Snow on my doorstep!
Mal called to tell me it had snowed so I snapped this with my ‘new’ K750i (the W810i replacement). SNOW! AT MY DOOR!
And drivers bitch about parking fines.. ha!
Off the air
A drunken incident (bet you never thought you’d see that line on _my_ blog) means I no longer have a mobile phone or, for that matter, full movement in my right hand.
So, those who would call me (mortgage surveyors, debt collectors, etc), don’t bother, I will call you.
Wind Speed: 40mph
This should be fun: track bike + road fork = “impressionable” handling!
Car bosses say 4×4 demand falling
[image nicked from www.nosuv.org]
A global survey of 150 car industry executives by financial firm KPMG claims sales will be hit by higher fuel prices and environmental concerns. No way!
The executives believe fuel efficiency will become the most important of the criteria for buying a car. When it costs $1.60/L, duh.
Opponents of the cars dislike their fuel consumption and some also believe they make congestion worse. Believe?
DJ Misjah – The Truth is Revealed!
Will It Blend?
What better way to prove you make good blenders than to take all manner of apparently non-blendable stuff and cain it! Bye-bye iPod!!!
Watch vids here: www.willitblend.com
Australian car sales slump as buyers go for imports & BIKES
[Bicycling photo from shield on Flickr used without permission]
“The Australian car industry is reeling from a dramatic slump in sales, with petrol-price conscious consumers turning in massive numbers from locally made vehicles to smaller imports and bicycles.
Sales of Australian-made cars collapsed from almost 250,000 in 2005 to just 201,623 last year ? a drop of almost 20 per cent, according to preliminary figures released by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries.
For those in the bike business, however, it’s a different story, with bicycle sales out-stripping vehicle sales for the seventh consecutive year last year, according to the Cycling Promotion Fund.
Australian bike sales extended their lead over cars for 2006, with almost 1.3 million sold. Cool, lots of hard rubbish when I get back!
CPF spokesman Ian Christie said bike sales had extended their lead on car sales by 300,000 last year ? a sales edge that comfortably exceeds the total sales of market-leader Toyota.
Bicycle Victoria facilities development manager Jason Denhollander (Dutchy been busy?) said the increase was due to a combination of elements.
“There is no one silver bullet to it, it’s a mix of rising petrol prices, people finding public transport more crowded and health and fitness,” he said.
Mr Denhollander said latest Bicycle Victoria figures showed there was a 15 to 20 per cent increase on the number of cyclists entering the CBD between 7am and 9am compared with a year ago.
“That increase would represent about an extra 500 cyclists entering the city,” he said.
Mr Denhollander said cyclist numbers usually dropped 30 to 40% in winter, but that was not the case last year. “In the heart of this winter we had the same numbers as we would have in the peak months of November and March,” he said.“
Illumination!
In an effort to reduce the strain on my nerves I have purchased one of these babies from On-One.
See also.
?135 for the light engine
?2 for a spare o-ring
?2 for a spare battery case
?20 for 16 x Vapex 2700mAh NiMH AA batteries (from Vapextech on ebay, inc. free charger, 2 x 1100mAh)
?25 for Mega Charger (from Vapextech on ebay, inc. 4 x 2700mAh pack, 1 x AAA 1100mAh pack, 2 x AA to D cell converter, 1 x Battery Tester and 1 x LED compass keyring)
It’s the most I’ve ever spent on lighting. It’s totally frickin’ cool though!
80g/200g with/without batteries and surely the sexiest looking bike light available (yes, damnit, I said sexy!)
I started this post weeks ago and have now lost all direction, all meaning and well hello nurse! it’s feckin’ 1am on a school night.. sheet!
Whatever, sick of this sitting as a draft. This light rocks!