Ghetto Training for the Commuting Competitor
Part 2- Life’s a Keirin
Ghetto Training for the Commuting Competitor
Part 1- Introduction to ghetto training A wise man once told me– Ride your bike every day. Ride for training, ride to work, ride for you. It is the best thing you can do. “Arthur Donnelly” Arthur was one of the first people to get me onto the track. When I was starting out, he…
2016 Sydney Christmas Carnivals- Full Report
The Sydney Christmas Carnivals are done and dusted for another year. Over the 5 days I re-posted the results along with photos and how the racing went down. Most of the reporting is factual, and no names have been changed to avoid embarrassment. Day 1 Sydney Christmas Carnivals Dunc Gray Velodrome Hosted By Bankstown…
Summer of Track! Sydney (and surrounding clubs) Summer Track Calendar
Updated January 30, 2017 Hello NSW, Australia and the world! Summer is track season; and this year is going to be a scorcher with options galore for hot racing, and for all abilities. We are already off to a fantastic start. The Sprint GP saw sprinters, non-sprinters, new racers and old veterans take to the…
***Stop the Press***- Unicorn Skinsuit!
Ok kids For a short time only (I don’t know how short, my order is already in) This awesomely tacky Unicorn Skinsuit is available! As everyone knows skinsuits are awesome and make you an instant pro. It will contain no branding, no advertising. Just unicorns. sizing and product info can be found here for chicks …
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…
I can’t believe it’s not tubular- Curve G4 Track wheels- Review
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. …
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…
Lizanne Wilmot 