What is your Achilles heel?

As I found out in my 2014 Kiwi Brevet, there is nothing worse than having Achilles problems on the bike. I had done two previous KB's without a hint of it. I couldn't pin it down to any one thing, because I had changed too many variables, going from a 26er fully to a rigid drop-barred...

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Tour Aotearoa - A simple training plan

For some of you preparing for a bikepacking event is a bit new. 3000kms is a long way, but the more prepared you are, the more fun it will be. There is a saying that goes "any plan is better than no plan". I have done a bit of training, and coaching over the years so I am...

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The Great Rimutaka Bike eXperiment

144 kms off road and gravel. The Great Rimutaka Bike eXperiment #GRBX was a social media experiment that paid off in spades for the guys at Inspiring Riding, if empowering people to get out and ride into a stiff southerly is any measure of success! It was great. Around 50...

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Woodward Mounty double-barrel-bottle-mount

THIS JUST IN  !!!! Trev's mount is now available online here through Cyclewerks >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trevor Woodwards revolutionary Woodward Mounty double-barrel-bottle-mount. Barryn...

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Dynamo diatribe

I've just realised that I've been posting most of my Tour Aotearoa stuff on my Instagram instead of my blog, which is pretty hopeless as far as being a resource for anyone else who may be interested. See below a graphic timeline for creating my "charging regime" for the Tour...

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Is technology your friend?

Some people think that the Tour de France is at the bleeding edge of tech as far as the bicycle goes, but I suspect that apart from wider tires and rims, TDF tech probably plateaued at least 5 years ago. To me, most "advances" seem to be adding complexity and trying to fix problems that weren't...

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