I have too many old bikes - Gifting a 1988 Apollo Kosciusko for Christmas

[@sirbarryvee-eight6485]

Lol, you're a brave man. Reminds me of one year when I bought my girlfriend some disc brakes for her bike for her birthday. She was appreciative, at least faked the appreciation, thinking "what else could I expect from a MTBer boyfriend. Later that night at dinner she got the real present - an engagement ring. 19 years and 3 kids later, she's still putting with me and a metric sh*tload of bikes cluttering up the basement.

[@rickute1458]

Too many bikes ? That is a crazy idea, you can never have too many bikes !

[@wanna_b_adventures.]

Looking forward to seeing your 40th Birthday ride.

[@bikepackingadventures1988]

Merry Christmas Tim and Sarah

[@josefkapelj3842]

Wow Man you do have some bike collection I have four and want to down size to Two Bicycles but it's Bloody hard to let go lol.Hey great video keep up the great work 👍 Hey Happy New Year cheers 🍻 👏

[@edzeppelin933]

I'm so glad someone else does bike tinkering/maintenance in their living room of a 2 bed apartment 😊 Happy New Year mate. Hope you can fit in some bikepacking trips while on the long drive.

[@advanturest]

Haha, Sarah loves that our loungeroom doubles as a workshop. I'm lucky our carpet is a similar colour to grease 🤣 I definitely plan to do some bikepacking trips while on the road. I've got all my gear packed in boxes ready to load into the car. Just need to find a spot to transport the bikes. It may also be a bit tricky doing big ones as i don't want to leave Sarah alone in the van for days on end. Saying that, who knows what the year will bring. We don't have many plans.

[@edzeppelin933]

@advanturest you know what the solution to leaving sarah in the car is? Taking sarah along! She needs a bike 🤣

[@paulconnor-sz3lc]

Merry Christmas Tim! Have a ripper break and enjoy your New Year. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to!

[@advanturest]

Cheers Paul. Its work, work, work, for 3 more weeks. then its game time. Can't wait to hit the road 👍

[@BikesnLikes]

You dont even have any bikes hanging from the roof! Plenty of room for more! Merry Christmas guys!

[@advanturest]

I probably should have shown in the video the 2 bikes hidden in the roof space. The original Raleigh and my old Giant. Does that count? Its common property up there and i probably shouldn't be storing bikes up there. wonder if i can fit in a 3rd bike haha

[@BikesnLikes]

@@advanturest hahhah fair enough that counts for sure!

[@GPMcGee]

...and the Canada vids 😅 Merry xmas mate. That a appollo is sweet

[@advanturest]

haha, nearly forgot about that one 😆 Merry Christmas mate!. You know what i'll be riding if i can convince you all to do a clunker ride!

[@jimo4449]

I'd be dead if I worked on my bikes in the house

[@alexrains1893]

It's a beautiful bike and you're right the decals are awesome, does it have mostly Suntour and Dia-Comnpe on it? I have an older Kosciuszko in an olive/khaki colour that came with and is made for 650B wheels which was surprising. In case you were wondering, the hierarchy of Apollo's old MTB models goes Everest, Matterhorn, Himalaya, Kosciuszko and then about 6 more lower end models.

[@P.Ttrying]

Good onya mate 👍 pay it forward, great karma. My one bedroom keeps my gear tight storage wise😅. Looking forward to seeing your "big lap" trip. Happy 40th 🎉 Happy New year to you all 🎉

[@advanturest]

Cheers mate. I've known I'll never have space for it. but was hoping to ride it up to the top of Kosci for a sunset and photo shoot. thought it would be fun. That's out of the equation now. I might have a few bikes I'll be paying forward. Happy New Year!

[@thomasmikkelsen518]

Love that bike, she's a beut :)

[@g_mack]

Soooooo Is she gunna keep it?

[@mattde27]

I raced the green version of that bike in 89/ 90. Is it indexed gearing or friction shift? On a side note, it seems you haven't learnt from your over loaded bike packing adventures. A grey nomad caravan? 🤔

[@advanturest]

@@mattde27 Nice, I’d love to see the green version now. The shifters on this bike are like friction shift but they do click, not sure what category you would put them in. As for the caravan, Sarah’s mum has been travelling and living in the van for about 5 years and wants to move back to Sydney. I suggested we do a house swap to save us having to buy a van. It’s a good option but a bit bigger than ideal. It will be nice in bad weather but the rest of the time it will be a pain to drag around. For the ease of not having to put all our furniture in storage and changing our postal address. It’s going to be worth it. I’ve never been good at going minimalist. I’ll probably need the space 😂

[@mickellis8747]

Me thinks that bike will end up in Ronnie's shed with the rest of your crap 🙂