Pengu for one seems to be fishing for a bite????? You should be careful with them fighting words Pengu.....
Showing posts with label Hef. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hef. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
The Epic Continues.....
So it's now Tuesday, two days after the Epic and still the stories continue to be told. It does appear however that the "Fish" stories just keep getting bigger and bigger as the days go on... perhaps a bit of delusion is setting in?
Saturday, September 14, 2013
The Epic 13 Feed
M1Cycles at the Cycle Epic: feed."
It's THE Epic Weekend. Don't forget to tag your photos and posts with #M1CyclesEpic to add them to this feed.
Good Luck to all riding. Forecast is for some hot racing and hot weather. EPIC!!
Good Luck to all riding. Forecast is for some hot racing and hot weather. EPIC!!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
The Madone 7 Project One Review
BikeRadar's tester James Huang (aka AngryAsian) has reviewed the Trek Madone 7 Project One. Have a read and see what you think, better still sweet-talk Matt and take his for a spin and form your own opinion and then go and build your own.
Monday, June 3, 2013
The Summer Sunday
It was a small, but "quality" bunch of riders that rolled out yesterday morning on the Sunday roadie ride - everyone even managed to have their knicks on the right way, which was a great start to the day!
Frenchie was in heaven, thinking it was a lovely summer's day rolling along in just a summer jersey and giving us all a lesson in French at the coffee shop..... "Cul-De-Sac" will never have the same meaning ever again!
The Dirty Rats lived up to their name, arriving at Craig's completely covered in mud, doing skin-fold fat tests and sporting one smashed phone screen and a broken derailleur - there's never a dull moment in the Rat Pack.
The 8:00am L Plate ride had a good turn out, complete with Mick B and Coach Carter making a prayer to the Trail Gods before the start - just kidding, they were just doing some stretching laying all over the grass. The group split into two after a lap around Wendy's with the new riders staying on Wendy's for a lesson with Coach Carter and the not so new riders heading up for a lap around the Sunshine track - complete with an Over-The-Handlebar-Dismount by Zulu.... more coaching needed perhaps Zulu???
Frenchie was in heaven, thinking it was a lovely summer's day rolling along in just a summer jersey and giving us all a lesson in French at the coffee shop..... "Cul-De-Sac" will never have the same meaning ever again!
The Dirty Rats lived up to their name, arriving at Craig's completely covered in mud, doing skin-fold fat tests and sporting one smashed phone screen and a broken derailleur - there's never a dull moment in the Rat Pack.
The 8:00am L Plate ride had a good turn out, complete with Mick B and Coach Carter making a prayer to the Trail Gods before the start - just kidding, they were just doing some stretching laying all over the grass. The group split into two after a lap around Wendy's with the new riders staying on Wendy's for a lesson with Coach Carter and the not so new riders heading up for a lap around the Sunshine track - complete with an Over-The-Handlebar-Dismount by Zulu.... more coaching needed perhaps Zulu???
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
The ANZAC 25
Whatever you do, don't mention B - Grade!! Racing at Lakeside Raceway took on a different complexion on ANZAC Day with high octane human powered vehicles taking to the track, but only if you're in A Grade, I'm told.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Quote Of The Day
So the Dirty Rats in M1 Land are all scurrying around at the moment organising teams for the 8hr MTB race that's coming up next month in Rocky......
It appears that in all of this "scurrying" the truth is getting in the way of a good story - here's an extract from an email I intercepted between Zulu, Hef and Dark Horse.....
DON'T WORRY IF YOU'RE NOT FIT..... NEITHER ARE WE
OH PLEASSSSSSSEEEEEEE - That's the biggest load of M1 Dung I've heard all year! Hef just finished 17th out of 85 at the Hiddenvale 4hr and Zulu - well, we all know Zulu's form - just read the previous post!!!!
Mind you, Hef may want to stop rolling around on the ground during training sessions.....
