tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32552357496740619662024-03-13T20:55:03.117-07:00my NS22NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-31041022150922616892013-09-22T02:33:00.004-07:002013-09-22T02:44:40.103-07:00other ownersA seller on ebay.com.au has been ordered to downsize his bicycle collection, he had four NS22 bikes. I notice two have had the gear lever replaced. The lever broke on my NS22. None appear to have the pump present.<br />
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The owner of this Bernardo bike wrote to me a while ago:<br />
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"<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The story is this: We bought "Bernardo" a couple of years ago in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. We figured that a folding bike would be just the thing to throw into the van as we were preparing a Canada-Argentina PanAmerican voyage.</span><br />
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We spent a long time on Bernardo. He was used by an aboriginal man as his prime transport to get to the bar (and then folded up for the taxi ride home). Bernardo thus had had a tough time and was not well treated. We got Bernardo for $50CAD.</div>
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We stripped him down to the bare frame and I then polished every nut and bolt, rim, spoke, chrome....I replaced all the cables - brakes and gear, replace the bungees on the front and rear rack, replaced the seat, hand grips (now color coded) and added a colorful bell. We stripped the frame of paint and my wife went to work on her color scheme.</div>
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What we were missing was the rear fender (lost in time I suppose) and I removed the generator and the front light (rear missing as well). Ultimately when we were ready to leave for our PanAm trip...we could NOT find tires in North America.</div>
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Two years later and we are finished our trip. I packed Bernardo into a suitcase and we brought him back to France (my wife is Parisian, I am Canadian). Last week we got the tires and the tubes, I tweaked a few things and now Bernardo is rolling.</div>
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Would have been much cheaper to buy a NEW folding bike for all the time and parts..."</div>
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I told him the seat clamp should be behind the post, to move the seat further back.</div>
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NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-57670314094152037982013-09-21T01:02:00.000-07:002013-10-08T02:49:49.863-07:0022 x 1&3/8" = 550AI bought this nearby on ebay, $35, the same seller as the mini-me NS in the previous post.<br />
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The tyres, and alloy rims, are marked 22 x 1&3/8", a size I have not seen before. I see they happen to be the same, perhaps 1mm different to 550A. ( <a href="http://www.moruyabicycles.com.au/contents/en-uk/d969_22-inch-tyre.html">http://www.moruyabicycles.com.au/contents/en-uk/d969_22-inch-tyre.html</a> )<br />
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The Nexus hub generator is neat for a child's bike.<br />
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This looks like a private import to me. It looks like a registration number down near the bottom bracket. Only the Japanese could be so well organised. The Woods/Dunlop valves are also unusual in Australia, not sold on new bikes probably since about 1980.<br />
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The chain ring has 32 teeth, the single sprocket 14. It seems to move along at a good pace.<br />
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I wrote about the NS22 (Dec 15 2010): "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">The chain ring has 48 teeth. The five sprockets have 23, 20, 18, 16 and 14 teeth. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">This gives wheel inches of 46.3 up to 76.1."</span><br />
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The gearing on this little bike is somewhere between the largest and second largest cog on the NS22.</div>
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The basket is just sitting there for the photo, I had a spare one.<br />
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The seat is up just about as high as it can go. The seat and post are one unit, the end of the post has a bracket welded to it, then bolted to the seat, not the two rails as is normal. On the chain guard is written: "Blueberry".<br />
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It looks a lot like this French bike, said to be from Lyon, 1940s or 50s:<br />
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I am told by a Japanese friend that this is an "Anti Theft Registration from Kagoshima-pref".</div>
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I fitted two new tyres, Vee-Rubber brand, made in Thailand, I bought them through ebay.fr. They are in fact 18 x 1&3/8", a few mm smaller diameter than 450A, and are quite a bit narrower than the originals. They seem to do the job, perhaps Michelins would have been more authentique.<br />NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-42560575214256380502013-09-02T00:55:00.002-07:002013-09-02T00:55:35.806-07:00Vee Rubber 450A<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A pair of these arrived from France today. They are Vee Rubber brand, made in Thailand. 18 x 1&3/8 37-387 NL written on sides. I see at <a href="http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html">http://sheldonbrown.com/tire-sizing.html</a> 450A are meant to be 390mm. I'll see how they go.<br />
They look OK, maybe I should have found some Michelin ones.NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-74065072662808008692013-04-11T19:25:00.002-07:002013-04-11T19:42:45.805-07:00The NS22's little sisterIt's been a while...<br />
