Lighting – Part II
The Hella driving lights were only a temporary solution until I found a better / newer driving light solution. And with a big ride coming up in a couple of months I was keen to get this finalised.
Group riding
I don’t do group rides. For those who have read or follow my blog over the years know that most of the rides I do are long distance or with a few friends. However I stumbled across a local group of riders – Fat Bastards Riding Club – who intrigued me and when they advertised a…
Not Happy Jan!
What’s wrong with this picture? That’s right – my camping gear is sitting in my lounge room and not strapped to the back of my bike! I was so looking forward to getting away on the bike this weekend, meeting up with friends in a far flung town, camping, enjoying a beer and shooting the breeze.…
Getting out of trouble
It’s always a trade-off with what you carry on the bike to get yourself out of trouble. I know riders who take spares of everything and I know others who take nothing at all in the hope (or naivety) that nothing goes wrong.
New roads
I love finding new roads. Discovering where they lead. Finding my next favourite riding road. I’m not content with riding the same roads over and over. I want to explore new places. Sometimes there’s dirt that you need to traverse that reveals a gem. When I’m organising a ride I tell people that: a –…
A ride to clear the head
Work’s been fairly relentless; the new bike hasn’t yet experiencing an IBA ride distance; and the girls are out of town – it sounded like a perfect opportunity to just get out of town and go for a ride. The plan consisted of three corners, (Dubbo, Cobar, and Hay) a meeting location and a time. That’s it.…
Lighting – Making night into day,
Long distance riders do a lot of riding at night. And with the constant threat of wildlife and other road hazards, lights are a very important part of a riders standard equipment. My standard approach to improving a bike’s lighting is to first upgrade the existing lighting and then assess what additional lighting is required…
Enjoying the Mountains
Sitting alone at the service station at 6:15am made me wonder whether I had misunderstood our plan. Apparently we had agreed to meet at 7. Opps. So I gave the bike a quick once over and noticed that the rear tyre was down on pressure. Not 1 or 2psi but 10. That’s strange as I…
Just getting out of town
Deb has heard me complaining about my old self inflating mattress I take on the bike with me and given that I have had a few misadventures on the bike I need something comfortable to sleep on when I away on the bike. So she went way over the top and suprised me with a Helinox camp…
On Pillioning
I know there are plenty of riders out there who hate taking pillions for all sorts of reasons. Me. I enjoy sharing the experience with others. And there is something special in sharing the ride with your partner. I love riding and I love sharing that experience. And I certainly don’t subscribe to the notion of scaring…
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