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This weekend Algarve Bike Challenge takes place, the event is a UCI category 2 marathon stage race taking place over 3 days. It’s the 4th year the event has taken place and I thought it was about time I checked it out. It will be my first visit to southern Portugal, the Algarve is known […]
After the third C1 ranked round of the Subaru MTBA National Series in Pemberton yesterday, racers backed up for the C2 ranked round four today, on a different course at Pemberton Mountain Bike Park in South Western Australia. But McConnell and Henderson still fought to the top step. Henderson shoots late In last year’s double […]
Do you need data just to get you out of bed? Do you lose count of how many times a day you check Strava? Do you think about power, training load, and ramp rate more than most people would find ‘normal’? If you answered yes to any of these, but need a bit more convincing, […]
In the first part of this series I talked about using online training tools to coach yourself. This time I’m going to discuss training yourself from scratch. This year I’ve thrown myself in the deep end, but not without a lot of preparation. Here’s what I found most useful. Know the Basics Before you start […]
I’m lucky here in Australia to be able to ride outdoors year-round, but each summer I’m reminded that the main winter sport for my cousins from the Northern Hemisphere is not cyclocross or snow-shoeing, but the solitary abuse of the home trainer in their lonely basements, garages and – for those lucky enough to live […]
The Roc Laissagais has become a fixture on the international XCM scene – and due to the demanding nature of the course, and the quality of the organisation, it has secured the rights to hold the 2016 XCM World Championships. Having raced there in 2012, I have experienced the mud, the speed of club level […]
Strava changed cycling. Data is no longer the domain of coaches; bragging no longer confined to the coffee shop; and racing is on every day, not just Sundays. I don’t want to discourage anyone from using it, because it’s useful and fun – great for tracking improvement and finding new rides – but If you’re […]
I feel like I went to sleep and woke up with a new life. There was no magic, though – just a lot of hard work by loved ones. I got sick. One day I was living in Brisbane, the next, Sydney. I grew up in Sydney and left a few years after I started cycling, […]
The rift between motor vehicle drivers and cyclists sharing the road is a self perpetuating continuum of angst for both parties and unfortunately it is the cyclist, the more vulnerable party, that often pays the ultimate price. I cycle and I drive, I have had a near death experience thanks to the ignorance of a […]
This is part two of three of a small series on music and riding. Here’s Part One, in case you missed it. My own, highly subjective and anecdotal, experience is that music definitely helps me train. But I was interested to know what the science behind this might be, partly triggered by an excellent article from […]
