Max's Miscellaneous Musings

I don't know how this happened.. but today when I changed the tube on the back wheel, the Gatorskin came off with only a single nudge from the tyre levers.  And.. I got most of it back on without levers, and actually got the last of the bead on by hand!!… more »

After my rant the other day about the Continental Gatorskins, I ordered two sets of special, magic, stubborn-tyre-removing tyre levers.  Both of which had to come from overseas because Australia is a fucking barren wasteland when it comes to affordable b… more »

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You'll recall that some time ago, I wrote a post entitled "I am a judgemental turd", in which I questioned the Fat Cyclist's ability to start dating so soon after the death of his wife.  Fatty's latest blog entry addresses this issue, in a much classier… more »

I just had the most brilliant ride out to Nudgee and back!  Even though there were lots of pedestrians to dodge during the first half of the ride, I managed to make it to Nudgee in PB time, averaging 26.8Kph!!!!!  And the return trip was almost as good,… more »

This is what you'll find when you search for tyre levers on Google.  What the?  :crazy: :)) more »

Continental's Gatorskin tyres are a blessing and a curse, all rolled into one tyre-shaped lump of rubber.  The blessing is that they are puncture-resistant.  At least, they claim to be.  I've had so few punctures in my cycling life (four punctures in 30… more »

I really enjoyed watching Rent the other night.  I ended up downloading a couple of the songs from iTunes.  I can't decide which I prefer, Seasons of Love, or Take Me Or Leave Me.  I think I'm going with TMOLM at this moment, but that might change in SOL… more »

Every once in a while, I check out my blog's stats to see how people learn about the site.  Mostly it's search engine hits, the most popular ones being people looking for reviews on Deuter backpacks (recall, I wrote a review a while back). But easily t… more »

I happened to catch Rent on Fox the other day.  Wow.  Just... wow.  I really wish I'd seen this thing when it was in Australia.  Now it's stopped showing (at least, the Broadway production.. now it's the turn of all the two-bit amateur productions), I gu… more »

Dear end user:  When you ring our after-hours emergency service to log a production-affecting emergency, it would be nice if you were actually having a production-stopping emergency.  When I drop everything and call you, only to learn that you (one singl… more »

RideWithGPS.com.  Nice! more »

Yesterday, I took my car in for a service.  The 100K service was $666.  Then, I got a call from them telling me the brake pads were fucked and needed to be replaced.  Add another $600, for a total of $1270-odd. I have never resented my car quite as muc… more »

Scratch one up for cyclists everywhere.   Yes, that's the victim's blood all over the back of this tool's car.  Can you believe he had the audacity to tell the 911 operator that the cyclist wasn't seriously hurt?  This, from a doctor. I hope he… more »

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If there's one thing the Internet has taught me, it's that there is a web page for anybody, no matter their odd predilections.  88| more »

The thing about iPhone apps is that the more you look, the more you find.  After a week of owning the iPhone, I've so far loaded: Google CommBank Convert Everything White pages Yellow pages Cyclemeter SitOrSquat National Public Toilet Map Toil… more »

Who gets the Egg There was once a Scotsman and an Englishman who lived next door to each other. The Scotsman owned a hen and each morning would look in his garden and pick up one of his hen's eggs for breakfast. One day he looked into his garden and saw… more »

Yup, these folks are cycling all over the place with their dogs in tow.  :yes:  Read the whole story here.  Awesome! more »

MaxBabe got herself an iPhone on new year's eve.  I have long maintained that a phone is a phone is a phone, and should be nothing but a phone. That was until I met the iPhone.  This marvellous piece of technology has turned me around.  And so, in a fi… more »

Happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   :D :D :D :D :D :D more »