Monthly Archives: June 2010
Tour de Swisse Carnage – Hold Your Line!
No cyclist likes to see this. Most of us are familiar with the loud crack that we hear just as a crash is happening. It gives me chills just thinking about it. You can see from the video at the …
Negotiating A Leave Pass
I’m lucky that Mrs CT understands my addiction to cycling. If a couple days go by where I’ve eaten a mountain of food and done no riding I tend to get a bit cranky and she forces me to get …
Salary Package Your Bike?
The whole concept of Salary Packaging your vehicle was new to me when I moved to Australia. It seemed too good to be true. Once digging into the details however there was one thing that struck me as being strange: …
The EPIC “I Need A New Winter Kit” Competition Finalists
The Rapha “I Need A New Winter Kit” competition is coming to a close today. Mrs CT and I spent a good part of yesterday reading through the comments and have a sore gut from laughing so hard. I also …
Melbourne Bike Share – Will It Work?
I just wrote a post for Fairfax on my thoughts with the new Melbourne Bike Share program. I love the the whole concept but something needs to be done about the current helmet laws to make it easier to use. …
Richie Porte Gets CT’d
Last evening I had the privilege to have a chat with Richie Porte. Almost all the questions I asked Richie came from you guys via your comments here or from Twitter. It was a tough job picking only 20 questions. …
Winning With Honor, Or By Sitting In…
This past Saturday was the 51st Fred Icke Memorial Handicap in Creswick, VIC. In all my searches I could not find exactly who Fred Icke was or what this race represents. The only thing I could find was on …
Colors Of The Giro
I don’t know about you but I still have Giro-Fever. It was the most spectacular Giro d’Italia I can remember and I have to admit that I’ve felt a little bit empty without it this week. If you’ve ever been …
What You Missed This Morning…In The Dandenongs
Well, it was actually yesterday morning, but you get the idea. I wanted to test out my new compact camera and I couldn’t think of a better place than up in the hills of the Dandenongs. Yes, it is this …
Racing From The Front
I remember when I was beginning my bike racing ‘non-career’ back in North America. When I first saw the gleaming Cat 1 rock stars I was determined to make it to that level as quickly as possible. Nothing was going …
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...