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And what is it shifting? Most likely the rear derailleur, but who knows?

The more I look, the more I wonder . . .

Welcome! Nice jerseys.

Yup, previously Airborne -- and still going: https://www.vannicholas.com/en

Her owner said she was a pitbull, but she looked too long in the legs for that. But then I'm not sure pitbull is a breed anyway.

After a weekend away for the Missus' birthday, I was keen to get some distance in today, particularly in light of the weather forecast which tells me we will have rain of some sort for the next ten days or so. Wasn't feeling very fit but took the Airborne Carpe Diem on a 35-k mixed gravel and...

Starting to look beautiful!

Reminds me of this guy at the Smithfield Nocturne in 2008 (I think)

Took off at lunchtime on a quick 20-k ride -- the sky clear and there was very little wind, so had to take advantage. I took the '98 Explosif, on which I'd recently replaced the Avid V-brakes with XTR -- why keep them in a drawer when there's a deserving bike to put them on? It was a pretty...

Did my 40km loop for the first time in two weeks, with a nasty dose of sinusitis in between which was a big disincentive to exercise. Lovely sunny day but with that cold underlying breeze making the weather feel colder than it looks. And two weeks off seem to have set back the old fitness a...

Those things have no brakes. Madness.

There's a time and a plaice for this kind of thing

Well you may laugh, but there's a grain of truth to this -- my younger stepson recently announced he was going for his motorbike licence and I was immediately worried for him. That's because my two best mates and I all had bikes in our 20s and did some really stupid things on them (mainly to do...

And although it seemed impossibly rare in a tiny Australian country town, there's a doppelganger here . . .

Ooh very nice -- '02 Explosif, True Temper OX. Very light and snappy.