Family bike sold for $70. Tidy. :)

So here are the current projects in train for me - and tonight, I will add pictures (and prices for some!)

'Cyclops Special 10'

The wheels have arrived. I plan on overhauling them and installing the 8 speed cassette I have on another wheelset tonight. If I have spare tubes I will put the tyres/tubes on too.

Surly Long Haul TruckerWhere o where ( Read more... )

I guess my Surly Long Haul trucker ain't getting shipped any time soon, since no planes can get out of Europe!

Nic got home yesterday and took me out to dinner at a nice Thai place in Mt Lawley. Twice the price of the Thai restruant on the corner but it's in an upmarket suburb. As per usual in Mt Lawley everyone was driving their big shiny cars. When Bayswater gets more redevelopment happening and gets a bit gentrified, we are going to have the same issues ( Read more... )

Without my bike. I feel naked. It's been months since I caught the train. Actually, no last time I caught the train was when I had to fast for my blood test and I didn't have the energy to ride....

It's just weird.

Some bastard stole my green road bike from the carport last night. If you see it for sale, let me know!



Pass it on!

Surfing the 'net is sometimes like swirling around in a torrent of sinkwater going down the drain. Most of the detritus can swish right past you (like the 'Don't Bleach - Single mom discovers 1 simple trick to turn yellow teeth white from home'...ads that are on my LJ right now), but occasionally an idea will stick. I think I have quite a bit of ( Read more... )

There were two sales positions in bike shops advertised on Seek this fortnight, so I sent applications to both of them making it clear that I was looking for evening & weekend work. I got a bite, the manager of one of them wants to meet me. Sounds cool. How awesome would it be to sell bikes as a second job? Whoohoo. Wish me luck!

goddam repacking the hubs makes a huge difference!! i sorta caught my pedal when I was getting the x out of my car and the back wheel was *WHIIIIZZZZZZZZ* for AGES ( Read more... )

Anyone want a bike?Selling the blue road racer to raise cash for upgrades on some of my other bikes. Actually I'm hoping for over $100 which will go a long way to paying for the new heavy duty centre stand I bought for the xtracycle (a 2009 closeout Kickback, but $42 USD postage hurts like a mother fucker ( Read more... )