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No really, I was.... and my wheel just locked up, collapsed on itself and cracked in half. Next thing I know I'm on the ground with skin missing on my arm. Well that's one way of looking at it, I think an alternate version might make more sense. So the alternate version is I was sprinting off some lights to beat the cars, and headed into a sharp left hand turn at speed. On the fixie. I'm guessing I ground the pedal on the road, I've been riding my road bike a bit this week and I noticed this… Continue

Had an odd experience on the way to Waterfall this morning. I was feeling OK, legs were a little sore but I was otherwise fine. However if I tried to push myself at all my body just shut down. It felt like having a rev limiter on a car that stalled the engine if you hit 10000 RPM. If my heart rate got up high I'd just lose all strength. We were having some fun stirring each other up on some of the early climbs like the capt cook bridge, I'd get 3/4 of the way up and be able to go no further. I… Continue

I had a good weekend of riding. I decided to head back to Heffron park and try my hand at racing again. I haven't been there since last March. Just as I was getting into it a number of things happened in my life, moving, work, travel, new baby etc etc that stopped me from training with any sort of consistency and I didn't go back. So for the last few weeks I've been thinking about heading back to Heffron and seeing if I can still do it, to see if I can finish with the group and not get dropped.… Continue

Your hilarious piece of satire in this morning's Herald made my day. You managed to jam in every Daily Telegraph cliche into one letter, brilliantly done sir. This will do wonders by encouraging debate within the community (not mention lots of activity here) and get people talking about cycling. Cycling has its nutjobs, but letters like this show the backwards thinking of the othe… Continue

then why are you so sad ? When Sheryl Crow sang that, she wasn't talking about cycling, but it strikes me as oddly relevant lately. The idea of this site was originally to discuss cycling in Sydney, lately we're spending more time on petrol prices, poorly thought out or executed infrastructure, and complaining about cars, the NRMA and politicians. I realise that these things are all current issues, and do affect our lives, but does cycling suck that much that we are this miserable ? Personal… Continue