This is an epic post with a bunch of lessons learnt from a few days of long alpine rides, and a few days solo bikepacking. It is as much for my own benefit for planning my next trip, as to share my learnings with others who may find it useful. Gear Always pack a true […]
Well that was decidedly harder than I had expected. After my big touring days, I thought that 108km with 1500m of elevation gain without luggage would be relatively straightforward. I also had delusions that my Cyclocross bike with knobbly/ touring tyres would be equally as fast as a road bike. It seems this was not […]
Today was going to be a big day. I was planning to ride 140km with around 3,400m of elevation gain, including one 15km climb and one 20km climb. In my route planning, Ride with GPS had said the maximum gradient would be 18% – and it usually under-estimates! When I told the bar and motel […]
I had the best day today! I rolled out of Albury on the Riverina Highway which was well utilised by trucks and cars. After about 15km I crossed a bridge over the Murray River, then turned onto the Murray River Highway, which is a minor C level road. I stayed on this road pretty much […]
I was up at 2:30am to get to the airport for the first flight to Melbourne. Uneventful flight. Very easy transfer via skybus and train to Richmond, where our bikes got assembled while we had lunch. I then took ages to try to pack my bikes in my miniscule bike packing bags, while Greg realised […]
The most fun cyclocross course in a flat grassy meadow. After my third place finish in my previous cyclocross race, I was super motivated to get another podium finish today. I did a course recon (as per usual), a good warmup, and some visualizations of how to tackle the muddy corners. There were only four […]
Another weekend, another great day for a cycling adventure! This weekend was the Garvey Park cyclocross double header, with racing both Saturday and Sunday – the biggest weekend of cyclocross racing in WA. Saturday The weather was idyllic, sunny, calm and mild. The course was smashing – a steep downhill, a couple of short sandy […]
