Monthly Archives: January 2009
Bay Crit Tip #2 – Tight Cornering in Crits
The Bay Crit series is set up for spectators – not for the racers. Along with this comes lots of hot dog circuits and tight corners around round-abouts. You need to slow down from 55km/hr to 15km/hr coming into these …
The Biggest Loser
Twelve cyclists who have a few kilos of Christmas cheer to lose. Eight weeks to do it with a variety of different weight-loss strategies. Who will be crowned The Biggest Loser? Coming soon.
Bay Crit Tip #1 – New Tires
When using new tires for the first time (especially ones like Michelin Pro Race), make sure you wear-off the wax on the tires that the factory puts on BEFORE racing. They are like ice when going around corners at 45km/hr. …
Upcoming Posts
You may have noticed that the posts I’ve been putting up over the Christmas holidays have been weak at best. Not much substance to them at all if I do say so myself. And here goes another one… BUT, what …
Bay Crit Circus
It’s that time of year again when the Bay Crit circus comes to Melbourne. The biggest names in Australian cycling racing over 5 days in the world’s fastest crit series. O’Grady, Cooke, Renshaw, Gerrans, McEwan, Kemps, Wilson, etc. It’s …
Back To Basics
2009 is here and it’s a great time to remind yourself of some of the basics. 1. Commuting – get those recovery miles in by riding to work. Besides being good for you, it also cheaper, better for the environment …
Why the hell do the organisers put a corner like that right before a stage finis...
It's a 51cm 650c bike....