It appears that in all of this "scurrying" the truth is getting in the way of a good story - here's an extract from an email I intercepted between Zulu, Hef and Dark Horse.....
DON'T WORRY IF YOU'RE NOT FIT..... NEITHER ARE WE
OH PLEASSSSSSSEEEEEEE - That's the biggest load of M1 Dung I've heard all year! Hef just finished 17th out of 85 at the Hiddenvale 4hr and Zulu - well, we all know Zulu's form - just read the previous post!!!!
Mind you, Hef may want to stop rolling around on the ground during training sessions.....
Sunday, February 24, 2013
The "Where's Matty" Game
There's a new game out called "Where's Matty". It's where you go to this video and see if you can spot Hef; or Big Fish or Mr Anderson. Check it out on the Gallery 2013 page. The Kona Odyssey wrap....
Friday, February 15, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
The Odyssey 2013
Kittstar, Hef, Big Fish and the Riddler (CONFIRMED) are about to embark on a southern sojourn to the Singletrack Mecca of Forrest, Victoria. 100 kilometres (or 60km) doesn't normally sound like much, but add in a few of the hills of the Otway Forest (about 2½ km of climbing, for the 100k) and things start hotting up pretty quickly.
Better have your climbing legs on!! And remember your race fuel, we don't want anyone 'bonking'.
With 2 weeks to go, entries currently stand at 1600. Entries are still open for anyone who can make the 'cut'. Field is limited to 2050 and entries close (if not full up) on Valentines Day.
There'll be live race updates from Live Results, for all riders so we will all be able to follow along on the day. And of course Twitter with the hashtag #konaodyssey. Anyone going to be in Forrest, on the day, to give us updates, take photos?
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Rapha 500: The End
Well for our final day from Richmond to Hobart Mother Nature pulled out all stops in an attempt to break us.... It didn't work. The raging headwind saw us ride the first 18k in over 1hr 10mins and caused us to spend the next hour at the Brighton Bakery defrosting and regathering.
Once we crossed the river though it was tailwind all the way - except when Hef took the lead and we ended up in dead end streets, no bike zones and generally just lost! It took a long time to get to the Casino!
We took a detour up and over the Tasman Bridge which was a bit of a white knuckle ride - something I don't need to do again when it's that windy! After the Tasman bridge I couldn't convince Hef to ride up Mt Wellington again and I was most disappointed!
Having now finished the Rapha Festive 500 there was no rest for the wicked and we spent the rest of the afternoon at the Taste of Tassie and celebrating NYE at the Casino, although we didn't make it to midnight.
And on a final note, the next tour ride is already being planned......
Once we crossed the river though it was tailwind all the way - except when Hef took the lead and we ended up in dead end streets, no bike zones and generally just lost! It took a long time to get to the Casino!
We took a detour up and over the Tasman Bridge which was a bit of a white knuckle ride - something I don't need to do again when it's that windy! After the Tasman bridge I couldn't convince Hef to ride up Mt Wellington again and I was most disappointed!
Having now finished the Rapha Festive 500 there was no rest for the wicked and we spent the rest of the afternoon at the Taste of Tassie and celebrating NYE at the Casino, although we didn't make it to midnight.
And on a final note, the next tour ride is already being planned......
Monday, December 31, 2012
Rapha 500: The Final Day
It appears that mother nature has cottoned on to our method of rising early to beat the wind for today the wind started howling at 2:30am and this is a little early to get up even for us!
Today is our last day on the road and we have 56k to complete our Rapha 500 journey to Hobart. Before we hit the road, let me give you some tips from the first time tourer:
1. Be prepared to ride slow. Forget the averages of the saturday smash or even the sundy hundy's - if you average 20, you're hammering.
2. Sun sleeves and a helmet with a beak is essential. Forget looking like a pro whilst touring.
3. Pack light. Start by packing what you think you need in your panniers and then put half back in the cupboard - if you have two of anything, you have have too much!
Enjoy your last day of 2012 and we'll see you in Hobart!
