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Mid-week urban 35 km ride. Crossing the Canning River on the Mt Henry Bridge.

Not my bike but I think you are referring to the spare tube. I have seen this approach to carrying one on many mountain bikes.

I believe that the rider was/is using the handlebars for holding the bike for cleaning etc. I suspect that the does not use them for any serious maintenance work.

These are available locally for $AU60/€35. Added to the short list.

I was poking around, looking at the use of Saris Bike Beam on bike stands (personally not convinced, but might use something similar to carry the bike on my Buzzrack e-Scorpion 2 car rack.] Anyway, while poking around the EMTB forums, I came across this user's use of handlebars to mount his bike...

I take it you do not do multi-day tours or bikepacking on mixed surfaces where changing tyre pressure is necessary, more so on my fatbike :) From this: The View Made Up for the 4WD Track by Andrew Priest, on Flickr to this Hamersley Inlet Link Trail - Made It! - {Day 06-10} by Andrew...

I did contact Lezyne, and their response was in more polite terms, "bad luck." Well outside of warranty. They did not even advise me of the option to purchase a replacement guage.

As per my reply to Stefan, I am now wary of electronic pumps from China. I would really like to see some medium-term usage feedback before I am willing to actually try one again. Once burnt, twice shy, as the saying goes :) I could try a Fumpa, I guess.

I have a pencil gauge which is fine, but it does not work with Presta valves, which two of my three bikes have.

These are not readily available here, but I do plan to place an order with Bike24, where even with the horrendous shipping charge, I can come out in front, so may delay the order (not urgent) until they have them in stock. Alternatively, Aliexpress have what appears to be the genuine Schwalbe...

First, each bike has its own pump, so I don't have to worry about remembering to switch pumps, which leads me to this week's dilemma. My HVG Lezyne Micro Floor Drive pump, which features a digital gauge that I used on my fat bike, has died, but the pump itself works fine. It is possible to get a...

Gentle ride today - 35 km exploring a little further east and a bit of the Canning River.

Where the fatbike, a custom-built Salsa Mukluk, excels and where it does not. Barker Inlet - Day 2-07 by Andrew Priest, on Flickr Not so much (yes, I rode down, well, fell down more like it) Track, What Track? by Andrew Priest, on Flickr Where it becomes a long, hot slog ... [yes someone...

This photo does not capture the drama of the day, but each time the back wheel got clogged like this, it brought the bike to a stop. I had to clear the mud as best I could, move forward about 10 metres, and rinse and repeat. There were gaps between the 'mud holes' for want of a better word, such...

On the subject of British bacon, this popped up in my Twitter feed ... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/24/scientists-demand-cancer-warnings-bacon-ham-uk?CMP=share_btn_url

Perth is infamous for being rather windy, and today was such a day. 58% of my 56km ride was into a headwind. As I like to stay in eco mode, it hurt me a bit. Ah well, hopefully Tuesday's ride will be more pleasant. Rode past our local "White House" [Italian influence typical of the area] ...

I need decent, mild winter rainproof gloves. I see these are sold here for AU$27 (€15.52). Looks like I have found a pair of gloves.

Easy ride today, which included a POOPS dog walk. The photos is of some of our cycling infrastructure. Not the Netherlands, but at least progress is being made.

Mild (24 °C / 75 F) 40 km ride this morning, which saw me passing Murdoch University's acclaimed Boola Katitjin building (Building 360). More about the building at https://www.lyonsarch.com.au/project/building-360-murdoch-university/

Australian brekkie ...