Tag: biking

Rapha Festive 500: Ten top tips!

It’s December again. Yep. December. Again! Thoughts now turn to upcoming Christmas holidays, maybe a bit of time off work, and of course the Festive 500 challenge. The Festive 500 is a simple challenge – ride 500km (311 miles) in the 8 days from Christmas Eve to New Years Eve. Back in the day, all…

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Five tips to tackle your first gravel race!

Or perhaps a more apt title might be; Five things I learned from my first gravel race! Here’s one I’ll throw out there for free – gravel racing is hard! As you may know I recently completed the Beechworth edition of the Trek UCI Gravel World Series. My first gravel race. I certainly learned a thing…

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Officially Winter: End of May round-up

Right now I’m sitting in my office listening to the near gale force winds rip through the trees. I’m hoping it eases off enough for a safe ride later today. Apart from the frequent hectic winds, May has actually been a pretty good month here in Tasmania. Sure, the early morning and late evening rides require lights and long sleeves now, but that’s par for the course…

Adding contact details to your Garmin start-up screen

Here’s a handy trick I picked up over at One More Kilometre that lets you add your contact details to the start-up screen of your Garmin Edge device. I’ve seen this information floating around a few times over the years, but hadn’t taken much notice. My Garmin hardly goes out of sight, pretty much from…

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The last day of Summer

We’ve all noticed it. That gradual transition. The evenings are getting ever so slightly darker, the winds are picking up, and that early morning chill lingering in the air may even have you reaching for a gilet. Summer is sliding away and the first signs of an impending Autumn are creeping in. Today, the 28th…

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