Monthly Archives: November 2009
Attack On The Lull
image from www.cyclingweekly.co.uk Have you ever noticed the times in a bike race when someone attacks and everyone hesitates expecting each other to chase it down? The ebbs and flows of the peloton is something that you can use to …
What You Missed This Morning
No ride can start or finish without one of these. The beautiful coastal roads of Mornington Peninsula in the 30 degree sun. Life is good… Somewhere you’re rather be. It’s not every day that you get caught behind a peloton …
Melbourne Cycling Clubs
In order to bike race in Australia you need to be a member of a cycling club. Even if you don’t race you can still benefit from joining a club. Clubs usually offer things like social events, racing and training …
Cyclocross In Australia?
The first rule of Psycho-X: Don’t talk about Psycho-X Over the past four years I had been talking myself up about how great of a cyclocross ex-champion I had been back in North America. I figured it was a safe …
The Battle Of Sydney
I came across a well produced video yesterday by a group campaigning for better cycling infrastructure and tolerance in Sydney. In Melbourne I believe we face some very different issues and we have it pretty good. Meanwhile cyclists in Adelaide …
Pilates For Cycling
Core conditioning and stretching are BORING topics. When I’m flipping through cycling magazines those are the first articles I skip over. They don’t have that immediate effect on our cycling performance that we’re looking for. This is what I thought …
2010 “What You Missed” Calendar
You might remember the fun competition that we had a few months ago using the “What You Missed This Morning” theme. There were some sensational images sent in from all over the world that certainly inspired me to get out …
What You Missed This Morning
My new job has been delayed for a week and I can’t tell you how happy that makes me. I got a call this morning to go out for a ride with a few Beach Road Warriors named Gerro, Renshaw, …
VO2Max And Race Performance
By Joe Friel Here’s an interesting one. I got an email from a road cyclist who, along with four teammates, was tested for VO2max and various other things recently. He wonders how the data he and his buddies got from …
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Great post Wade. Re: photo. Have you ever worked on a mine site? You can expect...