No stone is left unturned while checking for the ultimate Brevet machine..... It was a bit lacking in speed on the Liverton road TT circuit last night.. I dont think I was able to get the neccesary cadence out of the fat wheels.A measely 36km...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Moving into the bigger ring
A good use for my original Tune spider - 24-34-46 !Some more shots of Aero-bars for the many aero-bar fans out the...
Monday, December 07, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Wheel sucking roadie dog
The final round of the PNP MTB series was back at Makara Peak MTB park. Some awesome trails, but all looping all over the show and real hard to navigate without local knowledge. Most of the big guns had turned up in the crusties class (40 years +) except for Simon Kennett and Rob Kilvington. I think it was very close in points between Karl Ratahi and...
Monday, November 02, 2009
Choppers, wetas and lots of grass
WOW. Round 4 of the PNP MTB series inBelmont was pretty intense. I was itching to get my own back on the Wellington crusties who spank me around Makara, as I rarely ride there. Being a Belmont resident, local knowledge was my not too secret weapon! Having the "knowledge" meant...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday Worlds - BikeHutt - Upper Hutt
Looking for adventurrrrrrrrre.Get out on the highwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay !Some mid-week exercise action was deemed to be in order, and due to a recent infatuation with my Santa Cruz Superlight my roadie kharma was waning.Wednesday night had came around, and the word on the street...
Monday, October 26, 2009
350 Ride, in a frock, on a bike!
It was my wifes idea that we should think about doing the 350 ride from Eastborne to Wellington on saturday.She started riding a bike to work this year during "Bike to work" month, and this culminated in her actually doing the Graperide, a big turn around for someone who has...
Monday, October 19, 2009
Belmont pre-ride - Not what youd expect...
Saturday morning I got a text from Team "Go Vegan's" Matt Burst-and-gurgler whose triathlete scum friends had deserted him for his ride.Was I riding?Yes I was. Get here asap and we would check out the course for the Belmont round of the PNP MTB Series.We got 200 metres up Swetavacres...
Friday, October 02, 2009
Paula Tesoriero has a new jersey!
In case you missed it Paula Tesoriero is back after her world champs in Italy.A bronze in the Time Trial and a Gold in the Road Race to go with her other medals! More details below!Anyway, the racing all went well. The Road Time-Trial was a killer.Asthma went a bit nuts and...
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Gary Gibson wins SPARC VOLUNTEER COACH OF THE YEAR 2009
I spoke with Gary Gibson, Wellington Velodrome Junior Coach, moments ago and he was “shocked and surprised” to have just won both the SPARC Regional Coach of the Year AND the General Coach of the Year. He believes the key to his success was, “Having such a lovely bunch of kids...
Friday, September 18, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A tale of two bloggers
I was looking at this site that I had been told about the other day. Having been out of the MTB loop for a while I completely missed its launch. http://www.tracks.org.nz . Its a very very cool site that tries to show all the MTB tracks around New Zealand.I thought I would see...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Whats a Brevet? See below.
Simon Kennett, obviously inspired by his big adventure last year is going to hold his own event in NZ. ( http://greatdividekiwi.blogspot.com/ )=======================Howdy folksWe are planning to run a Great Divide style event in the South Island - a 1200 km, mixed terrain, self-supported cycle tour with a reasonably challenging time cut-off. Here's...
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Broke-back-brakes
Bah humbug. A very fun round of the PNP MTB series came to nought for me today when a slow speed crash once again broke my Formula Oro brakes.What happens is the lever rips the push-rod out of the piston assembly and you are munted until you get the arm off to force it back...
Friday, August 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Cyclo-cross in the Hutt Valley
Its hard to understand why, but Mike Anderson from The BikeHutt was a little disappointed with the weather last saturday. Mikes 2nd Cyclocross race of the year sported the best weather for an off-road event that I have seen since......well, since his last Cyclocross event on...
Sunday, August 09, 2009
Formula Oro Puro brake dismantle/disassemble
There is an exploded diagram at bottom of this post.The Formula Oro Puro disc brake has been around for a few years now. Its a very light brake with good stopping power and modulation.The only downside I have found is with the FCS (Feeling Control System) adjuster, which can...
Friday, August 07, 2009
Whakapapa, an attempt at skiing
The snow was great.Day 1, white out and 20cms of fresh powder.Day 2, more snow, 5 metres of visibility and slight rain.Day 3! More snow, sunny all round but high winds so the chairs werent open other than Happy valley. We got in 1 whole days skiing overall and stayed at the...
Monday, July 20, 2009
Wiggins hangs in in the hills. Tour de France stage 15
Interviewer: Brad, you were able to counter-attack the best with Armstrong Kloden strong. You done in great performance there?Wiggins:Yeah. I have yeah. Wodga want me to say? I dunno. I dunno what to say. Yeah.Interviewer: You proved to be among the best at this Tour de France.Wiggins: Yah reckon? Well see eh. Theres a long way to go. Yah know, lets...
Monday, June 22, 2009
Ayup Roadie - Ayup Multisport revisited
I did a post on the Ayup roadie lighting kit a while back.These lights are a bit viral. Once you see them you just have to have them. At least 4 of my workmates have them now, and 1 nutter has 4 pairs. Everyone I know who has brought lights in the last year has gone for Ayups,...
Monday, May 25, 2009
Auckland harbour bridge: the 30 year plan
How are they going to build a bike trail the length of NZ, when we cant even ride over the Harbour bridge?Last weekend a bunch of people stormed across the Auckland Harbour bridge on foot and bike.Listen to these podcasts on national radio. The first interview is by Rowan Quinn who talks to Bevan Woodward from the "Get across campaign".The second interview...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
How to remove spider from Tune Big foot crank
I have had this Tune crank lying around for a few years. It's never shifted brilliantly but I have always liked the look of its smooth lines.
I ordered a new spider in the hope that it might help in the shifting department. (From old-style down to compact). I probably could...
Sunday, May 10, 2009
A new wheel.
I've just built up a new front wheel. Its has a Tune front hub and a Stans Olympic Rim (335 grams) with DT Swiss Revolution spokes. This is 140 grams lighter than my old wheel. I guess most of that is in the rim. The Stans rims seem to be pretty popular around Wellington. Its...
Friday, May 01, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Kermie lives!
Kermie came away with a 2nd place in Pro Women at Xterra 2009. Well done to the pilot Susie Wood...
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