2008-09-30 My Bike Friday fully loaded.jpg, originally uploaded by Stephen Hucker.
The panniers and backpack weigh around 10 kgs, the bike about 14.5kg, so in total about 25kg !
This is going to hurt when I hit the mountains.
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2008-09-30 My Bike Friday fully loaded.jpg
Day #02
Staying at my friends parent house in Seoul.
Put my bike together and everything is OK with it, except the engine (me) which is suffering from overheating because it was in the high twenties today.
Tomorrow .. shopping
June 2004 Riding in North Ulsan
View of North Ulsan near the airport. The suburb where I lived in is on the hill in the background.
The base of the mountain on which I was riding was about 12km from my home. To get to the top of the mountain, you had to climb 7km at inclines of up to 10%
This [...]
Pocket Llama
Another photo of my new Bike Friday Pocket Llama. This is the bike I shall be taking with me to South Korea.
Bicycle Pocket Llama 406 2.4 Pocket Llama Plus 27. + Heavy rider upgrade - 253#
Color: Flag Red (std)
Mud Guards: BF Fender Set, skinny tire NWT, [...]
My new Bike
On Friday, my Pocket Llama from Bike Friday arrived.
Once I get some better photos I will post them up on the blog.
I went to Cycle Science, the bike Friday dealer in Melbourne to collect the bike on Saturday.
I folded the bike and put it in the back seat of the car, but I forgot to [...]
My new bike
Not long ago I said I wanted a new bike, well it’s nearly here now
Tracking number
979485808207
Ship date
Aug 18, 2008
Estimated delivery
Aug 25, 2008 by 6:00 PM
Reference
109712B109180,1
09723,109713,109181,1097
Destination
MITCHAM, VICTORIA AU
Service type
INTL Economy
Master tracking number
979485808170
Pieces
4 of 8
Status
In transit
Date/Time
Activity
Location
Details
Aug 20, 2008
9:10 PM
In transit
ALEXANDRIA AU
7:39 PM
Clearance in progress
ALEXANDRIA AU
7:39 PM
In transit
ALEXANDRIA AU
Package available for clearance
7:31 PM
Clearance delay
ALEXANDRIA AU
4:00 [...]
Frack!
In early March I finally got my rear suspension fork fixed. It worked beautifully (note past tense)
In fact it still works beautifully, but now (March 12, 2008) the rear suspension has broken completely!
The new problems is different to the old, but it will entail even more expenses I expect.
I have already spent over $300 on [...]
