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Why I hate D grade

by James Moffat on September 4, 2010

in Racing

At the recent Kew Boulevard TT for the first time I rode D grade. This happened after winning the previous E grade TT. The reason I didn’t want to move to D grade isn’t the fact that I am now racing grown ups nor the fact that I am now unlikely to pocket $20 from [...]

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What a difference

by James Moffat on August 9, 2010

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how I had started riding to school. After two weeks and an extra 100km’s of riding I think I am now in a position to reflect on the difference it has done to my riding. Simply put it has improved my riding hugely. Just to put it [...]

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Doping – A Cautionary Tale

by James Moffat on July 26, 2010

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Recently while reading through cylingtipsblog.com I came across this post which doccumented a cyclists foray into doping and how it effects performance. It made for very interesting reading and it opens your eyes to why the pros actually dope. Anyway enjoy!

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Last Weekend

by James Moffat on July 14, 2010

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Last Weekend I competed in the Eildon Junior Tour. It was a great three stage, two day stage race. Unfortunately because of school it will be a couple of days before I can finish the post on the race, so look out for that. I hope you all are enjoying the Tour as it has [...]

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The Month of July

by James Moffat on July 5, 2010

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July is the month for racing. In Victoria over three weekends we have the Eildon Tour, the Club Teams and the Victorian Champs. In the meanwhile over in France there is a little race called the Tour de France. While the riders battling the races out will be completely different the motivation and determination to [...]

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Kew Boulevard Time Trial

by James Moffat on June 26, 2010

in Racing

This Morning I participated in the Blackburn/De Ver Kew Boulevard Time Trial. The weather in the past couple of days was pretty bad meaning that the road was quite dangerous with lots of derbis. To make the bad conditions worse the morning was freezing with the forecasts predicting a maximum of 13 degrees. The race [...]

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Vive le Giro!

by James Moffat on May 19, 2010

in Racing

Have you ever seen more exciting flat stages than at this years Giro? The first two weeks of the Giro have been some of the most exciting and most gripping stages I have ever seen. I think though that the Giro has had the gods playing around with the riders. The treacherous weather has been [...]

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Alberto vs Lance

by James Moffat on March 18, 2010

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For me personally the Tour de France last year wasn’t very exciting. I mean after Mark Cavendish won his second stage after 3 days of racing it was clear he wasn’t going to be beaten. Alberto did the same thing, when the Alps came around he was only a few seconds off the pace of [...]

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