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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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What in the worlds?
This coming Sunday marks the start of the 2014 UCI World Road Championships in Ponferrada, Spain. To get you in the mood here are seven relatively useless pieces of World Championships trivia. 1) The...
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Musical bottles
The cycle of life for a bidon on a hot day is a fascinating thing. It’s no better demonstrated than last Saturday’s Grafton to Inverell Classic, where temperatures up on the Gibraltar range and beyond...
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Classic Cycling Quotes #115
“Fundamentally my job is to display the sponsor’s logo as predominantly as possible, preferrably crossing the line with my hands in the air.” Mark Cavendish. Tagged: cavendish, Manx Missile, sponsors
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The double life of a suburban crit racer
(The following is a true story, however names have been changed to avoid embarrassment – and possible divorce proceedings – for the main character). I’ve been riding with ‘Dave’ for the best part of...
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Classic Cycling Quotes #116
Met a bloke at Heffron Park in Sydney this morning, Joe, who was telling me he’s lost an incredible 76kg in about a year of riding (he was 147kg, now he’s a very fit looking 71kg). He finished second...
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Hot racing at Bay Crits, very hot
How hot is southern Australia right now? Well, rather than answer that, how about we just compare the percentage of finishers (below) for the first two stages in this year’s Mitchelton Bay Cycling...
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WANTED: green and gold bands
The Elite Men’s National Championship Road Race has become something of a numbers game in recent years. And it may well happen again. But you get the feeling things won’t be quite so easy for the OGE...
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Parasites of the peloton
parasite [par-uh-sahyt] noun 1. an organism that lives on or in an organism of another species, known as the host, from the body of which it obtains nutriment. 2. a person who receives support,...
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TdF Week 1 : Report Card
Sky A+ Yellow jersey, solid time gains on all major GC rivals, no major incidents, what a difference a year makes. Looked steely in the team time trial. Looks like they have their 2012/13 mojo back....
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#shithappens
It was only a C-grade club race. Yet remarkably by the time I arrived home from hospital from a recent crash high on codeine, there wasn’t just video footage of the incident that took me out – there...
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Two-wheeled prize pigs
Oh, yes. They’ll be there alright. They’re always there. At least half a dozen in every grade. Without fail as soon as the prize pool swells beyond the usual $50 gift voucher they’ll emerge from the...
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After life: what do ex-pros do next?
The following article first appeared in the September/October issue of Bicycling Australia magazine and is reproduced with their kind permission. It can also be found here:...
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Return of the sponsored team kit saga…
Not sure what it’s like where you live. But here in NSW there’s been plenty of chat and, yes, aggravation in 2015 with regards to the wearing of registered club kit in bike races. Over the past few...
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Carbon Addiction Pro Cycling Awards 2015
Yep, it’s that time of year folks. A time to pause and reflect on the year that’s been, and look ahead to the one about to begin. Hugely subjective, of course. But here’s what we reckon. Best ride of...
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The long road back: Part 1
Coping with the most serious crash of my cycling life and a mangled shoulder…Part 1. Surgery and immediate aftermath, December 2015 “This is a big injury, Peter.” It’s never good when your surgeon...
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Goodbye Summer, Hello Spring
And with that the latest Aussie road cycling summer has come to an end. As always there’s been no shortage of highlights and talking points. Top of our list were the epic rides by Jack Bobridge to...
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Lions, salamis and small children
Great win overnight by BMC’s Greg Van Avermaert, outsprinting the reigning World Champion Peter Sagan for the win in the 2016 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. But even greater than his race is surely his prize…...
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How to fix the moto problem
Come on UCI. Without for a moment trying to diminish the tragic nature of last Sunday’s events, surely it’s not that complicated? Clearly it’s about finding a balance – but at the moment that balance...
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