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Surly Long Haul Trucker 1000 km Service – April 2010

Following my Esperance to Perth road tour Sir Lancelot, Surly Long Haul Trucker was due for a 1,000 km service which it received today at a life time 6,978 km.  A full service history for the bicycle can be found here. This service consisted of: Cleaning the chain using a Park Tools CM-5 Cyclone Chain [...]

West Aussie Travis Meyer Joins Team Garmin-Slipstream Roster

Okay, had to run this plug for Travis Meyer and his older brother Cameron who have now both joined Team Garmin-Slipstream, the American professional cycling team with a focus on ethical sporting practices. From the Team Garmin-Slipstream announcement: [Travis] Meyer will join his older brother, Australia’s reigning points race World Champion, Cameron Meyer, and his [...]

Open Letter to Garmin Australasia – Edge 305 Issues

The time has come, regretfully, to escalate my response to Garmin Australasia Pty Ltd’s (Garmin Australia) poor customer service in relation to issues with my Garmin Edge 305 purchased in November 2007. It has been frustrating dealing with Garmin and disappointing as their lack of customer service has distracted from what is other a reasonable [...]

Garmin Edge 305 Owner Review

Guess who got a Garmin Edge 305 for his birthday in November 2007! It was kindly purchased for me from GeoManGear in November 2007. The Edge 305 is described by Garmin as a GPS-enabled personal trainer and cycle computer. With a wireless heart rate monitor and speed/cadence sensor This is the set-up that I have [...]