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…
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…
I see your sock game and raise it to skinsuit. Not only is a skinsuit the only appropriate thing to wear on the track/cyclocross/crit course, it instantly let’s everyone around you know you are a total bad ass. I was told when I first started track I needed to get one. So the club order…
Ok, It’s Friday, well not really. It’s Thursday and I’m down in Melbourne tomorrow for Training (Track Torque) and catchin’ up with my Victorian Sprinting Peeps. Therefore no work tomorrow and today is now Friday <—- you’r welcome! So instead of editing and making all pretty, here is a ride report directly from my brain in…
Just incase you missed it. I ride bikes. I ride in all conditions, and I ride everywhere. I don’t do it because I want to get fit, it’s not an environmental issue, I don’t do it for training (most of the time) I ride because that’s what I do. Plus, I don’t have a drivers…
Cotton Candy is my pub bike/rain bike/beater/ loaner. And although she’s not in the best nic, I love all the quirks that this throw together bike has. Sydney has been hit with biblical rain in the past few weeks. And true to my motto, riding was an everyday thing. And although a little wet (well…
Riding is an everyday thing- This is my motto. My bike isn’t just something I race. That came later in my cycling career. My bike is my transport, my freedom, a way to socialise, a fashion statement. I have been riding my bike for transport for as long as I’ve had a job; just over…
So i’ve finally got around to putting words onto paper (or atleast into a blog) 2014 was a crazy year with training, racing, life decisions… the usual. And 2015 is starting to become a very exciting year. In this blog I hope to capture the day to day life of a not-quite-fast enough sprinter trying…
Lizanne Wilmot 