I’m not sure if its strictly a safety issue, unless you live in an area where car jackings are rife. My Disco 3 bongs incessantly when I put the keys in the ignition and the drivers door is open. I know they’re there because I put them there to stop them from getting lost under the melee of crap that we inevitibly load in to the car before we drive off.

Check out the schools first then see if you can commute easily from there. Bring some warm clothes as it can get cool in winter, when we moved over in August we only had 1 jumper each and got very cold on occasion.

Bus & Train routes
http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/

Bike Maps:
http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/activetransport/24024.asp

Feel free to PM me if you want any advice.

Richard

It’s just a piffling 31 degrees in Perth today. I would like to see some rain now, and that’s not something you’d hear me saying often in the UK.

I remember seeing them at Birmingham student union, no need to bounce around as the floor was moving so much it did it for you….

I recognise that area from when I worked down there 15 years ago, if youd have told me it would be a designated “nature reserve” several years later I’m not sure I’d have taken you seriously….

WOW, my XL 29er looks like a 26″ bike when I’m sitting on it, but you can tell that it’s got big wheel somehow. That just looks like 29″ frame rather than a bike with 29″ wheels….

I stand corrected. But it is an acronym :D

Landlords problem, I’ve just had to pay for a fence repair on our rental. If I was a tenant I’d be complaining about it as well though, just in case the neighbour was a nudist!

Damn, wrong forum, please move mods….

I’d go for the mtb. The Klein will probably feel a bit old skool compared to a newer mtb and you may find that you want to get off road more as a result, especially on full sus. Make it as adaptable as you can, so it’ll cover your riding for the next 10-15 years.

I’m a few inches shorter at 6’3 and I’m using these with a 34″ inside leg in size Large, so the legs do have some stretch in them. Very snug, although I only need to use them when it’s down to about 3 degrees in the morning over here in Oz. They do keep the knees very toasty.

http://www.zyro.co.uk/altura/products/detail/AL35RAWB

That’s bad news :(

I think it’s due to the weather, and I’ve noticed it when I drove a lot. I definitely noticed that there was a lot more aggro on the motorways towards the end of winter, as everyone was fed up of it being dark/raining/whatever – the mood lightened up as soon as spring sprung and almost made the commute bearable.

It would certainly be a holiday they’d never forget!

Not sure about all the technical aspects but my fave will always be the mossie. I used to see one fly over my house every couple of days for a good 20 years when I lived in Chester, until sadly it crashed at an air show, taking it’s crew with it :(

Was the best sounding plane ever – even better than a spitfire…

“Sprout mexicane” and trying to get the burglar sellotaped to the ceiling down are things I will never forget from that series….

My mother in law died when my son was 3 1/2 years old. We told him straight out that she had died after being ill. He was very sad, as you’d expect, but I think the sense of loss only started coming out a few years later. He still mentions his grandma and says he misses her so I don’t think they get over it as some people have suggested.

We’ve only just got around to telling him over the last few months that the graveyard is where grandma was buried, as we weren’t sure if he was ready to hear that at the time.

It was a hard thing to do, best of luck to you..

Looks good. My 6 year old son keeps asking when we can build one together, I told him a few years ago that we do one when he was a lot older….. I think he’s getting impatient!

The drivers first reaction seemed to be “I’m going to jail” rather than how the victim feels….

It’s just happened in South America as well, there was a story on road.cc about someone who killed a cyclist and drove 6km with him embedded in his windscreen, it was a terrible story – somehow people seem to have lost their understanding about the value of life and far too many people are getting into cars whilst tanked up.
It’s a big problem over here in Oz, it doesn’t appear to have the social stigma that it did in the UK.

You’re generally looking at 35%-50% of the cost of the project being indirect costs (feasability studies,design, procurement costs) Of the site costs alone it’ll be 30% of that as temporary works and site set up etc.

As said above, the cost of not getting a rail line completed within a possession or the cost of someone not going home far outweighs the cost of the proper setup.

38-40 degrees C for the commute, as its still more pleasant than getting the bus and walking in that temperature (albeit I take it very easy) It was marginal yesterday and still only down to 34 by 5.30pm. Mid 30’s for a ride, as there’s no need to dessicate oneself whilst having fun.

Other than that only biblical wind speeds keep me off the bike.

We had a beach laminate floor in until the washing machine flooded it. Replaced it with a tile floor, the tiles are a mock brick pave type – almost looked like terracotta and pink sandstone mix.

The walls were a light mint colour, kitchen was cream.

