Digital Hippie – Page 80

Mr (Pedi)Cab Driver

Post published:January 31, 2011
Post category:Wheel Love Stories

Nothing toughened me up for the solo MTB adventure like the stint ‘driving’ Pedicabs as part of the 1988 World Expo in Brisbane. (more…)

Didj the Kelpie, Big Wheel MUni (Mountain Unicycling), Baco, Castlemaine

Big Wheel MUni

Post published:January 30, 2011
Post category:Kris Holm 36 Mountain Unicycling

It’s been almost 3 months since my last ride on a mountain unicycle, forgive me father! I’ve been back on a mountain bike and loving it. Doesn’t mean I won’t be doing MUni (Mountain Unicycling) any more though. (more…)

1990 Shogun Prairie Breaker Expert

Post published:January 30, 2011
Post category:Wheel Love Stories

Wheel Love? Hmm… maybe that is stretching it with my 1990 Shogun Prairie Breaker Expert. It was an ok MTB for its time, it’s just that it was way too big for me — I guess you’ve got to make that mistake at least once with a bike. Those were the days before the internet, and MTB magazines weren’t around much either. You just went to a bike shop and bought a bike, often from whatever they had on the floor. Regardless of its size though I really enjoyed exploring the Bogong High Plains on the Prairie Breaker over the first full Summer season I’d lived in the High Country. (more…)

Ibis Mojo HD, Wombat Trail, Woodend Victoria

Wombat Trail: Quest for the Vanilla Slice

Post published:January 29, 2011
Post category:Ibis Mojo HD

Headed down early in the morning from Castlemaine with Julien to ride the Wombat Trail at Woodend before the forecast 35-40 degree heat kicked in. (more…)

Ready to head off, Apollo Everest, Brisbane 1988

1988 Apollo Everest

Post published:January 28, 2011
Post category:Wheel Love Stories

I got my first ‘real’ mountain bike in 1988, an Apollo Everest.

After living and studying in Brisbane for a few years it was time to leave behind everything that couldn’t be carried on a bike and ride off into the sunset, destination unknown.

The highly thought out plan meant it was time to ditch the road bike that I’d had a lot of fun mixing it with traffic on the city streets and get something a lot more robust. A tourer wasn’t my style, but those new fangled mountain bikes were like BMX on steroids, with gears. They looked to be perfect big kid fun machines. (more…)

Ibis Mojo HD, Going Up!

Mojo Rising

Post published:January 26, 2011
Post category:Ibis Mojo HD

I couldn’t get organized in time to join the Rocky Riders Australia Day ride yesterday morning but headed out later anyway hoping to cross paths with the group somewhere along the way. It wasn’t to be but no worries it was a good ride anyway, ~30km of single track. (more…)

Scotch Rubber Mastic Tape 2228

Post published:January 25, 2011
Post category:Ibis Mojo HDR

I noticed some scuffing from the chain on the inside of the Mojo HD’s carbon fibre rear triangle stays a while ago. The culprit is the limited clearance between the frame and chain when running on the smaller cogs, adding in the fact that when you’re running on the smaller cog you’re going faster and the chain is probably going to be slapping around more because of that. (more…)

Selle Italia Evolution Carbon Titanium Saddle

Arse from the Past: Flite Evolution Carbon Titanium Saddle

Post published:January 24, 2011
Post category:Mountain Biking

There was a time in the early 90’s when like many other MTB’ers I was a chronic weight weenie. I was reminded of just how bad the obsession was the other day when I came across the original box for my Selle Italia Evolution Carbon Titanium Saddle while unpacking stuff in the shed. I guess keeping the box all these years isn’t a good look either… it is a sweet box though! 🙂 (more…)