feel off while bouncing my front wheel and started boucing sideways..... ow! Then I hit a power pole at 40k's on a mountain bike, that was very ow! :laugh:. The pole was smack in the middle of the path for some f**ked reason.

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I hit a power pole at 40k's on a mountain bike, that was very ow! :D. The pole was smack in the middle of the path for some f**ked reason.

I feel your pain - I did the same thing on the kenwick link a couple of years ago, but it was a chevron sign (the black and white arrows at the end of a t-juction) that was in the middle of the cycle path. It was the one on the north side at the end of Beckenham St and it still has the bent leg if anyone wants to see.

I got all angry about it and sent a photo of my destroyed bike and my injuries to the main roads dept, telling them that if they moved the sign and paid for my bike repairs (quote attached) I would not sue them, and 3 weeks later I had a cheque in the mail!.

Dan - if you want some company on your bridges ride, you should suggest a day and time and a meet point and I'll be there - riding with other people allways makes it a lot more enjoyable - not to mention the ability to draft!

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I got all angry about it and sent a photo of my destroyed bike and my injuries to the main roads dept, telling them that if they moved the sign and paid for my bike repairs (quote attached) I would not sue them, and 3 weeks later I had a cheque in the mail!.

I could have done the same because of my injuries and munted bike as well, but I was like 15 and oblivious at the time ;)

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