Albert Park, Altona, Geelong, Queenscliff, Sorrento, Safety Beach, Mordialloc
Notable Equipment
A very heavy ebike…
Camera(s) Used
GoPro 11 + external battery pack, GoPro 8 + power bank, Nikon Z Fc with Z DX 18-140mm
Software Used
Final Cut Pro, QGIS, Motion, OmniGraffle
Subscribers when released
676
Trivia/Background:
Got this one finished almost in time for ATB 2023… the queue sure did get long!
Video:
Description:
Around The Bay is an event run by Bicycle Network in Melbourne, featuring a number of ride courses from 20 to 300km, wholly or partially on closed roads, and featuring a number of things you normally aren’t allowed to do like riding across the West Gate Bridge. It’s not a race, but times are recorded.
This ride features “The Classic”, a 210km ride heading anti-clockwise from Albert Park to Altona, Little River, Geelong, Queenscliff, then taking a ferry across to Sorrento, Safety Beach, Mordialloc, and finally back up to Albert Park again.
But as the training ride last time left me out of battery at the 170km mark, and I’d decided to bring enough stuff to make the bike weigh 45kg, would I make it?
This one wasn’t just clipped from previous material, it adds a bit of commentary about why such a thing exists.
This one actually did better than the rest - I was starting to wonder if Shorts were worth bothering with, but this one actually got some views and a couple of subscribers out of it.
Video:
Description:
Why does South Australia use cable ferries? Wouldn’t a bridge be cheaper?
2x GoPro Hero 8, 1x GoPro Hero 11, Nikon Z Fc with Viltrox 13mm f/1.4
Software Used
Final Cut Pro, Motion, QGIS, MacWhisper, Aegisub, X-Title Import
Subscribers when released
655
Trivia/Background:
The queue is so long that we’re almost at this year’s ATB…
Video:
Description:
With one week to Around The Bay, I’ve got to work on my bike. First up is removing a pair of slightly damaged cranks that are very firmly stuck on… leaving a dremel as one of very few options for removal.
Then it’s a chain and sprocket replacement on both the Bosch side and Shimano internal geared hub - with one part “not to be done by the end user”.
Then, while packing, I explore exactly why tyre inflation cartridges use CO2 - first covering some other alternatives, then the reason why it’s used - despite the fact it has the major disadvantage of just leaking out of the rubber!
And then the bike’s ready to go for Around The Bay. But I’ve got my reservations…