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I left the NS22 in Tennant Creek, now I am back in Melbourne.<br />
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I bought the little brother/sister. In French un velo is masculine, une bicyclette is feminine. This has 450A rims (<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">390 mm, 20" BMX rims are 406mm)</span>. The wheel base is 825mm, cranks are 130mm, it weighs about 10.5kg. It was $20 on ebay and close to home, it just seemed too good to refuse.<br />
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The rims are RIGIDA, I can't see any date on anything anywhere. One tube has a presta valve, the other is a Woods/Dunlop. The tyre treads don't have a lot of wear, but are badly perished.<br />
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I put the seat pole up as high as possible, maybe 30mm is in the seat tube.<br />
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The nuts/bolts that connect the carrier rack to the seat stays are missing. The bell is missing the thumb thingy, it has broken, it looks like it was plastic. The seat is moulded plastic, one piece.<br />
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I notice the bolts on the rear wheel stick out a mile, a good hazard for kids to bang their legs on.<br />
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NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-85619346619266789052012-05-05T06:12:00.000-07:002012-05-05T06:12:08.452-07:00NS600 with 600A wheelsOn ebay.fr I see this, asking 140 euros:<br />
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<span style="line-height: 19px;">I notice the frame (just behind the head) has a hole or lug to take a cable, I guess some of these had gears. I assume the rear brake cable is in through the other side. Yes indeed, it is a tres beau velo, solide...</span></div>
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Bonjour, voici ce vélo mini vélo vintage PEUGEOT NS600 pour adulte, avec panier, (grande roues de 600a) en très bon état. Pneu NEUF Michelin. Livraison possible Paris . Très beau vélo solide.
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This seems OK, the steering feels a little different to how I remember it, it is nearly a year since I last used this bike. It does not actively seek to turn left or right all by itself, but doesn't seem like riding no-hands would be very easy, it seems about neutral. It is certainly nothing like the 26" mountain bike wheel and forks I tried, then it immediately wanted to turn away from straight ahead.<br />
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Both handbrake levers were broken in the crash.<br />
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The front wheel axle is about 15mm higher off the ground than is the rear axle. This could be reduced by using a 1.5" tyre instead of the 1.95" now fitted. I even think the front mudguard might be persuaded to fit with a narrower tyre on the 24" wheel.<br />
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With the 26" wheel, it had excessive "wheel flop":<br />
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">Wheel flop refers to steering behavior in which a bicycle or motorcycle tends to turn more than expected due to the front wheel "flopping" over when the handlebars are rotated. Wheel flop is caused by the lowering of the front end of a bicycle or motorcycle as the handlebars are rotated away from the "straight ahead" position. This lowering phenomenon occurs according to the following equation:</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;">Because wheel flop involves the lowering of the front end of a bicycle or motorcycle, the force due to gravity will tend to cause handlebar rotation to continue with increasing rotational velocity and without additional rider input on the handlebars. Once the handlebars are turned, the rider needs to apply torque to the handlebars to bring them back to the straight ahead position and bring the front end of the bicycle or motorcycle back up to the original height.</div>NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-48263829536394506442012-03-28T05:17:00.000-07:002012-03-28T05:17:37.638-07:00Forks looking good.I fine tuned the fork bending today, they seem OK. I think I will just put a bit of packing, 1 or 2mm or so, in above one axle to straighten the wheel a little, will hold off on any filing for the moment.<br />
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If I stick with this 24x1.95 knobby tyre, I will trim the outermost knobbly bits, they barely clear the forks and the wheel is not perfect, neither is the tyre.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will seek the opinion of a fitter and turner I know. As I see it, in regular use, they are mostly required to resist flexing in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which they have been bent, so perhaps a slight weakening can be lived with. I guess I'll have to keep my eye on them.</div>NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-22463993847979119022012-01-22T03:36:00.000-08:002012-01-22T03:45:51.825-08:00Another restoration in MelbourneI only just found out about this. Where have I seen something like this before?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Note the single speed back-pedal brake. I have not seen one of these on an NS-22 before. I wonder where the stickers came from? I must ask....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like this bike, with the warm climate here I don't think the high speed aerodynamics of a crouched-over seating position are such a big deal. It can carry a pump and a 2.4 litre water bottle, it is tied down with a length of old tyre tube.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Tennant Creek township is about 12km ESE, not visible.<br />
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After I said goodbye I stopped and saw this lizard on the road, maybe it was 15" long:<br />
