Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

ok

I rode to work today... took me one hour. The bike path didnt go all the way :P had to ride with traffic on guildford road

You are a lot better off crossing the railway line and riding the other side. Much quieter and much less chance of the last words you ever hear being "sorry mate, I didn't see you....."

Good to see you are getting the miles up, do you have a speedo/odo on your bike? If not, get one. It is amazing the difference you see when you have things like avg speed and time taken to pace yourself against. Plus, they give you a max speed reached to show off to your mates after you have ridden down Greenmount :wave:

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2792485
Share on other sites

  • Replies 67
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

You are a lot better off crossing the railway line and riding the other side. Much quieter and much less chance of the last words you ever hear being "sorry mate, I didn't see you....."

Good to see you are getting the miles up, do you have a speedo/odo on your bike? If not, get one. It is amazing the difference you see when you have things like avg speed and time taken to pace yourself against. Plus, they give you a max speed reached to show off to your mates after you have ridden down Greenmount :wave:

Yeah I got one with the bike. worked up until this morning then it wasnt working. there's a bike place near my work so he looked at it. the sensor had moved to far away from the magnet. damn it :P

i'll try the other side of the tracks tomorrow :P

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2792496
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...
- not to mention the ability to draft!

oh yeh that makes it soooo much easier :D

I went all out today, no bag or anything holding me back on the way home, 25 mins from Ozzie Park to Greenwood. was keeping up with the guys that I usually can't today.

Work has a shower, you feel so much better after having a shower to get all the sweat off before work.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2833492
Share on other sites

and no one says hello

only people to say hi is the female riders. the rest are like "no time for hellos... riding is serious business didnt u know"

yeh unless ya got the proper gear on bike riders can be a holes to ya.i no i was one for 6 or yrs... not an ahole just a cyclist...no what ya mean tho

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2836489
Share on other sites

oh yeh.there was this bunch in sydney i used to train with,had a few pros in it just chopping of at the front flat out,mind u this bunch was a good 100+riders,out past water fall rd i think it was,unreal fast average close to 40 for 120kms.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2836632
Share on other sites

thats so much fun.i used to with mark renshaw and another mate,catch rucks up and town the highway running towards sydeny. hit upto 80 clicks.

the go when doing it was to spin the smallest gear ya could,great legs speed training,although it is quiet illegal..

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2836724
Share on other sites

youd be surprised how quick ya notice,had a few behind us warn the driver where tailing and he hits the trailor breaks,scary shit... but when we sit behind we get as close to skidding the front wheels on the bumper.. no word of a lie...

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/148863-cycling/page/2/#findComment-2836745
Share on other sites




  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Then, shorten them by 1cm, drop the car back down and have a visual look (or even better, use a spirit level across the wheel to see if you have less camber than before. You still want something like 1.5 for road use. Alternatively, if you have adjustable rear ride height (I assume you do if you have extreme camber wear), raise the suspension back to standard height until you can get it all aligned properly. Finally, keep in mind that wear on the inside of the tyre can be for incorrect toe, not just camber
    • I know I have to get a wheel alignment but until then I just need to bring the rear tyres in a bit they're wearing to the belt on the inside and brand new on the outside edge. I did shorten the arms a bit but got it wrong now after a few klms the Slip and VDC lights come on. I'd just like to get it to a point where I can drive for another week or two before getting an alignment. I've had to pay a lot of other stuff recently so doing it myself is my only option 
    • You just need a wheel alignment after, so just set them to the same as current and drive to the shop. As there are 2 upper links it may also be worth adding adjustable upper front links at the same time; these reduce bump steer when you move the camber (note that setting those correctly takes a lot longer as you have to recheck the camber at each length of the toe arm, through a range of movement, so you could just ignore that unless the handling becomes unpredictable)
    • I got adjustable after market rear camber arm to replace the stock one's because got sick of having to buy new rear tyres every few months. Can anyone please let me know what the best adjustment length would be. I don't have the old ones anymore to get measurements. I'm guessing the stock measurement minus a few mm would do it. Please any help on replacing them would be fantastic I've watched the YouTube clips but no-one talks about how long to set the camber arm to.
    • Heh. I copied the link to the video direct, instead of the thread I mentioned. But the video is the main value content anyway. Otherwise, yes, in Europe, surely you'd be expected to buy local. Being whichever flavour of Michelin, Continental or Pirelli suits your usage model.
×
×
  • Create New...