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March 09, 2010 02:50pm

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WoodyJnr, it wasn't for nothing, you were riding a bike you idiot, that gives him the license to be douch bag and abuse you. Gees some people.

Let us know what the result of your "prank" is. I like seeing the looks on drivers faces when you catch up to them and they realise they have nowhere to go.

pain is temporary, quitting is forever

Kenzo

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March 09, 2010 03:19pm

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WoodyJNR / Ky - maybe the tradie was yelling at you guys to go back to bed.. 5.15 is too early to be smashing it up a hill

At least he was probably getting paid to be up that early.

You committed/healthy types put me to shame....

JimR: I am unstoppable, don't even try to stop me.

WoodyJNR

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March 09, 2010 03:25pm

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ha ha I was getting paid

WoodyJNR

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March 11, 2010 07:58pm

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What happens if cycling is the commuter method for a large proportion of people in your city?

You get traffic lights on the bike path....

WoodyJNR

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March 11, 2010 08:27pm

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ha ha thats nuts Kenzo...imagine if that was Brisbane.....the forum would be chockers with sooks complaining about everything.....did ya see the dude with the kid between his legs and no helmets....top work people.

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March 11, 2010 09:14pm

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Quote: WoodyJNR

ha ha thats nuts Kenzo...imagine if that was Brisbane.....the forum would be chockers with sooks complaining about everything.....did ya see the dude with the kid between his legs and no helmets....top work people.

WoodyJNR

You mean, it isnt already?

29er - Thats right, 3 inches bigger than yours.

Kenzo

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March 11, 2010 09:25pm

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I think the location of this 'intersection' is at a busway of some sort. Only buses go by in the distance, no cars or motorbikes. There appear to be a tonne of bikes parked in the fenced area in the background.

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March 11, 2010 10:05pm Updated 12-03-2010 06:56 am by adrog

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Quote: Ky

Quote: WoodyJNR

ha ha thats nuts Kenzo...imagine if that was Brisbane.....the forum would be chockers with sooks complaining about everything.....did ya see the dude with the kid between his legs and no helmets....top work people.

WoodyJNR

You mean, it isnt already?

ooooh, you guyz is so hard....

The cogniscenti don't like us

Raw Toast Man

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March 12, 2010 03:43pm

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI7T2iuGjjc&feature=player_embedded

Current Western Freeway champion

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March 12, 2010 06:30pm

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love your work RTM - now if only we can find some commentry for the western freeway...

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March 12, 2010 08:53pm

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RTM, Gold. That video is just genius.

Kenzo

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March 15, 2010 12:39pm

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Yelled out to Kaji this morning under the SE Freeway / Capt Cook Bridge...

Poor thing.. had no idea where/who I was... eyes darting about left right up down looking for the Ninja Commuter calling his name.. LOL...

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March 15, 2010 01:06pm

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yeh only figured out who it was, was in the super commute zone so by the time i realized what was going on and busted a u turn, you were long gone!

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March 15, 2010 06:26pm

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Quote: Raw Toast Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI7T2iuGjjc&feature=player_embedded

Awesome, love the chopper shot at 4:45.

Raw Toast Man

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March 15, 2010 06:59pm

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Smashed the WF today. Got both the hill climb and downhill sprint against the useless Kaji

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March 15, 2010 07:03pm

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Quote: Raw Toast Man

Smashed the WF today. Got both the hill climb and downhill sprint against the useless Kaji

Yeah....

Quote: kaji

yeh only figured out who it was, was in the super commute zone so by the time i realized what was going on and busted a u turn, you were long gone!

Plus, his U-turns are really slow.

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March 15, 2010 09:36pm

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i was planning my commentry script for the western freeway... the commentry starts tomorrow!

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March 17, 2010 06:54pm

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what a great day for commuting, nice medium paced ride in with AranaMTBer for Ride to Work celebrations. only one sad ignorant person who displayed their lack of knowledge by claiming we should be riding single file, sadder that they were teaching a learner driver who if they read their book actually knew more than the teacher.

coming home I caught up to Pinkbike who was not riding a pink bike which made it harder to recognise her until I saw her MTBDirt namr plaque that said funnily enough Pinkbike. we had a nice ride home. very pleasant to be able to occasionally just enjoy a social commute instead of head down bat out of hell ride. and not an aggro driver all the way home, very unusual, I could get used to that.

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March 17, 2010 07:13pm

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Quote: Kenzo

What happens if cycling is the commuter method for a large proportion of people in your city?

You get traffic lights on the bike path....

Did you notice a few of the cyclists going through the red lights thanks for sharing that version of utopia

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March 17, 2010 07:19pm

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coming home I caught up to Pinkbike who was not riding a pink bike which made it harder to recognise her until I saw her MTBDirt namr plaque that said funnily enough Pinkbike.

Hey - I like to keep you all on your toes. Funnily enough, when I told a couple of people today that I had a new bike they did ask if it was pink. I had to explain that pink bikes for me are purely an MTB phenomenon. I only do black road bikes at this time!

The new bike in question was my N+1 excursion of the last week. It is a Scott Speedster S20 FB - a flat bar roadie with a triple. I bought it primarily for doing Cycle Queensland style trips (not going on the tandem this year since Turtle and Princess are a bit disinclined I think) and commuting. I have enjoyed the Kona on slicks but have found it a bit heavy, and a bit annoying when I keep running out of gears at the top end. Of course the down side of the new toy is that its idea of a granny is not the same as the Kona's and I can see myself running out of gears at the bottom just now and again!

The only problem is that the stock tyres are too soft and not robust enough. I have had two flats in three rides! And I only picked it up a week ago! Since I got 1000km out of my roadie before its first flats (two in a week from the same spoke) and none since then, it has been a bit of a shock to the system! Will be shopping for some alternate more puncture-resistant tyres pronto!