International social work student in NSW, Australia, just failed my driving test for transferring my overseas license to Australian license, and having to restart from Learner permit.
I think I will probably get a Green P when I got placement next year, but will the center consider my P license as something allows me to transport clients? Thanks.
one of the most fun tasks in the universe
it is so satisfying to take a broken bike and make it completely work for the next three years
in fact the repair is unbreakable and a lot stronger than the aluminium if you can do it properly...
Today I didn't even have the proper resources I just had a bit of carbon fibre and some wallcover glass-fiber,
I need it to hold up for a month or two however I rode this type of fix for a couple of years previously.
...but I can't be more happier! Finally, I have an excuse to say I don't want to drive to my parents!
And also one less potentially dangerous driver on the road, making the life of others safer for at least two years.
PSA for riders in the campus area:
Caught three guys today trying to lift a scooter right next to the USYD Business School on Codrington St. They managed to break the steering lock and were attempting to crack the ignition in Darlington Ln before we stopped them.
If you're parking on the street or in campus bays, make sure you've got extra security.
Steering locks aren't enough to stop these guys—they snapped this one in seconds. Keep an eye out!
Scored a cheap, near-new Hero 3 for like $40 AUD with full accessories as a bicycle cam, and want to get a battery bacpac for more battery life. Luckily, I found a nearby thrift store selling a used one for like $10, so I am currently trying to figure out whether this will fit for the battery bacpac and the Hero 3 original case...
Any answer is welcome.
Rail passengers will have to wait until 2028 before the NSW government’s multibillion-dollar fleet of new long-distance passenger trains enters service, five years later than originally planned.
In warning that a lack of trains was hampering efforts to put on extra services, Regional Transport Minister Jenny Aitchison revealed the new Spanish-built regional fleet was now scheduled to be introduced into service in 2028, blaming the previous Coalition government for botching the project.
“They put it in a complicated public-private partnership, which we’ve bought out now so that we can actually speed up the delivery,” she said on Monday.
“They were taking 17 days on the production line in Spain. They’re now taking five days.”
The new long-distance trains were ordered by the previous Coalition government for key interstate rail lines from Sydney to Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra, as well as for services to regional centres in NSW. Under the original plans, the first train was meant to enter service in January 2023.
The NSW government has previously declined requests to reveal when the new fleet will enter passenger service. So far, 11 of the 29 trains are in NSW after being shipped from Spain, and three of those are undergoing intensive testing.
The first of the new trains to carry passengers will be on the line between Sydney and Dubbo, where a maintenance facility has been built for the new fleet. They will need approval by the national rail safety regulator before they can enter service.
The cost of the fleet, which was ordered to replace the state’s decades-old XPT, Xplorer and Endeavour trains, blew out by $826 million to $2.29 billion in 2023. From our partners
The repeated delays to the new regional trains come as $100 million will be spent on upgrades to the 321-kilometre rail line between Sydney and Canberra, half of which will be funded by the Commonwealth, and the rest split between the NSW and ACT governments.
Aitchison said the lack of “additional trains on the track” was styming the government’s ability to boost services on the Sydney-Canberra line. “The capacity is limited. I’ve got people all over NSW that want an extra train but unfortunately [they] weren’t ordered properly and weren’t delivered properly by the former government,” she said.
A train trip between Sydney and Canberra takes about four hours and 15 minutes, which the NSW government hopes to cut to under four hours. In comparison, a car journey is three hours.
Years-long delays to the rollout of the Spanish-built regional fleet, as well as new intercity trains, have forced the government to keep decades-old fleets in service for longer. About $40 million has been spent on upgrading the XPT fleet, which was originally meant to be retired by 2023.
Last year the NSW auditor-general was withering in an assessment of Transport for NSW’s handling of the purchase of both the regional and intercity train fleets, the combined cost of which has blown out by more than 50 per cent on original forecasts to $6.8 billion.
I added a new battery to my 2016 Super73. The small battery 72v 30ah BMS 300A and the big Battery is 72v 70ah BMS300a. Combined total of 100ah. Very, very good acceleration and top speed 51 mph. Next upgrade will be a custom battery box for my batteries…..
First the kickstand bracket failed, then the rear rack mount snapped, and now the entire frame has broken in half. It’s the Onesport OT18-2 Model which was discontinued.
Edit: Hi Everyone, it seems that this post has turned into a bashing fest on my bike.
I just wanted to clear some stuff up.
I don’t live by the sea. I live in a woodland area with high humidity at times of the year and this bike was ridden hard through all sorts of terrain. I really did love this bike. It was used for daily commuting and delivery work accruing a total of 8263 miles. I rode it more or less everyday.
I changed the break pads every month.
I oiled the forks. (Which is why the line between the rust/dirt and the oil is so well defined)
Greased the bolts. (Adding lock tight when needed)
I changed the bottom bracket and crankset once a year.
I replaced the LCD
I replaced the bolts every month or so because the rainwater was seeping in and wearing down the metal and causing the bolts to snap or strip.
I took apart and rebuilt the wheels every month, replacing rusted/damaged spokes and re-truing the wheel
I changed and greased the brake cables.
Replaced the stock plastic pedals with metal then changed them back to plastic after getting hit in the shin.
I replaced the stock tyres with mounting bike tyres.
I upgraded the seat post too.
I built a custom chain when the original one wore out. Turns out the chain size used was non standard.
Changed the handlebar stem too.
I honestly can’t remember what else.
After coming to realise that there was an issue with the metal used for the spokes I bought a specialised rim (which you can see in the photo) and completely rebuilt the wheel using stronger steel spokes.
I lined the damn tyres with anti puncture material and sliced up rubber strips to further cushion the inner-tube.
My bike was a cheap made in china piece of shit. But she was my cheap made in china piece of shit. She was a beast and now she’s dead💀 RIP
I learned this bike inside and out. I could literally disassemble and reassemble it with my eyes closed but she finally has an issue that I can’t fix. (I’m not welding it back together!)
Learn from this. You can be the best mechanic in the world but you can’t escape fate. If you are currently riding a cheap made in china piece of shit bike, please remember that at any moment you could end up dead as a result of a catastrophic failure like this. Don’t listen to the idiots in the comments that claim that I cut my bike in the half or that the rust or neglect did this. Decisions did this. Decisions made long before I bought the bike.
…..And I did keep it outside because I have a garden and girlfriend. Does everyone else have a garage or something? are you really keeping a freaking e-bike in the house? I’ve got outside storage for the batteries too so they can send my shed to heaven instead of my family if there’s runaway. I literally don’t know anyone that keeps their bike inside unless they have no other option.
…There were no front end collisions. It’s a bike, not a car. On a bicycle you have one and it’s over. Please scroll down to see a photograph of the full bike.