Self Improvement

Open Letter to Pat McQuaid from Greg LeMond

October 25, 2012

Now that the Lance Armstrong and the scapegoats have been dealt with, it’s time to turn attention to those responsible for this mess - the UCI. Greg LeMond posted this open letter to his Facebook timeline today (Oct. 25, 2012) in response to the UCI’s ongoing lawsuit against Paul Kimmage.

Fine-tuning your sprint with Ben Kersten

October 24, 2012

If you’re like me, you don’t do much training for your sprint. I always seem to think that I’ll manage to fluke a good sprint if I find myself needing it in a race situation. True sprinters practice and train their sprints well before unleashing them in the final 200m of a race. I was […]

The Winners Of The Last 15 Tour de France

October 23, 2012

Everyone loves an interactive infographic. Here’s a good one I came across today on the Sydney Morning Herald which shows the Tour de France winners over the past 15 years if sanctions were carried out on all riders implicated in doping scandals.

A Case For Amnesty

October 18, 2012

I began working on a more positive post today but I couldn’t hold back with my opinion after reading about Levi Leipheimer getting sacked by Omega-Pharma Lotto, and Team Sky forcing all of their riders and management to sign a pledge swearing that they have never doped or they will be fired. Is that really […]

Four Corners Debrief

October 16, 2012

If you’re a cycling fan living in Australia you probably would have tuned into ABC’s Four Corners last night. I didn’t expect to see or hear anything new and I assumed it was going to be paired down so than any layperson could understand. It was anything but that…

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Golden Rules Of Crit Racing

October 5, 2012

I don’t usually re-post old material but since: (1) I’m very busy today; (2) Summer crits begin this weekend, and; (3) Nearly all of Australia seems to be on vacation this week, I’ve decided a re-post “Golden Rules of Crit Racing” along with a few additions at the end. Have a great weekend and good […]

Tyler Hamilton’s “The Secret Race”

September 28, 2012

I honestly didn’t intend to read Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle’s new book “The Secret Race” this soon after it was released. Another depressing account into the dark era of professional cycling and quite frankly, I need a break from it. This stuff doesn’t affect my own love of riding a bike and it makes […]

My Mate Frank

September 27, 2012

My mate Nick Mitchell had the good fortune of racing and befriending former professsional Frank Vandenbroucke, before the Belgian superstar’s life was cut short. Many new cyclists never got to enjoy watching Vandenbroucke race as a downward spiral saw his life end tragically early. Like many in the cycling world I was shocked to hear […]

Interbike Day Two | Powermeters

September 21, 2012

There are a lot of interesting powermeter developments for 2013, so on day 2 of Interbike we focused on what was going on with the established brands and what’s completely new in the market. If you’re a powermeter buff like me, this should get you excited…

Australia Announces World Championships Team

September 13, 2012

Cycling Australia today confirmed the Cyclones team for the2012 UCI Road World Championshipsbeing staged in the Limburg region of the Netherlands, from 16 to 23 September 2012.