I'd forgotten...

...about this place. Well I guess I can use it again. So I worked for 2 years as a bike courier, now I'm back at the hospital working as a wardsman again. Time to get back into racing pushbikes, and possibly putting a few photos up from playing wicked tunes with some great musicians, and a little bit of motorbike riding to spice things up. Hmmm, sounds interesting. It'll probably be boring as bat shit though. Sigh

And I'm back

Wow, that was quite an absence. And so much has happened in the interim. I'll not go into too much depth, except to say that I'm now working as a courier for Power Couriers, which is an amazingly fun company to work for. I'm down under 90 kilo's now, and feeling rather fit. Next challenge, State Track Championships in December at Chandler. This will be fun, and I'll have a new track bike by then.

It's good to be back online, I think I will start updating this more regularly again. Keep riding everyone!

Highs and lows

The highs, club track championships last weekend. Flying lap (333.33 metres) on a quite windy day, 21.93 seconds. by far the fastest i have gone at chandler, averaging almost 55km/hr. winner!

Kilo, my favourite track event. 1000 metres, standing start. 1minute 23.4 seconds. winner!

There were 5 events contested on the day, a scratch race (i didn't place) a points race (second by a point i think), an elimination (miss and out) race, 4th due to a mix up ( i thought the rider behind us was still in, he wasn't, oh well, must take more notice next time), flying lap (winner) and the kilo. i'm not sure if the kilo was counted in the overall results, but i'm looking forward to finding out how we all finished up this saturday night at the club presentation night.

The lows. Was changing up my training and doing something different on tuesday night, doing a spot of skipping, and lo and behold, torn muscle in my neck/shoulder. no riding for at least a week. oh well.

Keep training hard everyone, and check out what russ is planning for his next adventure!!

It's been a while...

...but i'm back. Lean (ish), mean (ish) and having a great time.

It's been a long time since i have posted anything, and plenty of things have been happening in that time. Christmas hurt, ate and drank way too much, get well out of shape. Was 103.5kg on january 7. started hard training then, lots of kilometres, watching the diet, and am now about 96 kilos, and feeling much better than i did a couple of months ago.

Got a new job, i'm now a bike messenger 5 days a fortnight. Great fun, a really enjoyable job. really helping to get some hard training miles in.

next big event for me is the NRG club track championships on sunday. i have my eyes set on the kilo, i want to win it. if i can't win it, i want to win the flying lap.

Keep riding folks!!

Night rides on the road bike...

...are awesome. Managed to fix the road bike yesterday, so i decided to meet up with Hubcap for a shakedown ride yesterday evening to make sure it was all working properly. Met at his place at new farm at half five after he finished work and proceeded to head north. The aim was to head out to boondall and back via the wetlands bike path (an really fun ride, even more so at night!!), although that plan very soon became ride out to redcliffe and back.
Ultimate strong riding fuel. Fire socks are awesome too. The end result was a 100k round trip, very pleasant weather for this time of year. nice cool breeze, clear skies, good times.

It wasn't my first ride for the day either. i'd met up with grant this morning at the circuit at nundah after dropping my sweetheart off to the airport for a fixie ride. hour and a half of flat land riding on the big track gear fixie, followed by coffee. good stuff. so about 130ish for the day, training coming good lately, especially after track racing tuesday night. Next port of call is the HPRW crit at nundah on saturday morning.

If i ever end up really rich, i'm buying one of these. the 911 turbo. Oh Yeah!!

A Win!

Another wicked fun night at chandler tonight. Good to see young Stumeister out having his first crack at the track, he seemed to have heaps of fun. 3 races, a scratch race, a points race and a 3 man one lap sprint. scratch race was fun, finished 7th i think. points was tough, scored two points in the first sprint but got dropped just before the second one. spent the next half dozen laps riding all out to catch back up, and caught the bunch with 3 laps to go, just in time to get dropped again for the final sprint. Sprinting, however, was a different story. 3 riders, staggered standing start, one lap, must stay in your lane (the rider that starts high and in front can't come down to the bottom of the track). And i had a win! Thats two races i've won now at the track!

Getting up bright and early tomorrow to take my lovely better half out to the airport, so i've arranged to meet up with a mate at nundah and roll out throught the wetlands for a nice gentle training ride. When i say nice and gentle, i mean i will be riding the big gear fixie again, as i still havn't got a new derailleur. Fun fun.

I'm also really loving my new car, and its ability to do this:

Bike transport Win!

Keep having fun everyone!

Fixomatosis...

...I've got it. With the road bike out of action for a short while the single speed is the only skinny tyred option at the moment. And with the 14 tooth cog on the back for track racing, i headed over to murrarie this morning for an hour of fixie training around the circuit. I like training at the muzz, mostly because i get to watch the airlines launching out of Brisbane (or arriving when the wind is blowing the other way). I find it very motivating watching Boeing 777s thundering into the sky. Let me tell you a little about the 777.

73 metres long, 65 metres across, 19 metres tall, the 777 is equipped with the most powerful production jet engines in the world, the general electric GE90-115B. During its testing, the GE90-115B set numerous aviation records, including reaching a sustained record 127,900 lbs. of thrust. A glorious sight and sound to behold as they push 350000+kg of aircraft up to over 43000 feet (that's over 13 kilometres up!). Fantastic motivation to kick those pedals and keep working towards your dreams. I want to fly those things one day. Please observe the fasten seat belt and no smoking signs.

In cycling related news, track racing again tomorrow (tuesday) night, and hopefully i can source a new front derailleur for the road bike so i can have a crack at my first crit on saturday morning. Then sunday morning out to chandler again for some more velo action. Stay safe everyone, and live your dreams!!