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nick from work just spoke to me and i am really keen to do the dirt works 100km ride this year. camp the night ride all day… then die/sleep all day sunday. sounds like my type of weekend!

karen and the boys just called to say they have picked up all the tarini upgrades. pretty exciting weekend ahead. i also went the full fixie last night and removed the front brake, and returned to 46/16 = 77.62 GR.

i am going to do the grose point ride this weekend rather than blue gum swamp. looking to set out early sunday morning to be back early to beat the heat.

Seen in Sydney pt3
I’m 90% sure she has returned home yesterday! thank good i feel much better about it all now.

I have now downsize my commuter pack to the torpedo 7 hydration pack i picked up a while back for $25. tis much better for commuting between the house and the silver ghost pickup point. the blackwolf 30 was just too big.

out the front of work today.

my nan gave me this book back about 4 months ago. it is me on the cover doing a cross up at the north ryde bmx track i would have been about 11yrs old in this shot. i am riding a mongoose - my first BMX bike. i eventually upgraded to a QLD made Super Light Allow bike or SLA constructed by Graeme Stevenson. I actually made it to the states on that bike. i wasn’t as good a sprinter as a long distance rider. i remember distinctly always coming in around 3rd-4th in the local meets at north ryde. when the qualifiers for the states were held at north ryde, they would extend the track by 2 lengths at the finish. this is were i would always overtake everyone with ease and it was enough to make it to newcastle for the states.

my main memory of the states was i felt really lonely . i didn’t know anyone what so ever and i remember just riding around the outside of the track by myself, pretty envious of the “crews” of people. the kind of set-ups that would have say 5 riders together either a family or extended family. i also remember i had had an arguement with my step father for some reason. i came 4th in the heats - which wasn’t enough to put me in the finals.

looking back now it really makes me realise i wasn’t riding in my best discipline. i should have been either on road or track. such is life

scott from NOS has delivered way ahead of when i thought i would receive the headset. as expected it is in NOS condition. good thing is it here before the stem, bars etc.

i have sent an email off to cycle underground to see what the cost would be to re-coat tarini. i also asked about taking off some of the “excess” road bits [bottom bracket cable guides - top tube cable guides - shifter mount - bottom bar derailleur guide], what it would cost to remove the road drop outs and replace with horizontal track tips. i also don’t know what the go is with rust removal and cost.
i am quiet un-decided about colour as well. i am in two minds - white or blue….
lets see cost and what colours are avaliable.

tarini now has 46/15 gearing. bring on the hills!

seen in sydney update. on friday on my way back to the silver ghost the intrepid traveller had been stood up by someone. it brought a smile to my face after what was a short working week but the first for the year.

LBS - i have now completely moved across to blackmans penrith as my LBS. lifecycles for some reason just never really felt that friendly even though it was where i purchased scottie from. todays bring homes were:
1 x 15T 1/8 track cog
1 x VIP bottle cage clips - these are for hugo to run the 25 watt total halogens
1 x 16T 3/32 track cog - again for hugo.
3 x single chain ring bolts - FREE

i did/was planning on taking the boys down to SOP today but again the weather has the better of me once again. because of the weather hugo is now my main focus. i need to get him up and running so he can take over the bad weather day commuting to and from the station. he is 80% complete but is in need of 2 more single chain ring bolts and a new chain. i am thinking i will put the brakes only on hugo and running the tarini without. he now has the wheel set from tarini in place and i was trying to get hold of a lockring remover that would fit the cassette but as it turns out i can’t get hold of one so i am going to have to take the wheel to Blackmans to have them remove it.

going to blackmans is sad. i just wish we were a little more financially stable. i would love to upgrade scottie to a new MTB and pass him on to karen. not going to happen anytime soon