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"Important information about Australian Cyclist Magazine." Discuss.
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More of Michael O''s Favourite Things
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New sponsor for GreenEDGE: Orica. Discuss.
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- What sort of riding do you do ?
- Commuting, Road Cycling, Mountain Biking, Recreational, Touring, Whatever
- Where in Sydney do you live ?
- North Shore
- Tell us about your bikes
- Many, and mostly workhorses for towing the cargo trailer or transporting the kids, touring, commuting or occasionally going fast(er) on the weekend. Fleet now includes a garbage-collection-FS-MTB (emphasising the "garbage" part) and two hardtail MTBs.
- About Me:
- Our household doesn't own a car (we never have) but we still pay income taxes, GST, stamp duties, licence fees, levies and council rates, all of which help subsidise motorists' use of freeways and tollways, prop up the car manufacturing industry and contribute to the building and upkeep of the roads and paths motorists drive on (and we do mean to include the paths) and we cycle on. We volunteer some of our spare time to the community via bushcare and the local school P&C.
I used to edit and produce cycling magazines then freelanced writing cycling guide books for Lonely Planet and Open Spaces ("Bike Rides Around Sydney").
My son, Alexander, now 15, happily rides his mother's Orbea slick-tyred MTB to school (after growing out of his Avanti Black Thunder 24"-wheel MTB), and occasionally the back of our Kotzur touring tandem for personal travel. His sister, Laura, 11, now rides her brother's Avanti. Their mother has a green Jim Lemon touring bicycle (pictured below) which is the thing she says she likes best after me and the children. Our Kotzur tandem is a nice green, too. Newest addition to the stable is an Apollo Syncro 26 tandem for wife and daughter to tour on with me and Alexander riding the Kotzur tandem.
Besides cycling, I like cats and cricket.
Alexander is my middle name, my son's name and my grandfather's name. You could say it runs in my family. Runs like a fox (http://www.sydneycyclist.com/profiles/blogs/the-stuff-of-cycling-le...).
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Signs of the climbs. Ascending, and descending, Mt Hotham
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 3:30pm 9 Comments 1 Like
Above: The view from Mt St Bernard Snow Clearing Control Station on the way to Mt Hotham
One of the great things about the annual Audax Alpine Classic, run in the Victorian Alps around Australia Day, is the opportunity it gives to ride all the other roads in the area surrounding Bright. These fabulous,…
Continue Just another road trip with Geoff and John (Sequel to: Just another night on the road?)
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 2:30pm 18 Comments 0 Likes
Well, it has been a while but a few readers asked for more, especially since I left them hanging by suggesting there were horrors as yet unrevealed... so, as the Alpine ride is approaching, it may be a good time to continue the saga of my nightmarish cycling trips with Geoff and John (not their real names -- to protect me) in the 1990s. Though this is less a cycling trip than a…
Continue Official: 78.3% increase in Xmas Day cycling since 2009
Posted on December 25, 2011 at 10:00am 6 Comments 1 Like
Yes, you read that correctly. On my 2011 Christmas-morning ride I saw a grand total of 66 other cyclists on a 77 km route from Artarmon to West Head via Roseville Bridge, Forest Way and Mona Vale Rd, returning via Pymble and Pacific Hwy. This is up from 37, on an admittedly different route in 2009, but actually rather similar to…
Continue What were you doing at 11:11:11 on 11/11/11?
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 12:06pm 23 Comments 1 Like
I was here. (This is not a WITWIMB but can you name the lookout?):
Where were you? You have my sympathies if…
Oops, I did it again. Part 2: The tour
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 1:30pm 13 Comments 2 Likes
My wife loves planning cycle tours. I don't. But I do like riding them. I indulge, even encourage, her fantasies because she has often designed superb trips in out-of-the-way places on near deserted roads amid fabulous scenery in both Australia and overseas.
Over the years, cycle-touring has changed for us. In the time BC (before children), we had toured on solo bikes for months…
ContinueComment Wall (123 comments)
- At 9:03pm on May 28, 2008,
BikeSaint said…
- Hi Alethea, and welcome.
- At 9:45pm on May 28, 2008,
DamianM said… - Welcome to the site both of you!
- At 6:52pm on June 10, 2008,
Russ W said… - Hi Neil & Alethea,
Welcome also. Thousands of Bicycle NSW members, readers of Australian Cyclist and indeed cyclists overseas have benefitted from your enormous contribution to cycling for over three decades.
- At 6:29pm on June 19, 2008, noelbike said…
- Hi. I have been in Kirribilli for 3 or 4 years but I get bagged out for it by my inner west mates so I don't advertise the fact.
I am often the thorntree website (lonly planet) but have increasingly noticed that this one is good.
Do you guys ride in bike north groups much or just with your friends?
- At 7:13pm on June 19, 2008, noelbike said…
- wots lct sup?
- At 12:16am on July 2, 2008,
Geoff and Marian said… - Hi Neil and Alethea,
Good to see you here. It's been a long time.
Look forward to hearing from you,
- At 11:15pm on July 2, 2008,
Phil said… - Yep, but off for July to do some editing work on the TdF site for SBS, back at the shop in August.
- At 4:54pm on July 25, 2008,
Dabba said… - G'day Neil & Alethea. I plan to head off on 30 August and I think that I'll go via Tarana Quarry at this stage, but that may change. As we will be
travelling on a Sunday, we may use GWH if the traffic looks OK. Thanks for your feedback.
At this stage, this is the plan
Sat 30-Aug train to Lithgow
Sun 31-Aug 68 bathurst
Mon 1-Sep 62 carcoar dam
Tue 2-Sep 61 cowra
Wed 3-Sep rest
Thu 4-Sep 71 young
Fri 5-Sep 76 cootamundra
Sat 6-Sep 55 temora
Sun 7-Sep rest
Mon 8-Sep 70 west wyalong
Tue 9-Sep 106 forbes
Wed 10-Sep 82 peak hill
Thu 11-Sep 72 dubbo
Fri 12-Sep rest
Sat 13-Sep 51 wellington
Sun 14-Sep 72 gulgong
Mon 15-Sep 81 bylong
Tue 16-Sep 99 muswellbrook
Wed 17-Sep Train home
- At 12:03pm on July 26, 2008,
GW said… - Love the discussion about the number of cyclists! I ended up driving from Randwick to Redfern for work at peak hour this week (not something I"d normally do!), and was amazed at the sheer number of cyclists I saw.
- At 9:12pm on August 11, 2008,
KimR said… - Hi there. Thanks for posting the Times letter. Some people like Mr Herron just can't see there is more than one one to look at things. I still think that overall his extreme views help to raise the profile of cycling as people read and take in the more balanced replies to him.
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