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…

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…

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…

The Skinsuit

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…

Train-Ing

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…

The retirement of Pikelet- a trubute

Now before you all panic, I’m not getting rid of my pink bike.  I’m just getting a new frame in the same pink. So Pikelet came into the world in September 2012 when i decided I was ready to get ‘serious’ about this whole riding thing.  Before Pikelet I was riding an old Kerry Hopkins Steel frame.…