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Dragged out the pushbikes
« on: October 17, 2019, 04:31:12 PM »
Chris and I dusted off the pushbikes and went for a ride along the Amy Gillett Bikeway today.  See https://www.walkingsa.org.au/walk/find-a-place-to-walk/amy-gillett-bikeway/
It was 30km round trip and I haven't ridden a bike that far in about 50 years.   Very pretty ride but I'm totally buggered.    :H
I wonder if I will be able to walk tomorrow....   :fp
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2019, 04:38:53 PM »
There was a time I cycled everywhere.  That came to an end when I moved to Cairns and it was just too hot.  I dusted off my own bike in 2015 when the kwaka was off the road after hitting a roo and did some cycling.  I can't recall being sore (I probably was) but I did have bizarre sunbrun marks on my head where the helmet let bis of sun in.
 

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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2019, 04:40:50 PM »
At Old Noarlunga's bridge (2015) before it washed away by torrential rain in 2016.

 

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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2019, 05:01:50 PM »
Crickey..................hope the bav is alright :angry-old-man-smiley-emoticon :eek
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2019, 05:25:49 PM »
There was a time I cycled everywhere. 
Same here but I was only when I was 14,15 and it was nothing to ride up to about 150 km a week and less than half the distance of a kid up the road from us you used to train at 400 km a week for racing.
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2019, 05:36:20 PM »
I still have or should it be, I now have an 18 speed mountain bike which might see use a few days a year.

Heather has an e-bike and it does have a doggy trailer that I can hitch up and use for shopping in town but the ST is a better image.

Tammie has her e-bike and uses it most of the time to and from her place to ours, the shop and library. Sometimes I take Heather's bike and go with her just to give the bike a bit of a run.

Doc says I should be doing more exercise but it's to easy to turn the key on the big red Honda and get passive exercise instead.
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2019, 05:38:11 PM »
Chris and I dusted off the pushbikes and went for a ride along the Amy Gillett Bikeway today.  See https://www.walkingsa.org.au/walk/find-a-place-to-walk/amy-gillett-bikeway/
It was 30km round trip and I haven't ridden a bike that far in about 50 years.   Very pretty ride but I'm totally buggered.    :H
I wonder if I will be able to walk tomorrow....   :fp
Looking at the map it looks like part of the old train line up that way
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2019, 06:38:26 PM »
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2019, 07:11:23 PM »
Crickey..................hope the bav is alright.


Wot?

Mmmmm ....... must get back on the bicycle again.  Been about 6 or 7 years since any serious riding, two or three time to and from work a week (only 15km each way), weekend rides working up to home to Frankston and then Mornington and back, riding mate said, "How about we do Around the Bay in a Day?"  We did three times, 210km in 8 hours, backside wasn't the only thing that was sore.

Yeah 8 hours on this (except for standing on the pedals on some steep hill), will do that:


Puts some of the comments about uncomfortable motorcycle seats into a different perspective, aye?
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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #9 on: October 17, 2019, 07:24:15 PM »
Crickey..................hope the bav is alright.


Wot?

Mmmmm ....... must get back on the bicycle again.  Been about 6 or 7 years since any serious riding, two or three time to and from work a week (only 15km each way), weekend rides working up to home to Frankston and then Mornington and back, riding mate said, "How about we do Around the Bay in a Day?"  We did three times, 210km in 8 hours, backside wasn't the only thing that was sore.

Yeah 8 hours on this (except for standing on the pedals on some steep hill), will do that:


Puts some of the comments about uncomfortable motorcycle seats into a different perspective, aye?



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Re: Dragged out the pushbikes
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2019, 08:18:00 PM »
Come on, bav is short for Baverian..... :grin

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