1st trip from Modbury to McLaren Vale via Veloway stalled by malfunctioning Deraillieur

2nd trip on a new bike made it though I did have 3 punctures.

3rd trip made it without bike problems though the headwind on the return ride took the shine off the day.

4th trip today. Spinning along nicely down Nth East Road and despite some quite thick fog I'm feeling good. Walkerville a loud bang and the rear end wobbles like a belly dancers muffin top.

Replace tube found the…

missed my planned rides today and I’ll rest tomorrow as well and hopefully it will settle down. I’ve still done most of my Pilates and weights session tonight but nothing on my legs.…

I've been a bit slack lately. Having come off the summer and maintained a fairly good ride regime for most of the winter, the last 4 weeks not been great. I've probably been on the bike 3-4 times in that time and a couple of gym/indoor trainer sessions.

Worst of all, there have been two weekends when I have had everything ready...knicks, undershirt, shoes etc out the night before...tyres pumped, bike checked...ready to go. And then...woken up to the alarm, heard the wind blowing hard,…

As most of you know,i've been searching far and wide for the right set of wheels, to handle my weight on my new Orbea that i bought a few months ago

The original wheelset are Mavic Kysrium Elites,which by all reports,are a fantastic training wheel.Coming in at 100kg,the wheels had to much flex for my liking.They just had to be changed.

I visited most LBS around town and even looked on the net.Prices for the wheelset that i was after,were;nt at the lower end…

base 3 it will max at 20:30 a week. All up I have planned to allow almost 400 hours of training up until the Mutual Community Challenge Tour. By the time Coast to Coast comes around I will have done almost 490 hours of…

Speaking to a fellow cyclist a few weeks ago, the topic of hill climbs naturally came up. After discussion about Mount Lofty, Willunga Hill and the like, he told me about a "nice" little training ride.....an alternate route up Norton Summit

Basically, going up Norton Summit Road, at the start of the climb is a turnoff to Coach House Drive, which then intersects with Woodlands Way. Instead of weaving its way around the side of the mountain, it heads up the guts of it, in pretty much a…

Just a short one this time to update where I’m at with my schedule.

Normally on my rides, I am fairly alert for bad drivers. A regular occurence for me is the near miss, hence I keep my eyes peeled for silly behaviour from motorists. Everybody on a bike has experienced what I am talking about.......the cars that accelerate to overtake you into a roundabout. The guy that hammers past you, only to slam on the brakes and make a left turn in front of you. The drivers who don't follow the "A Metre Matters" message, and decide that 10cm is sufficient when…