Monthly Archives: October 2009
Ricketts Point Challenge
I love a challenge. Especially when a woman challenges me on a bike. So when Olympic gold medalists Anna Meares sent out this challenge to all Melbourne cyclists I was one of the first to give it a go. How …
Riding In The Bus Lane
This week a lot of people have been sending me the incident in Sydney that occurred between a bus driver and a cyclist. I don’t think it was cool for the cyclist to get on the bus and punch the …
Extra Content and Special Offers
I’m in the process of adding a new dimension to Cycling Tips. From now on I’ll be delivering extra content right to your mailbox. Every fortnight I’ll be sending one awesome article that isn’t available on the blog. Also in …
High Speed Cornering Tips
photo by Veeral Patel Crowie has some invaluable tips stored away from his lifelong experience as a pro cyclist. Most pro’s don’t know how to break down these skills and techniques to teach them properly to cyclists like you and …
When The Paceline Stalls…
I had an interesting experience on Saturday while racing the Warny. After Feedzone #2 when the peloton split and the hard chase commenced I was rolling turns with all the big hitters of the race. Everyone was driving hard and …
There Goes The Warny
Out of the gates! photo by Leigh Schilling Never again. I know that’s what I say that every year, but I think I’ve sufficiently proved that I will never come close to winning this race. It’s probably the most prestigious …
Here Comes The Warny!
My odometer from last year’s Melbourne to Warrnambool The Melbourne to Warrnambool (or “The Warny”) is one of my favorite races in Australia and tomorrow it’s showtime! It’s a good thing that this blog also serves as my daily diary …
Why Do We Love Climbing?
Photo by Veeral Patel A couple weeks ago a gentleman who runs the blog TheClimbingCyclist asked me for my perspective on why we love to climb. Personally, I used to hate climbing. However, the more I hit the hills the …
How To Set Up Cleat Positioning
When I started this post I originally intended on doing a write-up for a full bike fit. It didn’t take long before I started to comprehend how massive of a topic this is. Even the basics would take thousands of …
Lygon Criterium
Thanks to reader Aaron Upson for sending in this cool short video of the crit on Lygon Street this past weekend. Aaron keeps raising the bar on this stuff. Love it!
Why the hell do the organisers put a corner like that right before a stage finis...
It's a 51cm 650c bike....