Nov 2009
Single speeding
30/11/09 10:11
Observations on single speed MTB riding after a few months - specifically on the gearing Read More...
Big crits - the corollary
28/11/09 10:41
Last Wednesday night the B-grade bunch again included some 50 guys and more than a dozen girls from the national team. Meaning it was once again a huge field. I saw it in a slightly different light this week. Read More...
Crit strategy - Part 2
28/11/09 10:24
The second method of winning a criterium race is the classic mode. Read More...
Ring update 1
22/11/09 20:19
I did throw the Radically Ramped rings on my Titus last night and race on them this morning. Read More...
MTB racing today
22/11/09 20:06
I want to write here that I rode like a girl.
Except that none of the girls I coach would have been so crap on a bike. Read More...
Except that none of the girls I coach would have been so crap on a bike. Read More...
Crit strategy - Part 1
21/11/09 10:01
There are essentially three ways to win a criterium race. In part one I will discuss the "best" and hardest way to win one. Read More...
WickWërks Rings
21/11/09 09:46
A couple of weeks ago, after I read about WickWërks chainrings on VeloNews, I visited their website and sent founder Chris Wickliffe an email.
The end result of all that is Chris sent me a set of Radically Ramped chainrings for my racing MTB. Read More...
The end result of all that is Chris sent me a set of Radically Ramped chainrings for my racing MTB. Read More...
Ouch!
15/11/09 10:48
The first club time trial in too many years was a painful experience.
Still there are few ways I can think of that are better at revealing the flaws in one's fitness than an ITT. Read More...
Still there are few ways I can think of that are better at revealing the flaws in one's fitness than an ITT. Read More...
How to divide a crit into parts
14/11/09 15:20
I have been thinking about what I wrote earlier this week with regards to having nearly 70 riders on the track at one time. I have some ideas. Read More...
Too many riders?
12/11/09 08:40
Last night's B-grade criterium sported the largest field I have seen on the SFP circuit. I wonder if it was too large? Read More...
Back to training
12/11/09 08:35
My training group rides ended about the time of the Canberra Tour last autumn. We started again yesterday. Read More...
The volunteer's dilemma
10/11/09 19:52
Most clubs seem to run off the efforts of a few people at any one time.
Some more thoughts on MNTT… Read More...
Some more thoughts on MNTT… Read More...
No more MNTT
08/11/09 20:48
I joined the Canberra Cycling Club in the first place, back in summer '93, because I wanted to do the Monday Night Time Trials.
They are no more. Read More...
They are no more. Read More...
Mont 24 hour race
08/11/09 08:06
With warnings that the entries for the Mont 24 hour race in April might sell out in a hurry, my team-mates for the last three 24 hour races were galvanized into swift action. Read More...
The summer starts
05/11/09 06:25
When too much racing is barely enough, it must be summer. Read More...
Return to racing
01/11/09 13:16
The path from track rider to mountain bike rider is, indeed, a bumpy and convoluted one (just like good singletrack).
Today I took a step forwards and another step back… Read More...
Today I took a step forwards and another step back… Read More...