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Agent Orange
04-09-2003, 04:53 PM
hey people, just wondering when you might be hitting up a city ride next....
I used to love em, but i havent been on one in years...i was also a pushy courier for nearly a year so I really get a kick out of traffic mishaps and all that.
But yeh I ride a Balfa 2stepDH which is cut for city ridin and yeh I'm keen as for one in the near future, so yeh sunday and monday nites are always good for me, generally thursdays but thats my 'coupla drinks' nite...
but yeh long story short I am deadly keen to try and break everything on my new bike by doing stupid stuff so yeh ummm..what was my point??
oh yeh when is the next ride?
Carlin
04-09-2003, 05:29 PM
Check 'The Watering Hole' forum,
We are trying to make it a weekly thing and are really keen to get the numberes up so come along :)
i went last night good funn...
waitin on a new bike so im out for a while
stinkydan
04-09-2003, 06:20 PM
Next one , the new boys there! Can't wait , quick question, does anyone wear f/f helmets? I don't normally but do if going abit crazy , just saved me aswell!
Dan
Wear a FF if you have one, it's a confidence booster and a jaw saver!
I'm yet to get a FF, but after seeing a few videos of supermans down staircases, and the resultant teeth lost, I'm saving for one!
Agent Orange
04-09-2003, 10:44 PM
yeh i dun wear open face, and after my crash on monday, off a roof and smacked my jaw into my stem, i am keen on F/F, sounds good to me anyway, date and time me boys
Squidly Didly
04-09-2003, 10:54 PM
http://www.farkin.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3467&highlight=
Here's the blurb. Currently at 3 pages of shite!
most people wear open lids but if you wear a ff no-one will hold it against ya.
Just beware, there's a fair bit of pedaling involved throughout the day.
my bad, didn't realise it was in sydney.
a fair bit of pedaling http://brembo.ugbox.net/pics/smilies/nono.gif
Not on the Sydney rides, too many people whinge :lol:
And on our rides more than half of us wear FF's, which as I said is good for confidence and safety.
kitakishi
05-09-2003, 10:42 AM
Damn I used to ride my BMX from St Leonards to Coogee every Monday night and I always enjoyed the hills.
KK
I've got no problems with pedalling, especially on my little 24" bmx, but a few of the others (speficially the ones on dual boingers) didn't like the hills at all. I love it though, I need the training.
Agent Orange
06-09-2003, 03:07 AM
hills suck, all i wanna do is bust some phat gaps and sum stupid crap, ill wear nothing but boxxers if it pleases me, i just wanna ride, im in sydney anyone wanna try and find sumthing stupid too do?.....
9p.sm wasted as right noiw)
dannyboy
08-09-2003, 09:50 PM
it looks like it's on chaps , see watering hole!
Easy
howesy
12-09-2003, 08:22 PM
most people wear open lids but if you wear a ff no-one will hold it against ya.
yah ok, i think rob officialy confirmed it, if u got a full face, definatly take it, it saved robs head twice!
howesy
12-09-2003, 08:22 PM
most people wear open lids but if you wear a ff no-one will hold it against ya.
yah ok, i think rob officialy confirmed it, if u got a full face, definatly take it, it saved robs head twice!
blitzem
14-11-2003, 10:03 AM
wats a good full face get (any price)
a good place to look is the search function, and not gravedigging
john rea
16-11-2003, 06:15 PM
i went 2 darling harbour,hyde park and circular quey today and i was sick,there was no 1 there (security guards) this was the first city ride ive done for years and im definatly doing more this week.were do u ride in the city?
Techno Destructo
12-12-2003, 08:24 AM
yah ok, i think rob officialy confirmed it, if u got a full face, definatly take it, it saved robs head twice!
I'll confirm that. I used every bit of my full face on two awful crashes at that stair-gap in the Rocks.
If I was wearing an open face.... *shudder* :shock:, who knows what damage I could have done to myself? Anything from smashed teeth up to massive facial/head trauma....
If you're riding hard in urban (concrete and ashpalt all around), wear a full face. The consequences of a screw up could easily make you a vegetable.
People have seen me doing stair-gaps before with open face helmets. That was stupid of me. Wear a full face. Don't live the rest of your life regretting not putting one on. It only takes ONE screw up to fuck you up for life. Besides, they make you look more hardcore.
BTW, everybody, I'll be back on the ride's this Wednesday coming up. Sorry for the absence.
Oh, and Blitzem, if you want the best protection for the buck, go to a motocross shop and buy a real MX ff helmet. Not only are they the best protection IMO (they're DOT/street legal - you can't do much better), you can often get a sick looking helmet for less than a MTB counterpart. Oneal helmets are great value for great style. The downside is they're heavier (more swing weight) than MTB helmets so quick side to side movements are tougher. But they'll take impacts that will shatter MTB helmets.
Awesome TD, can't wait to see you out there.
Excuse the whinge/rant in the current Watering Hole thread, I'm normally a sedate person, but yeh, come on a city ride, and come to enjoy yourself.
But they'll take impacts that will shatter MTB helmets.
thats the thing u want ur helmet to fall apart, u dont want to have a heavy fall and ur helmet bounce it will just do more damage, if u have a good helmet it will shatter to absorb the shock of ur head hittin the ground or car etc,
TOSS3R
19-12-2003, 09:47 AM
i must agree with naz on that..u guys are form sydney but the ff helmets dont change in melb. i smashed my head on a rock at buller wearing a MX helmet and was completely concused for about two days...i am not sure cause i dont want to do it again but i oculd imagine this would have been prevented if the helmet had have had crumple points and shattered to take the initial pressure of the crass off my scull :D
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