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Classic Rider Quotes #68
“Have another kid? Nah, I need to get a new wheelset before we do that.” Overhead on this morning’s bunch ride at Sydney Olympic Park. Tagged: Family, Quote
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Lizard 1. Boy 0.
Finally it happened. In a family of cyclists I guess it was only a matter of time before one of us would come a cropper. On Saturday morning my 6-year old son became to the first of us to break a bone...
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Classic Rider Quote #77
You may recall a while back I quoted a rider who confessed he didn’t want to have a second child until he’d saved enough for a new carbon aero wheelset. Well, this morning I was delighted to see this...
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Sometimes the tortoise has all the fun
So, I rode my slowest ever lap of Landsdowne Park on the weekend. I must have been around that undulating circuit over 500 times in the last few years – but never quite as slowly as Saturday morning...
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Elysa Walk talks TED: the joy of two wheels
Okay, she’s a bit OTT at times. But I thought this was a great presentation all the same. Love the video from the kid’s helmet at 1:10. The pure joy of riding. Tagged: Elysa Walk, TEDxTalks
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Now what?
Fair to say in the last 72 hours there’s been an avalanche of comment and debate resulting from the shocking bike/car incidents in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide in recent days – not to mention Monday’s...
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The day I was dropped by a bunch of 12-year olds
This weekend my club has been hosting its biggest junior road event of the year, the Telstra Junior Tour of Sydney. While none of my own kids were riding, I put my hand up to help out and promptly...
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Use for Strava #76
Chatting over a post-ride coffee this morning a mate, Andrew C, reminded me that last year I used Strava to track my Christmas shopping expedition to the local shopping centre (see below). For fun, he...
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Crikey! Who will he support now?
Back in 2007 Geoff Barrett was just an anonymous education consultant who, like the rest of us, enjoyed cycling in his spare time. But over the past seven years this likeable Western Australian has...
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Elysa Walk talks TED: the joy of two wheels
Okay, she’s a bit OTT at times. But I thought this was a great presentation all the same. Love the video from the kid’s helmet at 1:10. The pure joy of riding. Tagged: Elysa Walk, TEDxTalks
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