Since October 2019 I’ve been out riding some of my favourite hills and mountains, trying to set new PBs. But in late April, six months after it began, the PBs Project wound to a close. Here’s what I learned along the way.
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It’s been a whirlwind start to the year with lots of work and lots of riding. Here’s the latest in my quest to set a bunch of climbing PBs this summer.
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It’s been a busy month for the PBs Project: some successes, some failures, a new bike (sort of) and more! Here’s the latest.
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A couple months into my PBs Project things are going well. I’ve taken five of the six PBs I went for and I’m feeling motivated for what’s to come. It gets a lot harder from here though …
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Riding is great, obviously, but sometimes you need a goal to help keep you motivated. Over the 2019/20 summer I’ve set myself the challenge of breaking a bunch of personal records.
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What do you get when you combine 80’s hair metal, a sleepy town in the Yarra Valley near Melbourne, bikes of all different kinds, a whole variety of road and trail surfaces, and 500 cyclists ready for a good time? You get Hells 500’s 2019 Ol’ Dirty, of course — the ninth edition of Australia’s biggest […]
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A bunch of you have emailed or messaged me in recent weeks asking what’s happening with the 2019 Melbourne Dirty Dozen. And fair enough too: normally I would have announced the ride months ago, and it would be held in just a few weeks time. Here’s the latest: there won’t be a Melbourne Dirty Dozen […]
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In late October I spent a glorious few days cycling in the Akita Prefecture in northern Japan. This is the second and final part in a short series about that adventure.
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In late October I spent a glorious few days in the Akita Prefecture in northern Japan. This is the first part in a two-part series about that adventure.
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Training up for Peaks Challenge Falls Creek? Here’s some advice on how to get the most out of your preparation and some pitfalls you should avoid along the way.
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In this post I take you behind the scenes at DD18: The 2018 Melbourne Dirty Dozen, showing what it takes to pull together a humble, grass-roots cycling event.
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