Fatbastarding: NTA log
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You're a genius. Hit me! <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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In the meantime, I finally got my wheel repaired after the dirty FluffyBunny in the first bike shop didn't true up the rear wheel (didn't put slicks on either). I procrastinated and finally got it done, but the lad at the other bike shop said due to previous episodes, the wheel is fucked and I can expect it to break shortly. So new wheels will be the first budgetary item :nta Perhaps if, in addition to Oirish's plan above, I start replacing the bike bit by bit? :nta Sure the drop handles are going to look stupid on an MTB for a while, but jeez if that's what it takes...<br />
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[edit] Forgot to add: Wheel repaired, so hopped on it for a 20km slog and fuck me if the wind wasn't blowing into my face both on the way out and the way back! I've figured it out - in case I haven't mentioned it before - but I ride next to the freeway and any crosswind gets trapped in between the sound barrier and the pine fencing, making the bastard gust like a... bastard.... :shifty: Still, it was only just over an hour which is not bad for the first time in 8 weeks. -
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Yeah I need to double-check my sizing - I'm only just on 6" tall but feel a bit hunched up sometimes. A mate of mine recommends you get the next size up from what they recommend, as he likes to stretch out a bit. He'd know, having ridden the continent west-east (Scott CR-1 I think) AND south-north (Merlin Cyrene). He's the one who recommended the Ultegra gear but then he usually buys the top of range Shimano stuff.<br />
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All this of course depends on me getting budget approval from The Minister For Finance and Entertainment. And she's a tough one <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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musta missed this earlier but whoa right there fella! don't get the next size up from what anyone tells you! you never go bigger, and in fact most guys are riding smaller frames these days. I've gone from a 60cm frame to a 57 cm frame<br />
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it's all about the top tube length... I'm 6'4 and my tt bike has a 57.5 top tube and road bike has 58.5 top tube - however i have all the dimensions set up the same if i'm using them both just for road riding.. just different stems etc.<br />
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don't discount compact frames either there's nothing wrong with them.<br />
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you were talking about wheels - as a fellow heavy bastard i've got to recomend Mavic wheels - they're simply indestructible.<br />
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i wouldn't get too keen on Treks - generally they're overpriced, and if you're just going for Alloy then you're paying for the name alone.<br />
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In NZ right now the best bang for your buck are Giants (full Dura-Ace tcr1 for $4300) and bikes that are real popular and good value for money are EMC's.. dunno if you get them in Oz. -
Think I've seen the odd EMC around but not sure where they retail. Giant are all over the place and the most recent repairer sells them, so that might be a place to start - if the componentry is similar to the Trek then I'll take the lower priced bike, perhaps with these Mavic wheels you speak of...
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Have not been for a ride in a while - Little Aussie is staying up until 10PM some nights which just doesn't leave me enough time to get out on the treddly. Have not really been watching what I eat, yet the weight stays off. That said, I can feel my body shape going backwards a bit so its time to get back into it. Biggest problem at the moment is sleep - I'll have to give up evenings on the computer once the renovation starts I think so I can get up at 6AM and go for a ride.<br />
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I helped a mate dig up his front yard and then level in some topsoil though - we kind of cheated as we had a Dingo digging unit, but it was hard-packed clay so there was a fair bit of work to loosen it up. Also nearly smacked myself on the controls of the digger when I pulled a sharp right-hander and damn near threw myself off the thing! -
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Have not been for a ride in a while - [b]Little Aussie is staying up until 10PM some nights[/b] which just doesn't leave me enough time to get out on the treddly. Have not really been watching what I eat, yet the weight stays off. That said, I can feel my body shape going backwards a bit so its time to get back into it. Biggest problem at the moment is sleep - I'll have to give up evenings on the computer once the renovation starts I think so I can get up at 6AM and go for a ride.<br />
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I helped a mate dig up his front yard and then level in some topsoil though - we kind of cheated as we had a Dingo digging unit, but it was hard-packed clay so there was a fair bit of work to loosen it up. Also nearly smacked myself on the controls of the digger when I pulled a sharp right-hander and damn near threw myself off the thing!<br />
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A quote from Happy Gilmour springs to mind here Nick: "You will go to sleep, or I will [b]put[/b] you to sleep!" <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> -
<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> He's just at that point where he sometimes has a day sleep, and sometimes not. He's a little bastard when he doesn't, so the late nights are sometimes preferable :shifty:
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OK, given the lack of activity in the last few months, I've decided its time to abandon any thoughts of exercising at home due to family commitments, and the fact that my cheap-arse mountain bike is always fucked. <br />
