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Rider:

andersondotau member offline

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Location:

Melbourne, Australia

Club Affiliation:

Melbourne Bicycle Touring Club (MBTC)

Member Since:

April 2008

5 Year Distance Chart

2024 km Traveled:

2024 Rank:

currently unranked

Lifetime Odometer:

19,986 km

History:

Have been riding since I was young, I guess since I was 4. Rode to school most days and to friends houses. Went on the occasional longer weekend trips but really riding was just (the natural) way of transport.

Started to ride to the train station most work days when I obtained a bike locker, this must have been around 15 years ago.

I now ride to work every day and don't have a 2nd car.

I have been enjoying the bike riding more and more recently and have joined a couple of clubs to go on more organised longer rides. My ride fitness has increased greatly with these clubs and I am looking at this being my main exercise now that my knees and ankles have started to complain when I jog.

Looking forward to some touring rides in Australia or overseas sooner or later.

Bicycles

	2010 Avanti Escape Hardtail XC Mountain bike
	Description: Bought 2nd hand from Born Again Cycles on 26.11.2010 Lifetime Odometer: 13.6 km

	2010 Surly LHT Touring Road bike
	Description: My Dream bike: My old hybrid finally bit the dust (broken frame) after 15 years of regular riding and a car accident five years ago. I thought it was time to buy myself my dream bike, this ended up being the following: Surly Long Haul Trucker (Specialist Touring, load and commuting bicycle) Mudguards, black (Planet bike Cascadia) In-line brake levers Brooks saddle, B17 Front dynamo hub (Shimano DEORE LX Hub Dynamo, DH-T660-3N 6V-- 3W) Dynamo powered front light (Busch & Müller LUMOTEC IQ Fly) Dynamo powered rear light (Busch & Müller TOPLIGHT Flat plus ) E-werk - powers electric devices like ipod, HTC Desire, using the dynamo hub as the power source Dlock and bike attachment (Abus Facilo Bike Lock) www.surlybikes.com/bikes/long_haul_trucker_complete/ www.bumm.de/docu/nojsmenu-e.htm www.bumm.de/index-e.html www.brooksengland.com/ I am very pleased with the great job done by my local bike shop (LBS) Commuter Cycles www.commutercycles.com.au www.facebook.com/commutercycles www.twitter.com/commutercycles Lifetime Odometer: 1,969.2 km

	Giant Option 26" Comfort bike
	Description: Trudi's Hybrid. Fitted with racks on 8.10.10 while deciding on a replacement bike. Lifetime Odometer: 11.8 km

	1999 Giant 26" Comfort bike
	Description: My trusty hybrid, communter and tourer. It has served me well for many years and finially died of a broken frame on 5/10/2010. Lifetime Odometer: 17,519.0 km

	2005 Giant CRX3 Road bike
	Description: My first road bike, started with a flat bar. Think now I should have gone all the way. Much faster then my old hybrid thou. Lifetime Odometer: 869.5 km

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