2014: More elevation, super!

11 months since I last posted here and that’s going to change.

You may think this is one of those new year, new me shitty posts and it may just be.

I can’t promise that i’ll keep this place in check but this year why not at least try.

RIP Wouter Weylandt

Its a sad thing when you wake up and find out that a member of your favourite cycling team has passed away in a crash during stage 3 of the Giro d’Italia.
Thoughts and condolenses  go out to his family, friends and team mates.

Sorry there has been no updates. Currently holidaying in Sydney and Adelaide for a couple of weeks. Will be back January 12.

Have a fantastic new year

$1,000,000 Dollar Fine

Saw this over at Deaf Pigeon. This makes me feel bad about being Australian.

“When i read this article this morning i was pretty shocked… The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission are handing out mega $1,000,000 fines to bike shops selling brake-less bikes?! $1,000,000!!!! This isn’t even one of those things that you just read about and isn’t being enforced… they’ve already done over a wholesaler for selling Surly Steamrollers without brakes and not only that, they’re encouraging people to name drop other shops/retailers that are doing the same thing.

The ACCC have sent out warnings such as… ”pedestrians and other bike riders are… at risk of serious injury or death if someone riding a fixed-gear bike loses control and collides with them”… i can’t even fathom a reply to this statement! The amount of times that i’ve nearly been taken off by some knobend riding the pavements and then just deciding that he wants to come onto the road directly in front of me!

From what i’ve read/been told, i understand that U.K road laws say that you need 2 independent brakes… one being the fixed wheel and one being a front brake. Yes, i am riding brakeless, but this doesn’t mean i’m any less in control of my bike than someone with 2 brakes. I’ve noticed that in the past 6 months of commuting every weekday, i’ve become a lot more wary of traffic/pedestrians (mainly because they’re not wary of me, but that’s beside the point). I feel that i’ve become a lot more of a competent cyclist thanks to the fact that i’ve got to judge my speed a lot more than i would if i had brakes and a freewheel and think about what could potentially pull out on me from every side street so that, just in case, i have to slam on.”

Read the rest over at Deaf Pigeon here

I’ll be away until the 22nd December so no updates until then.

Keep riding.,