Monthly Archives: November 2024

Hawk and Char in town – Day 5

Posted on 17 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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Dragged Hawk to lunch with my fam today at Chiswick’s (always amazing!).

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Hawk and Char in town – Day 4

Posted on 16 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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First stop, the MCA!

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Brunch at Black & White cafe at The Rocks.

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Shaun and Gina. Welcome home love birds!

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Success! Forced Char to check out an Art Gallery.

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Finally dropped in to the CCACHE CBD store (it’s awesome!).

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White out!

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At Strand Hatters (I bought a flat cap!).

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Kings Comics (love the new shop!).

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I then had a hard hat tour of the new investment apartment.

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It’s looking great!

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Bathrooms are done.

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Arthurs Pizza Rosebery.

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Yawn!

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I Came, I Saw, I Had Anxiety, I Left

Posted on 15 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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Hawk and Char in town – Day 3

Posted on 15 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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More burgers, beer and a nature walk in the rain today with Hawko.

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More Extralite goodies

Posted on 15 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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15mm Extralite stem spacer.

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So nice!

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Extralite bar end plugs.

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I love them.

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Sexy.

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Original SRAM Red chainrings (big ring alone was 127g).

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Extralite chainrings (same size).

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More Extralite goodies came in the mail today from R2 Bike. Shipped Express it took only a couple of nights whearas my first order for the Ceramicspeed headset dust cover has taken over a month and is still not here… (lesson learnt!).

UPDATED SPECS:

2018 Specialized S-WORKS Women’s (unisex) Tarmac SL6 Size 52
Frame: Hopp frame insert (1g) + S-WORKS bottle cage bolts (2g)
Seatpost: Hylix 365mm (119g)
Saddle: Berk Lupina short padded (90g)
Stem: Extralite Hyperstem Stealth 100mm -12 degree (76g)
Spacer: Extralite 2.5mm (1g)
Expander Plug: Extralite UltraStar 4 (5g)
Top Cap/Bolt: Extralite Ahead Top Cap (3g)
Bars: EXS R175 360mm (175g)
Bar Tape: EXS Airtape (30g)
Bar Ends: Extralite (2g)
Shifters/Brake Levers: SRAM Red eTap (267g)
Front Derailleur: SRAM Red eTap (164g)
Rear Derailleur: SRAM Red eTap (245g)
Cranks: SRAM Red 167.5 (363g)
Chainrings: Extralite Mid Compact Octaramp 50/34 (93g)
Brakes: Cane Creek eeBrakes for SL6 +adapter (176g)
Brake Cables: Jagwire + black teflon coated inners + hardware (76g)
Pedals: Xpedo Thrust SL Titanium (165g)
Bottle Cage: CarbonWorks + cage bolts (9g)
Wheelset: Wheelsfar Feder 45mm Extralite hubs Sapim CX-Super spokes (1280g)
Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen3 11 Speed ​​11-28 (110g)
Cassette Lock Ring: Extralite ExtraBolt 3.6 (3g)
Chain: KMC X11SL (213g)
QR Skewers: Extralite (29g)
Tyres: Panaracer Agilest Light 25mm (335g)
Tubes: RideNow TPU Road Light (71g)

Weight: 5.46kg

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Hawk and Char in town – Day 2

Posted on 14 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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That’s how you pour a glass of wine!

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Fratelli Fresh pappardelle wagyu ragu (so good!).

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Mochi donuts.

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Char and Hawk.

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In case you didn’t know.

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Nike RPRSNT!

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Be horny!

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Char bought these!

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Sprung!

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Destiny books!

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Hawk’s haul.

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Matcha time.

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Got to catch up with Nick too. What a week!

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Seattle Sound Exhibition

Posted on 14 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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I love Kurt, forever, but this is the photo I really wanted to take home.

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Hello Nana!

Monster Children and Blender Gallery put on a show tonight featuring Pearl Jam by Lance Mercer and Nirvana by Kirk Weddle. I want every single one of them. I’m emotional!

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More Extralite bits for the SL6

Posted on 13 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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Extralite UltraStar 4 expander (original Specialized expander plug is 28g).

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Extralite ExtraBolt 3.6 Cassette Lock ring (Ultegra lock ring was 5g).

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I spotted these Extralite bits on eBay, then managed to find the local seller on FB Marketplace. He gave me a good deal for taking both so I pounced.

Weight has gone down from 5.60kg to 5.57kg.

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Hawk and Char in town – Day 1

Posted on 13 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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The hawk has landed!

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Paradise Garage.

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Lunch at Kosta’s. Their chips are sooo good.

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Smash burger, not much to look at, but they’re legit.

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It’s raining all week, and I’ve got Hawk and Char in town so I made the decision to not ride, and instead eat and drink a lot (why not!).

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It’s Mia! Cute cat glass Gina got me in Italy. Char came over late (SO awesome to meet her IRL!), and I was pretty drunk at this point, so drunk I forgot to get a photo with her.

It’s been a great week! Gina and Shaun got back home from Europe on Monday, Nick is back from Shanghai and my good gaming friends Hawk from QLD and Chardae from NZ are in town! Adventure time!

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S-WORKS Tarmac SL6 / 5.60kg

Posted on 9 November, 2024 by Justin Fox

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SPECS:
2018 Specialized S-WORKS Women’s (unisex) Tarmac SL6 Size 52

Frame: Hopp frame insert (1g) + S-WORKS bottle cage bolts (2g)
Seatpost: Hylix 365mm (119g)
Saddle: Berk Lupina short padded (90g)
Stem: Extralite Hyperstem Stealth 100mm -12 degree (76g)
Top Cap/Bolt: Farsports (7g)
Bars: EXS R175 360mm (175g)
Bar Tape: EXS Airtape + bar end plugs (30g)
Shifters/Brake Levers: SRAM Red eTap (267g)
Front Derailleur: SRAM Red eTap (164g)
Rear Derailleur: SRAM Red eTap (245g)
Cranks: SRAM Red 167.5 50/34 (519g)
Brakes: Cane Creek eeBrakes for SL6 +adapter (176g)
Brake Cables: Jagwire + black teflon coated inners + hardware (76g)
Pedals: Xpedo Thrust SL Titanium (165g)
Bottle Cage: CarbonWorks + cage bolts (9g)
Wheelset: Wheelsfar Feder 45mm Extralite hubs Sapim CX-Super spokes (1280g)
Cassette: ZTTO SLR Gen3 11 Speed ​​11-28 (110g)
Chain: KMC X11SL (213g)
QR Skewers: Condor Ti (43g)
Tyres: Panaracer Agilest Light 25mm (335g)
Tubes: RideNow TPU Road Light (71g)

Weight: 5.60kg

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