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Ok I have for some reason decided to get another bike, can you have to many….. I dont think so.
This is a weird one as I have a road bike and a commuter/touring bike already. I couldn’t really leave it there for the a$300 asking price. It is a Kona Smoke 06 model hence the price. Its built like a tank and thus weighs about the same as one as well but I love it. It’s amazingly relaxed to ride very upright position and asorbs the bumps like there not even there.
I am going to be using this for commuting in the winter and also for the great bike paths and rail trails that Victoria and Australia in general have to offer.
I am also going away this week on a weeks camping trips, taking the bikes of course so this will be a good first outing for it. Of course I’ll post a review when I have done some riding on it.
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I have been out for a quick pootle today using the Nokia Sports Tracker software on my n series mobile. Its a gps software system that tracks your distance, speed and route along with elevation and averages.
Although I am not a massive numbers man it is interesting to be able to see exactly where you have ridden etc.
You can down load the software for free here
Here is my first little ride using the software
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=58402
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http://ajafern.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/clearing-the-air/
There has been an update to the original outburst from this blogger, clearing a few things up, good on her I say. Her comments were completely out of order and to say I took them to seriously, well I did take them very seriously as I have almost daily incidents where I nearly get knocked off by motorists trying to make it to their destination a few seconds quicker.
Anyway all done and dusted now, and hopefully we have a motorist with a new found love of bicycle safety
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Guys How are the bike tracks in your area, the Melbourne one that I did today fell well short of my expectation not because of the tracks themselves, which I actually thought were awesome but there massive lack of signage that prevented me from really finishing the ride properly.
The track from Melbourne to Jells Park is around 30km and the signage at many points vary from overload no nothing. I had to go off the track on the way there and the return journey due to lack of signs. If I had been doing this with children I would have been very upset and been unable to complete the journey as the roads would have been far to busy.
Plus alot of the roads that I had to detour on were very challenging due to both traffic and hills. On the plus side like I mentioned the tracks are in great condition and very picturesque which is awesome.
But will these tracks be maintained in the future? will the signs be fixed?? I would be interested to hear opinions from the local councils and also Bicycle Victoria, whicH i have to say have come well short in allot of people’s expectations of late especially due to there lack of back up on the recent bike bans on trains here in Melbourne. Personally I think the person in charge of Bicycle Victoria should really step aside, stop concentrating on big commercial rides like Around the bay in a day and The Great Victorian Bike Ride and start putting some effort into day to day cycling.
Is this a familiar story in your area I would love to hear your comments
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