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Posted on July 19, 2019February 1, 2022

Pleasure in suffering: A beautiful ride in awful conditions

For many of us cyclists, pleasure and suffering are inextricably linked. That's something I was reminded of on a recent ride in truly horrific conditions. Read more “Pleasure in suffering: A beautiful ride in awful conditions”
Posted on September 10, 2012September 10, 2012

Arthurs Seat return: mostly flat with a dash of climbing

Whenever I ride with the eQuipo tranQuilo boys, I'm reasonably confident of holding my own in the hills. Sure, I mightn't finish every climb first, but I'm usually able to finish in the top few. But when the road is flat I seem to find things rather more difficult. Read more “Arthurs Seat return: mostly flat with a dash of climbing”
Posted on April 8, 2012April 23, 2012

Ride Hard to Breathe Easy: week one

I've signed up for the Ride Hard to Breathe Easy challenge on Strava -- a fabulous cause and one I'm proud to be raising awareness about. The goal is simple: ride 800km in April. WORD Read more “Ride Hard to Breathe Easy: week one”
Posted on December 31, 2011

Episode 7: the Rapha Festive 500

I wouldn’t normally ride several hundred kilometres in a week. In fact, I got through the 3 Peaks Challenge earlier this year having done little more than one ride a week (dumb, I know).

On that basis alone, the Rapha … Read more “Episode 7: the Rapha Festive 500”

Posted on January 19, 2010January 21, 2010

128km and loving it

Route: Southbank to Eltham, via Frankston
Distance: 128.8km
Duration: 4 hours 59 minutes

Well, our plans to ride to Arthurs Seat, much like our plans to ride around Kinglake last weekend, were derailed. This time it was the bad weather … Read more “128km and loving it”

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Updates to my 'Everesting' book

Follow the link to see what's changed since the book came out in September 2021.

The science of climbing

  • An introduction to gradients
  • How much harder are steeper climbs
  • Why power-to-weight ratios matter

Climb guides

  • Arthurs Seat
  • Boroka Lookout
  • Buckland Gap
  • Chum Creek Road
  • Dinner Plain
  • Falls Creek (Mt. Beauty side)
  • Falls Creek (Omeo side)
  • Humevale Road
  • Inverness Road
  • Kinglake
  • Lake Mountain
  • Mt. Baw Baw
  • Mt. Buffalo
  • Mt. Buller
  • Mt. Buninyong
  • Mt. Donna Buang
  • Mt. Hotham
  • Mt. Macedon (Gisborne side)
  • Mt. Macedon (Woodend side)
  • Mt. William
  • Myrtleford-Stanley Road
  • One Tree Hill (Ararat)
  • Panton Gap (Healesville side)
  • Perrins Creek Road
  • Reeds Lookout
  • Skenes Creek Road
  • Skyline Road
  • Tawonga Gap (Bright side)
  • Tawonga Gap (Mt. Beauty side)
  • Terrys Avenue
  • The 1 in 20
  • The Crescent
  • The Devil's Elbows
  • The Wall
  • Wild Dog Creek Road/Busty Road

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