Monthly Archives: April 2010
Random Ramblings
Next weekend, May 1st and 2nd, the Warburton Cycling Festival is taking place. There’s a multitude of mountain bike events, a road race and guess what….a CYCLOCROSS RACE! Yes, the rest of the world is laughing at us and our …
Guess Those Legs
Let’s face it, as cyclists we’re all a little strange with the way we’re always checking out each others legs. The appearance of someone’s legs can be an intimidating yet deceiving sign of a rider’s form. Sometimes tiny stick-legs can …
More PRO Pics Coming Our Way
images by fotoreporter Sirotti Download Wallpaper Since the start of this blog I’ve had many talented photographers contribute their work to this site. This includes FYXOMATOSIS, James Broadway, Leigh Schilling, Veeral Patel, Graeme Periera, Jarrod Partridge and Aaron Upson to …
Core Training For Cyclists
Over the summer I neglected part of my training regime that I’ve learned is extremely important – my core. It’s one of those things that only takes a couple sessions a week, but is so easy let go and forget …
What Does The Amy Gillett Foundation Do Anyway?
Until now I’ve always wondered exactly what the Amy Gillett Foundation (AGF) actually does. I’ve seen other cyclists wear the AGF jerseys, I’ve heard about their rides, I’ve seen their campaigns, etc, but what do they actually do??? Since I’m …
Beach Road No Stopping Zone
For all of you who don’t live in Melbourne this post probably won’t interest you. My apologies for the exclusion. For those of you who do live in Melbourne, you’re probably one of the 5,000 – 10,000 cyclists who ride …
Is Wood The Goods?
In the early days of cycling (pre- 1950′s) the best material choice for rims was wood. As with most things technology has progressed and different materials have evolved to made wheels stronger, lighter and the ride more comfortable. You can …
Queen Of The Classics
I had a completely different post written for today until I woke up and realized that it’s Friday – two more sleeps until Paris Roubaix! It wouldn’t be right for my last blog post of the week not to convey …
What You Missed This Morning…In New Zealand
Can any of you Kiwis reading guess which road this is? Hint: It’s on the south island of New Zealand. Mrs CT and I are here taking a little break from the bike. However, I managed to negotiate one spectacular …
Descending Tips
Descending is a skill that’s better learned on the bike than by reading a blog. However, if there’s one guy who can break it down step by step and teach the art of descending it’s 2 time Olympian Rob Crowe. …
Yep, consider that next time you hear the rubbish from the likes of Adrian Ander...
Actually it doesn't apply to just the top tier pros. I co-manage a U23 amate...