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Then stayed the night at Ormiston Gorge:<br />
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I bought the Volvo (made Oct 92) in Sydney in May, it's been good so far. I drove it to Melbourne, then Adelaide, Tennant Creek - Uluru - Tennant Creek.<br />
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</div>Another lizard outside my front door at Tennant Creek:<br />
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</div>NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-47107960028292586132011-08-13T23:07:00.000-07:002011-08-13T23:07:58.163-07:00Tennant CreekI am once again in the Northern Territory, this time without my NS22. I did not have time to repair it prior to coming here.<br />
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Today I met a man on a bike: www.bikevsworld.com<br />
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I would have been more impressed if he was using an old bike, but each to his own.<br />
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In Tennant Creek I have a 1992 Diamondback mountain bike that I bought new. Recently I replaced the wheels/tyres, chain, brakes, stem/handlebars/gearshifters/brake levers with parts from a 2001 Apollo mountain bike.<br />
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In less than 100km I had three punctures from thorns that are around here. I have bought and fitted a pair of thorn-resistant tubes, but have not yet reached a verdict on their effectiveness.<br />
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Entirely OT, but I met a teacher of English who uses the word "brang" as the past tense of bring.<br />
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FYI:<br />
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NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-75873851189554852612011-07-09T05:17:00.000-07:002011-07-09T05:32:49.008-07:00bright red non-folderThis is on ebay.fr tonight, three days to go, asking 75E, no bidders yet.<br />
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I don't remember this colour either.<br />
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Note it is only single speed.<br />
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This one sold in Melbourne today, I thought about getting it, but I thought the price was a bit steep for no gears, guards or racks:<br />
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I'd really like to find one in shocking condition but with a front wheel and forks. A back wheel would also be handy, mine is a little buckled.<br />
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Here it is with a mountain bike (26") front wheel and forks:<br />
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The steering is no good, any attempt to use no hands and it turns sharply to one side. Increasing the trail this much does not make it to my liking. Compare with the original front wheel:<P><br />
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I wonder if the rear dropouts could be extended and then fit in a 26" wheel at the back?NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-75821002821396677612011-06-26T00:57:00.000-07:002011-06-26T00:57:17.205-07:00This bike will go again...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some forks from a 2001 mountain bike (26" wheels) are now fitted. The original Peugeot forks are slightly narrower, the chrome lock nuts, brake cable holder and quick-release clamp do not quite fit over the new forks. Maybe the new one is 1" = 25.4mm, the Peugeot 25mm? There is not much in it, I think some filing could help things along. I don't think enough of the new forks hangs out at the top to allow the quick-release clamp to be fitted anyway. The bearings did not quite co-operate either, I used the new ones at the bottom, the old ones at the top. Let's wait and see how it goes. The new forks are about 2", 50mm longer than the old ones. A mountain bike wheel has a rim diameter of 559mm, vs 490mm for the original 550A wheel. (559-490)/2 = 34.5mm greater radius. So the front of the bike should be lifted about 85mm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I'm wondering about using some forks from a 26" wheel mountain bike and the stem above. I'm not even sure they will be compatible with the head set, maybe it has some peculiar French size.<br />
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My idea is to lift the handlebars up and forward. I'll see what happens....NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-60766260407077255092011-06-08T06:02:00.000-07:002011-06-23T04:22:40.992-07:00weights of wheels, tyres and tubesPulling apart the front wheel, I thought it might be an idea to weigh the parts:<br />
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The front 550A wheel (no tyre or tube) is 950g.<br />
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The Michelin 550A tyre, after about 1000km of use, is 490g<br />
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The Presta valve 550A tube is 140g (no patches).<br />
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In the mood for tyre changing, I also changed two on my Raleigh Boulevard Tourist.<br />
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The rear wheel, 26x1&3/8" with 3-speed Sturmey Archer hub: 2390g<br />
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New (DELI TIRE, made in Indonesia) whitewall tyre: 720g (inflate 50psi min, 70psi max).<br />
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New Tioga tube: 170g<br />
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ie. rear wheel, tyre and tube = 3280g<br />
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The rim of the rear wheel is made in England and is a tighter fit on the tyre than the front rim which is made in Japan.<br />
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Front wheel, with new Deli Tire, Dynohub (6 63 date stamp), and tube: 3080g<br />
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Interestingly, one of the old tyres, Cheng Shin was 570g, ie. 150g lighter than the new one.<br />
