here’s how the conversation went Me– hey guys, do you have any tubular track rims? Curve – we have rims but no hubs, or some prototype G4’s. You’ll love them Me– *thinking/mental tantrum* I want tubulars!!!!! I only ride tubs on the track. Me-I’ll try out the G4’s and see how they go. … Continue reading I can’t believe it’s not tubular- Curve G4 Track wheels- Review
Author: LizanneWilmot
Today. It begins
But first I’m making pumpkin pie. Right. Sorry about the silence. Iv actually written a few posts, but haven’t completed them. I’m getting back into things. After the crash just before ITS Melbourne, I went overseas, raced the Red Hook Crit in London, and crashed again. It hurt. Enough that I took myself off the bike… Continue reading Today. It begins
Goals and Dreams – ITS Melbourne
If I set myself these super high un-realistic goals am I setting my self up for failure or success. I’m a big dreamer, I set big goals. My friends and family know when I set my mind to something, nothing will stop me from achieving. 2016 it’s the year of the J.O.B! After Achieving my… Continue reading Goals and Dreams – ITS Melbourne
The best race of my life! Cyclocross Newcastle Rnd 2
Years ago, when I was a little cross curious, Cyclocross Newcastle held this mythical race. There was mud. At this point, I was racing fixie cross, and hadn’t fully committed. After that race, and the subsequent legend status of that day, I decided cross was something I wanted to get involved in. Cyclocross or… Continue reading The best race of my life! Cyclocross Newcastle Rnd 2
RAW Track 2016
Winter Is Coming Last week the long anticipated announcement of RAW track 2016 was reviled. Although stingy on details the first night has been announced for June 17th and we can fill in the blanks for the location being Dunc Gray velodrome, the usual format of warm up scratch, special wheel race, sprint race, enduro… Continue reading RAW Track 2016
The Breaking point of Commuting by bike in Sydney
Sydney You Suck There I said it. I’m now going to have a whinge and be a complete sook. Usually I’m a confident city rider, but the last year has been tough, and a series of incidents has broken my commuter spirit. I’m going to start with, I don’t ride my bike to piss people… Continue reading The Breaking point of Commuting by bike in Sydney
All the gears with no idea
If you are a sprinter, you will change gears. If you have a coach, it’s usually changing gears according to what they say. Race gear, race gear +/- 2 inches. Heavy starts, whatever. Eventually you get to know what you race on what you race on. Keirin gear, F200, heaven forbid, outdoor on a windy… Continue reading All the gears with no idea
The downs of being up.
*I wrote this post about a month ago when I was in a low point. cycling, family, work. it was a perfect storm of me sitting on my couch stressing about life. I’m normally a fairly chilled person, so this level of stress really threw me. I’m still working through stuff, but life is back… Continue reading The downs of being up.
Garmin Fail- Training with cadence and without a local coach.
I’ve fallen through a few cracks when it comes to training. First of all I’m a sprinter, a female sprinter; we’re a rare breed. Training wise, I’m too old for the local institute program’s, to Canadian (and not quite fast enough) for the state program’s, and a little too young for the masters and too far… Continue reading Garmin Fail- Training with cadence and without a local coach.
RAW Track 2015
Wow another winter has come and gone. It’s always sad when The summer track season ends, but mostly because summer is over, but the track season doesn’t actually end. I’ve now been racing RAW for 4 seasons. I made my debut in 2011. I was encouraged to race by my speed skating coach. She said… Continue reading RAW Track 2015
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