Today is our last day on the road and we have 56k to complete our Rapha 500 journey to Hobart. Before we hit the road, let me give you some tips from the first time tourer:
1. Be prepared to ride slow. Forget the averages of the saturday smash or even the sundy hundy's - if you average 20, you're hammering.
2. Sun sleeves and a helmet with a beak is essential. Forget looking like a pro whilst touring.
3. Pack light. Start by packing what you think you need in your panniers and then put half back in the cupboard - if you have two of anything, you have have too much!
Enjoy your last day of 2012 and we'll see you in Hobart!
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Rapha 500: Day 5 Complete
Today started out as a team time trial - team Trek made up of myself and Hef and team S (evil word) made up of Helga, Jann and Smirinoff - not their real names but they spoke broken English and we could hardly understand them. Anyway, anyone who was riding a bike today had the same idea - be on the road early to beat the headwind. Right, back to the time trial. It was all over about 2k out of town, team S had the pedal down as they had to be in Hobart by 11 for a brewery tour!
As we plodded along we had a few bergs to roll over including Break-me-Neck and Bust-me-Gal which by now didn't phase us to much, but the downhill run off Bust-me-Gal was more of a ride out of a theme park with squally winds and panniers laden with GB trees!
5k out of Richmond all teamwork went out the window and Kittstar made a solo break up the final climb, hoping for a cruisey run downhill to the finish - but the headwind put a stop to that and I had to pedal flat out down the hill just to hit 35k/hr. But for the record I still held Hef off for the win!
Our K tally to date now sits at an odd 444k with one day of riding left... Here's to a break in the weather tomorrow.
As we plodded along we had a few bergs to roll over including Break-me-Neck and Bust-me-Gal which by now didn't phase us to much, but the downhill run off Bust-me-Gal was more of a ride out of a theme park with squally winds and panniers laden with GB trees!
5k out of Richmond all teamwork went out the window and Kittstar made a solo break up the final climb, hoping for a cruisey run downhill to the finish - but the headwind put a stop to that and I had to pedal flat out down the hill just to hit 35k/hr. But for the record I still held Hef off for the win!
Our K tally to date now sits at an odd 444k with one day of riding left... Here's to a break in the weather tomorrow.
Rapha 500: Pre Day 5
Today I'm excited - we're on our way to Richmond! I'm not so excited about the lumps that lay between here and there, but as Zulu said yesterday "welcome to touring!".
Hef is keen to get on the road and beat the winds that are expected again today so I must run..... Or perhaps ride....
Hef is keen to get on the road and beat the winds that are expected again today so I must run..... Or perhaps ride....
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| "Smile" |
Rapha 500: Day 4
Well today we cracked the Hundy (103k in 5hrs 10min, destination Orford) thanx to a couple of extra k's down a road just past Swansea to Kate's Berry Farm. And I can tell you that those couple of extra k's were well worth it! This is definitely a must do, must eat stop if you're ever in the east coast region. Hef can highly recommend the Blueberry Pie!
The Zulu finally read his weather beads right and the raging headwind he had promised arrived with force today about 30k into our journey. It was like this for the entire day, including the final 30k into Tarabunna along a section we named "The Malborough Straight of Tasmania". We became that desperate that we pulled up stumps in the middle of nowhere to munch on our fresh cherries and bananas just to get some reprieve from the belting we were taking!
On a good note though we again saw some awesome sights - definitely an advantage of staying at B&B's and travelling by bike. Attraction 1: the spike bridge, built in the early 1800's by convicts - Looks very cool. Attraction 2: The Lair, just past Kabuki tea house, this holiday house will set you back $1,800 a night (personally I think you'd get better value haggling Hef for an FX 7.6!). And finally Attraction 3: the shoe fence. In the middle of the Malborough Straight other delirious travellers have started throwing their shoes out the window to make this random drive by feature!
I can honestly say that all four days so far have been different and challenging in every way, but I've never enjoyed such an adventure in all my life and we're kind of hooked on the bike touring thing!
