Recent content by moonlite

Could have sworn I posted after today's ride but it's not here so don't know what I did there. Anyway, we've had two days of 'damaging winds' and today was still pretty breezy but really felt the need to get out so chose the Jake as it had been subject to a bit of tinkering to improve indexing...

Various catastrophic weather events across Australia in the last few days but here, today, the sun was shining and the wind had dropped to manageable levels. Did an early-afternoon spin out to a nice farming area to the east of town -- where I broke my ankle a couple of years ago -- for a bit of...

That is gorgeous. Do we need a thread for stem fetishists or would that be too sad . . .?"

Turned out to be 18" -- I contacted him too. Good seller -- came back quickly, no bullsh#t. Hope someone on here got it so we can see what happens to it next.

Out a bit later than usual today, riding the '98 Explosif. Never have a bad ride on this one -- very responsive and fun. Trundling along the usual dirt road I saw an Echidna on the side of the road. It curled up into a ball (as above) when I stopped but I waited quietly for it to stick its...

It's a hell of a flight -- or series of flights! Worth it though. I follow these guys -- might be some clues or contacts here?

Thunderstorms predicted for this afternoon, so decided to go earlier than usual. Bit of an odd ride, really: I wanted to take a road route I used to do quite often when I first arrived in Australia -- my brother-in-law had a farm in the hills toward the coast which was quite a challenging ride...

I know I always complain about the wind, but today really was pretty gusty. Nice and sunny though, so tooled off on the Jake for a bit of road / gravel action. Heading out of town with the wind was great; coming back a real penance -- a slog mostly, with some gusts pushing the bike off its line...

Could never manage it, although it would be useful (theoretically) getting over the odd obstacle on the trail. I think it's a coordination issue.

Out again on an MTB today, this time the Soma Groove, which despite being heavier than any of my Konas, is good for chucking about rough and rocky terrain. Ventured into what I've taken to calling the 'badlands', a large tract of sloping territory near a large-ish river, which has been...

I also have, what the orthopaedic therapist believes to be, adhesive capsulitis aka a frozen shoulder. Sympathies -- my missus has had this since February and it's been really hard for her -- lots of pain, weakness in the arm, and restricted range of motion. We made the mistake of taking her...

Hi Jay -- you'll need to list what's for sale and give a price. Pics always help: have a look at some of the other ads to get a sense of what works. Posting is pretty intuitive. And note that you won't be able to send messages until you've made a certain number of posts -- that sometimes...

I give up trying to predict, let alone describe, the weather here. It's now officially summer, and we have had some hot days, but today another of those cold winds set in, bringing overall temps down. I worked in the garden all morning (my way of 'earning' a ride later in the day) and got pretty...

Nice day today and as work is a little quiet, I took off for an attempt at a route which in my mind has assumed epic proportions, especially one long, slow climb on a gravel farm road about halfway through. I chose the Jake because it just seems to be going rather nicely at the moment, and set...

Weird country that this is, when I last logged a ride it was freezing cold and wet; today, four or five days later, it's calm, sunny and 26C. I set out on the Jake for a 40km loop with about 440m (1,440 ft) climbing, on a mixture of metalled and gravel roads. Had to abort a run yesterday due to...