Posted on August 12, 2009 by 700x23
Hoorah! Today my new Mountain bike arrived. It’s been 2 weeks since ordering and I’ve waited patiently for it to come. I wasn’t in any particular rush but once it came today I couldn’t wait to get home and get it assembled.
5 stars to Wiggle. The bike was packaged very well in 2 boxes. The [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2009 by 700x23
Just a quick post to note that in my last post I highlighted the amount I was charged by Australian customs for duty and GST. Today I learned through the Australian Cycling Forums that duty does not need to be paid on complete bikes imported into Australia.
To be honest I was skeptical when I read [...]
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Posted on August 9, 2009 by 700x23
I’ve never really worked on my own bike. Because I don’t really know how. But lately I’ve thought ‘Just how hard can it be?’ I also now have 4 bikes and Gina has 1 too so with 5 bikes paying for servicing is going to be expensive. One of the bikes should arrive this week [...]
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Posted on May 12, 2009 by 700x23
Tonight I went for a bike fit or cycle fit as some people call them. I’ve wanted to do it for a while but kept putting it off. There are 2 places I know in Perth that offer this service; Rick at Churchill Cycles and Greg at Excel Sports Physiotherapy. I’ve heard very good reviews [...]
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