i figger up to a cold thou or thereaboots
gonna be doing lots of kms
― bansplain (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
want flat-bar? look at the permutations on the 'dew' model. http://www.konaworld.com/platform.cfm?content=commuter
look at giant too, always good on value and they just work - bit like the toyota of the bike world. cross-city for flat-bar, defy for drop bar (i really rate these).
http://www.konaworld.com/bike.cfm?content=rove - so hott, would ride dis - prob out of yr range but.
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'm more after a little phatty than a minimoog if u get me
the dew is indeed the one i am eyeing off
― bansplain (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
try for dew plus if they have one - disc brakes are good on a commuter, less mess for starters
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
better stopping if u get caught in the rain
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
while drinking a pina colada
― bansplain (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 00:52 (eleven years ago) link
but yes good advice
hairy howhard and edwina from the NDE filling in on the triple r literary show today
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:12 (eleven years ago) link
cool
― bansplain (electricsound), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link
when does pones shut it's doors - feel like i should make at least one last visit
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:05 (eleven years ago) link
dec 1 or thereaboots
― whining boom (electricsound), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
although i do think i've given a little too much of my life to it already
― whining boom (electricsound), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone should take a wizz in there before they go. Place always smelled like a gents as it was.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
i could make some unfortunate admissions but should probably wait til they've gutted the place
― whining boom (electricsound), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
unfortunate emissions, morelike
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
approx
― whining boom (electricsound), Friday, 2 November 2012 03:23 (eleven years ago) link
So it was YOU
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Friday, 2 November 2012 05:52 (eleven years ago) link
Pretty sure it was everyone.
― Mates of 808 State (S-), Friday, 2 November 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
^^
― whining boom (electricsound), Friday, 2 November 2012 06:14 (eleven years ago) link
love that m+n article where s1m0n reckons the most disgusting thing he ever saw there was a band playing barefoot
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Friday, 2 November 2012 07:46 (eleven years ago) link
hawwwwww
it was alarming to realise the first CL gig was there :/
― whining boom (electricsound), Friday, 2 November 2012 08:08 (eleven years ago) link
So, didja hear the one about the Richmond pub who thought it'd be HILARE to have a "comedy debate" night entitled "There's nothing funny about rape"? With a rapey 50s image of a guy yelling/wrestliong a woman?
So, its a comedy debate? And one side're gonna argue there IS funny shit about rape. And oh look - theyre all guys.
Nice one, Station 59. Nice one.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Thursday, 8 November 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
Also one of the guys one the negative "sure rape jokes are great" side is THE MOST crepey fucker I have EVER met on OKC. No suprises there.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Thursday, 8 November 2012 03:10 (eleven years ago) link
got new bike iirc
soz h-man i couldn't wait!! got the dr.d3w '13
― biased gaffe patrol (electricsound), Thursday, 8 November 2012 07:59 (eleven years ago) link
I shd prob do that too. Maybe just an exerxise bike'll do for now. I'm too scared of being sideswiped on the road :(
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:45 (eleven years ago) link
i don't really plan on being on the road much, trails for me
― biased gaffe patrol (electricsound), Thursday, 8 November 2012 08:54 (eleven years ago) link
i'm thinking there must be a way to rain on the rape debate's parade.
― estela, Thursday, 8 November 2012 09:19 (eleven years ago) link
thort it looked like the '13 in that blue
trayce you gotta get the outside bike!! for real i have tried with indoor trainer and there's just no motivation
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Thursday, 8 November 2012 11:01 (eleven years ago) link
rape debate stuff is ugh, not sure i'm clever enough to skewer it without getting abusive tbh
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Thursday, 8 November 2012 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
i had to get the 13 cause it just felt so much nicer than the 12. also they had it in my size
― biased gaffe patrol (electricsound), Thursday, 8 November 2012 11:07 (eleven years ago) link
the bike that fits is usually the best
― thirstin' maw (haitch), Thursday, 8 November 2012 11:32 (eleven years ago) link
I hear ya. but I'm the opposite! with a bike proper, I'd come up with every escuse known to man not to go for a ride (its too hot/too cold/too wet/too much traffic). At least a stationary is there, and I have no excuses at all (last time i hired one i did actually use it erry day)
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
until it gets covered in towels and bras and becomes a defacto drying rack :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:23 (eleven years ago) link
Which is why I rent one, rather than buy one hehe :D
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:38 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 November 2012 23:45 (eleven years ago) link
TBH I have thought about getting a mounto bikington so I can go on rides with J, but hes way way fitter than I am and can do the steep bits of merri trail and shiz and i'd just die.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Friday, 9 November 2012 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
those bits take some practice
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 00:26 (eleven years ago) link
I guess I could just ride around AP lake, its all flat.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Friday, 9 November 2012 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
my old practice run was basically from moonee ponds to abbotsford on the CCT
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 00:34 (eleven years ago) link
(might need to get a couple of those in before tackling the trip to work)
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 00:35 (eleven years ago) link
I have to be honest, fear of being doored/hit by car is the main reason I've never gotten another bike (when I usaed to ride as a teen it was legal to ride on footpaths where i lived, I never got used to traffic)
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Friday, 9 November 2012 00:37 (eleven years ago) link
And when shit happens like my cousin's husband, who gets a little scooter, then gets mashed off it like 2 weeks later and is now a quadraplegic, its like ehhhhh.
― Una Stubbs' Tears (Trayce), Friday, 9 November 2012 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
like i have to stop saying like so much, damn.
traffic sucks for sure and i will go to great lengths to avoid any roads without explicit lanes. in my last ~6 month stint of riding i only had two closish calls, but generally felt reasonably safe. i tend to find if you don't ride like a fuckhead your ability to stay alive tends to hover at a highish level
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 01:05 (eleven years ago) link
*explicit bike lanes
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
explicit lanes
why don't we do it in the road
― all-mod scone (sic), Friday, 9 November 2012 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
once you go two lane blacktop you never go back
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
idk, kinda tyred
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 November 2012 02:50 (eleven years ago) link
i tend to find if you don't ride like a fuckhead tanked and on a BMX at 3am your ability to stay alive tends to hover at a highish level
― Mates of 808 State (S-), Friday, 9 November 2012 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
interesting theory
― electricsound, Friday, 9 November 2012 05:06 (eleven years ago) link