G'day from Sydney
02-13-21, 11:55 PM
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G'day from Sydney
I realise I rudely jumped in and posted in the tandem area before this intro.
I'm a displaced Canuck from Montreal but been living down under for 25 years now. Although I've been riding since I was a kid, like most the riding petered out a bit through kids, career, etc. I got into it again in an MTB kind of way last year and am really enjoying it. So much so I upgraded my old hard-tail MTB to a nice new dual sus, bought a new tandem for me and Mrs. Stoker and also got myself a new flat bar gravel bike for bashing around my local area. Why do new bikes have to be so cool?
Even though I'll be 58 shortly I feel a lot like I did when I was riding around all day as a teenager. I still ride my motorcycles but a bit less so, as I'm prioritising the bicycles now, for fun and fitness. Funny, I was on the motorsickle the other day, and caught myself thinking how I'd rather be riding my gravel bike!
I'm a displaced Canuck from Montreal but been living down under for 25 years now. Although I've been riding since I was a kid, like most the riding petered out a bit through kids, career, etc. I got into it again in an MTB kind of way last year and am really enjoying it. So much so I upgraded my old hard-tail MTB to a nice new dual sus, bought a new tandem for me and Mrs. Stoker and also got myself a new flat bar gravel bike for bashing around my local area. Why do new bikes have to be so cool?
Even though I'll be 58 shortly I feel a lot like I did when I was riding around all day as a teenager. I still ride my motorcycles but a bit less so, as I'm prioritising the bicycles now, for fun and fitness. Funny, I was on the motorsickle the other day, and caught myself thinking how I'd rather be riding my gravel bike!
02-16-21, 06:16 PM
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02-16-21, 09:55 PM
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wheels
I heard about folks going for a little ride a bout in the outback and no one finds them for years.......some wide open territory down under there........how fast can crocodiles run anyway.......I still get that. ....wheels of freedom feeling.... like when I was a kid......g'day to you
