Thanks to Bike Gallery, tomorrow I will be doing a test ride of the new Sram Red 2012 grouppo. This afternoon I took it round the block and my first impressions of the groupset were that it was refined and the shifting and braking was better than anything I could have imagined. Tomorrow I’m taking [...]
NAHBS This past weekend the city of Sacramento has been home to the annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show. While for many this is a comparative non-event compared to the likes of Eurobike and Interbike this is the show for all handmade bikes. Last year I went down to North Shore, Geelong to have a discussion with Darren Baum [...]
Today while sipping the customary friday afternoon latte in Bike Gallery I made a bold claim. That claim was that Cyclocross will be the next big thing in 2012. Only time will tell whether this prediction is accurate but I as much as anyone will be hoping it is because I believe that Cyclocross would [...]
I love racing but recently in the past couple of months since Christmas I’ve raced far too much given my season objectives. My main season objectives are in July and I’ve been racing my heart out trying to do as much racing as possible. However as anybody would tell you right now my energies should [...]
I love racing crits, particularly if I get a coffee somewhere along the way. However despite my love of crits and the fact that I have ridden 15+ crits this year I’m still without a result better than 4th in D Grade. While there is nothing wrong with fourth and the fact that I profited $40 I’m [...]