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The old Cheng Shin tyre says: <br />
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FIT TO RIMS E4 & EA3<br />
NYLON<br />
MADE IN TAIWAN 65 PSI<br />
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The other old tyre (NORIES NO.1) is 790g, ie. 70g heavier than the new one, and has a faint red pin stripe, I guess it is probably the original that came with the bike.<br />
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On the sidewall it says:<br />
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INFLATE HARD<br />
NYLON CANVAS<br />
MADE IN JAPAN<br />
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Given the weight of these wheels, the Raleigh frame must be on the lighter side.NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-69787706518594288782011-06-01T03:38:00.000-07:002011-06-01T21:04:28.942-07:00Crashing with a car<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">At 8:40am June 1, 2011, I was heading north through a roundabout, a car heading east failed to give way.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bend in the wheel is right where it met the bumper. I have a souvenir red graze and bruise on my right inner thigh, I assume from where it met the handlebar. I have heard it is good to not overtighten the head-stem, so it can move in times like this.</div><br />
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The front wheel of the bike met the driver's side of the front bumber. My direction changed abruptly from north-bound to heading east. As I travelled through the air I thought of my helmet being on to protect my head. In the end my head did not hit the ground. I guess I caught myself with my right hand, my wrist feels a little sore, I have a cut on my right middle finger. I think my right inner thigh met up with the end of the handlebar, I have a red spot the same size and a surrounding bruise. The bike ended up near the car and myself a few metres forward, as I remember. I have a few other aches and pains, but completed a day at work (crash only abut 500m from work) and then walked home, got car, went back for bike.<br />
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The driver stopped and apologised for her carelessness, gave me her contact details.<br />
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The front wheel looks like one of Salvador Dali's clockfaces.<br />
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The forks and brake levers are also bent, the rest seems OK. I will get some photos soon.<br />
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I think I will request another NS22 plus $100, or a cash sum.NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-16317370177047642402011-05-14T05:37:00.000-07:002011-05-14T05:37:19.783-07:00Raleigh Twenty's French cousin?<a href="http://raleightwenty.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=11454034">http://raleightwenty.webs.com/apps/photos/album?albumid=11454034</a><br />
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Has an excellent condition NS22 featured.NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255235749674061966.post-32465049113044565052011-05-14T05:21:00.000-07:002011-05-14T05:21:41.355-07:00Trip to Harcourt and Mount Alexander - new speed record.After being evicted from my own home, I spent a few days with friends in the country.<br />
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Going up Mount Alexander, I found 1st gear to not be low enough for my liking, so did a fair amount of walking. Maybe a smaller front chain ring could be my next modification.<br />
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An un-photographed trip I made was Frankston-Baxter-Somerville-Stumpy Gully Rd all the way to Balnarring Beach, then back and up Two Bays Road (walked up there) and back to Frankston via Humpries and Overport Roads. On this trip I was alongside a bike with a GPS, our speeds agreed.<br />
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Coming down hill from Mount Alexander, I hit 70km/h, no pedalling required. The previous record was 62 down Olivers Hill, Frankston, pedalling (about 180 per minute, according to my calculations). Descending Mount Alexander at that speed was probably a silly thing to do, it being a winding road that I had never been on before, still, I lived to tell the tale.<br />
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I guess this was a good 42nd birthday present....<br />
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The right time for a mid-life crisis....<br />
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These photos were taken at Southern Cross station. I think I preferred the old Spencer Street station. I did not ride the bike with all that on, but it was good for walking between platforms. I traveled by bus from Melbourne airport to the train station.<br />
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On arrival at Yirrkala I leant my bike against a tree, it fell over.<br />
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None other than Djambawa Marawili happened to be nearby and alerted me to the bike fall.<br />
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He had just returned from Sydney, where an exhibition of his works had just been opened. I spoke with him for about 10 minutes, he said the coming of the mine 40 years ago had its good and bad points, it brought drugs and alcohol, he said "many people did not look after themselves, they let their children run around like mad dogs".<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A Nhulunbuy neighbour kindly sprayed my bike chain with some motorbike chain lube. It was getting a bit squeaky. The NS22 has done 678.6km since I fitted the computer. I need to oil other parts also, I have acquired about 200ml of motor oil in an old jam jar just for that purpose.</div>NS22http://www.blogger.com/profile/08354572131971612221noreply@blogger.com0