All the gears and no ideas- Part 2

By now, I’m assuming most of you have at least 2 track gears.  If you don’t get some> READ THIS, > then come back here. Track mechanics are very simple- you have a bike, no cables, and a fixed drivetrain.  In theory, a gear change should be fairly straight forward.  But, as with all new skills,…

Being an Athlete has taught me…

Being an athlete has taught me… If there is one thing being an athlete has taught me it’s; Knowing how to motivate yourself to keep going after you’ve cracked. Physically, mentally, socially. Being resilient enough to find the motivation to keep moving forward when you feel like you have nothing left to give. I practice…

The comeback part 2- The ups of being down

This injury sucks. It happened at a bad time, actually it happened just before one of the most exciting times for me to be on a bike. In a moment, everything I had worked for was gone.  I was on the side of the road, dripping blood, and my season was over.  At this point,…

Going nowhere fast.

I’ve been banished to the trainer.  My world has ended. Week 9 of forever! Being an athlete for most of my life, I’m used to injury cycles.  It happens.  Post injury, it’s all about the management.  And I’ll be the first to admit I’m not the easiest patient.  I see the word no as a…

War wounds.

As a cyclist it’s not a matter of if you will fall it’s a matter of when.  For most racing cyclists there are two types.  Ones who have done their collar bone… Fingers crossed my time done in the sling will go towards any future time.  Could I trade my shoulder reconstruction for any possible…

10 000 laps

While you are reading put this on in the background <—– this is not optional! 10000 laps that’s 3333km Well I recon a whole lot more, but as the saying goes, ‘If it’s not on strava it didn’t happen’ A few months ago officially completed 10 000 laps of Tempe velodrome.  This was never really a goal, but…

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…

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…

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…