I spent some time tonight putting together my team for Tony's Fantasy TdF league and got to thinking about what I think is going to happen this year.

It's a bit of a wildcard tour, last years winner is on a new team without Bjarne's rat cunning. The obvious favourites are on Astana, but that just looks like a team ready to explode. If the management don't do it first, then will Contador get held back carrying water f… Continue

I just want to make my position very clear - its NOT OK to run red lights. I was driving my truck through Brighton le Sands this morning around 7.45am. I passed a group of about 10 cyclists heading south on the 3 lane main road and I came to a stop at the red light in the main shopping strip. I watched in my rear view mirror as the bunch approached the red light and then proceeded to ride - all 10 of them - straight through it.

10 humans on bicycles is about the same spacial size as 2 Station W… Continue

A busy week on the road thanks to the end of the financial year.

Relatively incident free...

Except for two occasions.

1. A ute driving P plater picking up a trailer from 55market (The lights from the opening of the Bruno movie).
Pretty sure its illegal to carry a trailer while on your P's but thats not the problem... The problem is he didn't look when he ran onto the road to open his car door.

The response to my "Watch out!" was "Get Fucked!"

2. A Mercedes passenger in the middle of the ro… Continue

Riding home through peak hour traffic today, I was called a d*ckhead by another cyclist.

For sure, I was going through a red light - into an intersection that was completely gridlocked. I slowed down rather unexpectedly during this manoeuvre, as a car I was expecting to move forward didn't.

Evidently in so doing I got in the way of another cyclist coming through on green, who shot straight through in a left-turn only lane before mounting the footpath at some speed.

Rather hilariously, a bit l… Continue

This is a song about a superhero named Tony It's called Tony's Theme He's got the oil on his chain, for a ride in the rain No baloney Ride around on my bicycle like a pony
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