Monthly Archives: February 2010
Tour de Indochine
It’s going to be an exciting next two weeks for me and a few of my closest friends. Unfortunately you’ll be stuck in the office, but I’ll do my best to make you feel like you’re part of our journey. …
Podium Blokes For The Giro?
For the umpteenth time this past weekend I had some bogan driver in a ute yell at me “Fag!“. Over my years of cycling I’ve gotten used to this and I don’t think much of it anymore. I’ve played my …
Random Ramblings
I’m starting to find the need for a way to communicate random items that people send to me that fall outside of the format of this blog. This will be the start of a randomly timed “Random Ramblings” post. If …
The Cyclist’s Disclaimer
Photo by James Broadway. BTW, congratulations to James for having a new baby girl this week! Cyclist are a peculiar bunch. We can’t let a ride just be a ride. It’s impossible for any of us to admit that a …
Sleep Cycle
I have this annoying tendency of taking photos of mates on the way home from races We all know that Human Growth Hormone (HGH) is one of the hottest banned substances in professional sport. The effects of HGH include (from …
Ban The Bunch?
Last night the Bayside Counsel held a meeting to vote about banning parking along the rest of Beach Road on weekends. The only news I’ve been able to find is that more information is needed before a decision can be …
Bike Wash Zen
There’s no chore that is more therapeutic and gives me more satisfaction than the bike wash. I usually wipe my bike down after every couple of rides with baby wipes but once a month or so I’ll roll up my …
The Parlee Z5
Over many years I’ve been spoiled with nice bikes that have basically been given to me. I never had a need that required me to do some heavy research on on a bike I’ll be dropping thousands of dollars on. …
Drive To Work Day
I was forced to drive into the city for work yesterday and the traffic was absolute chaos. Was I the only motorist that realized that the cause of all the dramas on the roads were the number of cars? Not …
GO RYDER!...
Why the hell do the organisers put a corner like that right before a stage finis...