The Zulu finally read his weather beads right and the raging headwind he had promised arrived with force today about 30k into our journey. It was like this for the entire day, including the final 30k into Tarabunna along a section we named "The Malborough Straight of Tasmania". We became that desperate that we pulled up stumps in the middle of nowhere to munch on our fresh cherries and bananas just to get some reprieve from the belting we were taking!
On a good note though we again saw some awesome sights - definitely an advantage of staying at B&B's and travelling by bike. Attraction 1: the spike bridge, built in the early 1800's by convicts - Looks very cool. Attraction 2: The Lair, just past Kabuki tea house, this holiday house will set you back $1,800 a night (personally I think you'd get better value haggling Hef for an FX 7.6!). And finally Attraction 3: the shoe fence. In the middle of the Malborough Straight other delirious travellers have started throwing their shoes out the window to make this random drive by feature!
I can honestly say that all four days so far have been different and challenging in every way, but I've never enjoyed such an adventure in all my life and we're kind of hooked on the bike touring thing!
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| MMMM, Blueberry Pie. Yum. |
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| Chuck out your old Bontragers... |
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| Blew them off their bikes. |
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| Crossing the Wye River Tasmania |
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Rapha 500: Update 5
Can anyone read weather charts? Sneaky Pete here, filling in for Kittstar, who informs me that the internet keeps getting blown off the wires in Orford, Tasmania. I checked the weather stats for today that they would have encountered and found this snippet...
Does anyone know what direction it is between Bicheno and Orford? I've had a look on a map and I reckon it's roughly SSW. So I'm sort of working out why Kittstar had a wry little chuckle when I scoffed about a little 100k ride into a 'bit of wind'. Not sure how long this day's ride took but I think Kitty mentioned 5+ hours into an average 50kmh (roughly) headwind, straight on the nose along terrain similar to the Malborough stretch. I am happy to report they are still alive...
So who's up for a quick trip around Northeast Tassie with Kittstar and Hef?
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| Take a look at those wind speeds and directions!! |
So who's up for a quick trip around Northeast Tassie with Kittstar and Hef?
Day 4 Beginning
Well little GB Tree it appears you have made it to day 4 - well the beginning at least!
Today is another 90k+ day in the saddle to Orford. The sun is shining, the wind is calm, let's see what today brings on our tour of Tassie....
Today is another 90k+ day in the saddle to Orford. The sun is shining, the wind is calm, let's see what today brings on our tour of Tassie....
Friday, December 28, 2012
Rapha 500: Half Way Mark
SpyCat has a phrase from Jens Voight that mentions a creature who lives on your back who goes by the name of "Pain". I've been thinking about this creature over the past two days and have been wondering if and when he might try to hitch a ride to Hobart.... Well today wasn't his day, but his brother "Torture" jumped on for a ride about 20k out of St Helen's and he didn't get off until I'd been sleeping for over an hour post ride! It just wasn't my day in the sun - even though I'm the birthday girl!
It was a very different ride today - shorter (80ks) and a lot flatter (by Tasmanian standards!) and despite the unwelcomed hitch hiker we had some awesome scenery - including the yachts of the Sydney to Hobart and some amazing wildlife, dolphins, a thousand bunnies, an echidna, wombat and some strange looking birds that belong in a scene from Alice in Wonderland!
To end our ride our B&B is at the top of a 200m hill climb - which I will admit I walked!
Thanx to the Riddler for the secret reminder text! Oh, and you must ask Hef about his electric blanket.
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| Yay!! Half Way |
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| Beach boy and bike |
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| Happy Birthday Kittstar. |
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| Beautiful Tassie |
Rapha 500: Update 3
We're prepared today - coffee shop was stalked out for this mornings pre-ride brew yesterday afternoon.
Forecast for today according to our resident weather man Zulu - a change in wind direction to SW. In other words raging headwind all day!
Good thing Elmo is joining us for the ride today....
