So you ride a pushie hey - The Aus Bicycling Thread

Think I'd need a Cheater bike if i lived up your way too.

Look forward to getting out of the state and doing the Thredbo valley track again, and the new extension track to trout hatchery.
Will need to get some training in before i attempt the whole thing tho.
Jards found some of rocky switch-backs really tough with tired legs when she did the Snowey MTB festival.

No men here.

Show and Tell time

My new CX race bike turned up today YEEEEESSSS!! However, after only getting to 2 races in 2 seasons........... Thanks to COVID and living in metro Melbourne (so NOT the place to be) ......... and maybe, just maybe, the last race of the season in late November may go ahead and I will get to give the newy a spin.......please, please, please

Noice! I just Googled it, even with the cash I got from my last to motorcycle sales, I'd still need to dip into savings.

Nice ride but it would appear that the derailleur cable is exceptionally long and could get snagged easily.

A shorter exposed inner cable = a longer outer. You could zip tie a section of outer to cover the inner .. still leaves the outer to be snagged.

Shorten both by quite a few cm.

It's a pretty thing.
Weight?

Too old and shoulders buggered to throw bikes on roof rack carriers now (and had 3 mishaps in the past), so towbar carriers it is when taking multiple bikes.
(Just throw my bike in the back of wagon if on my own)

Needed a swing-out rack or attachment to access rear hatch (when rear seats up).

A few manufactures make swing-out racks and/or attachments for pushies.
They are spendy and only rated for pushies.

Decided to make a heavy-duty attachment so i can use my motorcycle carrier and trials bike too.

A few measurements and sketches and then cut loose in the workshop.
40+ manhours later..........

That's very nice Jak. Really nice work.

A couple of questions.
What was the cost code for those man hours and what job were they booked to?

Secondly, did the lightening work on the gusset make a difference to how the MUX handled?

Miscellaneous 370.

Speed holes man, race shit!

Awesome design, and execution... find an automotive fabrication company (place that makes towbars, bullbars etc.), do a deal/sell them the design or similar - and go into production. That has so many pluses as far as a 4x4, SUV, ute style vehicle goes - as opposed the THULE style "fold down" version - like I use...





... which are fine for sedan style vehicles.

Your design looks very robust and suited to the Aussie road conditions - I think that you'd sell plenty in Oz via someone like TJM, ECB or opposite Lock etc.

My wife was drooling over the shingleback swinging attachment this morning
https://shinglebackoffroad.com.au/shop/shingleback-rack-swing-arm/

I know it'd be awesome, but I'd be terrified someone would release it in a supermarket carpark and I'd wipe out a merc before realising

Buy a big padlock at Bunnings while you're wife's at the supermarket...

Beegeesus.
900 for the swing arm then 1400 to 1600 for the rack plus any accessories, like 220 for lights.
Getting up around 3k for a complete set up.

No wonder @Bluetonguejak made his own.

That is daylight robbery. Half their luck if they can sell them though.
If you were in production, after the plate sections are laser cut or whatever, there is not much in it. A jig, a mig and you are off.

And yes, that would make a hell of a mess of a Merc as you swing out of the supermarket driveway.

We have a new Enduro World Series champion , Jack Moir has an unassailable lead in the EWS due to his only opponent capable of beating him in the points tally has been disqualified in the final event for cutting the course . Only about 600 points available from each event and his nearest rival who still can gain points at the currently underway event in Scotland is over 1000 points adrift . Well done Jack .

The racks themselves sell like hotcakes and are worth every cent. Mine is 3.5 years old, I can load 5 bikes in under 2 minutes. A typical days shuttling would be 5/6 runs up the mountain - no strapping , scratching or stuffing around. Last week my wife took the kids camping and took the rack For my mid week ride I had to resort to roofracks over the rangers tray, removing the front wheel , piss farting around with straps - must have takes at least 5 mins just for my bike !

Last weekend there must have been 20 cars at Mt Taylor doing shuttle duties, at least 15 of them had shinglebacks . I only noticed 1 using the swinger - truth is, you can unload the rack in no time then tilt it back. Unless the rack is hooked on a double hitch so you can tow the camper and the waeco is in the back of the pajero.....

Not saying they are not good. They look the goods.
Just amazes me at times the prices charged for things that are a fairly basic fabrication, no real tech in there apart from the good idea.
Maybe I'm to much like my old man.

I guess though, as you say, if your getting your moneys worth out of it, it's worth the money.

Great result. I've been watching them, he and the, name escapes me, yank have been neck and neck until the previous round.

Also our own Sam Hill did his first EWS-E the other day.
15th on the first day then won almost every stage, except the power stage, on the second day to finish third overall.
He didn't do well on the power stages, oviously needs more E-bike technique for those long techy climbs.

Made in Australia with Australian steel - so you are paying Australian wages for mining, producing the steel, fabrication and delivery. In my case, taking time off work to fabricate something similar with my welding " skill" ....lets just agree the racks are a bargain? ( even if mine was an early model with " unique" features / cr@ppy workmanship)

There are a couple of competing brands now, plus yakima make a vertical rack that hooks onto the fork crown. The yakima is cheaper and lighter , but sooner or later you park next to the guys who build these things at Myrtleford....and have to listen to them sniggering.

I saw an add recently on youtwittface with someone trying to sell their pre production copies - they were still asking around $900 for a factory second !