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The Weather Man is an Idiot


Went to bed with pouring rain and all news weather updates pointing to the rain getting worse over the next two days. Cabin Fever is eating away at not being out on the road, I can’t bring myself to hit the trainer again for a few days at least. This morning I wake to Sun [...]

Cannondale Warranty


I thought I’d never be putting together a rant about Cannondale. After year of riding their bike frames in both Mountain and Road bikes I just felt I had to post this information around the “Cannondale Life Time Warranty”. In mid 2004 I bought a CAAD7 Cannondale frame, just over 3 years of owning and [...]

Dob in a Dickhead.


Reporting Dangerous Drivers
Cyclists who suffer dangerous or deliberate intimidation by drivers are encouraged to make complaints to the Queensland Police Service about dangerous drivers as well as hot spots where dangerous driving behaviours have been observed. All you need is the cars rego number and a details of the insident. Rea
To report dangerous driving, or [...]

Bike Fit.


People, if you roll up to a bike shop or a cycling coach and they pull out the old “bikefitkit” measurement tools and pump the figures into the software don’t expect this to the natural fit for you. No two human bodies are the same, due to this simple fact you should seek the best [...]

It just aint coaching.


This is “NOT” Coaching. Lets see, you’ve been training hard for months to prepare for a race, as you’re fitness levels improve and the base has been set in stone, the time comes to work on strength, speed or power and a “coach” tells you to add 5-15% of your body weight into a backpack [...]