Saturday, May 23, 2009
Kaiden lights up my world!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
I should update this more often
One of the last people to view this site was searching for "wet pushies", I think they were actually looking for "wet pussies".
I should update this site more often, but life has taken me on a wild and crazy journey. My current Blog, www.oxygencyles.com gives a vague idea of what I've been up to, but basically I live at work six days a week and hang out with my boy one day a week. Sometimes I might ride a bike further than the 7kms from home to work, but only sometimes.
Thanks to "www.wetcats.blogspot.com" for having the exact collection of pictures I was looking for...
Monday, December 24, 2007
Ellie's about to pop...
ellie's about to pop, and I'm about to burst with nervous energy. Everyone whose had kids likes to remind you that as soon as the little one arrives your sleep will go out the window. No-one ever says that in the last weeks of waiting your sleep goes out the window cause your so excited you keep on waking up in the middle of the night to see if anything has happened.
Bikewise I'm also excited. I've just got myself a pair of Bontrager Switchblade XC rigid forks with carbon lowers so I can ressurrect my trusty Norco Fireball as the commuter bike from hell. And I'm hoping the new damper cartridge I need for my Scalpel arrives soon. I've also recently acquired a pair of Velocity Blade wheels for my roadie (1410g for the pair!) which has made it all the nicer to ride. And to top if off took a 06 Cannondale Chase 3 out of stock, hooked a Juicy 5 running a 203mm rotor to the front wheel and have been playing at riding like a 15 year old.
However in the spirit of moderation I sold my Eastern Elemnt 20" BMX (I'm 6'2", it's impossible for me to look cool on anything with wheels smaller than 26", and even then I look all long and gangly).
Love you all,
Bert
Bikewise I'm also excited. I've just got myself a pair of Bontrager Switchblade XC rigid forks with carbon lowers so I can ressurrect my trusty Norco Fireball as the commuter bike from hell. And I'm hoping the new damper cartridge I need for my Scalpel arrives soon. I've also recently acquired a pair of Velocity Blade wheels for my roadie (1410g for the pair!) which has made it all the nicer to ride. And to top if off took a 06 Cannondale Chase 3 out of stock, hooked a Juicy 5 running a 203mm rotor to the front wheel and have been playing at riding like a 15 year old.
However in the spirit of moderation I sold my Eastern Elemnt 20" BMX (I'm 6'2", it's impossible for me to look cool on anything with wheels smaller than 26", and even then I look all long and gangly).
Love you all,
Bert
Friday, August 31, 2007
still kicking
Contrary to popular belief I am still alive. I just got a bit distracted. I'm officially slow, fatter than I've ever been and lazy when it comes to to training. And am now one of those people who plans to start planning to train some time down the track. Let's see if my current rediscovery of the joys of hurting all over stays with me enough for the pain to subside and the joy of riding through a forest at an unsafe speed can kick in instead. Love you all, even though I know no one bothers to read an annually updated blog, which honestly should be retitled Pushies, Pasta, Rammed Earth Houses, Baby to Be and Small Business that Consumes my Whole Life.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Hellrose at Melrose with a Runny Nose
Just spent four days working with Bike SA at the Melrose Fat Tyre Festival. Of course I manged to leave my camera in the tent all day every day so no cool pictures. I managed to arrive with a cold kicking in to full effect so even though I saw and rode on some of the best single track I've ever seen, I just couldn't let go and enjoy it half as much as it deserved. The North Star Pub was great, Mount Remarkable showed why it was thus named and the local reds were more than tempting.
The Sunday XC race at the Bartagunyah winery property was the hardest XC event i've ever done. The track is on of the most demanding XC tracks I've raced on and the combo of hot dry air, an aweful cold and massive climbs and rocks, rocks and more rocks made me struggle to finish my second lap. I think the fastest riders were doing laps just under 40 minutes, with the slowest rider lapping at nearly 2 hours. It was nice to see three members of Team Ballistic dominate elites, with Brett Anderson proving once again that he loves it when the going gets tough, opening a hard won gap over Adrwian Whitworth and Ashley Wass. Tim Anderson justifed his title of Grandmaster Tim by taking out Masters A in fine style. Goto amtbc.com for proper results.
The Sunday XC race at the Bartagunyah winery property was the hardest XC event i've ever done. The track is on of the most demanding XC tracks I've raced on and the combo of hot dry air, an aweful cold and massive climbs and rocks, rocks and more rocks made me struggle to finish my second lap. I think the fastest riders were doing laps just under 40 minutes, with the slowest rider lapping at nearly 2 hours. It was nice to see three members of Team Ballistic dominate elites, with Brett Anderson proving once again that he loves it when the going gets tough, opening a hard won gap over Adrwian Whitworth and Ashley Wass. Tim Anderson justifed his title of Grandmaster Tim by taking out Masters A in fine style. Goto amtbc.com for proper results.
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