Saddle height: How to get it right.

A 4min video & two easy methods.

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From: Jon Bate <bate.jon@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 15:20
Subject: Saddle height: How to get it right.
To: Jon Bate <bate.jon@gmail.com>

Two simple  methods.

shttps://youtu.be/TxxiIx4yVe4 

Best Places to Cycle

A subjective 10 best list of world cycling ...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huJqT7q0XK0

How beautiful is this - Bolivia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEV3WP3IjrU

Cycling during Covid Lockdown

Thx to Dan for sending the following link which essentially says you should cycle as close as is practicable to your local area. Gary reports Police checking licences recently of those riding the Warby trail. Stay safe out there.

https://cyclingtips.com/2020/07/melbourne-cyclists-at-risk-of-fines-for-riding-outside-their-local-area/?fbclid=IwAR3f9vz8z1fJw8UZ91g1xncKoBKm3Ep5Xz3-VIxAiI8dIM1g1tGZIYcQwms

The other Thursday Ride

 

This was the ride John Bird and myself did yesterday.

John and myself did Hazeldene, Prices and Thonemans rd heading back down Lusatia Park rd to the trail in Launching place.

After a well earned coffee and meat pie, ( plus I also treated myself to an apple cake ) we headed towards Yarra Junction.

I headed home while John decided to ride to Warburton before heading home.

I did 59kms while John did over 100, ( I don't think John has an off switch.) Total metres climbed just over 600.

Gravel roads were in very good nick, and only a few cars spotted.

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New hub with wireless internal gears kills derailleurs

Some new, interesting tech stuff in the first half of this video.

https://youtu.be/OWrouGiShYI 

Jon

Watch "Checklist for Buying A Used Or Second-hand Road Bike" on YouTube

Saving money through isolation? 

Finding time to scour the net for bargains?

Here's one way to remedy the ailment.

https://youtu.be/9XQPfIZ-qzI 

Jon

WHAT HO! The Blog.

Ride postings will go into lockdown induced hibernation for 5 weeks. 

Then freedom shall reign once again and freshly polished bikes can emerge into the beginnings of Autumm (well, nearly)

No longer will we be like animals headed to Noah's Arc.... only two at a time. 

In the interim, the blog will morph to a different guise.

IN LIEU of rides, general news will appear, e.g. how to bake crumpets or tell the difference between a road bike and a gravel bike.

All contributions welcome.

If not sure how to post to the blog, call 

Mike          5968 5653

Jurgen      0429 384 416

Jon           0439 311 212

Helen        0417494 496

Jon

The odds of 1 in 20 have failed.

We bow down with appropriate obessiance, the virus has won this round. Tomorrow's 1 in 20 has fallen prey and has to be put on hold til more favoured climes arrive.

Exploratory Hills

Tuesday's ride was undertaken on advice from our freelance explorer, Gordon (who, by the way, used an electric bike).

At the ride's end both Jurgen and I wished the same. Not Werner of course.

I'm just lucky I don't't use my legs to type  because they won't work any more.

Strava says it all.

Jon

The infamous 1 in 20

OOPS, I MEANT 9.30 AM START

The infamous 1 in 20 Thursday 9th July

Start Bayswater Park 8.30 am.  A mere 37 km with a mere 687m climb and according to my Strava history a grand total of 980 calories will be burnt off. Great news, now you can have that extra glass of red or the custard donut available at the Basin café on the way up.

Jurgen 0429 384 416

SCHEDULED RIDE Tuesday 7 July

Revisiting ride deferred from Tues 30 June.

Cardinia Wall and beyond. 

40 -50 km, road and track, dirt bikes best.

1000hrs  Emerald library carpark.

Easier than Mississippi Creek Rd.     just.

Jon   0439 311 212

Mississippi Goddam

Kirsten  said she wanted to ride Mississippi  Creek Rd. Apparently she'd ridden part of it previously. I'd never heard of it, nor where it was. I think Henk was as uninformed as me. John B, Gary, Werner and Mike knew it. All said "Do you want to ride it all or just part way". This should have been a warning. "Why the  choice" I asked. "Because no-one has managed to ride its entire length without walking part way, especially towards the top."  Not a warning this time, just a blunt message.

       I have no recollection of the process by which we agreed to give it a go!

First stop, Warburton.

Henk, still recovering from his Rotary Write Off and enticed by coffee aroma from Cafe Warbuton, peeled off here. We remaining headed east to Big Pats Rd then Mississippi Creek Rd. 

It's dirt, long, very long, very, very long, goes steeply uphill without a  break for around 1000km, after which it gets really steep. Forest to the left of us, forest to the right. MCR just kept going.

In our favour, the dirt was smooth, the weather right and we (or perhaps just me) were too intimidated by the capabilities ofJohn B, Gary and Werner,  to get off our bikes and walk. So we strained and sweated (probably just me again) till reaching the kicker at the final 1km mark. PRIDE kicked in, remnants of adrenalin were found and we all ROAD to the summit. 

A RECORD!!!!!!!!!!!

It was literally downhill from there back to Woori and a comfortable car seat  home after 67km of solid work. 

To be repeated???? Dunno!

Jon