Strade Bianche

Tonight is the race along the white gravel roads of Tuscany. A classic in some peoples books, even though Twitter has been around longer.

For us Aussies, it is a late race, with coverage starting on Eurosport at 12:30 (thank you Julie Davies) but slightly earlier if you are able to stream it.

As usual, the best places are :

Steephill.TV
Cyclingfans.com
Procyclinglive.com

Check these out for some excellent shots from last year.

A brief write up and the winners thus far are on Wiki.

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Late Friday Videos

Sorry folks. I didn’t realise the Friday Videos didn’t get published. probably because i deleted the wrong draft post with them all in there.

First up, as a tip of the hat to my mate Andy van Bergen of HELLS 500 fame…

Have a safe and happy weekend.

norbs

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Love My Earth, Except Cyclists

A couple of weeks ago I had another close call with a van that was emblazoned with a company name, including the obligatory “Like us on Facebook” sticker. At the time, I liked them on FaceBook and left them a message with this screenshot of their van.

Basically just asking for some love for cyclists. I had a look at their page the other day and noticed the comment had been removed. Fair enough, if they are going to play that game. Here is the video of the incident.

You can see them come out of the side street on the right before I had cleared the intersection. Then, they accelerated so as to be sure to get through the traffic island before me. In the process, nearly clipping me.

Now, sadly, this wasn’t the end of the days love in with Love My Earth. Here is a screen shot of them after passing me later in the ride. Again, getting way to close, but then making their point by getting on the other side of the white line.

You can click on the photos to see them in a higher resolution.

Now considering they have this on their website…

Not only do we care about your health and bringing you the best organic has to offer, we care about our planet and the communities that inhabit it, and we want to share that love.

… you’d think they could spare the 10 seconds it would have taken to wait for me to clear the traffic islands and then drive on to their destination.

If you would like to send the good people at Love My Earth a message, they are on Facebook or their website is http://www.lovemyearth.net./

I don’t want this to escalate to a case of cyber bullying, just a civil message to remind them of their responsibilities on the road.

Tell them norbs sent you. 🙂

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Friday Videos

After having spent the last few days struggling with a chest infection thing, I have watched a fair amount of TV. And quite a bit of Youtube. Here is some of what has kept me sane.

Inspired Bicycles in Barcelona from Inspired Bicycles on Vimeo.

Have a great weekend and stay safe on the roads.

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Fatboys Hit The Sand.

A bit of a different post today. My mate Lewy picked up his new Fat bike the other day, and he and Adrian and Shane headed to my local beach today.

I have to say, when they were unpacking the bikes and setting up, it looked like it would be great fun. Ten minutes later after watching them bust their arses just too move, I was thinking otherwise. 🙂

Check out the gallery below for more shots of them “tearing” up the beach.

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Friday Videos

It is that time of the week again.

Check out this first video on an automatic wheel truing machine. I can’t stop watching it.

And one whacky one to finish up!

Have a great weekend and ride safe!

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South Coast Clean Air …. cough cough splutter

It was like a vehicle out of Wacky Races!

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Dickhead Caught on Camera.

Well, despite what I said last week about the GoPro always being off when I have close calls, I managed to get some footage of someone doing something stupid. A Valentines day ride and this arsehat was sharing the love.

Check this out.

Despite my bright orange jersey and even brighter helmet. And the flashing 1400 lumen front light, he kept coming towards me. Missing me by a few feet. Considering I was traveling at 30kph and he was probably doing 60-80kph, I am glad he didn’t clip me. A closer look.

So MRB-079, how about a little bit more room next time? You sir are the dickhead of the day!

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Friday Videos

Another edition for those bored at work. Hey Andy. 😉

Solo Twenty-Four from Sixth Row on Vimeo.

2014 Zone Two and Zing Supreme – Doing Road Different from Kona Bikes on Vimeo.

Ride safe this weekend.

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Very Cool GPS Site.

With many thanks to Andrew @tandemarmidale this looks like a terrific site.

http://www.doarama.com/view/3584

Doarama
doarama.com

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