An entire month of 2024 has flown by already, can you believe it?!?! The beginning of February is the perfect time to look back at your year so far. Did you set yourself a couple of monthly or yearly goals? Have you been making progress towards those? How are you tracking? After mulling over my…
Tag: racing
Team Training Camp!
This month I was lucky enough to join the FulGaz crew in South Australia for a block of epic riding in the Adelaide Hills. It’s always a blast riding in Adelaide. Apart from when the mercury blows past 40 deg C (105F) I really do love riding there. It has got to be one of…
I tried to qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships. How hard could it be?
Lining up at the start line for the UCI World Series Gravelista race in Beechworth, I was as ready as I could be. Nervous? Yes. Excited? Yes! About to try and punch well above my weight? Absolutely. But just how hard could gravel racing be? As it turns out, the answer is… very freakin’ hard!
Strava Premium: Do you subscribe?
Although I was not an “early-adopter” of Strava, I’ve been an annual Premium subscriber for a number of years, mostly letting it roll over each year without a second thought. The price of Premium went up again this year. My subscription renewed at their increased price of $99/year (up from $82). That’s not exactly a piggy bank breaking amount of money compared to some of the stuff we spend on cycling related purchases, but exactly what additional featured am I actually paying for? What does that hundred dollar bill get me?
Bike weights of the Tour de France
For years, the UCI has imposed an arbitrary weight limit of 6.8kg on pro bikes. In the early (read: rim brake) days it was pretty common for professional bikes to sit right on this limit. There’s even rumours of certain teams having to ADD weight to their bikes so as not to fall foul. RELATED:…
The return of the Ballista!
Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a fan of the aero road helmet. Or anything aero for that matter! According to all the testing, an aero road helmet gives a very cost effective watt saving at speed. I’ll take that, but I also love that it keeps my head a little warmer on those chilly…
Two Wheels with TC 