"Well, I have the same plan this year, that is YYR plus the Super Series. Next ride will be "Get Along", then maybe a 300 in March, so might see you on LHR."
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robflyte replied to Farnsy's discussion Hill Search - Sunday 9 December in the group Audax Riders"Sorry, not riding this one."
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Hill Search - Sunday 9 December
If anyone is planning to drive to "In Search of Hills" on Sunday from the Inner-West, and is willing to take another bike and rider, could they let me know? See More
Farnsy commented on Adrian's group Audax Riders"I plan to do the Woy Woy ride on Friday. Then maybe the "Brag" ride mid-Jan."
Farnsy commented on Adrian's group Audax Riders"Well, we had a lovely ride (or maybe i'm just delirious). Started at 0630 finished 1630. Bloody hot at Mangrove but otherwise, not too bad. Took a few longer breaks to handle the heat, which seemed to work. Uneventful traffic wise. Oh! And we…"
Farnsy commented on Adrian's group Audax Riders"So a couple of us are doing the 200km Spencer Look as a perm on Sunday, leaving Nth Turra at 7ish. If you want to come along you will need to let me/Garry Armsworth know (gwarm.24@gmail.com). We will be taking it easy. "
Ben replied to Farnsy's discussion Just in time for Christmas......"I wondered if this was some kind of bike roo-bar."
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- What sort of riding do you do ?
- Commuting, Road Cycling, Touring
- Where in Sydney do you live ?
- Drummoyne
- Tell us about your bikes
- Up to three just now.
A Felt that I use for riding to the pool. A Principia road bike and now a Baum.
- About Me:
- Married to Anne, Father of 3 girls.
Professional, working in the city; commuting whenever I can.
Very interested in the cycling movement right now; so many issues intersect in terms of health; environment; social change; policy. Cycling for me has become a metaphor for freedom. I believe that the more people ride bikes, the better society becomes.
I love ideas, books, music and drinking wine with friends.
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The Bike Boom?
Posted on June 7, 2008 at 6:36pm 15 Comments 0 Likes
Check out a somewhat sceptical Geraldine Doouge with this story from the ABC this morning.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/saturdayextra/stories/2008/2267482.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/saturdayextra/stories/2008/2267482.htm
Can we have one of these, please?
Posted on May 23, 2008 at 9:56am 1 Comment 0 Likes
Would be nice to get this level of support. Can you imagine the RTA/NRMA coming up with something like this?
See http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/uk-minister-backs-call-for-more-traffic-police-to-protect-cyclists-16610
See http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/uk-minister-backs-call-for-more-traffic-police-to-protect-cyclists-16610
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- At 6:02pm on November 5, 2007,
DamianM said… - Hey Farnsy
Welcome to the site.
- At 11:55am on March 15, 2008, Farnsy said…
- What a strange start to the cycling year I've had. Literally from the highs at the Audax Alpine Classic in January, to the lows of recuperating (now) from a herniated disc in my back.
That is a story in itself. I usually ride a couple of mornings with the LACC bunches at Homebush but have been forced to look at other options as it's "Show-time" out there.
My back had been a bit "funny" due to a cycling related knock I took a couple of weeks ago. This brought back unpleasant memories of a "bulging" disc I suffered a couple of years ago (recovery from which brought me to cycling in earnest, so every cloud...).
Anyway, my mate and I were doing laps around Haberfield on Tuesday morning. I was thinking as I was riding what a great circuit it would make for a Criterium (as part of a Haberfield festival, perhaps?) when I felt an upleasant "pop" in my lower back. "Damn" I said to myself, "I knew I should have gone for a swim this morning." I eased off and waited for my mate to catch up and told him my back had gone so I would have to head home. We rode from Haberfield to Drummoyne (where I live) no problem. He rode off home and rode up my path, hopped off the bike and WAMMO, worse pain than I ever remember. I was left holding my bike with one hand and unable to move, at all. I couldn't even put the bike down. I found myself repeating a mantra based on a word which rhymes with "puck". Managed to get my bike gear off (now THAT was a challenge; got upstair and into bed next to Anne and told her the welcome news. We both work and have 3 school age kids so when I am out of service, Anne's workload basically doubles.
That was Tuesday. Today is Saturday. I have learned to love Panadene Forte; Volaren and flirted with Valium. Oh, and red wine is still the best muscle relaxant.
I think I'm on the mend but it has taken much longer than I had thought.
In a funny way, between the pain and spasms. I have enjoyed the time; just me and the laptop. Emailing; browsing. Thinking stuff. There is not a lot of time for thinking "stuff" when you're working full time and riding whenever you can.
So what's the plan? Hopefully I'll be better in the next few days. The plan is to get back to the pool as soon as I can and get some strength back into the lower back. I need to revisit the old yoga idea as I clearly have a weakness down there and need to work on the core strength.
I had been planning on doing an Audax 300 ride in April but just can't see that happening. Should be back on my bike by then, but baby steps....
- At 12:10pm on August 7, 2009,
Neil Alexander said… - Sorry, Farnsy, when I corrected a couple of errors in my post about the Freo-Bondi record, all the comments disappeared, including yours about the Around Australia record attempt. You might want to repost??
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