Category Archives: Bike

Suga and I are trying to keep up our Monday morning rides at Centennial Park. This morning we hooked up with Richie as well as my old mate Eugene (who runs a Trek bicycle dealership overseas) and his mate Paul.

Eugene and I go way back, we grew up in the same apartment as babies and we hung out all throughout high school years. He’s responsible for getting me into bikes and it’s so cool to know he’s just as into bikes as ever. I gave him one of my Bike T’s today and he brought out a bike that he had stored at his Mum’s place. The first ever dual suspension Trek, carbon frame too!

1995 Trek Y22.

A few years ago they widened the bicycle path but some parts are really bumpy. They really should re-surface the entire park!

There was a group of school girls there today and one of them stacked in front of us. Eugene (reppin the Bike T!) was quick to pull over and give the girl a hand up.

It’s spring! Big mama came right up to us to say G’day and her fluffy little babies followed.

So cute!

My mate Stevey (and his girl Vicky) invited me out to the Red Bull XRAY event out at Picton today. The event had an interesting format. A mix of racing + fmx. A lot like drifting where 2 riders go against each other and points are given for style (big tricks equates to points deducted from their overall time).

I really like the idea but felt like we were all fenced too far away from the action. Great fun though and damn those guys can fly.

Stevey gearing up.

Vicky nomnomnom.

The barbed wire fence to keep us out suited the theme pretty well I thought!

Kids getting signatures from some muscley rider.

Red bull thing.

Suga’s recently gone part time (she’s got Mondays and Fridays off) and the sun was out so we hit Centennial Park early this morning for a quick ride. I had a bit of a sprint at th3 end of our ride and when we got back to the car I felt a dizziness I hadn’t felt in a looong time. So unfit!

For sale.

In an vain attempt to make more room in the man cave I’ve decided (after many years of deliberation!) to sell off my 1997 Specialized Hardrock. It’s the bike that got me back into riding and it single-handedly got me into tinkering with bikes. I’ve put a lot of blood sweat and tears into this bike, can’t say I’m after a lot of money for it either, it’s more about making room and also selling it to someone who’s actually going to ride the thing! If you’re keen, or know someone who is keen, let me know!

PS: Build thread can be found here.

Clifton came over the other day to give me this 2010 Woodford to Glenbrook Classic plaque and a letter from CareFlight. It turns out that Team BMU came in 2nd not only in the race but also in the fundraising with a healthy $1025 raised for CareFlight. I’m super proud of the guys, top effort!

You can view images of the ride here.

Post See-Saw, Christina and I thought we’d duck into The Galleries Victoria for dinner and also into Kino to find my cousin a pressie for his B’day. I was stoked to see fixies still hanging up (I thought I’d missed the Fixed Up exhibit) and I was even more stoked to spot a BMU jersey from the 2nd floor. It was Felix!

Luckily I had my camera on me. Here are a few pics I rattled off:

You can view more here: http://www.bikesmoveus.com.au/showthread.php?t=3565

I think I’m coming down with the flu but I’ve been itching to take the new roadie out for a spin so today I pumped up the tyres to 100psi and just rode down to the beach and back (and I’m huffing & puffing, damn so unfit HAHA).

I put my XTR pedals and Shimano shoes on and damn I’d forgotten how explosive being clipped in is. Being able to pedal up as well as down feel like cheating. I just felt like doing some hills so I hit some back roads and a pinchy hill that caught me out once on my fixie was like a walk in the park.

Gears shift nicely but what’s more awesome are the brakes. My 80’s Paino roadie just doesn’t stop (it takes a lot of muscle to press the brake levers in) but on this thing it’s light and powerful at the same time.

I’ve come back and tilted the bars a little more towards me as I feel a little stretched out but not by much. Lowering the stem wouldn’t do anything but look better and as it is I can actually grab the drop bars and feel quite comfortable in a tucked down position so I’m going to leave everything as is.

Not sure on the saddle yet. My bum still hurts a little from Monday’s epic 3hr Menai ride (lame I know) but so far so good and I’ve got plenty of time to get used to the new bike before the 90km Gong ride in November.

Richie and I last year.

I’ll be taking part in my 5th 90km Sydney to the Gong Bike Ride this year. The ride has always raised funds for people affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and considering my good buddy Sean was recently diagnosed with MS I’ve got all the more reason to ride.

I’m aiming to hit at least $250 to help MS hit their target of $4 million. Please DONATE (hit the red button!) by visiting my donation page:
http://register.gongride.org.au/MS-Sydney-to-the-Gong-Bike-Ride/justinfox