Steven Hanley
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Thu, 18 Nov 2010
Shopping/Touring/etc N+1 - 10:19

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As mentioned a few weeks ago, my
sister has
a new bike, as a side benefit of this I was able to take ownership
of her old bike. This is a 1994 model Diamond Back Topanga frame, at
this point everything except the headset and forks is newer though.
I have owned a Diamond Back Ascent previously (my first SS) and it is
the model up from the Topanga, also I had another Ascent frame I had
never built up so eventually sold it. Though this is the lower model it
is a bike with history in the family and looks nice. I also hope it
looks less appealing to bike thieves than some other bikes may.
After my cyclocross bike was stolen I no longer had a bike with a
pannier rack mounted for shopping or similar (maybe the odd cycle
tour). I have the black hardtail but it does not have rack mounts and I
have never liked riding the aluminium hardtail that much. I have been
thinking about selling the black hardtail for a while, however this bike
should be a good keeper in my stable, I may still add mud guards to the
bike, but it rides nicely, even with the silly long stem on it. I
flattened the saddle after riding it this morning as it was initially
did not feel quite right, everything else feels pretty good, though the
narrow bars may also have to go eventually.
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Sun, 14 Nov 2010
Ride like a girl - 15:28

Ride Like a Girl (fullsize)
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When I first saw this jersey being worn by my friend Kath I thought it
was rather awesome. However due to it being a commercial jersey and a
company unrelated to me directly (AMBC) I was a little wary of buying
one of the jerseys. In the end though I decided it was too cool not to
own one.
The sentiment is there (Heather and Lib hand out cans of whup arse on a
regular basis to myself and many others for example) and it works well
with my theory that pink goes faster anyway. So now I wonder if I will
last with a concerted effort to not purchase any more jerseys for a
while.
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Fri, 12 Nov 2010
Jeffson Jersey - 12:10

Jeffson Custom Bikes (fullsize)
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With some of these jerseys you may think there is a theme appearing,
which is lots of black. Obviously the perfect choice for coming into the
Australian summer. To the issue of having lots of black jerseys, I
guess i just have to obey Rule 5 in summer. As for the theme, do not
worry the jersey I will put on the diary tomorrow will break the theme
and return to normal race gear (for me).
This one, another purchase while in Rotorua, comes from Jeff Anderson at
kiwibikes. A frame builder who
had some rather cool bikes on display that he had built. I have been
missing my CX bike a bit since it was stolen so decided I would get Jeff
to build me a new CX frame. I sat down and talked with him about all the
things I want to do with it and how I want to fit it out. He checked out
my sizing and riding style and listened to what I did and did not like
about my previous CX bike and about other bikes.
So in a few months I should have a new Jeffson CX bike, I got started
on my accessory collection early with this jersey.
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Thu, 11 Nov 2010
Single Speed Worlds Jersey - 10:29

Front of the jersey (fullsize)

Back of the jersey (fullsize)
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Many people know I tend to have a cycling jersey addiction. I used to
count all cycle tops (winter warm tops, and summer weight also) however
I did an inventory of just the summer weight tops recently, I am now up
to 30. Of those 30 I have purchased 4 in the last 6 weeks.
I thought I would upload the images of these new jerseys, just to keep
my collection of jerseys online. There were two jerseys sold by the SS
Worlds crew, the first one was a woolen jersey I thought looked somewhat
boring. This one on the other hand looked cool, colours on the sides,
kiwi influenced design, RSSS branding. So for a good price they were
offering I got one.
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Wed, 10 Nov 2010
Rule 5 - 16:55

Front of the jersey (fullsize)

Back of the jersey (fullsize)
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So when we first learned of
The Rules a few
of us were quite a fan of some of them. In particular
Rule Number 5. I openly admit I am not
much of a roadie and do not obey rule number 1 (adhere to all the rules)
however I like to think I do at least from time to time obey rule number
5.
As we are such fans of in jokes we decided to get the jersey pictured on
the left made up and the website
registered to display that particular rule. Of course I could not help
putting a Jens quote on the collar as the man defines the rule. "Shut Up
Legs"
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Tue, 12 Oct 2010
An N+1 in the family - 13:15

Jane's new Kona Dr Fine (fullsize)
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So not a bike for me (though it is damn sweet, I almost wish it were), my
sister Jane last got herself a new bike in 1994 when we returned from
England. That is a Diamond Back Topanga. She has still been using that bike to
this day which means it has had a long useful life (and will continue to do
so, more on that later). However she started asking me a while ago about a new
bike, most of her riding is a commute in Sydney to her work at Macquarie uni,
grocery shopping and sometimes a cruisy weekend ride.
My recommendation for her was a flat bar road bike, set up to be a kick arse
commuter. The bike I found for her (thanks to an excellent price from
Maladjusted) was a 2010 Kona Dr Fine. Pictured to the left, I got full length
fenders put on to make the commute experience more pleasant in Sydney wet
weather and also the pannier rack as she carries her gear in panniers for the
commute and grocery shopping.
The very cool thing about this bike (apart from it being fast, light, new,
etc) is the internally geared rear hub, so it only has a single speed drive
train exposed to the elements, also with hydraulic disc brakes it really
should be bomb proof for lots of km without much maintenance work. Now I just
need to add the bidon cage, U-Lock mount (for the new lock, so do not even
think about stealing it from her, bastard bike thieves) and a pump mount or
similar.
I am somewhat jealous, this is a very nice bike, though I guess one benefit is
I will get the Diamond Back so I can turn it into my shopping/rough treatment
town geared bike, so it does at least stay in the family.
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Wed, 04 Aug 2010
Oh no am I becoming a trend following roadie - 17:20

My roadie team kit (fullsize)
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A few weeks ago (just before D and G flew off to Europe) I noticed Cadel Evans'
wife mention the BMC racing team shop on Twitter. So I headed off to have a
look and see what they had for sale. Lo and behold they had full team kit (bib
knicks and jersey) in a kit bag for CHF 60 (which is approximately AUD $60) a
set. Wow brilliant price for that cycle gear, G wanted a set too, so I bought
two sets, with postage it became around AUD $80 each. Still a great price.
As can be seen to the left it arrived the other day, it is not Hincapie
Sportswear clothing (I have one Hincapie jersey which I like well enough)
however is a full euro pro roadie team kit. This may come as a shock (it does
to me) as, although I have many
cycle
jerseys, they tend to be more unusual or interesting designs, I have never
really understood why people wear euro pro team jerseys with sponsors product
littered all over them, and pay a premium price for them. My exception to this
is the T-Mobile womens jersey as Hot Pink Flames are cool.
However I like Cadel and I like the look of the BMC kit, it is also pretty
simple with only BMC mentioned on the kit, so no other sponsor names all over
the clothing. The price was too good to pass up, now to find out if I like
wearing bib knicks (my first pair ever).
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