Tag: road cycling

Bike rack for my motorcycle?

I totally need a bike rack for my motorbike! I think… Or maybe not. I wouldn’t want to be pulling on a set of protective leathers and a full face helmet after a flat out, tiring and sweaty road ride! Maybe if I was riding to a destination with showers and changing facilities? I’m still not…

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Slacking off somewhat?

In the final week before I moved to Tassie, I rode 440km. That was in between working a full five day week and lots of last minute packing and house clearing. Looking at my Garmin history report, in the four weeks since arriving here I’ve only managed to ride 420km! Hmmm. I know other aspects of my…

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Exploring the Tassie tarmac

I’ve been cycling around my little area of Tasmania for a couple of weeks now and really enjoying it. It makes a change from the well trodden UK commute or my usual weekend loops. The roads are much quieter here than in Surrey or Berkshire. I guess when the entire island has around half the population of Surrey it’s going to be…

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Plug in your PowerTap!

Just a quickie for any PowerTap users out there. A new firmware update was recently released for all P1 pedals, C1 chainring and G3/GS hub power meters. According to PowerTap this is new firmware update aims to “simplify across the entire power portfolio” the way offset and calibration is measured. Now all units will share…

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G’day from Tasmania!

Just a quick update from the Land Down Under! :-) After three flights and countless hours of travel my bike and I arrived safe in Tasmania. It’s been quite the trip so far and I was exhausted for the first couple of days. The rental house April sorted while she was here before me is…

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