Monthly Archives: May 2010

Philip Island TIPS

photo Veeral Patel This past Saturday was the Degani Philip Island Grand Prix.  It’s my first race back in over a month and it felt good to get some intensity back in the legs.  Getting back into racing also reminded …

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Giro d’Italia Stage 2

Has anyone else noticed that Yolanthe’s gums are the exact same pink as as the rest of the Giro festivities?

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It’s Giro Time!

It’s been an intense week here on Cycling Tips with some hot issues being discussed.   Quite frankly I just want to get back to enjoying cycling and the Giro d’Italia couldn’t come at a better time. It seems that …

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Why Cyclists Should Pay For Rego

image from Yukon White Light on flickr I just uploaded an blog post to Fairfax newspapers presenting an alternative argument on why cyclists should pay rego.  It all has to do with insurance.  The more people I know who get …

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How To Ride The Cobbles – By Koen de Kort

If you were to ask me about the ultimate way this blog could evolve I would give one answer: have all the tips come from the PROs. These guys have lived and breathed cycling for all their lives and are …

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The Hell Ride Bites Again

Last Saturday morning it was a confronting sight to see one of the more experienced riders in Melbourne laying on the ground curled up with a broken collarbone beside another guy who was face down with blood everywhere and his …

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Go Richie!

This new generation of Aussies coming through is unreal.  It was only a couple years ago where Richie Porte was smashing us in the local race scene.  Now he’s smashing the likes of Michael Rogers, Alejandro Valverde and Denis Menchov …

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Out Of Office AutoReply::

My apologies but I won’t be posting anything today.  My hosting provider has just informed me that Cycling Tips is buckling under it’s own weight and I need to deal with the issue immediately.  That means either transferring everything to …

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