Kellevie 24HR Lap
This will be pretty boring for people not racing but here is one lap of the Kellevie 24HR course sped up in the easy places to make it a bit shorter.
Continue reading →14 days till Kellivie 24HR
It’s 14 days to the Kellevie 24HR. Time has flown by since I entered all those months ago. The entry list is out and it’s getting quite real now. Sharon and I traveled down to kellevie today for a ride day. … Continue reading →
3 Peaks Highlight Video
Bicycle Network have put together a short highlights package of the 3 peaks ride. Quite a good watch with plenty of scenery shots taken with quad copters. Four of our group even appear in the video for a few seconds, we … Continue reading →
3 Peaks Event Wrap
After lots of last minute drama when one of our party pulled out with health issues we had a mad rearrange of the boat and vehicle bookings and Richard took over the role of taking a vehicle with the bikes … Continue reading →
3 Peaks about to start
 5 of us about to head up to the start. 253km, 3 peaks, 4000M of climbing and 10 to 13 hours in the saddle. Live timing on the Scody 3 peaks sites.
Continue reading →4 days to 3 peaks
My next event is the Scody 3 peaks this coming Sunday, 4 days away at the time of writing. The forecast is looking quite cold to start with and then a very hot day making clothing choices difficult. One of our … Continue reading →
Derby Trails first ride
We got the opportunity to ride the new Derby mountain bike trails (stage 1) on Wednesday afternoon in conjunction with the Launceston Mountain Bike Club (LMBC) social ride. I had a preconceived idea that they would be like a lot … Continue reading →
The Cranky Penguin
My Cranky Penguin started with so much promise but ended with a lot of bad luck. 19KM into the 70km race I heard a large bang as I was descending a fast rocky section and shortly after the tubeless rear … Continue reading →
2014 as told by Strava
We both use a rather addictive online tool called Strava to record our riding stats and compare either by choice or by getting sucked in our times against all our riding friends and others who use Strava. Strava has produced these … Continue reading →
88 days till the 24HR
Less than 3 months now till the MTN Trails 24HR mountain bike event. My training has ramped up in volume and more importantly quality and structure. It has become very apparent that the quality of the training and the science … Continue reading →