Full suspension 101

We had some awesome fun last weekend at the Wild Wellington 12/6 hour MTB race set in the Mt Vic Hills near Haitaitai.We were racing in the "Legends class" . Thats over 40 years old each.The Jville Cycles Legends team had 2 past national masters champs in the team, the current...

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World Masters Track Champs

Well. The trailer trash crew are back from their most excellent adventure in Bass Hill, Bankstown Sydney Australia. We met some really interesting people and raced at the highest level that crusties can race at and still be called crusties.CyclingNews.com coverage.World Track...

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Report 2 from Sydney Masters Worlds

Male - 45 to 49 10km scratch race final This race was a hell of a lot of fun. For a relative novice like me, bumping elbows at 50-60 kmh has its own kind of buzz. I must have got spat at least twice but managed to bridge back again. It was a completely different kind of pain from the pursuit. This race was stacked. Of the 24 riders, 18 were Aussies!...

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Report 1 from Sydney Masters Worlds

We are having a great time in sydney, was bloody hot yesterday.Got the first event out of the way but looking forward to the real race later today.We are staying in what are effectively "trailers" I think? Little boxes made by a company called Jayco.Suits a bunch of 3 smelly guys, just not something you would pull on the Mrs.The cool thing about an...

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Team talk from mascot...

Mint-sauce gave me a pep talk. After the Allblacks untimely exit from the World Cup, its up to me to restore the pride in our country. No pressure....Mint-sauce is still on the good stuff. No grass yet, just bottled milk. I tasted it and I got quite a liking for it after a while....

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Sheep are people too ya know!

Dont you hate it the way all people can think of when you say you live in NZ, is how many sheep we have? I mean, crikey, theres more to us than that!Oh yeah. Check the latest member of our family. I call him mint sauce but my daughter calls him pepper. ...

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Hours of fun.. Podcast city arizona

This is the coolest site I have come across in agesCompetitor RadioDownloads for your PC or MP3 player...These are a few of the podcasts I have listened to.Greg Lemond talking about winning the tour clean.Lemond InterviewBetsy Andreu, on LA!http://www.competitorradio.com/details.php?show=154Bob...

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The hills are alive...

We discovered this new hill in Wellington the other day, in Wadestown, "Weld St" . Dang it was steep... you cant tell from the photos, but I felt ill riding up it, as short as it was. The last photo is from out near Makara beach. Much less steep, and more scen...

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Assembling kit for Oz masters world track champs

I got an axle kit from HED, to convert this old screw-on clustered disc into a fixed wheel for the track. It worked a treat! It was easy as to set up. I havent tried it out yet, the velodrome is probably a bit slippery at the moment. Hmmm bugger.... have just found a flaw...

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New toy just arrived...

Power tap Pro.Looks a bit like an SL, but its not.CompareThe Saris guys are amazing. They certainly stand by their product. Awesome to know this when you live thousands of miles away from their HQ. These babies look totally different inside to the old yellow model pro. It has...

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THE HUMANS ARE DEAD (I poked one.. it was dead)

This is the Flight of the Conchords. NZ's 4th most popular Folk Comedy Duo. Currently screening on H...

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Dynamic Composites Zen Disks

I really liked the look of these wheels while at the the Track nats this year so I took a few shots.Apparently their offical launch is coming in the next few months. Stay tuned.zen-wheelszen-bikehttp://www.dynamic-composites.co...

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A commute route I often take to get to work

This is a commute route I often take to get to work. I live about 2kms from work, and its all downhill. Good for 14 calories of expenditure according to my power tap. So some times I start by carrying on up my hill until I reach the Danzig MTB track built by the local MTB club....

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A lunch time ride in the Hutt Valley

This is a lunch time ride for us here in "The Hutt". It takes in Moonshine Hill and can be done at a firm pace of 1 hour and 9 mins from my place of work. It has one of the steepest climbs about and I think it is about 15 %. Check out the location map if you are a Lord of The...

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Flying Scotsman movie

I saw the movie last night. The Mrs was using the car carting the kids about, so I had to ride my bike into town to meet the folks I was going with. I thought it was apt that I should ride my fixer so by the time I got to their house at the top of Brookyn Hill my legs were seriously munted.The guys I went with were not cyclists at all, but they loved...

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DIY aero testing

DIY aero testing.The goal.To see if there is a measurable difference in "aero-ness" between using my new aero lid, and using my old standard helmet.An increase in "aero-ness" is crudely defined as the ability to do the same speed for less watts.The location.Outdoor velodrome...

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07 NZ Track nationals

I was pretty keen to do the NZ track champs when I heard that they were going to be held in the new covered velodrome in Invercargill, but totally dismissed the idea after Kay's job came to an end in December. I knew it was an extravagance we couldn't afford.Rachel rang the...

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Velodrome Aero Power Testing Protocol links

All the Martins, James Dave and MarvThis looks like "the word"Michael Barry- Telecom link from VelonewsA 45km/h 10 lapper and check the watts !Pez Cycling - Liberty Segurous linkThe bit about a pointy helmet being worth 2-4 times more than flash wheels. (Wind tunnel)Team Cycling Systems CoachingAll the above and the refernce to the old John Cobb stuff...

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NZ mountainbike champs series final

The NZ mountainbike champ series/circus came to Wellington the other day.The green-belt based Course in Mount Victoria was used in the 1997 World Cup circuit when MTBing was at its heady heights, and had the distinction of being called the best urban-based course ever made....

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Pacing with the Power Tap in a series of short TT's

Here is a bit of a timeline on my first serious efforts at racing, (rather than training) with my Power Tap on. I almost always go back to my race wheel (Corimma disc) rather than using my Power Tap wheel, which is a Mavic Open Pro with a Wheel cover. In the interests of self...

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Otago Rail Trail

http://www.otagorailtrail.co.nz/Our family holiday was a bit of fun this year. We headed off to the South Island and the picturesque Otago Rail Trail. A couple of hundred Kms between Clyde and Middlemarch on old abandoned railway lines. There were big questions to be asked of...

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Worlds Steepest St.

We spent a bit of time in Dunedin. Unfortunately the Cadburys chocolate Factory, and Speights beer factories were closed down for tours, so after Larnach castle, the next obvious thing to do was check out the worlds steepest street in. Baldwin St. I pity the poor locals. After...

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