I’d be looking at something made by lowepro, I’ve had my slr stashed in a toploader for several years now and nothing has got into it, mud, water,dust and sand have all been repelled with ease.

I’ve done the first 16km with my 6 year old son and everyone reckoned that was the hardest part of the entire trail?? And then I’ve hit a bit of it down near Donnybrook. It won’t be a hideously technical trail. I read a good blog here but it looked to my mind as though far too much was being carried by that fella, I’m a travel light guy when it comes to hiking and riding .

http://pedaldamnit.blogspot.com.au/search/label/Australia%20%28Western%29

If you can get several weeks off work then it’ll be easy, I’d love to do it (my son keeps asking when we could do it!) I’d imagine it gets a bit less enjoyable when you’ve got some time pressure.

I think late October would be ideal to start it up in Perth as it’ll be warm but not too hot, and will get cooler as you get down south.

Leave a bowl of white vinegar in the car for a few hours, preferably when it’s warm, and that should neutralise most smells.

I just buy the whole bike and sell the bits I don’t like straight away as new and then hunt down bargains to customise to my liking, it always works out cheaper this way IMO.

I’ve got a 6 speed zf in my discovery 3 and it’s great, beautifully smooth shifts, a couple of modes(auto, sport and manual command shift) and it even knocks down a few gears for engine braking. My last discovery 2 auto was dog awful and I was always frustrated by it. The newer gearboxes and software are a lot easier to live with. I do miss driving a manual but my car is best suited to an auto, if I got something smaller for a blast bat the weekends then I’d go manual, but for general driving around I’d not be averse to a good auto.

You lucky gits, in the shops in Oz it’s about 10 quid a can! :evil:

Big landy fan here but I’m not sure if I’d have a defender as an everyday car, I’d love to build one up in the future. I’d have a go in a discovery if I were you, still has that landrover feeling of sitting up there and not being in a rush, the 3 I have seems to have as much usable room as my mates 110 and the driving position is a lot better, at 6’2″ I always think a defender could use a few more inches leg and elbow room.

As for reliability, they are more complicated than a normal car, but the beauty of the marque is that there are so many forums out there that will help you fix a problem that they’re pretty easy to stay on top of.

I was there yesterday and you could sense a growing frustration amongst the Aussies and the crowd as it looked although England were going to tough it out and stay on the wicket for a while. Even KP took his time getting some runs on the board and seemed to deflate Johnson for a while, he gave it away too easily in the end though.

From what I saw of today on tv it looked as though England had already thought they’d lost the ashes, seems to be a different mindset. I can’t see them winning this one.

Maybe they’ll let loose a bit more in the next 2 tests and show how they won the last series…

North by Northwest for me, Cary Grant carries off his bewildered role with aplomb

We leave one set in the kitchen with another set of keys in the door in case we have to get out quickly. I’d rather take the risk of someone getting away with my car, and avoid getting a beating to get the keys, than being burned to a crisp in a house I couldn’t get out of…

Waves back at Perthmtb :) Let me know when you’re up for a ride…

My TD5 gave me no issues on the ECU side of things. Down here in Oz it was the cooling system that was the main problem, whereas in the UK it’s the chassis falling apart that’s the big problem.

I think you may have spent time in Joondalup, and not the wider Perth area….it’s like little Britain up there :)

This is the age old question o_h_h, christmas break coming up, surely plenty of nights to choose from with no school the next day…..

The last 2 bikes I bought did not come with pedals what’s the score there then? They’re fully assembled but with no pedals how can they be expected to come with pedal reflectors?

I’ve got a 4’6″ 6 year old on a 24″ bike and he’s only just got enough standover on that when things don’t quite go right – I wouldn’t feel comfortable with him on anything bigger at the moment. The reach is already long enough and the xs 26″ frames I looked at added another 20-30mm to the top tube.

You should be able to sell a decent 24″ bike on here in a few years when the time comes.

Maybe I’m biased cos I own a Specialized but I’m struggling to muster up outrage over this. Is it really that big a deal if matey has to change the name of his shop?

It’s going to mean a lot to him as far as money out of the door is concerned, a new sign, new ads, website, etc. Probably not a lot of money but enough to make a big hole in his earnings for the year.

You’re lucky crankboy, glad to hear you’ve got out of it with “minor” injuries. It’s strange being knocked off, first your shocked, then annoyed, then really pissed off and a few hours later you realise it could have been a lot worse.

Good reaction from those around you, I had a bounce off a car earlier this year and people around we’re equally supportive.