Posts Tagged ‘Australia’

This Sunday is my 40th Birthday. I am having dinner with my family at a nice Balinese restaurant in West Melbourne at 7pm

Nice Bike … one day I want one.

Because it is a foldable bike, it needs small wheels (20″) if you want it to be able to fold it up into a small space This means you need a long seat post and handlebar post then on a normal bike.

Compare the 700c road bike frame size [...]

Went to the Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club meeting last night.
They had a talk about a 30 day trip in Indonesia
and more importantly they had a talk from the GalFromDownUnder

She is a Evangelist for Bike Friday, a small custom bicycle manufacturing company in the USA.
She demonstrated one of the new models and I was quite impressed. [...]

When I was 18 I didn’t get my licence on my 18th birthday (the earliest you can get a full licence)
Why? .. the police station was closed.
I did it the day after.
My friend William has been a PR (Permanent Resident) in Australia now for over 3 years.
He did not bother to get his licence. Now [...]

Just finished the annual MAD ride today.
I wimped out (wise choice) by doing the 60 km option.

Basically it is a 60km ride near Hanging Rock. There is also a 110km option as well as a 60km mountain bike ride.
There were literally hundreds of people on the ride. It was quite enjoyable.
You will have [...]