Kew Boulevard Time Trial

by James Moffat

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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I HATE turbo training

by James Moffat

Turbo training isn’t a pleasurable way to train. You go out for a short amount of time prepared for suffering and by the end you are often close to dying. Adding to that by the time you have finished you are so sweaty that if you had just got out of the shower you would [...]

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Setting up for Indoor Training

by James Moffat

With the days being short, homework and school it is hard to find time to train. One of the most effective ways to train is indoors. Indoor Training is a great way to get a lot done in a short time. Sessions are targeted and will tend to last anything from 20 min to 1 [...]

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Vive le Giro!

by James Moffat

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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The Wall loop

by James Moffat

Last weekend on Anzac day I headed up with one of Dad’s friends to The Wall. If you don’t know it. It is a climb from Monbulk to Olinda in the Dandenongs. The climb of the wall I personally found wasn’t as hard as it was hinted to be but still pretty tough. The loop [...]

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Biggest Bang For Your Buck In Time Trial Equipment

by James Moffat

Yesterday while I was on  cyclingtipsblog I read a fascinating article about Time Trial equipment the article refering to time saved made you gasp at the saving made by different items of clothing. I was astonished about the difference’s outlined in the article. Anyway here is the magic link. Biggest Bang for you buck in [...]

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Fabian Cancellara Classics

by James Moffat

Fabian Cancellara has been in one word Extraordinary. His attack in Paris-Roubaix was outrageous he attacked when Tom Boonen had a rest and a drink and nobody saw him again. That wasn’t the amazing bit what was amazing is that he attacked with 45km to go. In the end he got to the Roubaix velodrome more [...]

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Blackburn Eildon Training Camp

by James Moffat

As we gathered into the cars I was nervous, excited and apprehensive about the upcoming ride. I woke up on Tuesday morning unsure of what would happen on the upcoming ride. Since the last training camp I had waited in fear for the climb of Lake Mountain. In the September camp I roomed with Johno [...]

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Sport Tracks

by James Moffat

I love my Garmin Edge 305. For those of you who don’t know Garmin, a GPS company has a range of bike computers called Edge. The bike computers come in 3 different versions there is the 305, the 500 and the 705. The computers are amazing tools but there is one problem the supplied desktop [...]

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The Challenge of upcoming week

by James Moffat

The first week of my holidays holds some great cycling. I am going to Eildon for the Blackbun Cycling club training camp. The goal of the camp is to create a great base for the upcoming road season. Even though the goal is to create a good base of fitness for the upcoming road season [...]

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