Posts Tagged ‘Cycling’

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Today I purchased my new bike. It’s a 2008 Giant CRX City Pro. What’s special about it is that it does not use a derailleur , it instead uses an 8 speed internal hub (Shimano Nexus)
My impressions based on one short ride home?
- The steering is twitchy! why? short wheelbase make turning easier, but high [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]