Forum: Australia
June 9th 08, 08:01 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 680
Visibility on rainy nights
Bugbear wrote:
Does anyone have any tips for those of us who get caught commuting
home on a rainy night? The times when I have attempted this I found
that the water on my glasses impairs...
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Forum: Australia
April 2nd 08, 09:02 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 5
Views: 366
Pannier Racks - Non eyelet variety - any good?
Bill the Cat wrote:
I saw the question asked in an earlier thread and thought that it was
worth another shot as there were no responses but it was pretty late
in the thread.
I have a...
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Forum: Australia
February 15th 08, 12:31 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,501
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Forum: Australia
January 13th 08, 08:31 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,461
Cyclists break the road rules...
scotty72 wrote:
the harbor bridge bike way is not shared
if fact there are 2 guards on duty at any time who will throw peds off.
I've seen them do it.
Now that's what I call zero...
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Forum: Australia
January 13th 08, 08:18 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 56
Views: 3,461
Cyclists break the road rules...
John Tserkezis wrote:
scotty72 wrote:
Yes, peds can get over on the eastern side
bike on the western
Ah, that explains it.
I wonder how much lobbying will it take to have...
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Forum: Australia
January 12th 08, 03:34 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 133
Views: 6,346
Police target South Australian cyclists
cfsmtb wrote:
If you go back to the initial premise for whatever being said it's not
actually about higher levels of compliance, it's being driven by a
subjective, disingenuous argument which...
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Forum: Australia
January 12th 08, 03:28 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 133
Views: 6,346
Police target South Australian cyclists
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
There are murders, so do we stop bothering about burglaries? Can't
see the logic.
Didn't you get the bit about limited law enforcement resources?
The effort should be...
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Forum: Australia
January 11th 08, 09:05 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 133
Views: 6,346
Police target South Australian cyclists
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
Bicycles are only worth riding if it's free or close too?
The fact that people are prepared to spend $x000 on a bicycle
when a perfectly adequate solution is available for...
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Forum: Australia
January 10th 08, 01:20 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 133
Views: 6,346
Police target South Australian cyclists
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
Work out how to register cyclists, work out how to catch unregistered
ones that do a runner, work out how to manage child cyclists in that
regime, then bicycles will...
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Forum: Australia
January 9th 08, 12:05 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,153
attacked by cyclist, broken arm
AndrewJ wrote:
Behind me comes a shout: "no freewheeling here". A mountain bike rider
went past me on my right. As he went past he grabbed my handlebar to
destabilise my bike. I went down....
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Forum: Australia
January 6th 08, 08:54 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 75
Views: 3,345
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Forum: Australia
December 4th 07, 11:12 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 238
Views: 8,560
Critical Mass - Fundamentalist Plonkers?
Baka Dasai wrote:
CM's aim is not to "deny service" to car drivers. Instead it attempts to
show that the roads can be used in a different, better way. It's saying
"look,
we have this great...
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Forum: Australia
December 4th 07, 09:06 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 238
Views: 8,560
Critical Mass - Fundamentalist Plonkers?
Ray wrote:
....snip
Actually in Melbourne the Police bile squad and motorbikes are generally
very supportive.
... snip
I'm sorry, but the bile squad sounds like a load of ****!!!! ;-)...
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Forum: Australia
December 3rd 07, 02:08 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 238
Views: 8,560
Critical Mass - Fundamentalist Plonkers?
Dorfus wrote:
Maybe you could get lots of cars together and block traffic in the city.
There's a novel idea!
Maybe the Volkswagen club could organise a rally at peak hour
on the last Friday...
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Forum: Australia
November 15th 07, 11:31 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,089
Thanks Connex
Bean Long wrote:
vaudegiant wrote:
Terrible train story snip
Gor blimey! Lucky it was the bike and not a person stuck in the door.
That's freakin' terrible! Don't those guys have...
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Forum: Australia
November 4th 07, 09:00 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 544
Magpies
DJ wrote:
I Especially hate it when they swoop you, trying to pick at your ears at
the side or sticking their beak through the holes in the helmet drawing
blood or throwing stones at you as...
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Forum: Australia
October 2nd 07, 01:34 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 5
Views: 538
Exercise and fine particle air pollution
The article at this link is in German; the Google autotranslation is quaint
but understandable: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/26/26241/1.html
It is a summary of a more heavyweight article (in...
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Forum: Australia
September 29th 07, 02:09 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 3
Views: 288
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Forum: Australia
September 28th 07, 01:31 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 25
Views: 980
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Forum: Australia
September 24th 07, 09:39 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 686
He's back!!!
thefathippy wrote:
He's a bugger, isn't he? Apparently he has a well deserved reputation
as an anticyclist. Maybe he's practising for a "journo" job in the
tabloids!
He will never make the...
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Forum: Australia
September 23rd 07, 01:50 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 686
He's back!!!
DaveB wrote:
beerwolf wrote:
In the absence of a magpikely.com,
http://magpiemap03.googlemashups.com
Okay, report sent.
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Forum: Australia
September 23rd 07, 08:41 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 8
Views: 686
He's back!!!
In the absence of a magpikely.com, here's a heads up for any Sydney riders
travelling south on Anzac Parade Maroubra. The magpie is in the trees by
the road after Beauchamp St, just south of St...
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Forum: Australia
September 17th 07, 11:03 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 130
Views: 5,891
Kiddy Trailers
Duracell Bunny wrote:
Patty, I could post up a picture or two of Lotte to
prove you wrong, but
as I do not wish to be held accountable for your inevitable subsequent
loss of eyesight, I...
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Forum: Australia
August 29th 07, 12:37 PM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,718
Another bird story
TimC wrote:
Even earlier, I was driving from Canberra to Melbourne and had a
small bird fly up into my windscreen at about Seymour. I stopped to
check, saw that it was still fluttering...
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Forum: Australia
August 29th 07, 10:27 AM Posted to aus.bicycle
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,718
Another bird story
Zebee Johnstone wrote:
I had one swoop in front of the motorcycle. It was hit by the
headlight and ended up hanging by one wing from the front indicator
stalk.
Rolled up to the servo...
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