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Instead I'll scope out the local gyms here in the city to see what they're worth. 3 sessions per week of weights (40 minutes), concentrating mainly on the core exercises. The other 2 sessions per week will either be cardio in the gym (bike, row, run) or outdoor exercise running around Hyde Park and the harbourside... -
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<img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /> He's just at that point where he sometimes has a day sleep, and sometimes not. He's a little bastard when he doesn't, so the late nights are sometimes preferable :shifty:<br />
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How old is the little scamp? -
Either that or that there's a genetic component to how props approach rules of any description. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Nick, here's those pages on the bike;<br />
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[url="http://composite.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=composite&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.damonrinard.com%2FcarbonTTframe.htm"]http://composite.about.com/gi/dynamic/o ... Tframe.htm[/url]<br />
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[url="http://composite.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=composite&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.damonrinard.com%2FcarbonTTframe.htm"]http://composite.about.com/gi/dynamic/o ... Tframe.htm[/url]<br />
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[url="http://composite.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=composite&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.damonrinard.com%2Fhowibuil.htm"]http://composite.about.com/gi/dynamic/o ... wibuil.htm[/url]<br />
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[url="http://composite.about.com/od/howto/How_To_Instructions_for_Composites_Manufacturing.htm"]http://composite.about.com/od/howto/How ... turing.htm[/url] -
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Your saying he reinforces the terrible 2's theory?<br />
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Actually he's not as bad as a few I've seen. There are some real little bastards out there. He's got a very well developed intellect and a cheeky streak a mile wide. -
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Your saying he reinforces the terrible 2's theory?<br />
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Actually he's not as bad as a few I've seen. There are some real little bastards out there. He's got a very well developed intellect and a cheeky streak a mile wide.<br />
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We look foward to his first post on Silverfern,im sure he will fit right in
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Yeah right! His Mum doesn't want him hanging out with bad influences <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Not exactly exercise but was up on the roof for a couple of hours last night running some network cable. Lots of lifting concrete tiles and scaffolding and maneuvering my fat carcass into small spaces. Halfway there but the wall cavities are pissing me off :tickedoff: -
Finished the cabling just before Christmas, and it all works! Thank fark 'cos I'm not going back up there in a hurry.<br />
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But now there is new impetus for exercise on the horizon. I've been having chest pains. Nothing like heart attack symptoms from what I can tell - in fact the pain is usually not around the centre of my chest and feels a bit like when you bruise your ribs. Not a sharp pain really. I once woke up after a round of golf, having not played for years, and felt like someone was giving me a massive bear hug. Turned out I'd just not twisted my torso like that in years so it was a bit strained. Perhaps its a way I'm sitting?<br />
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Anyhoo, the whole chest pain thing got me thinking, and I realise its really time to get repair the bike and get back on it, starting this evening. -
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Finished the cabling just before Christmas, and it all works! Thank fark 'cos I'm not going back up there in a hurry.<br />
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But now there is new impetus for exercise on the horizon. I've been having chest pains. Nothing like heart attack symptoms from what I can tell - in fact the pain is usually not around the centre of my chest and feels a bit like when you bruise your ribs. Not a sharp pain really. I once woke up after a round of golf, having not played for years, and felt like someone was giving me a massive bear hug. Turned out I'd just not twisted my torso like that in years so it was a bit strained. Perhaps its a way I'm sitting?<br />
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Anyhoo, the whole chest pain thing got me thinking, and I realise its really time to get repair the bike and get back on it, starting this evening.<br />
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Geez sounds like your farked <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />..so your house all networked now nick? -
The rooms I need to network have it - once the renovation is finished, I'll be moving a few computers around to the appropriate locations to keep everything out of the way. We'll have a cupboard under the stairs where I keep the server and comms hardware <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' />
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The rooms I need to network have it - once the renovation is finished, I'll be moving a few computers around to the appropriate locations to keep everything out of the way. We'll have a cupboard under the stairs where I keep the server and comms hardware <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=';)' /><br />
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Nice...renting doesnt allow me the luxury of tearing up the place to upgrade networking capabilities of my home.So what exactly does your job involve?
