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I know I always complain about the wind, but today really was pretty gusty. Nice and sunny though, so tooled off on the Jake for a bit of road / gravel action. Heading out of town with the wind was great; coming back a real penance -- a slog mostly, with some gusts pushing the bike off its line...

Could never manage it, although it would be useful (theoretically) getting over the odd obstacle on the trail. I think it's a coordination issue.

Out again on an MTB today, this time the Soma Groove, which despite being heavier than any of my Konas, is good for chucking about rough and rocky terrain. Ventured into what I've taken to calling the 'badlands', a large tract of sloping territory near a large-ish river, which has been...

I also have, what the orthopaedic therapist believes to be, adhesive capsulitis aka a frozen shoulder. Sympathies -- my missus has had this since February and it's been really hard for her -- lots of pain, weakness in the arm, and restricted range of motion. We made the mistake of taking her...

Hi Jay -- you'll need to list what's for sale and give a price. Pics always help: have a look at some of the other ads to get a sense of what works. Posting is pretty intuitive. And note that you won't be able to send messages until you've made a certain number of posts -- that sometimes...

I give up trying to predict, let alone describe, the weather here. It's now officially summer, and we have had some hot days, but today another of those cold winds set in, bringing overall temps down. I worked in the garden all morning (my way of 'earning' a ride later in the day) and got pretty...

Nice day today and as work is a little quiet, I took off for an attempt at a route which in my mind has assumed epic proportions, especially one long, slow climb on a gravel farm road about halfway through. I chose the Jake because it just seems to be going rather nicely at the moment, and set...

Weird country that this is, when I last logged a ride it was freezing cold and wet; today, four or five days later, it's calm, sunny and 26C. I set out on the Jake for a 40km loop with about 440m (1,440 ft) climbing, on a mixture of metalled and gravel roads. Had to abort a run yesterday due to...

Having celebrated the arrival of summer on my last ride report, I set out today in 8C, windy weather. The winter clothing, toe warmers, gloves etc. that had been ceremoniously folded and packed away were all pulled out and pulled on. Very uncharacteristic weather for October here -- last night's...

Maybe the competitors sign some sort of waiver which absolves Red Bull of any liability?

Here's a Ti D-jab in the US for those with deep pockets . . . 18"...

Yeah, that's how all mine go together too

Quick one-hour lunchtime 20k on my usual route on gravel roads and tracks outside town. Summer is now in full swing which means cycling along with 3 or 4 flies orbiting your head and the ever-present danger of inhaling one. Other than that, all pretty uneventful, although signs of the council...

Finally made it back out on the bike after nearly three week's hiatus due to consecutive annoying health issues. Attending a wedding for overprivileged nepo-kids in Bali, the Missus and I both contracted the dreaded 'Bali belly', on the back of which we then came down with flu, probably due to...

A sighting of the rare-as-hens-teeth Thomson 'set-forward' seatpost in the wild: