March 2012 Blog Posts (5)

After a bad case of the guilts over choosing not to cycle-commute to work last week (due to bad weather/ flooded bikeway/ and the rain bringing the crazy drivers out of the woodwork) this morning I awoke to glorious sunshine and happily cycled SunnyBoy to work. Yes, my bike does have a name.

When I started this job in the new year, I rarely saw a cyclist on the road. I remember my excitment one morning, when in the distance a saw a spandex-clad cyclist also…

I set myself a couple of fitness goals this year, and some of them involve getting back in to criterium racing.

I used to race a little bit when I lived in Sydney, it's a lot of fun, but I struggle a little bit with maintaining the fitness, whenever I'm getting some momentum something happens, sickness, work stuff, something that knocks me around and keeps me off the bike. I've whined about that before :)

Anyway, the last few months have been decent. I've been…

Hi Guys,

I just stumbled upon this blog and have to say I am glad we (myself and 3 mates) are not the only crazy ones out there.

Check this link out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo2-h32hgMc&noredirect=1

I clocked 86km/h coming down the mountain on our most recent coot-tha trip.

Yes, we have done this more than once now...

Thanks for…

Our not so little 6yr old just recently had his first bike race, super exciting on the home front! The young  Cavendish fan had been bursting to try out his Christmas present (complete with green bar tape!) for a while, doing something more than circuits with the old…

It's a wet Saturday afternoon so I've pulled out the DVD of Chasing Legends, a beautifully shot doco on the Tour de France and the HTC team at the 2009 tour.

If you've not seen it and you're a pro cycling fan at all it's well worth a watch. It shows beautiful scenery, a look at some of the race…