Dear Lazyweb,

A friend is looking for a local source for a GPS for a cyclist (although not necessarily a cycling-specific one, particularly noting they tend to be at a higher price bracket). I'd appreciate recommendations for such sources.

I had my first night ride with my new dyno light yesterday. Mixed lighting conditions from extremely well lit (no headlight needed to see clearly) to quite dark (although never zero ambient lighting ( Read more... )

Next Wednesday (13th of October) is National Ride to Work Day. There's a breakfast at the Perth Concert Hall, and one at Midland Square.

Current forecast is sunny. For the last week the weather has been glorious for the ride to work - cool enough to think about long sleeves for the first 5km or so, but usually not actively cold.

Is 7am-9am Wed 24/03/2010 on Riley Oval.

I am very likely to be attending, closer to 07:00 than 09:00.

Dear Lazyweb,

$family_member wants to buy a pair of noise cancelling headphones.
- Primarily for aeroplane use
- Over ear preferred over ear buds
- Noise reduction a higher priority than compactness

Any advice for
- Models
- Online shops
- Physical shops in $hometown
greatly appreciated.

1:50:30 (52.2km) (3min faster than last year).
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There is a fund raising walk on Sunday the 8th of Nov. The route covers the Narrows, Causeway and Windan Bridges as well as the foreshore paths in between. No official notice on whether anything will be closed, or which sides of the bridges are in use, but expect any or all of these paths to be very clogged at least all morning. First group starts ( Read more... )

City of South Perth/Town of Victoria Park have two free courses this week:

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Tomorrow (Wed) is National ride to work day.
(Their registration form fails on gender.)

[Edit 20091014 My completely unscientific guestimate is 2-3x normal bike traffic this morning.]

My inability recently to take a PC tower case home unassisted (a lighter object of the same dimensions, or a smaller object of the same weight would be fine, but I was concerned about stability, both of the load and of me) has reignited interest in acquiring a trailer ( Read more... )