Friday Video

Posted on May 18, 2012 by norbs

When ever you see Red Bull signage at an event, you can be pretty sure that it is going to be something full on. This video is just that. Colombian downhill mountain biker Marcelo Gutierrez is well known in the downhill seen for some of his amazing videos. This one is going to take some beating. It has been reported that his testicles have their own gravitational pull, such is their size!

It took Gutierrez just 4 minutes and 27 seconds to complete the Red Bull Downhill time trial, which saw him descend 2000 metres, taking in over 1000 steps in the process. Sadly, he was beaten to victory by Slovak mountain biker Filip Polc, who crossed the line a second quicker.

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129 Days to Go.

Posted on May 17, 2012 by norbs

Like all the other challenges I have done, time is marching on a little to quickly for my liking. The Tour de Kids Plus bike ride is only 129 days off. Training is coming along nicely at the moment. I am following my plan of slowly building up the kilometres traveled each month.

Sadly, my mate Jason has had to pull out, so I wont have one of my best mates with me on the ride. He better buy me a beer when I lob into Geelong at the end of the ride. Looking forward to getting to Adelaide in late September to meet up with a few mates just before the ride and maybe do a few rides with them in Adelaide. Norton Summit isn’t out of the question, but a lot will depend on how my fitness is at the time.

I have made a new shortened URL for all Tour de Kids Plus posts on the forums to help people spread the word. Just use http://norbs.tk/tdk to find all posts related to the ride.

Heres hoping this charity ride goes as well as the last one.

www.helpnorbshelpthekids.com

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This is Why Everyone Should Watch the Giro d'Italia

Posted on May 16, 2012 by norbs

Grab some spag-bol and garlic bread, this is spectacular!

They raced up there last night, and is one of the reasons the real cycling fans are all struggling at work today.

I cant believe Puccio was chatting to the camera going up a 15% incline.

Results and and excellent photos from last night at cyclingtips.com.au

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This Mornings Commute

Posted on May 16, 2012 by norbs

4C it got down to on the way in to work this morning. Brrrrr.

Sunrise.

Chasing Shadows

Images taken from video from the GoPro on my helmet. Handlebar and seat mount is coming soon.

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Cycling and Anagrams.

Posted on May 15, 2012 by norbs

There has been some discussion on Twitter about giving Peter Sagan a Euro cool nickname. I have drawn a blank, so I thought I would use an old favourite of mine and drop Peter Sagan into an anagram generator.

Well it certainly spat out some weird stuff, with my favourite being Gas Net Reap. Seeing as how he rides for Liquigas, I thought it was appropriate.

I thought while I was at it, I would try a few more. Here are the results.

Non pro Cycling – Cycling On Porn 😮
Cadel Evans – Lance Saved
Mike Tomalaris – Smite Karma Oil
Jens Voigt – Jots Given
Andy Schleck – Hanks Cycled
Ivan Basso – Avian Boss
Tour de France – Fortune Raced

Give it a go and post your best one in the comments below.

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Time Bonuses in Cycling

Posted on May 14, 2012 by norbs

Are you a fan of time bonuses in big races like this years Giro d’Italia?

 

 

Photo: ©AP

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The Glitterati Will Love This

Posted on May 14, 2012 by norbs

To all those people who poo pooed the orange bar tape, I give you the next installment in the tarting up of the machine.

My god, it is going to look magnificent. 🙂

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How Close are the Schlecks?

Posted on May 13, 2012 by norbs

That close apparently.

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Non Pro Cycling Goes All Mainstream!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by norbs

As of this afternoon, you can enjoy your serve of Non Pro Cycling on Facebook.

I am not a Facebook user, but I have had a few people ask about updates via Facebook, so I have set it up.

As well as the share buttons and Twitter integration, the addition of Facebook lets me really pimp the blog to the widest audience possible. So get the likes happening folks.

Sorry folks, couldn’t cope with the Facebook knobs, so deleted the account.

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London 2012: Cycling is free. Someone forgot to tell the Olympic organisers

Posted on May 13, 2012 by norbs

This, if it is correct, is a bloody joke.

London 2012: Cycling is free. Someone forgot to tell the Olympic organisers | Peter Walker | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk.

Talk about a money grab. Lets hope this isn’t the thin edge of the wedge.

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