Rider:
Chris_L member online [3 comments]
Ways to connect: visit my website: http://life-cycle.blogspot.com
Location:
Gold Coast, Australia
Club Affiliation: team bikejournal
Member Since: December 2004 5 Year Distance Chart
2024 km Traveled: private
2024 Rank: private
Lifetime Odometer: private
Rider Comments:
Hi Chris_L, good to see you back on public viewing, trust you will soon be back up there leading us "Aussies", as you normally are. Missed you the last half of last year, WoodmanSnr
posted by WoodmanSnr on 1/17/2008

I love your photos of Queensland! It's nice to see such beautiful sights since I have heard so much about the fires and drought over there. Thanks.
posted by Ruben on 2/16/2009

Hi Chris - I've just found you on bikejournal. Very impressive! I'm VeloYello on here. Hope to see you on an Audax this year. Martin Pearson
posted by VeloYello on 1/25/2010
History:

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Didn't learn to ride a bike at all until the age of 12 -- after my mates at Werris Creek took pity on the skinny unco-ordinated kid. It wasn't until late 1996 that I got into riding seriously. These days I ride around 20,000km per annum (just a tick over 22,000 last year) as a transportational/recreational cyclist, and tourer whenever I get the time. I ride for the scenery and for what I can experience out there on the road, so that explains my rather lame average speed.

You can read about my tours at --http://Chris_L.crazyguyonabike.com

For my latest adventures and the product of my idle thoughts -- http://life-cycle.blogspot.com
 
Bicycles
click to enlarge 2008 other 
Hardtail XC Mountain bike
Description:  The new MTB in my fleet. More to come later.

Lifetime Odometer: private

click to enlarge 2007 Gitane 
700c Hybrid bike
Description:  After destroying my other hybrid, but still remembering the service it gave me, I have replaced it with another of similar make. I've promised to be more gentle with this one, and will use The Black Magic a little more.

Lifetime Odometer: private

click to enlarge 2005 Gitane 
700c Hybrid bike
Description:  This was a good, solid dependable workhorse which was used for touring in three countries, countless commutes, and my first double-century among other rides.

Now deceased after broken forks in November 2007.


Lifetime Odometer: private

click to enlarge 2003 Marin 
Hardtail XC Mountain bike
Description:  This is my old, seemingly unbreakable MTB -- The Black Magic. It has been used for countless tours, commutes and other rides, but is now used primarily as a "reserve" for commuting and to tackle some of the rougher stuff around these parts.

Lifetime Odometer: private

1996 other Shogun
XC Mountain bike
Description:  Old, rickety, and far too many km on the odometer, but this one paid for my education, and somehow managed to make components last well beyond breaking point. It's now my back-up and occasional shopping bike, and is as dependable as ever.

Lifetime Odometer: private
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