An interesting read regarding BMI. Why the Body Mass Index (BMI) is a Poor Measure of Your Health | Obesity Panacea.
This is pretty bloody poor. An Injured Cyclist’s Search for Justice | Road Rights | Bicycling.com.
And one for any budding photographer. Cycleboredom | Jered Gruber, The Giro & The Shot.
Shane Kelly at Dunc Gray Velodrome
Given the 3 Peaks Challenge was run last week, I thought it would be good to have a look at the video put out by Bicycle network Victoria.
Wade Wallace, he is everywhere!
A look at Milan San Remo 2011 from Cervelo’s point of view.
This is part of my daily commute at the moment. Most of the guys working the signals ask me to go first. No pressure with a stack of cars piled up behind you. It brings new meaning to the Commuter Cup. 🙂
One more sleep until the first Monument of the year, the 2012 Milan San Remo. Won last year by Matt Goss, it is a race that can be won by nearly anyone. There are loads of sites with much better insights than mine, so I will leave the pre race speculation to the pundits like Velominati, CyclingNews and inrng.com’s excellent write up about the Poggio. The official site is here, with start lists, maps and all the info you’d need.
Milan San Remo Route
Keep an eye on Steephill.tv for all the video feeds, race tickers and audio from the race.
Here is some video of one of the descents.
More on this tomorrow, just a quick shot of the special Non Pro Cycling grease gun in action.
NPC Greasegun
Don’t get me started on Euro cool. It does my head in. Why it is so important to look the part, when at times it can actually be dangerous. On my commute to work yesterday, just before sunrise, I saw a guy on a bike in front of me in all black, with no rear facing lights. I only saw him because he stopped on the side of the road to take a phone call. I actually saw the glow of his phone screen before I saw him. As I rode by I noticed he was on a matte black bike and he was wearing a black Castelli jacket very similar to this.
Castelli jacket in safety black.
Very good looking I have to admit, but next to useless in the dark. I have heard people call them ninjas before, and now I know why. He was nearly invisible. With out a rear light, on a dark bike in dark clothes, it makes it very hard to see him. Add to that the fact that it was foggy and if he was travelling the same route as I do, travelling on some narrow high speed roads, you have to wonder how he makes it every day.
I bought it up on here a few months back, the whole Euro Cool thing that seems to be utmost in peoples minds, but surely it is cooler to be seen and missed by cars and trucks than nearly invisible and lying in a ditch by the road side.
Give yourself a chance and make yourself visible.
Some familiar occurrences and faces in the video.
I mentioned yesterday that I have slightly adjusted my goals for 2012, dropping a list of local climbs for a new challenge in September. Well, the new challenge is the Tour de Kids Plus Adelaide to Geelong 2012 bike ride. 855kms from Adelaide to Geelong in 6 days. Yes, 6 days. Will certainly be a big challenge, that is for certain. Given that last December I managed 500kms in a week as part of the Rapha 500 Challenge, I know just how hard this is going to be.
The Route
This is a supported ride, so there will be a Ford transit van up the road for all of the ride to look after us in case of trouble. There is also about 12 people doing the ride, so that will make it slightly easier. 855kms is still a long way in 6 days.
This isn’t the first ride I have done like this, I did a 1000km ride solo in 2005 from Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra. That was a lot less travel each day than what the Tour de kids Plus ride is going to be.
The other exciting point to highlight is that one of my best mates, Jason Woods, is doing it as well. What an adventure it will be for the pair of us. He has already stated that the biggest challenge for him will be “putting up with Captain Cranky for 6 days!”
Dumb and Dumber
That is a shot of the pair of us at the start of last years Around the bay in a Day ride.
So the plan is not to ride a load of local climbs now, but to try and spend longer and longer in the saddle to prepare for 6 century rides in a row. A tall order for a chunky bloke like myself.
I will be chasing donations when it is closer to the ride, but for more details, just click the Tour de Kids Plus Adelaide to Geelong 2012 link and have a read.
I can’t wait.
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