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Danny Macaskill Has Competition

Posted on October 9, 2012 by norbs

Martyn Ashton takes the £10k carbon road bike used by Team Sky’s Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish for a ride with a difference. With a plan to push the limits of road biking as far as his lycra legs would … Continue reading →

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Tour de Kids Charity Bike Ride – Day 4

Posted on October 9, 2012 by norbs

Day 4 – The Day the Wind Would Have Blown The Stink Off a Turd Proving that the cosmos, God or the weather bureau has a sense of humour, today was hard, hard work. Naracoorte to Horsham, turned out to … Continue reading →

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Tour de Kids Charity Bike Ride – Day 3

Posted on October 7, 2012 by norbs

Day 3 – Peloton of Sheep. After another restless night in my little concrete den, I was glad to get going and get the hell out of Keith. It was sunny, but coolish as we lined up for the morning … Continue reading →

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Tour de Kids Plus Charity Bike Ride – Day 2

Posted on October 6, 2012 by norbs

Day 2 – GoPro, Exits Stage Right Day 2 began under blue skies at Wellington with a gentle breeze making its way along the mighty Murray River. First adventure of the day was about 400m into the ride. A ferry … Continue reading →

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Tour de Kids Plus Charity Bike Ride – Day 1

Posted on October 5, 2012 by norbs

Day 1 – We Gorged Ourselves on Gorge Road After a night of tossing and turning, the alarm chimed just as I fell into a deep sleep. Oh for the love of Merckx! I climbed out of my compression tights … Continue reading →

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Friday Video

Posted on October 5, 2012 by norbs

This week, thanks to woodsy!

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Tour de kids plus. First 2 days.

Posted on September 24, 2012 by norbs

Just links to the rides for now. It’s a bit difficult to post proper ride reports on a tablet. Day 1 data – http://app.strava.com/rides/22879029 Day 2 data – http://app.strava.com/rides/22994447 More soon.

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Mission Control

Posted on September 22, 2012 by norbs

This is how I will be putting together the next weeks blog posts whilst on the road. http://instagr.am/p/P3WH88wj4N/

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The Secret Race – A Review

Posted on September 15, 2012 by norbs

Staring at the sky. That was what I did when I finished the Tyler Hamilton book, The Secret Race. And I stared for a good few minutes. Just thinking. What did I make of this book. A book that had … Continue reading →

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Hi Ride Readers.

Posted on September 14, 2012 by norbs

My blog stats are way up again today, with no corresponding increase in referrals, so I can only assume it is the good people who subscribe to, or have bought, issue 57 of Ride Cycling Review from their local news … Continue reading →

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